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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1904

Page

7

Ohio briefed: multiple town news items across the state

A condensed roundup reports Jamestown man Otis Crawford killed by a train in Xenia near Jamestown. Burglars enter a Selma post office and steal ten dollars. Deaths include Ben Reese of Kerr Paper Mills and Captain J. F. Gaitree in Marietta. Fire, accidents, arson, robberies, and suicides punctuate town notes from Norwalk to Xenia.

Jamestown Otis Crawford Selma Jeffersonvile Dayton Ben Reese Kerr Paper Mills Sandusky John Bearer Upper Sammel Stauffer Forest Stauffer Cincinnati William B. Gaitree Rural Free Delivery Millersburg Xenia Pennsylvania

Large Toledo-Six tanker capacity and river trestle incident

Reports describe a 500000 gallon capacity system with Toledo Six loaded cars passing a temporary trestle into the Maume river. no lives were lost and the engine crossed safely. The trestle replaced an ice-damaged bridge span from last winter.

Toledo Maume River

Remarkable kidney cure in Louisa County Iowa

Special from Wapello Iowa Mrs Minnie Hart of this place was bedridden eight months and could not walk. She credits Dodd s Kidney Pills with a full recovery after four weeks of use she could tend her garden and has remained active for three years. The ad links kidney health to overall wellbeing and claims nine tenths of human suffering derives from kidney problems.

Wapello Iowa Louisa County Minnie Hart Dodd Kidvey

Better than Pills Saint Chamberlain’s Tablets Claims

Question and answer advertise Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets as superior to ordinary cathartic pills. The remedy is described as easy and pleasant to take, gentle yet effective, moving the bowels while improving appetite and digestion. Sold for 25 cents per bottle at McKee’s Drug Store.

Chamberlain McKee’s

Not Made for Desultary Conversation in Gatling Tale

A terse note mocks certain men unable to engage in light chat as one man attempts to kill a butterfly with a Gatling gun. The surreal image underscores a clash between idle talk and extreme action.

Six Years of Dysmenorrhea Relief With Kydia Pinkham

A woman describes six years of painful periods and repeated colds causing uterine appendage inflammation. She credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health within weeks and notes dramatic improvements after three weeks and continued cure after months.

Kydia E. Pinkham

Tip Retn shorthand system patented by Haddox

Corydon Haddox, a member of the Evening Dispatch staff and son of Rev. L O Haddox, claims a new system of shorthand adapted for typewriter keyboards. He calls it Tip Retn shorthand twentieth century phonography and has copyrighted the method.

Corydon H. Haddox The Evening Dispatch L. O. Haddox Third Street

Cough Remedy Endorsed by Druggists and a Texan’s Recovery

Drug trade chatter shows chemists often advise Cham berlain s Cough Remedy for children and adults because it is safe and effective for coughs colds and croup. McKee s Drug Store promotes it. J B Taylor of Chriesman Texas credits Kodol Cure with restoring his strength after a severe decline, saying four bottles recovered his health. Oline s Pharmacy sells Kodola Cure.

Chamberlain McKee J. B. Taylor Chriesman Tex Oline’s Harmacy

Amazing Contrasts in Free Trade vs Protection

The article contrasts Democratic free trade policy under 1846 tariff and Walker era with Republican protection. It cites a $1.0 billion cost to the country from the Democratic tariff, and a sustained trade deficit totaling about $402 million over fifteen years, with debt rising by roughly $61 million during peacetime. It notes receipts vs expenditures on customs and shifting federal finances, contextualizing the war period’s impact.

Davis Dutis Sumter

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