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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1901
Page
6
An illustrated guide describes corner devices to fit rooms, including corner fireplaces and writing desks. It covers fitting, beveling baseboards, materials from pine to oak, and finishing to match existing woodwork. It explains adjustable corner shelves, hinged seating, and display nooks for lamps and ornaments.
The piece notes soft fancy hats with knocked crowns and varied smart shirtwaist styles. Evening wear favors low ballroom silhouettes, auburn curls, tulle headbands, dainty bows, and chiffon capes with lace trims. A Brooklyn woman runs a school teaching untrained canaries to sing.
A fragmentary cooking note outlines a refreshing salad with cucumber and a Greek cross arrangement, plus a tomato based dish including mashed potatoes, buttered crumbs and a brown gravy. It suggests a breakfast substitute using chopped meat substitutes fried and served with a hot dressing.
In Madison Maine the parsonage wife Mrs Leech reflects on life in 1905 the birth of a child and years of illness. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing her after medical treatment failed. She praises the pills and urges others to seek them for fatigue headaches nervousness and related symptoms.
A New York press account describes the process of creating bronze powder and gold leaf substitutes. Detailed steps cover alloying copper with tin or zinc, rolling, annealing, and forming thin sheets, then grinding and grading the bronze powder used to imitate gold and produce decorative finishes.
Totato Diamonds describe a less greasy dist by frying and par boiling vegetables. The method includes stuffing hot par boiled whole vegetables, halving, removing centers, mixing centers with crumbs, salt pepper onion juice butter and parsley, with optional chopped ham, then baked.
A vintage recipe describes angel cake using egg whites and confectioners sugar beaten stiffly, a splash of vanilla and cream of tartar, then bake forty minutes in a greased tin. A simpler white cake follows with beaten egg whites, sugar, sifted flour and baking powder, milk, and thirty minutes in a shallow pan.
A casual guide notes that lemonade tends to be weak if not prepared well and should not stand too long. It mentions using plenty of oranges, carbonate water, and fruit, and suggests serving warm tea from the pot. It also mentions adding lemon and sugar to taste and describes coffee frappe as refreshing in summer with whipped cream.
The trunk rest saves the trunk owner's Wen and helps travelers at resorts by mountains or shore. It supports the trunk at a convenient height to spare the back when packing or unpacking and to ease daily use, also it enables sweeping under the trunk.
Instructional note describes making corn fritters by cutting kernels from corn, whisking an egg, adding salt and pepper, frying in hot butter until brown. Mentions using canned or canned corn as alternate.
A fragmentary witticism from the Chicago Evening News asks if the iceman harvests his crop with an icicle, echoing quirky wordplay and humorous chatter in a clipped, period voice.
A science note reports the farthest point of polar C recovery measured in dou mites, detailing the unit used and the distance from that point to the pole. The finding highlights tracking methods and implications for climate research.
An ad promotes Boschee's German Syrup as the sole cure for severe lung troubles and threat. It claims the remedy heals, stimulates tissue to destroy germs, eases expectoration, and aids sleep. Endorsed by druggists worldwide, with reference to Green's Prize Almanac.
A whimsical note from Current Literature describes a young boy, three, visiting Captain Gee perk with his father. He recalls seeing a deer with a hatrack on its head, a playful aside sparked by Brand ma's hatrack made from deer horns.
An old description explains ademones and sea cucumbers as bloom like growths. It notes their tentacle feeding, mud swallowing, and defense stings. Sea urchins and related organisms are described as resembling plants, with fossil terms like tune Llos cited and public belief that they were plants.
An English physician notes Londoners die young from insufficient milk while country children suffer from poor nutrition. The Practical Druggist calls milk a general preventive against poison absorption. A preacher is stunned as a rider tosses horse chestnuts at congregants, a boy shouting to stay awake.
The family asks daily what to serve for dessert and suggests Jell-O. Ready in two minutes with hot water, no baking, and cooling time. Flavors include Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry. Available at grocers for a small price.
A Philadelphia Press quip notes the double standard in attributing unreasonableness to a woman’s nerves while a man’s nerves are blamed for similar behavior, highlighting gendered linguistic play in early 20th century commentary.
An advertisement promotes Dr. A W Chase's Ointment as a universal remedy for scald head and eczema among children and adults. Personal testimonials from J H Grant and J A Nicolai claim rapid relief after years of itching, with Buffalo and Athens in advertisements. Probate notices list multiple guardians and executors with accounts due for hearing September 7 before AWS Nethel.
The New York Times notes varied wedding customs where a groom is struck by a relative of the bride as a sign of welcome. In parts of Australia and America similar rituals appear, with sticks or moans used to mark inclusion into the family.
A fragment from a Chicago Herald piece reflecting a worried mother addressing a reader about her child’s fretfulness and illness. The tone hints at a personal column or anecdote within a broader travel or life experiences context.
The Atehlson Globe opines that a man should gain credit from profits earned through his mistakes, opposing harsh blame.
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