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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1901
Page
7
An 19th century description outlines a kitchen adjoining a pantry via inner doors, designed to shield from house gaze and heat, and to reduce labor. It details south facing window, cupboards, worktable, sinks, gas range, hot water tank, and swinging door features, stressing efficiency and winter protection.
Mrs Emma E Felch treasurer of Fond du Lac Wisconsin Social Economic Club credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing irregular and painful menstruation after two bottles. She urges other women with similar troubles to try the remedy and notes a 5000 dollar forfeit if the letter is not genuine. Lydia E Pinkham invites letters seeking advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
The article blends fashion and home arts, noting soup served in cups at lunch, the blue and white Japanese bowl, and utensils shown. It discusses outdoor dress trends with bare heads and elbow sleeves, silk gowns, boating shirts, and leisure garments. It then covers wall hanging tips, frame angles, and decorating with beads, seeds, and beads for designs. It ends with a section on everyday accidents and home treatment, starting with ivy poisoning and sprains.
A fragment notes an odd decorative idea using melon seeds as a filler in an unspecified craft. The text hints at a strong wish to achieve a top date preetion free of everything, though details and context are unclear.
A fragmentary column blends oddities with a medical anecdote about a sprained ankle and cautious nurse care. It references a hospital amurse, a patient on a lounge, and a mother tending an injured foot. The prose shifts to a brief satire on wisdom, declaring folly in wisdom and jokes about hay fever among intellectuals.
In Town a sufferer recalls standing in a draught and catching a cold. He suggests following folly with wisdom, soaking feet in hot water with Perry Davis Pain Killer, and taking a teaspoonful in hot sweetened water at bedtime to break up a cold. The note implies relief through simple home remedy.
The text notes dogs in native or wild states do not bark but whine howl and growl. Barking is observed only in domesticated dogs. Columbus noted that dogs he brought to America lost the bark on his return. Some scientists claim barking is a dog’s effort to speak.
An old advertisement claims headaches signal bodily disturbance usually in the stomach or nervous system. Clinic Headache Wafers purportedly cure by relieving those conditions. Sold for 10 cents at druggists. Claimed to be harmless. Warns against accepting substitutes.
A humorous line from the Chicago News pokes fun at a rosy view reflecting from his nose. The playful quip centers on a parade of lighthearted irony about optimism and perception.
The Kongo is among the widest waterways on the lobe. In some stretches it is so broad vessels may pass each other and stay unseen from one another.
Krause's Cold Cure is prepared in capsule form and will cure a cold in the head throat or any portion of the body in 24 hours without stopping work. Price 25 cents. Sold by Cline's Pharmacy.
The notice lists one candidate for each major Ohio state post including Governor Lieutenant Governor Treasurer Judge of the Supreme Court Clerk of the Supreme Court Attorney General and Member of the Board of Public Works. It appears to be a generic ballot or nomination slate with missing names and clear election instructions.
District officers describe the judgeship for the Court of Common Pleas in the third subdivision of the seventh judicial district of Ohio. Also outlined is the position of State Senator for the Ninth Fourteenth Joint Senatorial District, covering Athens Putey Held Hocking Washington Morgan and parts of Noble and Monroe.
Voters will choose a representative for the Assembly in Ohio and an auditor treasurer and commissioners for Athens County. One candidate is sought for county coroner and infirmary director as well as the office of commissioner for full and unexpired terms. Balloting is for local county offices.
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