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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1886
Page
2
A perplexing local tale from Chicago involves a girl reported to have slept for five or six days in a hall lot while staying in a store she allegedly works for. The odd claim prompts disbelief from observers in dialogue between a Horse sitter and a Snake writer.
An old advertisement extols Aver s Sarsaparilla to cleanse and renew blood by restoring kidney function. It claims kidneys fail to remove albumen, causing debility, and that the tonic brings proper action and prevents albuminuria.
An advertisement copy cites Brights Disease and kidney inflammation linked to kidney disorders. It features testimonials from Mrs. Jus. Weld of Forest Hill and W. OM. McDonald of Boston Mass praising AYER Sarsaparilla for kidney relief and renewed strength after years of trouble.
John ieLellan of Bridge and Third streets Owell Massachusetts reports years of severe indigestion and kidney trouble. He describes great emaciation and poor appetite but notes recovery after using a remedy. The item reflects a testimonial-style health notice common in old newspapers.
A Norfolk colored man named John Billups bought his freedom for 1300 dollars before the war and paid the remaining 500 after emancipation, declaring himself free. The piece questions who received the emancipation payment and notes his potential as a museum exhibit. It also promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as spring medicine and mentions tomato evolution and Grigg's glycerine salve. A Pennsylvania mule in Iowa detects evil and disrupts a serenading party.
A Washington Star report recalls Gen. Andrew Jackson's close ally Judge Overton of Tennessee who burned a vast bundle of Jackson letters on his deathbed. He feared exposing private details even as the letters held political history.
The New York Tribune reports a Brooklyn grocer Beckmann kept an eleven foot boa constrictor in his Grand Street shop. A St Patrick’s Day shamrock sprig from Ireland was placed on the snake by Patrick Moran and two hours later the snake died, sparking belief in shamrock’s power.
A man was clubbed for keeping his hat on in a New York theater, with evidence he sat in the back row and wore a small hat. He was fined $20 and costs despite claiming the hat protected him from a cold draught. Women in front rows enjoyed immunity under hair and hats.
In spring months the article promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as best for purifying blood and boosting strength, claiming debility and lassitude vanish and humors balance. It notes C I Hood & Co as makers, Lowell Mass, 100 doses for one dollar, and urges prompt use. It also includes a rust prevention recipe using camphor lard and black lead for machinery maintenance.
Credit is given to German women and physicians for pioneering red clover blossoms as medicine. Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic touted as best for blood disorders and many ailments, priced 50 cents from H. K. Dorr. Rhode Island voters to decide two amendments on April 7, one expanding suffrage for foreign-born soldiers and sailors, the other banning alcohol manufacture and sale. Mr Cox reports Constantinople's atmosphere affects him and ships diamond-back terrapin oysters and canvasbacks from New York.
The ad claims citizens will quit tobacco when they realize they can do without cigars but not without Mr Bull's Cough Syrup. It portrays the product as essential to health in a period message tone.
A fire at the Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron Company stable in New Straiteville Tuesday night destroyed the building along with thirteen horses and cattle. The piece notes prominent citizens offering to pay to keep their names out of the paper after a Fourth of July celebration and cites Salvation Army distributions totaling 23,470,860 pull tees in thirteen languages.
Reports on the steamer Oregon collision praise the women passengers for calm, dignified behavior and self control under danger. Men in the first cabin followed with less restraint, but not all acted with restraint or courtesy.
The Jasper Georgia citizen Sylvester Sams suffered a rattlesnake bite two years ago and drank whisky as a native remedy. He later developed severe motor disorders, violent behavior, and restless movement resembling rabies. He has been held in Canton jail awaiting medical and legal outcomes. The piece also mocks secretaries and politics, recounting local banter about office seeking and party leaders.
For eight years Col. D. J. Williamson, Quarter-Master, U. S. A. and ex U.S. Consul at Callao, suffered rheumatism with no relief until he used St Jacobs Oil, which cured him. The ad claims no remedy on earth equals it for pain and lists a price of fifty cents a bottle.
Dr. C Fawcett of Union Protestant Infirmary Baltimore endorses Red Star Cough Cure as effective with no depressing effects. The note confirms safe relief for coughs and related symptoms.
A New York Times item recounts a careful widow selecting a stained wood coffin and the dealer asking about crepe quality. The undertaker promises an imitation mahogany coffin at lower cost as the widow, overcome by grief, proceeds to a dry goods store to choose crape.
An advertiser lauds Bull's Baby Syrup as the best remedy for cholera, colic, and related infant complaints. The claim highlights quick relief and prices the product at 25 cents.
The article notes an average annual tea yield of about twenty ounces per plant. Tea plants live twenty to thirty years and, when old, are often cut back and a young shrub grafted into the old stock to renew production.
Report notes a baby rumored to have horn-like growths creating a sensation in Detroit. Local residents joke about early horn familiarity as the infant attracts attention while authorities offer no official confirmation.
In Yeddo a recent cat funeral drew attention as wealthy owners paid respect to their pets. The coffin was covered with a white silk pall, highlighting the ceremonial regard given to cats.
Farmers in Arizona digging irrigation canals imitate the practices of ancient inhabitants who once occupied the region, showing how modern irrigation echoes historic land use patterns.
A historical note explains a product once labeled soft soup is now called taffy as labels changed to hide visible lye. The shift followed concerns over appearance and safety in the production process.
Warner Brothers corset makers begin a seven story seventy feet square building in Bridgeport Doon to cost about 50000 for free use by the 1.8 girls employed. The first floor will host a restaurant at cost while the second houses a reading room library conversation music bath and lavatory. The third floor features a hall seating 600 a smaller hall seating 150 and classrooms for evening classes in singing penmanship drawing bookkeeping and needlework. A matron will oversee and the facility will be free to all workers.
Advertises a cure for throat and lung consumptions with claims of thousands of permanent cures. States no medicine matches its record and offers a free trial at Henderson & Minear's Drug Store in a large size bottle.
A Washington claim that only four savings banks exist in the South is cited to argue for postal savings banks. The remark suggests the Blair educational bill is less urgent than providing credit options, criticizing national bankruptcy laws and creditor support.
A Macon Georgia man who smiles constantly explains his cheer by noting he is spared from hearing the foolish chatter around him. He jokes that if he were also blind to see foolish acts he might die of laughter.
For Man and Beast notes Mustang Liniment's long history as a trusted remedy for equine care and daily use by riders, reflecting steady yearly growth in popularity among horse owners and trainers.
A White House still life shows an old man who inscribes I have been voting for Democratic Presidents for forty eight years. The remark challenges the belief that wickedness shortens life, highlighting a quiet political confession among unseen Americans.
The firms strongly recommend Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets to women as a superior laxative. They guarantee cure of chronic consumption and dyspepsia and all stomach-related diseases. Free use of the tablets supposedly makes sick headache impossible.
In a natural gas crematory a body can be reduced to clean ashes in sixty minutes. It argues that defiling the ground with mortality is unnecessary when swift conversion into innocuous gases and harmless earth is possible, as per the Philadelphia Record.
A teacher asks a boy who the meekest person is. The boy names Moses, then quips that no meekest woman has ever existed, provoking a puzzled and amused reaction in class.
Mrs. Mary A. Dailey of Tuckban nock Pa suffered six years with asthma and bronchitis. After using Dr King’s New Discovery last October she found relief and was cured, gaining 60 lbs in months. Free trial bottle offered at Henderson & Mi near’s drug store. large bottles priced at 1.00.
An experienced blacksmith says rasping hooves causes more damage than other methods. He notes outside hoof coatings resist water and evaporation stops when rasped, making moisture in the foot evaporate and leave the hooves dry and brittle.
An old physician, retired, claims a vegetable remedy can cure consumption, bronchitis, catarrh, asthma and nervous disorders. He offers to mail the recipe free of charge in German French or English to interested readers who send a stamped reply to W. A. Neves, Powers Block Rochester NY.
An Indianapolis dispatch reports at Loxene Hospital a spaniel patient deemed insane. Dr Fletcher believes many rabies cases are brain disorders. The dog, once injured on the skull, now suffers epileptic fits from brain swelling and circles the ward. trepanation may be attempted.
Letters from H Sampsel of Ottawa Kansas and others praise PERUNA and MANALIN remedies from Dr S B Hartman Co Columbus Ohio. Testimonials claim cures for breath loss numbness cough bronchitis and other conditions after using multiple bottles with hopeful recovery and customer endorsements.
A Cedarville, New Jersey notary public Lincoln David Claypool claims Mishler's Herb Bitters cured his family of consumption and his own weak lungs. He urges others to write for affidavits and promotes the vegetable remedy sold by druggists at 1.00 per bottle with multi-bottle discounts.
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