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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1886
Page
6
A sick man in a hospital warned by a doctor that turning to his left could kill him immediately dies after a wager with a friend. In a separate vignette Judge Vennybunker quips with Kosciusko Murphy about quitting smoking for his wife, only for Murphy to admit he resumed smoking to quell the craving.
The piece discusses air exchange in rooms, noting an average breath of about 24 cubic inches with two ventilations per minute, totaling eight cubic feet per day, and urges 20 000 cubic feet of fresh air daily per person. It cites sleeping rooms as high risk and mentions Ely's Cream Balm testimonials and a science note on bacilli replacement using harmless bacteria to combat tuberculosis.
An advert promises Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets prevent consumption and bile excess. It touts a wholly vegetable, glass-enclosed remedy that is prompt and harmless and available from any druggist.
A North dakota man seeks correspondence with those pondering private banks or the furniture and undertaking trades. Carriage maker Adolph Lalloz of Buffalo touts Burdock Blood Bitters for stomach and debility. A farmer on the Ocklockonee river blames biliousness for temper and swallows 37 pills in an hour. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is praised as strong and economical. A French treatise claims hiccups can be treated by cooling the ear lobe. Confidential medical advice offered with stamps to World's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo.
A vivid line contrasts Nornina’s speed with a boy’s stealthy morning ascent. The scene hints at a quiet, tense domestic moment as the child escapes the old man’s boots’ tread and a mother’s shouts echo through the stairs.
Sadie Van Gesel of Wyoming County West Virginia dreamed of an eighth husband James Turpin a prominent local school commissioner and Democrat disappeared after visiting her store Turpin left a letter from Mansfield Ohio stating he would not marry the widow and would not return The widow later died at her home in the same room where her former husband died leaving the village stunned by the strange sequence of events
Barbara Robinson a nine year old African American girl from West Point Georgia captivates listeners with flawless piano memory able to reproduce any piece after hearing it once similar to Blind Tom.
A dramatic appeal laments a noble man struck by consumption and urges Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure in early stages. The missive then shifts to political note mourning free trade and Morrison’s doomed protectionist measure, followed by a McKeesport, Pa., firm planning brick production using natural gas.
A North Georgia mountain tale highlights reading and religious gaps amid large donations to mission work. The Marietta Journal notes India Wheat competes with American wheat on cost and gluten. Pope’s line on man’s inhumanity to woman is tied to medical mispractice and Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription offer. Pennsylvania Railroad blocks B&O bridge plans to reach New York harbor, despite veto override.
The article describes electric coal cutting in Illinois mines using a steel bar chisel driven by reversing current in insulated coils to move the rod. It also notes various human interest items and advertisements, including health tonics and local anecdotes.
The United States leads in manufactured product value due to protection, and free trade supporters are contrasted with British influenced literature. English interests are cited as backing free trade in the U S, while warning that such policy funds wartime aims.
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