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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1886
Page
2
The article notes that tubers must be spread in a single layer with no crowding to promote even sprouting. Fresh air should be allowed to reach the storage or planting area and avoid stacking tubers too tightly. A good day with ample air movement is advised for optimum conditions.
A citizen reports a frantic pursuit at Merrill Hall on Jefferson Avenue as a man on the Woodward avenue side asks about a stranger chasing him for money. The two rushed up and down stairs with a dead-beat after him, then vanished down the other stairs.
An advertisement claims Ely's Cream Balm cures colds and catarrh at any stage. It asserts safety and certainty and stresses relief when used to treat drafts of air and motion between hot and cool rooms. The copy emphasizes the product’s effectiveness and brand name.
A mail carrier in Yellowbud reports a deformed colt born on a local farm. The animal had a single sunken cyclopean eye in a malformed skull and unusual jaw placement, living over ten hours before death. The description is from the Chillicothe Ohio Register.
In Delaware County a farmer near the Girls' Industrial Home found a silver coin dated 1700 while plowing. He then uncovered a large trove of similarly aged coins, reviving legends of Indian chiefs and buried wealth. The exact amount remains undisclosed, but is believed substantial.
The process used to copy daguerreotypes yields remarkably distinct results approaching a near perfect reproduction, while photographing produces a less satisfactory copy. The copies prove better than the faded original portraits, a happy discovery reported by the Boston Transcriptcor.
An ad touts Simmons Liver Regulator as a safe easy remedy that fits any diet and heals impurities gradually. It promises clear heads, regular bowels, purified blood, and sweet breath with complete satisfaction guaranteed. A later joke features Pyesnap recalling a near drowning and memory lapse.
A horse troubled by jaun dice can be aided by Day's Horse Powder. Dr Bull's Baby Syrup helps teething babies and wards off cholera infantum and colic. For indigestion or constipation use Dr Bull's Baltimore Pills for immediate relief.
A man's nose preserved in a bottle of spirits appeared in a Chicago court along with the man who once wore it. It had been bitten off by another resident. The nose seemed lively in its bottle while the owner faced a somber moment in court.
Hon Fleming Dubignon warned in a middle Georgia address that with 111 prohibition counties the next Legislature would almost certainly pass a statewide prohibition law. A scrofula note promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as cleansing the blood. Mrs Beecher announced a Brooklyn sermon on the labor question with a larger lecture on free trade.
Watsonville resident John Gregg endorses St Jacobs Oil as indispensable for rheumatism. The remedy, priced at fifty cents, is presented as more effective than other liniments.
An old advertisement touts Red Star Cough Cure as a cheap, quick remedy that could spare readers costly medical visits. The copy urges buying the bottle for only a quarter to avoid a large doctor’s bill.
A motivational note urging housing for every man, woman, and child to ensure social, moral, and political status for all people.
The text discusses dream experiences with vivid sensory imagery and possible physiological causes. It then reports M. Heinefs plan to realign the calendar with solstices and equinoxes, proposing December 21 1890 as the new year start and shifting dates for vernal and autumnal markers to improve seasonal boundaries.
An advertisement urges afflicted readers to buy Salvation Oil at 25 cents a bottle as the greatest cure for rheumatism neuralgia gout and other pains. It appeals to generosity mentioning a dying poor Indian and suggests sending Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup as aid.
A witty exchange recalls a doctor who supposedly “snatched my aunt from the grave last summer.” The humor hinges on the aunt being already dead, prompting a joking remark about the physician’s skill.
Acker's Blood Elixir is promoted by Henderson and Minear as a scientific preparation that will cure blood disorders and skin diseases including syphilis and rheumatism after practical tests. They guarantee the product is not a patent medicine.
A brief dialogue shows Mrs Dusenberry and Mr Dusenberry joking about trading places for a few days. She muses she would clean the house and buy his wife a new spring bonnet if she could swap lives.
The Mikado author W. S. Gilbert is remembered for a sharp bon mot when asked at the Savage Club about a one eyed map. He replied with a zinger about the other eye, demonstrating his famed wit. Also an ad offers a medical treatise on nervous ailments for ten cents in stamps.
An advertisement extols Grigg's Glycerine Salve as a safe speedy cure for cuts bruises scalds burns wounds and skin eruptions including piles tetter and other sores. It offers satisfaction guaranteed or money back and sells for 25 cents.
A debate over women and public tea drinking notes that Tobey of ToE dislikes young women consuming tea in public. He fears the practice labels them as old maids and supports introducing beef tea and consommé served in tiny cups at afternoon receptions.
Last month marked the coldest March in England for seventy years with thousands taking to ice skates in the interior provinces on the 14th.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best remedy to purify blood and strengthen the system amid seasonal debility. It promises relief from lassitude and humors and touts the medicine's purifying effects. Produced by C I Hood & Co and sold widely with 100 doses for one dollar. In Chicago a church explosion scare occurred during Dr. Kittredge's sermon against anarchists as steam emerged from the organ pipes, then the congregation resumed services.
The text credits German women and physicians for using Red Clover blossoms as a medicine. It promotes Dr. Jones' Red Clover Tonic as a remedy for blood diseases stomach and liver troubles pimples costiveness bad breath piles ague malaria indigestion loss of appetite low spirits headache and kidney diseases priced at 50 cents from H. K. Dorr.
A Chicago Union Club bachelor bought a dozen shirts labeled with his full name, then wrote ditto on the remaining eleven to save time. He now asks why eleven shirts marked ditto disappeared in the laundry, leaving only the first shirt identifiable.
A testimonial style advertisement claims a cure for throat and lung afflictions with Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption. It touts thousands of permanent cures and offers free trial bottles at Henderson and Minear s Drug Store with large size priced 3.100.
The article notes Texans prioritize essentials, then luxuries, citing the first freight train in two weeks carrying five hundred kegs of beer.
Mrs. Mary A. Dailey of Tunkban nockwWa reported six years of asthma and bronchitis with no relief from doctors. After using Dr King’s New Discovery last October she felt immediate help and was cured after a few months, gaining 50 pounds. Free trial bottles at Henderson & Mi near’s drug store. large bottles priced at $1.00.
The Oregon steamer sank after a collision, but Captain Cottier's discipline and calm leadership kept all aboard safe. Eight hundred passengers endured fear yet were steadied by his cool command. The New York Telegram reports passengers owe him their lives and should show gratitude.
The letter column highlights testimonies from Ashland Kentucky and Martins Ferry Ohio praising Peruna and Manalin for cures including deafness from chronic catarrh and a severe cough. Readers share hopeful anecdotes of regained health and renewed spirits via these remedies.
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