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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1897

Page

2

Bellefontaine Dry Myth Debunked In Local Option Report

A Bellefontaine visit exposes that local option fails to prohibit liquor. Interviews with merchants, officials, and citizens show beer and whiskey sold openly in drugstores, police focus on disorderly conduct, and many claim prohibition is a sham. Ex governor Marquis and others question open saloon status and city enforcement.

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Broken-hearted man runs jail racket says New York World

A chaotic report describes a jailed man who, after three months inside, catered meals to prisoners able to pay, exploiting his own broken home as motive. The warden sympathized, offering a chance to be useful, then the man repeated the scheme, profiting from inmates while evading deeper scandal.

Bers Droner Sara Tom

Weird Dog Gape and Curious Medical Claims

A fragment from a Pearson's Weekly style piece praises a dog’s gape display at a show and critiques comic myths about facial contortions. It abruptly shifts to advertisements touting Perce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for consumption and related illnesses, then mentions Baltimore area history notes and a local farmer's death and a historic rail trip in 1830s lore.

Sas Pearson's Perce Joan P. Cuppy Baltimore County Maryland Mr. Curtis Peter Cooper Professor Morse Baltimore Washington

Duranzu Meatce Iron Mountain Deposit Report

A Duranzu city report describes an iron ore deposit called Duranzu Meatce as an iron mountain, with a 440 fret orl dial fr0m six to seven percent purity. The natalle mass spreads in a three to four mile radius and is claimed to be sufficient to supply the world for ten years.

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