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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1876
Page
3
A portly railway conductor confronts Absolom Allgood in a New England train car. The man’s ticket to heaven is deemed worthless, leaving him shrieking at the next stop. The narrator reflects on sanity, hypocrisy, and the many “Allgoods” whose hopeful tickets fail to admit them to paradise.
A reader cites Figaro describing a reform method for habitual drunkards used in Sweden and Norway. Prisoners receive bread steeped in wine each meal for about eight to ten days, leading to severe nausea and eventual abstinence, with the process claimed to radicaly cure the offender.
The Norfolk essay extols laziness as a virtue citing ways to fish or crab with minimal effort. It notes digging a worm or tying rag on a string suffices to catch daily meals, even suggesting simply lying on the sand as crabs come with the tide.
A Philadelphia youth tied to a $110,000 inheritance vanishes after promising nuptials, triggers a chase across Delaware county. The suitor Lucien Franks allegedly returns with cash and wedding plans then disappears, leaving a family row and unanswered questions.
An old time advertisement touts Centaur Liniment as a cure for rheumatism neuralgia lumbago sciatica and various ailments with near universal praise from users Henry Black James Hurd Alfred Tush and others pledging cures and urging trials though noting it does not cure cancer or restore lost bones. The piece asserts free trials and rapid sales growth.
The Yellow Centaur Liniment targets tough skin flesh and muscles of horses mules and animals. It claims to cure spavin sweeney ring bone windgall scratches poll evil and more with a dollar’s worth versus twenty dollars for a farrier. W P Hopkins postmaster Piqua Ohio testifies centaur liniments cant be beat and cures every time.
Irresolution is a fatal habit that leads to vice and ruin. It harms the idler, spendthrift, epicurean, and drunkard, with the drinker often worst of all as he knowingly consumes poison. Resolution empowers one to endure dangers and temptations, so strive against irresolution to the end. How to make a home happy offers two paths: stay at home or go away.
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