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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 19, 1888

Page

3

Fifth Annual Meeting of the Association in Logan 1888

The fifth annual meeting in Logan on March 29, 1888 elected officers John L. Vance as President C B M Jennings as Vice President Ed L Davenport as Secretary and C I Barker as Corresponding Secretary Thomas Wetzler as Treasurer. An executive committee was named and measures set for obituaries rates and publishing duties.

Logan John L. Vance C. B. M. Jennings Ed. L. Davenport C. I. Barker Thos Wetzler Lewis Green M. McMillin Marietta W. A. Taylor Columbus A. K E. McGrath McArthur C. E. Bonebrake C. EK. M. Jennings Vance Jennings A. E. McGrath Repel House The Sentinel T. Ep. L. Davenport

Castoria Slogan Through Stages of Womanhood

A nostalgic ad line traces Castoria as a remedy from infancy to motherhood. It highlights the product as a trusted remedy used for babies, children, and mothers across life stages. The repeating appeal emphasizes enduring brand association and family care.

Major General Gilmore Dies After Prolonged Suffering

Major General Quincy Adams Gilmore, famed as commander of the Swamp Angel Battery in the Charleston bombardment, died at his Brooklyn home after two weeks of acute liver and kidney illness. His suffering since 1883 forced retirement from active business.

Quincy Adams Gilmore Remsen St Brooklyn Charleston Gilmore

Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted as Pure Blood Tonic

An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the source of pure healthy blood and urges readers to try it. A humorous dialogue about Canada contrasts cold weather with domestic fears as a wife retrieves corks to seal two pistols.

Hood Lena M. J. Daves Brockport SN. Y Bank Street New York City Peem Rochester Wemderfel

Antiquities from Ohio journey items and aging artifacts

A list of historical objects with origins in the late 18th century and early 19th century. Items include a 1792 shoe buckle, 1788 teapots and cradles, a 1768 pewter teapot, a 1785 drum carried in the War of 1812, and artifacts connected to Gen. Rufus Putnam, Commodore Whipple, and early Ohio figures.

Plymouth Rock Fort Har Ohio Barbara Rouse Greene

Arnica Salve Adverts and a Dismal Real Estate Voice

An advertisement touts Bnekien's Arnica Salve as the best cure for cuts bruises sores ulcers and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee and 26 cents a box while a dismal real estate agent takes a somber tone about aging and life in a distant place.

Bnekien Henderson & Minear Hovusk Hunter

Dr Pierce's Pellets Promote Health of Liver Stomach Bowels

An old period voice extols Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as tiny sugar coated granules containing vegetable extracts. The prose links Byron and ink to inspire a wider notice of their claimed laxative virtues for liver stomach and bowels.

Byron Dr. Pierce Dame Nature

Lovers Reunite After 22 Years To Wed In Tennessee Town

Evander Cameron of Toulon Tennessee and Mary Barnes finally married after twenty two years of courting. He was fifty two she was forty two at the wedding as Papa Barnes relented and granted consent after previous opposition.

George Allen Aiken 8. C Allen New York Sun Ellsworth Avengers the Sun Washington Jackson Louisa Julia Algernon Tracy Evander Cameron Toulon Tenn Mary Barnes Papa Barnes Evander Mary

Acker's English Remedy Offered for Cough Cold and Croup

The ad promises Acker's English Remedy as a positive cure for coughs colds and threatened children with croup or whooping cough. It guarantees relief and lists price ten shillings and sixpence. Sold by C B Henderson.

Acker C. B. Henderson

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