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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1886
Page
2
Historical bill counts show the 1st session in 1561 produced 1 541 pills and joint resolutions, the Fortythird 6 435, the Forty sixth 10 067, and the Forty eighth 11 445. The present session has generated 7 585 bills so far, with more expected.
A Philadelphia Press note chides Harold McCormic with a mock debate on money versus fame. It argues money buys basic needs and power, while fame cannot fill a pantry or fuel a ship, urging pursuit of wealth first and then genuine, even stingy, renown.
An ad promotes Red Star Cough Cure as instant relief for throat irritation and cough. It is claimed purely vegetable and harm less with a price of 25 cents.
A Kentucky preacher relates strange sights in Lee and Johnson counties including a petrified man with long hair, a beehive rock at Big Stone Gap, and fallen trees with fossils. He claims a mountain scene shows trees and nuts petrified, and a companion says they resemble a child at a distance. The elder's credibility is noted, with his district role.
In eighteenth century English style Lord and Lady Salisbury host a highly formal dinner at Hatfield House. Guests wear full dress and ball toilettes while servants appear in ornate livery. The seating places the couple at the center with rank reserved for notable guests. After dinner ladies leave in precedence order.
A collage of vignette dialogue about devotion and a night key, interspersed with brief endorsements for hair products and tonics. Mentions Ayer's Hair Vigor, Athlophoros, St Jacobs Oil, and figures like Mr Fitzspooner, Henry, and Major Arnold, all framed as light human interest and commercial blurbs.
Arrangements are being made for Moody campaign activities in Chicago. The message touts the Athens County group as the largest and most complete, promising diligent work and the lowest prices, ending with a contact invite.
Amid grim skies and storms, readers dream of sunshine and better days. A public plea urges a sun festival and spring holidays while noting rare butterfly scale studies by Henry Dalton.
A scrambled column touts Burdock Blood Bitters as a cure all for bowels skin and kidneys and notes Georgia evangelists in Atlanta drawing white congregations while blacks are excluded. It claims American women are superior to London society and ends advertising Spaulding’s Glurf and Sozodont toothpaste as beauty aids with mock moralizing tone.
Advert for Hood's Sarsaparilla claims it purifies blood and strengthens the system, easing debility from seasonal changes and expelling humors. It notes debility, lassitude, and scrofula as conditions benefited, and directs purchase from C. I. Hood & Co and local druggists. One dollar for 100 roses.
A recently married Sacramento area electrician devised a trap to deter tramps. He detached the lower stairs, wired a battery to them, and aimed a spring trigger at the rear kitchen door so a touch would fling intruders over the back fence.
A promotional notice claims Dr King's New Discovery cures throat and lung afflictions. It asserts thousands found permanent relief and offers a free trial bottle at Henderson & Minear's Drug Store, size large priced at 100 cents.
Clemenceau argues France's national debt of six billion dollars must be abolished as principals and interest cannot be paid by the country. The notice also offers a 10 cent stamp request for a medical treatise and mentions Oscar Wilde returning to the U S with a playful line about an egg in Washington supposedly a thousand years old.
A Dakort s candidate for mayor claimed if elected he would charge only 3 for marrying any couple and would wait until there was a christening for payment. The rival had no votes.
The line notes how women can accept flattery much like infants swallow buttons, warning of the unseen trouble that may follow such behavior. The comparison suggests caution toward vanity and empty praise influencing actions.
Ads tout Peruna and Manalin as cures for nervous exhaustion and mental impairment. Testimonials from Mrs. S. Smith of Hillsville Ohio Miss Maria Roderick of Warren Ohio and Mr. T J Webber of Plymouth Ohio praise recovery and steady sales. A Brooklyn Village Cleveland Ohio man reports foot injury recovery after using the remedies.
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