Obituaries and Notes from the Athens Messenger 1895
The piece surveys advertisements and editorial notes from The Athens Messenger and Herald, including book offers on Ohio farm laws, live notes on politics, and reflections on newspaper work. It touches on Civil War era peace, Cuba sugar tariffs, and the malleable nature of spelling errors in print. It quotes editor observations on typographical missteps and editor psychology.
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the Messenger and Herald
Ohio
Athens County
Inventor Introduces Novel Trotting Sulky in Hartford
A Hartford horse-lover unveils a sulky aimed at freeing wind and limbs to boost speed. The design places the seat over the horse's hips with wheels ahead, a tilted central post aiding propulsion, and a surcingle and pockets to limit draught and prevent overrun. Several riders have viewed the plans and favor the concept, with one unit already underway.
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Hartford
Conn
Sulries
England's Summer House Boats and Odd Tidbits
A sketch of English summer living features moving house boats as floating homes on the Thames inspires wealth and leisure. It notes a 1865 origin rumor tied to Bond Street and a New York firm planning to build and rent such vessels. Also told is a St Paul dinner tale about a man on a cask and a note on blinkers for horse bridles fading in Balans.
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England
Thames
Bond Street
London
Tage
New York
St. Paul
Cape of Good Hope
Cape
Iime
Fairhaven’s One-Eyed Dog Gets Tax Exemption Locally
A Fairhaven Washington council resolution exempts Hobo the one eyed dog from taxation and other ordinances for life. The scarred veteran stray lives at the police station and enjoys wide public affection after labor troubles in Puget Sound. A police chief battled a riot through a three thousand strong mob with the help of the dog who leapt to maim a ringleader, dispersing the crowd and saving the officer. The crowd shifted sympathy to the animal and the dog remained loyal to the law and order side.
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Fairhaven
Wash
Puget Sound
Chicago Record
Providence
Spring Medicine Urges Hood's Sarsaparilla For Vitality
An 1900s style exhortation argues spring requires renewing life and blood vitality. It claims winter’s confinement dulled blood and energy and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as the essential spring purifier backed by years of tests.
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Nature
Hood
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Fast Blood Purification
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as easy to take and rapidly absorbed, purifying the blood and revitalizing the body. It claims relief from tiredness, nerves, stomach function, and appetite, and cites cures for scrofula, salt rheum, and other diseases, urging spring use as a blood purifier.
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Hood
Hood's Sarsaparilla testimonial spread in Tennessee and Iowa
A group of readers recounts dramatic cures from Hood's Sarsaparilla, highlighting Geo A Zirkle of Mt Horeb Tennessee detailing long battle with scrofula tumors and improved health after taking five bottles. Other testimonials from E B Johnson Bridgewater Iowa Launa M Lawson Spragueville New York and Anna Ditzier New Danville Pennsylvania claim blood purification and healing of sores and chronic troubles.
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Hood
Anna DiTzier
New Danville
Pennsylvania
Oddities and figures from a fractured page
The fragment mentions extreme temperatures on Pike's Peak, a carnival of cures for Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, counts of cigarette dealers in three Ohio counties, ancient cheating with loaded dice at Herculaneum, a bottomless lake near Conlee City, a chimney incident in Stroudsburg, life expectancy differences by gender, a convict made carpet in Agra for Queen Victoria, oat crop failures in Georgia, and the African descent population in the eleventh census totaling 7,470,040 out of 62,622,250.
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