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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1886
Page
2
A speaker urges avoiding wasteful unfinished work. He recalls a strict mother who required completion of every task and cautions that many waste time on grand beginnings. Finish one project, apply patience and toil, and gain more satisfaction and world value than many started plans.
E. M. Howard of Newport New Hampshire reports long illness from scrofulous humors. After using two bottles of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla he claims improvement and happiness from renewed health and blood purification.
James French of Atchison reports complete recovery from a two year liver ailment after using Royer’s Sarsaparilla. Mrs H M Kidder of Boston says her family has used Ayer’s Sarsaparilla for years with consistent safety and relief.
A newly organized circus and menagerie performs in the state under a leadership promising modern, original ideas. The faded old show is contrasted with the new venture, which aims to be ahead of its time and attract public favor with innovative presentation.
Undeniably the best remedy to purify the blood and strengthen the system Hood's Sarsaparilla aids the body during seasonal debility. It proclaims scrofula and all humors expelled from blood by reviving and purifying action. Made by C T Hood & Co Lowell Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar.
A resident recounts that a cabin owner in 17438 named the place after his daughter's faint whisper after an owl incident. The tale says the daughter whispered Oh pa did he hoot which the old man misheard as the town’s name, later evolving into Tidioute.
A lengthy critique questions whether strikers have exclusive rights to work and protest. It argues that idle workers and their families deserve bread, and that mob violence harms those eager to work, not just employers, urging respect for all who seek employment and challenging the notion of a rights-based blockade of vacancies.
An amused exchange frames a sermon on laying up treasures and a narrator recalling a year spent in the pantry and dining room after her mother redirected her from study to domestic work. The reminiscence ends with a wry critique of early family discipline and gratitude for the pantry years.
Readers ponder how much men truly know about Mustang Liniment citing doubt that many claim mastery. The remark suggests humility is necessary for understanding the product and its uses.
An array of short items includes a patent medicine claim for Hood's Sarsaparilla curing biliousness and preventing fever or death, a bequest noting Kaspar Auch left 300000 plus 28000 to relatives, and church trusts. Also reports on ship timbers found in Middle Park, travel questions between England and Ireland, school habits joke, a jail fine for a noisy revival convert, a Georgia man with four wives, and an advertisement for SPAULDING's Glue and SOZODONT teeth whitener.
OHT10 canals cost about 16 million to build and have paid into treasuries nearly six million beyond maintenance. Properties worth 50 million rely on the canals, producing about 300 thousand yearly in state and county revenues. Throat ailments are described as worsening, with Dr. Bigelow's Positive Cure advertised as a remedy available from H K Door. The ad touts affordability and safety for children in Athens County.
Consumptives and all who suffer from throat and lung affections can find a cure in Dr Kings New Discovery. Thousands report permanent cures and boundless relief. It costs nothing to try with free trial bottles at Henderson Minears Drug Store. Large size priced at $1.00.
A speaker argues that granting the Chinaman whisky rights and voting would end agitation by making him an equal to listed labor champions. The piece claims the Anti-Coolie Association would disband if the Chinese were absorbed into society through drinking and spending, portraying it as a solution to race tensions.
A child gazing from a window notes a bright planet near the eastern sky and the Moon, marveling aloud at the celestial sight as parents listen to the tiny exclamation about the glow above.
Mrs Creo Gilbert of Brean Ohio touts Peruna after four years of worsening illness. She credits the medicine with breaking chills, healing sores, and revived vitality, noting neighbors asking about Peruna and requesting the Ills of Life book. John Ferguson of Gallitzin Pa endorses and asks for more copies in German.
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