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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1880
Page
6
Advice on keeping tropical plants indoors during July and August, including caladiums ferns and dracaenas, with pot spacing and light needs. Also notes on pests in neglected nurseries and a medical testimonial for Lydia E Pinkham's remedy. A Delaware woman dies after a 36 day fast with detailed symptoms and weight loss.
The article explains lime application depends on soil texture and organic content. Heavier soils with organic matter take more lime, up to fifty to one hundred bushels, while light sands need ten to twenty bushels. For wheat, apply before sowing and avoid mixing lime with ammonia fertilizers. It notes no plant signals demand lime and warns lime is a soil dissolvent, not a fertilizer. It ends with a note on Malt Bitters ingredients.
Wheat growers endorse using a blend of Peruvian guano and ground bone meal when barnyard manure is scarce. A ratio of fifty pounds guano to two hundred pounds bone meal per acre, thoroughly harrowed and rolled before drilling, supplies ammonia and phosphates for start and fall through winter.
Mrs W N PauMer of 149 Morgan St Buffalo reports that her child was taken with severe croup on February 1 and after using the remedy as directed by Dr. ee oye Oi vey the child received immediate relief. The mother says three doses gave rest the rest of the night and she has used the remedy with her family for some time with complete success.
Weeds and other plants show vigorous growth and farmers begin the annual task of destruction. Some succeed with ease while others fail, assuming the problem is widespread in town. The key method is to prevent any weed from feeding on the premises, as the only sure control.
Advertises Dr King’s New Discovery as a universal throat and lung remedy with over one million bottles used in the past year. Claims to cure coughs colds asthma bronchitis hay fever consumption and similar afflictions and offers a free trial bottle or a regular size for 100. Athens through F E Waterman & Co. also presents a humorous tale of a beach wedding on a railway car ending in a seaside ceremony.
A seller asserts strong retail demand for Dr Thomas’s Electric Oil since December ith and claims 106 bottles sold with guaranteed satisfaction. He cites personal cure of an ulcerated throat after physician failed, praising the remedy’s efficacy. March 26, 1880, Grayville Illinois.
Close connections made at Lancaster for Circleville Zanesville and all points on the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad and at Columbus for all into North East and West. No change of cars from Columbus to New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Detroit. Leave South Depot. Harrison Carr and Smith listed as generalsuperintendents.
Condensed timetable lists through and local trains in effect Sunday April 7 1880 for the Pan Handle Route. Details include departure and arrival times and station stops as published for the period.
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