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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1886
Page
2
An elderly Reston resident known for his sobriety attended a party where a milk punch was served. Asked for a beverage he quipped he would take milk, then after tasting drained the glass and exclaimed Great Caesar what a Cow in a moment of light humor.
A testimonial from M. Husbands of New York recounts dramatic improvement after using Cuticura Remedies for multiple neck lumps and general skin and blood disease. The letter extols internal Resolvent and external Cure, praising weight gain and health while urging widespread distribution of Cuticura products.
An 1864 anecdote recalls President Lincoln skirting a peace activist by offering a baldness remedy. He shows a bottle to a Quaker visitor, says rub it on the head, and tells him to return in three months with reports, prompting the astonished philanthropist to depart with the bottle.
The Irvine estate includes 180000 acres in Los Angeles County valued near 4 million dollars, bought in 1857 at 374 cents per acre with a partner and later bought out for 250000 dollars. A 20000 acre valley is valued at 2 million, coal mine leased to Southern Pacific interests, 30000 to 40000 sheep and several thousand cattle. The article notes a possible 1 million cash offer and a 4 million total cash value.
A mixed audience watched a colored couple wed at a Grenada house with several white attendees. The minister asked Samuel and Lucinda if they consent, both affirming, as wedding bells echoed amid era tensions and community scrutiny.
A New York grammar teacher tests sentence building with words like aqueduct and effervescence while a student jokes about joining the junior class. The piece also recounts Gettysburg quips about war writing. It closes with a practical sweet corn canning method using water, corn, tartaric acid, and soda.
A Detroit Free Press note recounts an elderly couple at Third Street depot who misinterpret Niagara Falls as a local wonder, prompting playful suspicion and family chatter about a possible hoax. Nearby items include humorous letters from western New York husbands about marriage and a Fort Plain budget advert praising Star Cure products.
A four year old Bell watched Pom the cat squeeze through a tiny hole under the house. She said you ought to have seen Ponde just mashed and went under.
Edward Brunor, age 17, roped into a Carlisle Indiana saloon poker game. He won eleven dollars from the saloon keeper then fled with the money. Arrested and imprisoned, the governor commuted the sentence to a term in reform school ending at age.
An ad describes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as mild and pleasant to take, sold in glass vials by druggists. A Boston lecture notes prices for wives among the Santhal, with young wives fetching 3 to 5 dollars and widows 75 cents. Hartford preserves Charter Oak offspring from an acorn, Hudson hosts a vast 800 acre apple orchard with 26 000 trees, and authorities warn there are under 1 000 buffalo left in the United States.
An elderly physician, retired from practice, announces a free recipe for a vegetable remedy said to cure bronchitis, catarrh, asthma, throat and lung issues, and nervous debility. The offer includes full preparation directions and is mailed in German, French, or English from Rochester New York.
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