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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1874
Page
2
Athens paper announces its large circulation and advertises holiday ads. It reports on state appointments resignations, a jail transport, a child’s death, a temperance meeting correction, rail time changes, local society moves, a Presbyterian service, accidents, riots trials, business changes, a failed train accident, a garter snake joke, vandalism at W B Brooks store, and promises swift justice for crime.
A provincial editorial lauds City Hall improvements at Hillsboro and Chillicothe as imitate milestones, praising gilded ball and vane atop the cupola and clock dial aesthetics. It notes Ath ens and Marietta rail and hospital debates, and county towns competing for public works.
An agent of Appleton promotes the ninth edition of the American Cyclopedia in our town. The volume is described as newly rewritten, illustrated, bound, and comprehensive for history biography politics and general literature. The seven remaining volumes will be issued bi monthly.
The column lists post office mail unsent items, local notices from Fort Reed Florida, and business advertisements. It covers shipments, real estate offers, clothing bargains, piano sales, restaurant recommendations, and local trades in Athens county, Marshfield, Logan, and Cincinnati with names of merchants and readers.
Quality, durability and fashion mark Zenner & Co. Eloysian overcoats, priced below tailor-made equivalents, with others in stock at strong value. The ad notes Harvey Roach's teas, Kurtz & Norris holiday incentives, Brown & Stedman groceries, and Weerhall week bargains on waterproofs and dress goods. Also mentions Ike Naylor livery rates and a Columbus order highlighting Bormans' Seed stories’ trade appeal.
Athens readers learn of bargains at ML Belig and Co one price store with mentions of Plantation Bitters at I R Lash Pioneer Drug Store and Perkin's old stand. The notice touts beef and pork for roasting, oatmeal diet benefits, Donnan Pickering drugstore oatmeal, and Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription sold by Canton NY druggist G W Seymour with anecdotal efficacy claims.
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