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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1881
Page
8
A long verse celebration recalling Yorktown and the Franco-American alliance. The poem traces triumphs from the sea and land battles, praising De Grasse, Cornwallis, and the American fight for independence. It entwines themes of chivalry, stars, lilies, and a hopeful future.
In Switzer lands Elm village is crushed by a massive landslip from the Plattenberg. The slide buries forty houses and many fields, sweeping away 111 residents and twelve quarrymen. Debris raises the Sernf River course, and losses are estimated at 2,000,000 francs with 1725 deaths, stranding survivors.
Prof J B Hannay proposes a self described cure for hay fever. He dismisses remedies like quinine zinc tannin and arsenic and suggests blocking pollen entry by a spring clip on the nose and plugging tear ducts with glass pieces to prevent irritation. He notes Scotland faces the condition less often and urges medical testing in southern England next summer.
A San Francisco Post correspondent describes a Swedish dinner as a staged mix of etiquette and practicality. Guests mingle in small groups before a meal of bread, cold cuts, and barley bread. The dinner begins with bread and brandy, then a hearty first course followed by dessert fruit and coffee with toasted bread.
A historical note recalls 200 years ago a capital crime to ship tobacco to Russia or Turkey and an Italian church snuff ban that led to excommunication for offenders.
A Saginaw Valley man meets a widow at Central Market after a depot visit. A matchmaker tries to pair them in minutes, but the widow plans with a Toledo widower. The man learns he is ten days too late and misses the train by thirty-one minutes.
Cor. New York Tribune describes a crowded Mexico City market behind the palace with four gates, zinc roofs, and mats sheltering stalls. Vendors display peppers, fruits, vegetables, and even babies among the bustling buyers in a scene of urban commerce and vivid street life. The report notes odors, crowded aisles, and the varied products from tierras calientes along with a brief note on Lancaster County camp meetings using electric light.
An Philadelphia style ad touts Lydia E. Pinkham Liver Pills as remedies for constipation biliousness and torpidity of the liver. The copy notes 2% centa per box and that the product is sold by all druggists with J Dorr Athens Ohio as a sale point and John D Park and Son as Cincinnati wholesale agents.
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