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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1886
Page
7
A traveling man recounts a bold stunt where a man places a heavy oval watch on a railroad rail and, after a train passes, retrieves it unscathed. The watch supposedly withstands air pressure and rail jar, proving a claimed trick. The tale appears in a Chicago Herald excerpt along with ads for Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and other notices.
The passage reviews various dietary beliefs and purported nutritive foods from a period source, noting eggs as highly valued by some and problematic for others, milk as essential yet intolerable for some, and other items like beef tea gelatine arrowroot cheese and fruit. It cites a physician's guidance from Journal of Recon structives and outlines patient appetite and stomach guidance, followed by local advertisements and humorous vignettes.
Ad style clippings tout Rough on Piles with 50c price and mail option. Wells Health Renewer promises cures for dyspepsia impotence nervous debility and vigor. Wells Hair to restore color and condition scalp. Tom Arcueer, ex slave, sues for wages in Morrow county court and wins. Shakespeare factoid ends the snippet.
An old physician, retired, claims a vegetable remedy can cure Consumption, Bronchitis, Cattarh, Asthma, and nervous complaints. He will mail the recipe in German, French or English with directions to anyone who asks, free of charge. Address W. A. Noyes, 149 Power's Block, Rochester, N.Y. Also notes about wages, Acker's Blood Elixir, and local civic details including saloon closing time, Athens loon option, and Mrs Mackay's dressmakers.
At a Detroit wedding a father’s $49000 check and diamonds drew gawkers as the bride exclaimed the gems were enough. Some guests suspected the scene was staged. A feuiliton note recalls Alboni’s singing mocked as fat, prompting a sharp quip from a marshal.
Railway timetable card notes a change taking effect May 30 in central time. The fragment mentions a railroad card and a time zone reference with uppercased headings. Specific places, dates, or organizations are not clearly identified beyond the May date.
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