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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1882
Page
3
Reverend Beecher recalled a tale of catching a three pound trout by hand during a sermon at a prayer meeting. His dramatic reading and facial mimicry drew rustling amusement as he pictured a boyish robinlike congregation waiting for his “worm.”
A testimonial-style notice extols Dr Quinns Great Discovery claiming universal satisfaction for consumption and coughs. It notes no opium or morphia is used and directs readers to E R Lash’s drug store for details and to try the remedy priced at 50e. It also promotes Dr Quinns Irish Liniment as a related product.
A Philadelphia bird fancier claims a canary can be tamed in six hours by fasting the bird, then offering seed from a hand. He recommends repeating the method at intervals to make the canary fly about and respond to whistled cues.
Geo Sanderson ex mayor of Lancaster uses printers ink and paper to advertise Mishler's Herb Bitters as the best medicine for human ills. The claim spread across America with widespread belief in its efficacy.
An advertisement roundup promotes Shilohs Cure for croup whooping cough and bronchitis sold by E R Lash, Shilohs Vi ane for digestion and appetite, and Brown's Ironizers highlighted by W M Hartinger & Bro. Reports mention a British minister West arrested in Maryland for fish law violations and a Bourbon Indiana clergyman credits Shilohs Consumption Cure. The page also notes ink from Diamond Dyes and New York Pennsylvania Ohio industrial ranking.
Reverend H Ferebeer of the First Methodist Church in Winston Forsyth County North Carolina writes that six months of Hop Bitters cured five years of dyspepsia. He attests his congregation can witness the great virtues of the remedy and expresses thanks to the makers.
The article notes horses and jockeys face heat related ailments cured by Swayne's Ointment while discussing fatigue and saddle exertion. It also mentions the composer Carl Wilhelm shaping the piece Waelht am Rhein, sold in Berlin for $66, and Hackmetack fragrance priced at 2 dollars and 5 cents by S. R. Lash.
Fragmentary OCR text shows unclear times and abbreviations, with a fragment "NORTH BOUND" followed by times and initials, providing no coherent event or entities to describe a full news item.
A garbled OCR fragment from Harpers Magazine references literary figures and themes, mentioning names such as Fenimore, Woolson, and Gutaher with an unclear discussion of November, art, and poetry. The text is fragmented and mostly unreadable, offering no clear event or conclusion.
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Fragmentary text references Harper's Bazaar Harper's Magazine and a library offer of one year for 52 issues priced at 400 units. No clear event or outcome. article seems to be an old advertisement listing subscriptions and prices.
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