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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1882
Page
8
A Parrot complains about nightingale noise only to learn the birds share the yard and the Parrot caused the racket. In a second tale, a hawk uses three cards to swindle a hen, who outwits him by picking the Ace. The hawk laments his failed scheme and turns to crime, with a moral about integrity.
A woman named Sarah Cruise died of dropsy of the heart in Belpre. She revived briefly during her wake as family and friends watched, then faded again after medical help arrived. The incident followed a prior day’s sensation and disturbed onlookers profoundly. A later ad promotes Ayer's Ague Cure as an effective malarial remedy. Also noted is a maple tree over a rock on Judge Bronson's Seymour farm with a cedar limb protruding from its trunk.
A nasal injector is offered free with each bottle of Shilohs Catarrh Remedy sold by E R Lash. The price is 30 cents per bottle.
Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe expects to spend the upcoming winter on her Mandarin Florida plantation. Her orange grove, planted soon after the war, runs to just over a hundred trees and from seventy five trees she currently earns about $1,500 annually.
An advertisement touts Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy as a positive cure for catarrh diphtheria and canker mouth with availability from F. Br.
San Antonio man Thomas McWhirter loses his coat to a mischievous goat that climbs onto a chicken coop roof and eats two thousand dollars in government bonds from a pocketbook. The goat is caught and killed, but the bonds survive safe at home in another coat.
Cumberland Md December 17 1881 P Dakehart Superintendent of B and O R R Co hotels and longtime conductor cites Peruna as remedy for his diphtheritic sore throat and chronic malaria dull head relief. He says his wife also uses it and urges readers to ask their druggist for the Ills of Life. The item notes Chicago marriage license records show lower average marrying age than Eastern cities.
An 19th century medicine advertisement promotes Buchupaiba as a cure for stinging and irritation of the urinary passages with diseased discharges. Sold for one dollar at druggists via Ohio Depot JOHN D. PARK & SONS in Cincinnati Ohio.
Rev H W Beecher announced no more baptisms at his church until warm weather. A quip about buying enemies underscores a playful note. Kidney-Wort is advertised as a remedy for digestive and kidney ailments available in liquid and dry forms. Post office ruling ties hektograph circulars to first class postage.
A ghost appeared in Evansville and squared off with a bulldog. A doctor says the young man will be unable to perform another cunning stunt for weeks. Wells' Health Renewer is advertised as a universal remedy for bodily debility at druggists, Ohio Depot John D. Parks & Sons, Cincinnati, O.
A Lancaster Pennsylvania ad warns readers to mail a postcard with full address to receive a new book for one cent. The note emphasizes no other charge. Separate passage notes that over 100 Chinese pheasants now inhabit Protection Island in Puget Sound, comparable in size to grouse.
Letters from readers in different towns report recovery from swelling ulcers and improved health after using Peruna and Jeruna remedies. Subscribers express satisfaction with healing, urging others to consult their druggists for Hartman’s Life remedies and similar products.
A female physician's certificate filed with the Boston Board of Health notes the infant's age at death as five minutes and cites a long term of sickness as the cause.
A Missouri girl started canning tomatoes to treat nineteen warts on her hands and stopped with no warts remaining. The ad promotes Rough on Rats pest killers at 15c per box and Mishler's Herb Bitters under the motto Turn Over a new leaf.
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