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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1886
Page
6
A collage of ad copy for Hood's Sarsaparilla claims blood purification and vigor with testimonials from New York and New York State residents. It includes a brief sermon on work and rest and a humorous note about a town wedding cluster after a funeral.
A Chicago Times excerpt extols printers devils as insightful youths and lists notable ex-devils such as Benjamin Franklin Horace Greeley and Schuyler Colfax. It laments social flippancy toward printers devils while praising their contribution to America. The item then switches to advertisements for Day's Horse Powder Dr Bull's Baltimore Pills Drexel's Cologne shingles and a 1771 Unitarian church story including Gen Israel Putnam.
A historical mention describes Mustang Jiniment as a cooling lotion for various hurts and ailments in both man and beast, promoting relief and care through a familiar old time remedy.
The Lancet advises aligning work and rest with daylight and natural rhythms to cure sleeplessness. It warns against forcefully forcing sleep, noting wakeful nights can become habitual and that waking to work a full day can restore a nine to ten hour night sleep. The piece emphasizes natural sleep as a clocklike function and cautions against disrupting order.
An ad touts Rough on Itch as a remedy for skin humors eruptions ring worm tetter salt rheum frosted feet chilblains itch ivy poison barber's itch. Sold in 50 cent jars.
An array of 19th century ad copy and editorial notes touts remedies for rheumatism and bad breath, mentions Hood's Sarsaparilla, Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, and Sezedont/Buzodont toothwash, with brief moral and religious commentary from Rev. Parkhurst and notes on consumer manners and health products.
An English cotton buyer newly in town asks a prominent citizen to explain why he keeps dropping in rank. The citizen, irritated by the accent and mispronunciations, declares the man is not a native and should be grateful for any position. He ends by dismissing him as Corporal.
An advertisement for Athlophoros presents testimonials and urged cures for rheumatism neuralgia sciatica and kidney and liver diseases. Druggist J B Atchison of London Ohio endorses the product noting many cures and lists several local residents who allegedly recovered. The notice claims Athlophoros and Athlophoros Pills available from the Athlophoros Co New York with carriage paid pricing listed.
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