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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1886
Page
6
A mother chastises her son for pestering a shopkeeper with petty requests. Bob tests leniency by asking again, only to be reminded of the warning. The tale shifts to a bustling drug store offering free trials of King’s New Discovery for coughs and lung ailments, with a dubious safety note about brimstone gargles as a cure.
A mother and father quarrel over a girl’s behavior and the mother’s attempt to redirect the conversation. A child’s mischief on a garden bed leads to a back-and-forth about discipline. The piece contrasts family discipline with a medical ad urging Electric Bitters as a health tonic. The note praises a long charity tradition in Augusta Maine, funded by Mrs. Daniel Williams, daughter of Judge Bridge.
A mixed page of satirical verses and early consumer notices runs through items about magnolia balm a saloon dog and public remedies. It cites Hood’s Sarsaparilla for rheumatism the Rough on line and a long-soaked soap ad plus Spalding’s Glue and SOZODONT breath cleaner. Names include M Thiers reference and Watertown New York production.
Young Dyke of Akron Ohio, once hard up, began crafting tiny jugs and built a factory that now employs fifty hands, turning out 650 gross daily at sixty cents per gross. Also noted are fashion bonnets unsettling a Tacoma procession, Anna Dickinson's money worries, and assorted brief observations.
The advertisement touts Athlophoros as a certain cure for rheumatism neuralgia and nervous headache claiming safety and tested efficacy. Athlophoros Pills are recommended to aid bowel action and support the medicine in treating debility blood poisoning dyspepsia and stomach or liver troubles. Testimonials are offered and orders via the Athlophoros Co New York with price one dollar per bottle and fifty cents for pills.
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