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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1895
Page
6
A Mont Clemens Michigan wedding drew ire from guests craving lighter fare. The feast reportedly included nine roast pigs, six turkeys, fifty chickens, five geese, six hams and twelve half barrels of beer, prompting comments on the extravagance and unsatisfying refreshment.
A medical notice describes how youthful indiscretions lead to nervous exhaustion, memory loss, and serious illnesses. It promotes a plain language treatise from The World's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo, offering a sealed copy for ten cents postal to readers responsible for youth.
Princeton researchers tested baseball pitch speed with 60 feet between pitcher and catcher. An electrical chronosecope measured travel time. Altman and Bradley showed slower speeds this season. Altman balk time six tenths of a second, Bradley fifty nine hundredths. Further warm weather tests planned to gauge top pitchers. In a separate note, two Muscongus men uncovered a six foot six Indian warrior skeleton with iron tools and copper bands, buried seated facing a feast. teeth intact.
The Presbyterian church north saw an average 7 percent gain in members last year. In New Jersey 5 percent, New York 6 percent, California 8 percent, and Minnesota Nebraska Kansas Oregon and South Dakota 10 percent. Wheel fortunes at Earl's Court: proprietors drawing 15000 dollars daily.
An old warning on internal and external poisons from imperfect digestion, disease germs, and polluted water. It extols Asparagus Kidney Pills as a remedy to cleanse blood, unlock kidney health, and prevent toxin buildup, promoting a cure for sluggish or diseased kidneys.
A Portland scene describes the allure of tea table styling with electric lighting and silver lamps. The Hostetter Company pamphlet offers a free calendar Almanac in multiple languages, touting reliability and engravings, while a neighbor hears a dog’s barking prompting discovery of Mrs. Kelly frozen in her rooms.
Mr G Cailloutte a Beaversville Ill druggist credits Dr Kings New Discovery with saving his life after a La Grippe illness. He began using the remedy from the first dose and after three bottles was up and about. A free trial is offered at W H McKee's drug store. A Holt Lumber Co cut the largest tree in Northwestern woods at Sconty county Wis. It stood nearly 1100 feet high and seven feet two inches at the base, yielding eight thousand five hundred feet in logs. The pine was valued at eighty dollars when cut.
An assortment of promotional notes extoll Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for nursing mothers and prospective mothers, claiming blood purification, improved organ function, and shorter childbirth. Also mentions Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills for vitality. Reports Berlin county Mich farmers ending sparrow fight and a Gaylord Mich potato sale at eight cents a bushel, 4,290 bushels bringing $342.20.
An 25 cent salve ad proclaims it heals cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions and piles with a money refund guarantee. It is sold by W. H. McKee. The note adds details on Mr. Biack a Sturgis wood dealer living on Walnut Hill at Elm and Oak streets near Dr Woods and Mr Beach.
A quirky local item notes a mayoral candidate described as having sat on an icy sidewalk while distributing packages and not swearing. The mention extends to various product lines and odd phrases, painting a curious, largely nonessential portrait amid civic naming chatter.
The city glitters with holiday displays as churches and charities sell wares to fund Christmas joy. Debate rages over Sunday closing laws with Roosevelt praised by reformers and Tammany opposition marching in rallies. A Carnegie Hall gathering featured bishops and ministers urging temperance, while Ohio’s senator situation draws commentary. Also included are notes on perfumes, woods, wheat yields, a Missouri rattlesnake, California wine production, bee pollination habits, and seed size effects on germination.
London Times ponders the old Welsh sin-eater practice and its moral weight. It questions the fate of a sin-eater who inherits others sins and contemplates the cumulative burden on those who perform the grim duty.
The Boston Herald presents Rev C J Freeman AB PhD, former St Mark's rector at Anaconda Montana, recounting his health crisis from heavy study and ministry. He details years of indigestion, heart palpitations, partial paralysis, and recovery after using Williams Pink Pills, praising the remedy and urging perseverance. He notes his renewed vigor and ability to preach twice without rest.
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