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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1888
Page
7
A milkman plots a petty justice scheme using a counterfeit nickel to force a customer toward fair milk. The Lexington Telegram notes a bee purchase plan for Australia, a laxative ad and a Rolla Missouri school sweetheart vote sparking fights, reflecting quirky local rumor and ads.
John Tierney recounts a Brooklyn story of Miss Dottle who lay in a coffin after death but awakened in her shroud. Fireman Tierney claims the girl sat up, revived with restoratives, and is now recovering. The piece also criticizes sensational widely circulated novels and reports a sparrow attending a Galena funeral.
A reflective verse on Christian hope, noting how large ambitions fade while small, humble things carry souls heavenward. It contrasts earthly rank and wealth with the quiet dignity of faith, urging contentment in what God provides.
A prominent lawyer recalls reading a story that ended in a puff for Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets. He bought the pills a week later and considers them the best medicine of their kind, using the anecdote to illustrate advertising’s payoffs.
A 93-year-old Holbrook resident, Mrs Abigail White, is recalled for keen eyesight. She reportedly saw workers building a water tower in Randolph, about two miles away, and also spotted clock hands on the Congregational church dial in Randolph as the sun rose.
The verdict is unanimous that Electric Bitters cure liver kidney and blood diseases claims by W D Sult and Abraham Hare. Drugstores promote the remedy at fifty cents a bottle. A Maine cotton mill produced 18 million square yards of cloth and claims a tent covering 370 acres could seat 84,000 Maine horses in a central ring.
In a mixed item the piece mocks opponents of Samuel J. Randall and promotes Blood Elixir as a cure for ulcers eruptions and syphilitic poisoning. A Louisiana note reports a bear raiding a turnip patch before fleeing to a railroad track meeting an oncoming locomotive in a humorous wraparound.
The readable fragment hints at uncertain wording about reasons and preparation but lacks clear facts, names, places, or events to form a proper news item.
Advertisement extols Green's August Flower as a cure for dyspepsia and liver misery, blaming greasy foods and late hours for indigestion. It claims the remedy restores health and happiness, urging readers to ask their druggist for a bottle at seventy five cents.
The Bishop Garret of Texas urges clergy to be self-reliant frontier leaders. He favors brave men able to handle dangers, including revolver threats and drunken cowboys, capable of restraining disturbances and handling cattle as needed. Such tough pastors are rare from seminaries.
A jumble of medical claims and humorous quips appears from a 19th century page. It promotes Dr Lindsey’s Blood Searcher as a cure for various sores and ailments, touts Acker's English Remedy for lung trouble, Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier, and includes a local note about a 140 pound squash. It also contains a satirical remark about courtship and a quip from Puck.
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