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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1887
Page
4
An uneven mix of local items from Nelsonville covers measles cases, light and gas lamp improvements, a dramatic troupe plan, school punctuality, court notices, road conditions, and community charity. Alongside, residents share news on livestock losses, church revivals, notable purchases, and notable travel plans of locals and former residents.
A card from James Farrell notes that Athens housekeepers praise Hawley's Clothes Washer and the American Wringer for easing washday. The indented line invites households to request a demonstration by sending a note to the undersigned.
The undersigned report numerous local sales of Hawley’s improved clothes washer with the American clothes wringer since their introduction. They plan to dispatch traveling agents to Athens, Washington, Meigs, Hocking, and Morgan counties to offer fair trials and establish the products’ merits across the region.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is claimed as the only positive cure known to medicine for catarrh a constitutional disease. The remedy is taken internally and said to act on blood and mucus surfaces building up the constitution. Proponents offer $100 if any case fails to cure and invite testimonials from the public. Sold by druggists for 75 cents.
Cyrus Mechling of Peters & Trout represents The Temple of Fashion at Lancaster and will appear in Athens at the Warren House on Tuesday and Wednesday February 15 and 16 with a full line of the latest Spring styles. Call or leave word for appointment.
A fragmentary report mentions reshennem and Liquer Babit in a brief note. Details are unclear due to damaged text but names appear as principal subjects in the readable portion. Further context is unavailable from the legible lines.
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