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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1886
Page
2
A young wife frets over her ailing husband who dismisses her fears and promises to see a physician. A visitor arrives in the parlor and reveals he is not a doctor but a life insurance agent.
Engineer Zacharias of Berlin argues electric railways outperform street cars with annual savings of 70000 dollars for sixty cars. He notes electric cars climb steep grades, navigate sharp curves, produce no heat or smoke, and travel twice as fast as horse cars.
A neatly dressed woman about thirty asks Erie ticket agent Harry Foster for the lowest fare to Warren Pennsylvania for herself and eleven children. She explains three are nine, three are seven, two are five, and three are three years old. The agent, startled, offers to check passes and asks her to return in a few days.
Chas Houghton a Boston lawyer reports a decade long eczema case cured solely by Cuticura Remedies with clear skin. John Thiel of Wilkesbarre Pa says salt rheum vanished after using Cuticura and Resolvent. Mrs Isaac Phelps of Ravenna Ohio details a year long itching rash on her face cured by Cuticura.
A historic testimonial promotes Dr King s New Discovery as a universal remedy for consumption coughs colds bronchitis asthma and throat chest lung ailments. It claims immediate relief and offers a free trial bottle at Henderson Minear s.
In Mexican high society excitement grows as Parsian bonnets spread among ladies replacing mantillas. Patriots warn this signals national decay and urge resistance to Parisian influence, but many women remain unconvinced by the appeal.
Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg NL credits Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Arnica Salve for healing a eight year leg wound after doctors warned amputation or bone scraping. He used three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Arnica Salve, sold by Henderson & Minor.
A Lima well in Allen county shows an oil flow rivaling eastern fields, signaling potential for Ohio to expand oil and natural gas production. The piece also notes political tensions and promotes Simmons Liver Regulator while recounting a Pottsville murder acquittal where Yonito thanked his lawyers, judge, and jury.
An elderly physician, once in practice, claims to hold a vegetable remedy that cures Sareeee Bronchitis Catarrh Asthma and related throat and lung conditions and nervous disorders. He says thousands have benefited and will mail the formula with usage instructions in German French or English to any requester at W. A. Noves 149 Power's Block Rochester.
Benjamin Franklin quotes temperance as bringing resources and joy to homes and minds. The temperance banner urges readers to resolve to improve their own home and help others, making Sundays peaceful and holidays delightful.
The ad promises a universal salve for cuts and skin eruptions sold by Henderson and Mineur in Paris. A recent charity ball raised about $10,000 but expenses exceeded receipts, limiting poverty relief. Oregon and Washington wool clip for 1885 reached 13,000,000 pounds, 3,000,000 more than 1884 and 5,000,000 more than 1885.
An advertisement extols St Jacobs Oil as a fast acting cure that travels to the spot and relieves pain from rheumatism wounds and cuts through its magical power. It promises relief regardless of attack severity or wound depth.
A jumble of lines contrasts rhetoric about Chicago workers with a critique of communists and a dental remedy. The piece pivots to a quip about Dr Bull's Baby Syrup priced at 25 cents and a cartoonish tale of a whale's misfortune.
A letter from Utica New York praises Hlop Bitters noting their father’s recovery after long illness described as incurable. The writer, describing gratitude, highlights the medicine as a key factor in improving health.
A patient from Washington DC reports seven years of inflammatory rheumatism relief after using two bottles of Hop Bitters. The spokesperson E. M. Williams at 1103 16th Street seeks others to contact him for details or confirmation of the remedy.
A Wilmington resident, J. Wickiffe Johnson, reports severe illness from indigestion kidney complaint and nervous debility then recovering after using Hop Bitters. He notes rapid strength gain improved appearance and daily compliments as evidence of the remedy’s effectiveness.
A warning urges consumers to refuse Draggists selling any Hop Bitters named variants and to indict and sue for swindle if money is taken. It cites C. D. Warner's German Hop Bitters and warns against green labeled products. The notice promises reward for conviction.
Mrs Geo Gilbert of Bryan Ohio commends Peruna after four years of illness and worsening health. She credits the medicine with stopping chills and healing sores while noting improved vitality and a wish to share the book The Id of Life. Ferguson Gallitzin Pa endorses Peruna and requests more copies of Ills of Life with German.
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