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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1881
Page
2
A fragmented excerpt from Harper’s Magazine describes a town’s evolution as poets and tradesmen shape a community. It recalls merchants, schoolmen, and preachers amid a changing era, noting greed, pride, and lasting cultural impact.
A nineteen year old Mabel Vaughn, beloved of farmer Philip Adair, faces a ruined romance after her parents push her toward wealthy Mr. Claire. She marries the city man, but heartbreak follows when Philip learns the truth. Mabel dies in sorrow and is buried under her favorite apple tree in the old orchard.
The Laboratory for the manufactory of Electric Bitters is a major Chicago enterprise employing many. The extensive sales reflect the potion’s remarkable merit and rapid demand wherever introduced, with testimonials praising its healing powers and wide reputation.
Michelet describes the frigate bird as the ocean eagle of the tempest a winged giant with fifteen foot wingspan gliding above hurricanes at ten thousand feet. He claims the bird personifies flight mastery sleeping on storms and crossing vast distances from Benegal to America.
A quip about leading you by the nose frames a satire while an advertisement claims Electric Bitters cure diseases of the stomach liver kidneys and urinary organs. The text asserts physicians give up patients and promotes Bitters as a universal remedy sold by J. Dorr for fifty cents a bottle.
An elderly Newburyport woman shrieked that a mouse was in her pocket. Helpers removed her shawl and secured the pocket. A man searched the lining, finding no rodent though the tale sparked disbelief and later laughter.
A Paris newspaper essay details early rising habits of famous authors. Dumas fils starts with soup and writes after dawn, Hugo recalls memories that fuel tomorrow’s pages, Villiers de L’Isle-Adam or Musset prefer candlelit work, Sand writes by night, and Byron’s vigor is tied to horseback rides.
Advice on keeping closets free from odors by increasing ventilation. Recommends airing by leaving doors open or adding a window or ventilator, and airing out night and day clothes to prevent buildup of exhalations and improprieties in the closet space.
Enterprising town druggist J Dorr or Drurgist has just received a supply of Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs Colds Asthma Bronchitis Hay Fever Phthisis Croup Whooping Cough and more. Trial bottles available at his store with regular size bottles priced at one dollar. thousands testify to its curative power.
A reader notes the story A Dark Deed is declined for lacking the motif of silence brooding at midnight. The letter criticizes the opening line and asserts midnight scenes are essential to the urban mood in fiction.
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