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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1886
Page
2
A fragmented local page mixes comic banter about perfect men and a biblical reference with a Pittsburg Chronicle excerpt. It mentions Merc Suags debating a “perfect man” named Mark and a Bible line, then shifts to a London riot critique of British workers and a promotion for a salvation tonic priced at 25 cents a bottle.
J. W. Starr of Laconia Iowa reports long battle with scrofulous and consumptive tendencies improved greatly by two bottles of Ayer s Sarsaparilla. He claims a complete cure and regards the medicine as the best blood purifier.
A Philadelphia Pathological Society meeting reports autopsy analyses of five drunks noting kidneys show cyangtic changes, liver fatty infiltration, and stomach damage. Alcohol is not sole cause. irregular diet and exposure also matter. A Montana mob abducted singer W. W. Ulm from Grange Hall, nearly lynching him before friends intervened. motive unclear.
A Lowell Citizen item notes a clergy man who wed four couples in one hour calling it pretty fast work his friend retorts that it is only four knots an hour Magnolia Balm ad copy frames beauty and freshness as part of lasting charm and headlines a light promotional tone for cosmetics
Wl McDonald of 2542 Dearborn Street Chicago credits lasting relief from eczema after 17 years with Cuticura Remedies including internal Blood purifier and external Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Boston lawyer Chas Houghton notes a 10 year eczema case cured by Cuticura Remedies leaving skin clean and healthy.
An intimate report describes James G Blaine’s late night gas mishap during a El Mira visit in October 1883. After a long tour he fell asleep in bed reading dispatches and nearly suffocated when he turned the gas on too far, escaping by opening a window and fleeing to safety. The alert household was notified.
In Forest City G E Bryan of 151 Putnam Street Cleveland Ohio speaks on his heavy medical bills from a large family and says Red Star Cough Care has given him the best relief without morphia or opium and no depressing after effects.
Professor Huxley argues the conflict between science and religion is artificial. He says religious critics confuse theology with religion, while scientists overstep by treating undefined areas as knowable.
Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg Indiana reports a long leg sore healed after three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen Arnica Salve. He praises the remedies and notes the price of fifty cents per Electric Bitter bottle and twenty five cents per Arnica Salve box.
An 19th century advertisement promotes a salve priced at 25 cents for cuts and eruptions with a money back guarantee. It mentions Henderson & Minear Harvard graduate in Boston and a pun about a honeymoon moon. Also references Day’s Hore Powder by A Meyer & Co Baltimore and an Assistant Secretary of the Navy vacancy with a Dolphin joke.
An advertisement extols scrofula as skin rashes and eruptions that can reach the lungs and cause consumption. It claims Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery fights the disease in the blood and removes it from the body. Sold by all druggists.
A reflective exhortation about making the most of youth and early adulthood urging constant effort and purposeful action. The piece contrasts wasted time with the need for steady work, noting a quarter of active life can vanish and urging no idle hours. It includes a humorous item about a French woman and a humorous waiting-table exchange. It promotes Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil as a remedy for rheumatic pain and related ailments.
Mr Bookwalter, running for Ohio governor, claims civil service reform fuels Democratic corruption by leaving most federal offices in the state under Republican control.
A Utica New York woman reports her father improved greatly after using Hop Bitters. She notes his long suffering from an incurable disease is ending and expresses gratitude that he used the tonic. Her daughters echo relief and praise the product.
A Washington man, EK M Williams of 1103 ellington Street Washington DC, reports seven years of inflammatory rheumatism vanishing after two bottles of Hop Bitters. He invites others to write for details on his cure.
Retired doctor claims a simple vegetable cure for consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and throat and lung complaints and nervous debility. He says it was given by an East India missionary and will mail free detailed directions in German French or English to any reader who requests it by sending a stamped reply to W A Noyes 149 Powers Block.
J Wickilfe Johnson of Wilmington Delaware reports recovering health after using Hop Bitters. He describes severe past emaciation and inability to walk, now gaining strength and flesh and receiving frequent compliments on his improved appearance due to the remedy.
Citizens are urged to report druggists selling C. D. Warners German Hop Bitters or any hop named product as a swindle. Refuse purchase, indict the offending druggist for fraud, sue for damages, and seek a liberal reward upon conviction.
A Huntington West Virginia man reports eight years of leg disease and agony ending after trying Praca. He cites bone fragments and near-continual discharge, regaining the ability to walk. Letters from Ohio and Pennsylvania praise Peruna and Manalin for stomach catarrh and lung trouble, with merchants endorsing Peruna as a staple tonic.
David Claypool of Cedarville Cumberland Co New Jersey testifies that Mishler's Herb Bitters saved his life after family deaths from consumption and weak lungs. He claims the remedy builds strength, improves appetite, and plans to affidavit its effects. The advertisement promotes the product as vegetable and physician endorsed with pricing of 1.00 per bottle or 5.00 for six.
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