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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1883
Page
6
Fragmented excerpts from poems and prayers alongside notes on Washington Greene's dedication, a 1796 autograph letter, and scattered items on weather signs, stock market anecdotes, local notices, and medical ads. The mix centers on literary praise, historical reminiscences, and period curiosities.
The page blends dubious tonic marketing promising curative powers for dyspepsia and kidney troubles with a dark parent child exchange about a dog’s howl and potential violence. A father’s reply implies danger may follow a wounded shot, hinting at a troubling local mood.
An ad urges invalids and sufferers to visit H. K. Door's Drug Store for a free trial bottle of Dr King's New Discovery for consumption and related lung throat ailments with a bold claim it will positively cure. Also notes ripe Florida strawberries and approaching mosquitoes.
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