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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1887
Page
6
A Colorado stock raiser with unusually long hair, dining in Briggs House, questions sugar tongs offered by a waiter. The exchange reveals local resistance to new etiquette, as the man from the West favors using fingers over the tongs if the landlord approves.
A testimonial alleging Hood's Sarsaparilla cleanses blood and invigorates the system, citing improved health for two children after a vaccination outbreak. Additional endorsements claim the medicine strengthens appetite, tones the blood, and purifies the system, with opinions from J P Thompson and I Barrington.
A collage of snippets, jokes, verses, and advertisements from various periodicals. Mentions of beggars, poets, legislators, theater actresses, a Boston trader, and sly quips about alcohol and railroads intermingle with medical ads for Athlophoros and Drexel’s Cologne.
An eyewitness recounts two battlefield deaths, noting the face’s changing expressions after death. He describes how the “plastic” features distort as muscles stiffen, and observes how a dead man’s face can appear anguished or calm, challenging assumed links between appearance and mind.
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