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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1888
Page
15
An Ohio State Journal reprint notes in a 1000 population Minnesota village fifteen saloons existed. After high tax license laws eleven shut down and four stayed open with Sundays closed. Disorder has largely disappeared and authorities claim taxation and regulation prove effective while prohibition provokes strife and law disregard.
A Victorian advertisement urges mothers wives and sisters to seek Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription from local druggists as a universal remedy for female complaints. It claims marvelous efficacy for debility periodic pains backache and dragging feelings, restoring health for home and family.
Under protection the nations wool output has grown from 60 million pounds in 1860 to over 310 million pounds today. Wool buys more clothing, hardware, iron and agricultural machinery than at any prior era, making wool relatively higher in value even before Cleveland's message.
D C Freeman of Sydney reports two years of pulmonary attacks and wasting improved by Scott s Emulsion Of Cod Liver Oil with Lime and Soda. He praises relief and ease of taking the treatment and recommends it to others with similar sickness.
Ella Benbow attempted suicide by jumping 80 feet from a Richmond Indiana bridge into the river, but was rescued alive with her differences with her mother noted in the report.
The excerpt contrasts what to avoid with what to cultivate in voice and manners, praising an even, low tone and tactful listening. It includes a tale of Rollo and his father debating figures and food quarts, highlighting social ease over vanity and impatience.
W. D. Hoyt & Co of Rome Georgia reports two years of sales for Dr King s New Discovery and Electric Bitters with universal satisfaction. They cite several cures of consumption using small bottle treatments and guarantee the remedies. sold by H K Dorr.
A Sharon Pennsylvania telegram reports a man who was kicked on the head by a horse had skull removed and is well enough to resume work. It recalls another local case of skull loss and a railroad-fall survivor aided by Dr Luckie. The item also touches on political intrigue, patent remedies, and a 19th century domino tale from Harper’s Young People.
The piece extols lungs and breathing, warns of clogged airways from cold and cough, and advocates Boschee's German Syrup at 75 cents a bottle as a sure remedy. It touts the product as reliable even after other treatments fail.
A Massachusetts town in 1695 imposed a bachelors rule requiring six blackbirds or three crows yearly until marriage, with a ban on marriage for those who failed to destroy the birds. The text also notes global war anxieties and a Dakota advert about posting for a public hang, with satirical commentary.
An old advertisement touts a salve for cuts and sores with a money back guarantee and a 25 cent price. It also references a humorous exchange about rivers that talk and a late 19th century style mix of notices and snippets with partial poems and theater bits.
A humorous pair of women exchange quips about Christmas gifts for husbands while readers learn of a near white deer killed in Clinton County Pennsylvania, one of only a few known specimens in the state. The item notes the rarity of the deer's color.
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