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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1883
Page
7
A Chicago Tribune styled feature recreates a pawn shop scene under a Medici themed sign. It shows a grim gallery of stolen and fragile memories, from wedding rings to revolvers, as readers glimpse regret, crime, and human hunger behind the counter. A grieving woman and other locals encounter the shop’s shadowed bargains where the past clings to objects and people.
An advertisement for Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy promotes a positive cure for catarrh and claims to aid diphtheria and canker mouth. It notes a nasal injector free with each bottle and lists E. R. Lash as the seller. The text also mentions coronation preparations for King Kalakaua provoking potential unrest in the Sandwich Islands.
The piece extols horseback riding as a refined art and healthful exercise while warning against excess. It notes galled limbs and piles as possible outcomes from overindulgence and proposes Swayne's Ointment with Hackmetack perfume as a cure for piles itching. Sold by E. R. Lash at 25 and 40 cents.
Snow storms strain northern border states while drug advertisements tout a four day cure for urinary ailments priced at one dollar from D Park & Sons in Cincinnati Ohio. Port Huron Michigan reports petroleum in paying quantities. Shiloh's Porous Plaster promoted for back and chest pain. Also note two thousand floral wreaths for Gambett's coffin.
A humorous note suggests Hunt's Remedy as a briefer state seal than Latin imagery. The piece extols the medicine’s broad fight against kidney and urinary diseases and its multi language appeal. Memorial content mentions other ads and notices about dyes, government purchases, and medical cures.
From 4 to 7 O clock March 5 1568 a notice records time window. JOHN KRING is named in the fragment as a referenced person.
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