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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1882
Page
3
A Harper's Young People excerpt reflects a student’s daydreams of Thanksgiving. It muses on turkey, stuffing, and family, contrasting joyful visions with classes and looming exams. The narrator recalls skating with friends and notes the impact of family absence on holiday cheer.
A lively boy named Harry Archer leaves home for a day of skating with Uncle Harry and friends. On the road he meets Jack, a starving, homeless child whose drunken father has abandoned him. Harry gives aid, showing compassion and a desire to help those in need.
Harry Archer shares his skates with Jack, a poor boy, warming him on Thanksgiving. Jack gains breakfast, new clothes, and a stable job after the act, while Mrs. Archer and Harry reflect on the prayer to do unto others. A gentle tale of compassion and personal growth.
San Francisco Post ridicules Keith the painter for a piece titled Cesar's Family showing a Roman celebrity in a dressing gown rocking a cradle and smoking a pipe while his wife plays the accordion. The notice urges scrutiny of the artist's historical formation.
An enterprising Austrian starts a sheep dairy near Chattanooga with 1000 head. Rochester, New York, reports a class of thirteen young ladies taking violin lessons.
The pawnbrokers of Great Britain number 4 372 and they take in during a year 200 000 000 of pledges.
A dispatch details a Ashland Kentucky murder case where three men tied to the Gibbons household killed Robert Gibbons and two girls, Fannie and Emma, with axes and a crowbar. The killers poured coal oil and set the bodies alight before fleeing.
Dr Green's Oxygenated Bitters touted for dyspepsia and diseases of the blood kidneys liver and skin. DuRNo's Catarrh Snuff for mucous membranes. Dr Morot's liver Pills praised as regulators. Milk needs regular supply and weekly feeding suggested. Aconite regimen proposed for garget. Belgium milk skimming test shows 11 percent more butter from cooled milk. Long tail not a sign of good cow. outlines breed marks. Dr El lers Cough Syrup recommended for colds and chest complaints. Lindsey's Blood Searcher praised for scrofula cure in Ohio.
A Minnesota tornado allegedly caused six insanity cases due to shock. The notice promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy and urges readers to request pamphlets from Lydia E. Pinkham at 223 Western Avenue, Lynn, Massachusetts.
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