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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1883
Page
7
Dr J Batty Tuke argues worry, not hard work, strains the brain during a Edinburg lecture on Brain Health. He notes functional hyperemia from active mental effort and warns that prolonged overexertion causes sleeplessness, headache, nausea, and listlessness in children and youths. Work should stop when continuous headache appears.
The tale follows a man famed for punctual trains and dividends who slips an hour due to a storm or fire delays. After a day with no appearance at 1:30, the family fears an accident until 2:12 when he returns home. The piece notes even virtues may have drawbacks.
A narrator recounts conflicts in Colorado involving mining claims and bans on blasting near a school. He describes three men who jumped a claim, the governor’s inaction, and a cann al dug to drive them out. He notes costs for coffins and a short funeral sermon.
A Bucksport Maine logger cut an oak aged 120 years and found a diamond pin with twenty four brilliants embedded at the eightyeth ring. The owners are unknown and the discovery astonished locals amid a column of odd regional notes. The item prompts reflections on vice and aging in a patchwork of local tales.
Pastor Talmage spoke on home as refuge and political safeguard, contrasting Christian influence with secular life. He argued lack of Bible homes weakens nations and framed the home as a fortress with household utensils as artillery. A dream sequence and a new male quartet performance followed.
In this historical column the author extols Hunt's Remedy as a potent healer for kidney and urinary ailments, likening it to Achilles in battle and citing numerous testimonials. The piece also notes Lucy Stone's comment on Kingston Medical School students and recounts Barnum's famous forty six birthday anecdote and pocketed Ulster tale from Chicago.
An essay extols horseback riding as art and exercise but warns against excess causing galled limbs and piles. It recommends Swayne's Ointment as an effective cure for piles itching and related symptoms.
A fair young woman visits Troy’s shop of a kind merchant seeking an article. After choosing one item she asks for a minister’s wife discount. The attendant asks if she is, she replies no but she expects to be soon, and the reduction is granted.
An Athens Ohio drugstore advertises Dr Quinns Great Discovery for coughs colds and consumption claiming no opium or morphia. The ad urges immediate trial at 50 cents and also promotes Dr Quinns Irish Liniment.
Quick health blurb asserts Shilohs Vi pies cure digestion issues constipation dizziness loss of appetite and yellow skin. Marketed by E. R. ash as the seller.
One hundred thousand dollars more are wanted to complete the census of 1850. By the time it is finished a new census will be in order.
An advertisement touts a quick four day cure for various urinary and kidney complaints sold by D Park & Sons and others in Cincinnati. A testimonial from Ohio Depot and M. Clark praises Brown’s Iron Bitters for indigestion, while a clergyman in a pulpit scene exclaims “Nothing but leaves” as his congregation departs.
Steve T. Harrison of Rochester New York reports that Dr. Benson's Skin Cure eliminated his continual breakouts. The testimonial notes a stark improvement after using the treatment.
An advertisement asserts that Pepsi can rapidly cure a backing cough and guarantees results, attributed to seller E. R. without additional details.
An 1881 Cincinnati Ohio broadside argues that Brown's Iron Birrers are a non alcoholic tonic, condemning intemperance and urging use to curb saloon temptations and preserve vital force. It targets gentlemen with a warning about business and pleasure indulgence.
A popular Union H R Depot guard testifies to a dramatic kidney and liver recovery after using Hunt's Remedy. He describes severe swelling, urinary issues, and nightmare nights, then rapid improvement within a day and full return to duty after a Maine trip. He urges others with kidney or liver disease to try the remedy.
The notice announces a meat market operating every Monday Wednesday Friday and Saturday evening from 4 to 7 o clock during winter. The schedule is dated March 5 1868 and signed by John Ring.
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