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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1882
Page
3
A voice urges a timid boy to rise, cast off weakness, and claim courage. The exhortation insists on firm purpose and perseverance as means to overcome fear and hardship, concluding with a call to adopt onward and upward as a motto. The piece promotes resilience and manly resolve for young readers.
Pinkie and Ruth quarrel over the Darkey Jim doll, each claiming it. Their mother resolves the dispute by placing the doll between their beds, but both girls sneak to switch the toy at night and end up sharing one bed with Jim between them.
A cautionary piece addressing children about shaping future character and influence. It urges self reflection on manners, behavior, and the impact on others, contrasting rough companions with polished, considerate company. The tone encourages personal virtue and social responsibility for boys and girls.
A speaker extols refined conduct teaching children to walk, speak, and act with care. It warns that lack of early discipline makes adults awkward and disruptive, citing a girl proud of her perfect mother as a model of maternal steadiness and kindness.
A near neighbor loses her pocketbook between home and street and seeks help. The narrator writes her lost ad and recalls the proverb a stitch in time saves nine. He urges early fixes to avoid larger troubles and cites Tennyson on leaks and decay. The piece ends with a plea to apply timely actions in life.
A contemplative note argues that amusement is a yearly growing pursuit yet often exhausting. It contrasts tedious excursions with fashionable gatherings where crowds, fatigue, and crowded venues define leisure, ending with tired hosts returning home enfeebled and unrefreshed. Archange.
Columbus buyers show steady interest in Scioto Valley and Ohio Central amid price drops. Ohio and West Virginia, Columbus and Hocking Valley, and Columbus and Toledo reports hint at limited net gains for local speculators. A House resolution calls for a formal probe of the Board of Public Works.
A collage of 19th century medical testimonials and advertisements. William J. Coughlin of Somerville recounts lung illness in 1876 77 and credits Dr William Hall's Balsam for the Lungs with recovery. The clippings promote Pills Bitters and Lindsey's Blood Searcher while noting postal savings banks and a mackerel kit scam.
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