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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1888

Page

3

Beacar-O charity gift tale and odd anecdotes

A jumble of clippings recaps a Christmas gift from a charity to a man who laments his gratitude due to lost legs. Other items include a school spelling joke, a Lincoln Journal anecdote about Tommy failing to spell measles, and a parade of humorous vignettes about cuff buttons, a photographer-artist, a Kentucky hog case, and a cream-cream catastrophe with a wife in a tub.

Lewistown New York City Colonel Sellers New York

Sample 19th Century Product Claims and Oddities

A collection of patent medicine claims and humorous notes includes salve advertisements promising cures and refunds, a pine production statistic, mentions of Acker's Blood Elixir and Dr Lindsey's Blood Searcher, a miscaptioned sentence exercise, a Los Angeles reception for General Fremont’s birthday, and a quip about shoe polish versus a diamond pin.

Los Angeles Fremont Jan Mr. Freeman

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