This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1886
Page
6
A medley of historical tribute to the Massachusetts era and the Boston Massacre echoed in a poem about the Old State House. The prose then shifts to a depot scene where a West miner mourns his mother and a traveling salesman consoles him, followed by assorted ads and light anecdotes from period newspapers.
Executors settleWilliam H Vanderbilt bequests totaling 1.2 million dollars to St. Luke's Hospital Missionary Society Vanderbilt University Young Men's Christian Association of New York General Theological Seminary New York Bible Society Home for Incurables Missionary Society for Seamen Christian Home for Intemperate Men Protestant Episcopal Mission Society Metropolitan Museum of Art American Museum of Natural History Moravian Church Staten Island distributes across religious, educational, and cultural institutions including Nashville, New York, and Staten Island with major gifts to multiple Episcopal and secular organizations.
A collage of old advertisements and brief items includes a salve claim for skin ailments with a 25 cent price by Henderson & Minear, a cartoonish jab about peanuts, an appeal for a pamphlet from the World's Dispensary Medical Association, a Socrates quote, Ayers Sarsaparilla promotion, a Pittsburgh divorce anecdote, Ay exclaim Hair Vigor tout, and Iron Trade Review notes on rising iron orders and a optimistic 1886 outlook.
A reader asks if Mustang Liniment is only for horses or can treat inflammation of all flesh. The ad copy claims it soothes general inflammation, though the claim relates to a horse remedy.
A Warrenton boy visits his aunt in the country and, during dinner, a jar of preserves disappears. Each person denies knowledge until the silent child says his father forbids him to talk at the table, revealing the truth.
Mrs Mary A Dailey of Tunkhannock Pennsylvania suffered asthma and bronchitis for six years with no relief until last October when she used Dr Kings New Discovery and found immediate relief. She continued use and was fully cured gaining 50 pounds in a few months. Free trial bottle offered at Henderson and Muirs drug store. Large bottles priced at 1.00.
A fragment notes Rev. Sam Jones speaking in Texas about quitting gambling and drinking to seek a wife, the landlady quips about Sister Jones, plus brief mentions of Griggs Glycerine Salve claims, opera house remarks, and Burdock Blood Bitters for kidney pain.
The south faced heavy crop losses from the recent cold snap along Florida and the Gulf coast. Farmers aim to replant in January to get a February start and hope for good northern prices.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.