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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1888
Page
2
M P Murphy advertises that tobacco price has advanced but he can still sell at the old price from his shop opposite the Court House. Removal notice included.
P Murphy announces tobacco prices have risen but offers to sell at the old rate to consumers. Beat quality fresh oysters and fish available seasonally at the meat market under the Messenger office, Will O Foley.
Advertises Dr Gvysort's Yetlow Dock and SARSAPARILLA as a universal cure for skin diseases scrofula and syphilitic disorders. Claims three to five bottles cure skin diseases four to ten cure running sores and scrofula one to three cure boils pimples and itching. Speaks of blood cleansing system strengthening properties and claims over a million bottles sold yearly.
New subscribers receive a $3.00 medical book with a one year Messenger subscription for $2.00 in advance. Delinquent buyers paying arrears and one year in advance also receive the same book, mailed for twenty cents postage. The volume is a royal octavo, bound in cloth with gilt, praised for teaching disease recognition and home care, with chapters on women, infants, and the sick room. Hundreds in the county endorsed last year’s edition.
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