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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 26, 1888

Page

3

Dolls and shoe makers thrive in Saxony and Thuringia

Saxony and Thuringia are described as the home and paradise of dolls with 35 40 dozen stockings produced annually and thousands of shoemakers employed making dolls shoes. Doll exports to England France and America are large and growing each year. A lighthearted exchange about boots follows.

Saxony Thuringia England France America Farm and Garden Home News Howe Leader

A Small Boy’s Silent Plea and Other Tales

A fleeting tale recalls a boy asking for a place to stay and food, seeking shelter in a weary winter. It contrasts family bargaining, child longing, and the harsh edge of poverty. The page also advertises Spalding’s Glue and Solodent, with brief notes on a vast African plant and a doctor’s quip about hunger and crime.

Mr. Wilkins Harley

Female ailments and remedies spurring Dr Pierce’s prescription

A faded advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a cure for internal inflammation leucorrhea displacement ulceration and related female complaints. The piece also includes a humorous schoolboy exchange about Washington’s death and a jab at Cleveland’s free trade essay.

Pierce

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