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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1886
Page
6
The article recalls a former editor in the Huron Dakota region who attempted to draw a revolver on a subscriber and shot himself. colleagues mock the act and urge restraint, while references to a bicyclist’s racing pace close the piece with unrelated figures.
A stone cutter and a friend argued over whether lager is intoxicating. Their German helper was asked to drink a bucket of beer and after a pause declared he could not be sure until he tried. He later finished the beer and walked away, saying he would know after trying.
A young English bulldog crushed two stone dog sculptures outside a china shop between Second and Third streets, causing about 12.50 in damage while a crowd watched and enjoyed the spectacle. The report also notes political commentary on Democratic aims and racial anxieties in the South, plus a playful aside about Ludwig and the color coded pencils used by his ministers and attendants.
A humorous dialogue fragment mentions a so called genius who invented a piano playing machine sparking an imagined purchase and a light jab about housework. A separate joke notes large mosquitos in a Long Island town chased from church by a bald resident wearing a baseball catcher's mask.
Fragment carries tales of Narvaez landing at Tampa Bay in 1520s and Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca surviving shipwrecks, wandering to New Mexico and into Culican in 1587. The piece notes natives and citations bearing his name, plus a lemonade health tip and a frog brain experiment by Dr. Wilder.
A mixed page notes Judge White pushing Prohibition efforts in Indiana County with local constables tasked to curb drinking on highways. The column mocks public thirst and includes jokes about a tramp seeking funds, a mirror’s vanity, and quips about a soldier. Other items advertise Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets and Dr. Ward’s guard remedy.
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