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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1883
Page
7
Opening remarks present a list of winter season curiosities and dubious theories. Items cover distances of the sun from earth, comparisons of humans and monkeys, art value thresholds, beggar labor, and lunar influence on iron pots, all to be debated and archived by the club through spring.
A Cincinnati correspondent recalls twenty seven years ago sheltering from rain in an Indiana cabin owned by Redman. A crowd discussed prisoners Driscoll Stocking and Rice under death sentence at Lafayette and a reprieve petition gained signatures. Redman favored hanging, citing scripture he mislaid but later retrieved in an old moldy Bible, provoking Mrs Redman to exclaim its obsolescence.
The article stresses that tame sheep fetch higher profits and urges early lamb handling, kind treatment, and avoiding harassment. It advises keeping dogs away, training hired help to move quietly, and protecting sheep from annoyances to achieve a calm flock with natural merit.
A Gridley California cave on a bluff summit housed a fifteen year honey colony. Invaders breached the rock wall after a three hour bee battle and seized a solid honey mass two and a half feet thick inside the comb.
A Sunday hunt ends empty handed for a rural sportsman who boasts of bad luck. His acquaintance, a storekeeper, offers a tame fox worth 100 points to take back to the club. The Nimrod shoots as the fox slips free, vanishing through a hole in the fence, leaving him in despair.
Gen Hoke of North Carolina notes the fading presence of one armed and one legged veterans from the Civil War era. He recalls his own surrender days and contrasts past feats with current aging soldiers. An Atlant a Constitution quotation accompanies his remarks.
A male lion at Dublin Zoo endured anaesthetic-free toe nail removal after a swollen, tender toe caused by an ingrown nail. Dr. Samus Houghton performed the operation in the lion’s den using ropes and windlasses to restrain the animal, while the beast roared and thrashed.
The court holds that a promissory note must have the amount written in words rather than figures. In Montgomery County Pa a body is exhumed believed to be Chooroorah the Indian chief. a Perkiomen valley tradition says he was killed about 239 years ago while defending a white girl he was to marry.
A list of preferred phrasing examples contrasts common forms with correct usage. It emphasizes exact wording for pronouns verbs and phrases such as I would rather walk not I should rather walk and I doubt not that I shall not but I shall.
Changes in the laws last winter are numerous and significant since the Revised Statutes. Robert Clarke & Co. issues Revising Statute slips marking each change, resembling postage stamps to paste beside altered sections. Slips are essential for officers and statute copy holders. price 25 cents.
Dr Hartman explains Peruna's superiority in his lecture and book with claims it cures many diseases. The ad urges readers to obtain the book and notes Peruna serves as cough remedy tonic nervine alterative and blood medicine. It emphasizes immediate usefulness and universal availability at drug stores.
A fifteenth century note describes buttons in gold cases of twenty five buttons each set with four pearls and a central diamond bought from Symon de Dampmart. The description aligns with regal expense inventories including Edward III era entries from 1849.
Advertisement urges visitors to BE Lash’s drug store in Athens Ohio to try Dr Quinn’s Great Discovery for coughs colds and consumption. It claims no opium or morphia and promises immediate relief with a 50 cent price and mentions Dr Quinn’s Irish Liniment as well.
A historical note states that even small antimony additions in melted lead boost oxidation and burning. Lead containing more than 1-1400 of its weight in copper is unsuitable for whitening lead production.
In the Philippine Isles houses use pellucid oyster-shell windows that admit light yet block vision. A question arises how women who stay up late to watch when a neighboring beau leaves can overcome this opaque barrier.
A man bids farewell to his beloved as her parents push for a dissolution. Days later he receives a note daring him to “come and break them” and symbolic links remain a central motif in the brief passage.
A man may not view his bride’s face before the wedding in modern Egypt, a custom that often leads to a decision to avoid seeing her again after marriage.
An old advertisement proclaims Backlen's Arnica Kalve as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded with a 25 cent box price, sold by H. K. Dorr.
The speaker suggests a frugal plan to improve a family's health and finances. By slowing purchases and buying in bulk beans rice oats and tomatoes then beef and potatoes from wholesale retailers a family could cut costs about 25 percent and improve nutrition over a month.
A Chicago Times report from Concord Massachusetts notes Jesse Pomeroy, now a young man, is kept in solitary confinement with no contact with other inmates. He has access to books and languages, and his cell is well lit and ventilated. Despite rising intellect, the paper says he remains morally devoid, unaware of the gravity of his crimes against children.
The article extols Hood and Company s sarsaparilla as a standard medicine for diseases including scrofula biliousness and general debility. It claims testimonials are genuine from users and asserts the product is reliable and beneficial.
A Detroit Free Press fragment presents humorous proverbs about fairness hunger daytime sleepers and legal men. It notes industry as the hat for Plenty and hints at disputes making enemies while law cases lead to plain fare. The piece uses folksy African American vernacular to convey street wisdom.
Ten times as much Hood s Savaparilla used in Lowell as of any other place according to the reading.
A medical note reports quinine and cinchonia fatal to rabbits guinea pigs and dogs when injected under the skin. It states two grains killed a 12 kilo dog, highlighting toxicity at low doses.
Ten teeth five inches long were discovered in the prehistoric department of the Nevada State Prison grounds at Carson. They are believed to have belonged to the great original gum chewer.
An old advertisement touts Shilohs Catarrh Remedy offering a free nasal injector with each bottle. It claims 90,000 ministers and 540,000 bartenders in the country and lists E R Lash as the seller at 50 cents per bottle.
A health report notes pneumonia deaths are twice as likely among men as women, highlighting gender disparities in mortality rates and urging targeted prevention measures.
A Meriden Press Record recounts crowds watching a frog swallow a trout, with the tale noting the frog’s continued agility after the gulp. The report links peculiar animal appetite to local lore and includes a second note on cement chemistry and digestion studies.
The article praises Hood's Sarsaparilla for its claimed universal reach through the blood and highlights a long record of cures for catarrh in thousands of people, arguing that results prove its effectiveness.
Philipson, an English authority, states that nine horses in ten are better without winkers and that English horses are overloaded with harness except in Manchester where the breast strap replaces collar and breeching.
A general stampede for a trial bottle of Dr King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds at HW. K. Dorr's drug store. Asthma bronchitis hoarseness severe coughs or throat and lung affection sufferers can obtain a ten cent trial bottle by calling at the shop.
The article asserts that incubating hen eggs can be affected by fowl cholera and cites Ta Tholomew’s finding that eggs contain microbial germs.
An ad extols Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic promising relief from dyspepsia costiveness bad breath piles pimples ague and malaria and other ailments. It asserts the tonic improves appetite mood and overall health and lists a price of 50 cents from E R Lash.
A playful exchange between two men over etiquette reveals a grammatically preserved quip about not giving away secrets. The empty headed swell pleads as his friend reassures with a line about not giving nothing away, highlighting a humorous language note.
The Rev. Geo H Thyer of Bourbon Indiana and his wife say they owe their lives to Shilohs Consumption Cure. They report the product was sold by E R Lash.
In Italy and Japan gardeners rely on hot spring water to boost early crop production. The practice uses mineral-rich thermal waters to nurture plants, aiding growth and harvest timing in the marked seasons.
An advertisement claims Shiloh's Vitalizer cures indigestion constipation dizziness and loss of appetite with yellow skin and is sold by EB R Lash. The wording positions the product as a positive remedy in a period sales tone.
China grown tea consumption shows a decline of 9,000,000 pounds over five years. The trend indicates reduced demand and shifting market patterns affecting export figures and regional tea industries.
An old advertisement proclaims Shilows Cure Will to immediately relieve croup whooping cough and bronchitis. It notes sale by E. R. Lash.
A conservation tip notes kerosene can soften leather hardened by water and restore pliability. The guidance suggests applying the solvent to revive stiff, damaged hides. The method emphasizes careful, even use to avoid surface damage.
A fragrance named Hackmetack is offered at 25 and 50 cents and is sold by E R Lash. The brief notice lists the product as a lasting fre fragrance likely a small advertisement from a local shop.
Mr Deflicker recalls a wild night as a locomotive engineer racing a doctor from Chicago to Mendota in forty one minutes and a half. He uncoupled the tender to lighten the engine and boiled coffee on the driving box while passing Aurora and the coal shed on a side track.
Parrots show a preference for grasping food with the right foot. Mr Crooks suspects that insects such as wasps beetles and spiders more often use their right anterior foot.
In Dakota the boring artesian well reached salt water at 500 feet. Fresh water mixed with quicksand appeared at 604 feet, and at 675 feet pure water flowed in increasing quantity. The report notes a separate crude remark about beheading and intoxication without head injury.
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