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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1888
Page
7
A rural scene imagines a farm life as ideal, with playful talk about seeds and pumpkins. Behind the light fiction, testimonials claim Electric Bitters cure malaria fever jaundice and kidney liver and stomach issues, while a statistic contrasts English and American rail death rates.
A mother squirrel moved five young from a nest to a new home along the north gate area of a city square. She clutched each infant in turn and guided them across the grounds along the fence for safety from dogs, drawing a large crowd as the afternoon work concluded with all pups settled in the new box.
A Times note recounts Mr Samuel Benner, famed as a values forecaster, predicting a better business outlook after a Republican win. He argues free trade hurts the economy, warns of higher interest and wages under protection, and suggests a change in administration will bring brighter times and stronger American manufacturing.
A notice notes that Col. McElsorn will soon deliver a lecture titled What has Christianity Done for Women and references a local remedy claim by UC Bendlerson. The fragmentary text mentions doctors, illnesses, and a remark about a wonder remedy but is unclear and partly garbled.
A fragmented OCR listing odds and ends on inventions and devices from centuries past, including candles, pipes, spectacles, paper, wool, painting, printing, telescope, tea, theatre, thermometer, printing, shoes, wine, pendulum clocks, barometer, steam engine, bread, cotton, fire engine, stereotyping, Mesmer, and a school committee mention. The passage also notes Benjamin Harrison's growing familiarity in newspapers.
A New York Press column denounces the idea of likening Grover Cleveland to Washington Jefferson Jackson, calling such idolization dangerous flattery. It warns that comparing Cleveland to the Father of his country insults American judgment and urges restraint in political rhetoric.
A collage of old ad lines and anecdotes references Castoria for babies and children, local product claims about tire crackers priced sixty five cents in China, and assorted quips about Hood’s Sarsaparilla and feverish fables. The text mixes humorous dialogues and fragmentary notes without a single coherent event.
Fragmentary OCR text discusses girls entering adolescence, needing care and Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It warns of diseases of female sex and mentions supposed cures, with archaic language and references to sensational medical claims and phosphorescent imagery. The tone mirrors a late 19th or early 20th century public notice.
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