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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1886
Page
7
The column jokes about a seashore fashion trend where a belle gives a bathing costume as a gift that is mounted as a scarf pin. It also notes a Cincinnati hotel anecdote about a dog and table scraps. A satirical jab claims the President may dismiss officeholders, with wordplay on phrases and Rose Elizabeth in Chicago.
The piece details how Edison’s phonograph inspired the graphophone by Bell and Tainter, describing waxed cylinder and disk records on a waxed surface, dual diaphragms and a single recording line, and the machine's ability to record multiple voices and reproduce varied tones. It notes five minutes on a wax cylinder and cites home dictation and mail usage.
The Chicago Herald’s Hurricane Club features Moses Fishback and Amos Lester retelling a wild day of heat. A rooster of odd humor, sunstruck hens and a pine sap rind saga provoke laughter before President Ananias adjourns for a week.
Testers conclude Acker's English Remedy best for asthma croup coughs whooping coughs and lung troubles. Henderson and Minear guarantee its efficacy and urge inquiry. Sam Jones laments preacher pay versus pitcher earnings noting delivery issues. Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy offered as nasal catarrh cure.
Mrs Phoebe Chesley of Peterson Clay County Iowa aged 73 reports kidney trouble and lameness for years but now suffers no pain and can do her housework. She credits Electric Bitters with renewed health and urges trying a bottle at Henderson Minear’s drug store. A banking iron story follows about rails and frogs confused for letters in a pile, ending with the joke about having the whole alphabet.
Over one million boxes of Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets sold in the past year tout their merit as relief for Chronic Constipation Dyspepsia sour stomach sick headache heartburn and female troubles. The tablets are offered with a guarantee.
Dr Burroughs asserts nitro glycerine in minute doses outperforms brandy as a heart stimulant with two drops of one percent solution equaling an ounce of brandy and claims immediate fever collapse and poisonings. Also mentions Quinsy relief with Dr Thomas oil and a Governor New York comment on President Cleveland.
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