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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1876
Page
3
General Grosvenor defends the Beatty Fee Bill, contrasting it with the Oren and Ferrer measures. He argues the Beatty plan reduces county officer fees and simplifies administration, while noting the Oren Law inflated salaries and limited relief. The interview covers retroactivity doubts and expected long term economy.
The bill as finally passed retroacts to pay county officers from January 1 under a law that did not exist then, rendering that portion unconstitutional. A reader is reminded that small acts like lending a newspaper can harm editors by reducing patronage and funding for better reporting. Cheerfulness is praised as heart’s bright weather, while eternity looms as a solemn, distant fate. Two paths to important ends are force and perseverance, with perseverance accessible to all. Educational commencements begin with Yale Theological Seminary leading, followed by a terrifically damaging hail storm in parts of Pennsylvania.
Special notice offers a town lot priced at 150 dollars for 250 dollars value. Located in the western town part with a solid picket fence on one side and along both ends, fronts a street and has a north alley. Rare speculation chance. Inquiries at this office.
A warned year declares health cures from Dr Morris syrup and worm medicine offered by H K Dorr Co. It notes a vast Volga Russia market where J C Aver Co remedies are displayed and carried to distant regions, claimed as effective against coughs, asthma, bronchitis and other ailments.
The notice touts Centaur Liniments and White Liniment as cures for pain sprains rheumatism and many skin and nerve ailments. It features testimonial quotes from Indiana and promises free sample bottles to the sick and distressed while stressing warmth and affordability.
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