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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1887
Page
3
A London Strand stroll reveals two men who escaped a Amazon river shark attack reuniting unexpectedly in a crowd. Rose Eytinge notes the coincidence as a remarkable tale of fate and chance.
The piece notes Russia and Germany in conflict and a tariff war affecting staff reporters rushing to fronts. It reports the Czar ordering German banned in Russian universities, fueling anti-Russian sentiment in the Kaiser’s realm.
A Cincinnati resident hosts Hathor Neb Tau, a 4000 year old mummy from Egypt, at the Art Museum with owner John W. Bookwalter noted as a former Ohio governor candidate. The column then cites Windsor Castle treasures and a Royal anecdote about a rock crystal casket and General Gordon’s Bible, followed by humorous malapropisms from contemporary letters and a London Globe quip.
An old advertisement touts Acker's English Remedy as a guaranteed cure for throat and lung diseases including coughs colds and whooping cough with a price of 10 and 50. It also mentions migration trends in New England and praises blood purification claims and broad enterprise spread. Local notes include a quip about spanking in a St. Louis matron and news of Crawfordsville starting a shoe factory and sock factory.
A Baptist minister in Aurora endorses Gilmore's Aromatic Wine as a family remedy. Dorr's store reports patients cured by Gilmore's Neuralgia Cure and Magnetic Elixir. Testimonials from Rev H B Ewert Will L Culver and Daggetts Mills residents praise the products for various ailments. Governor Foraker noted in Paulding county as preventing bloodshed, with concern over mosquito exposure.
An advertisement touts Acker’s Tableta for dyspepsia flatulence and related ailments. It claims strong guarantees and lists C. B. Henderson as the seller at 25 cents. A stray note comments on the term mugwump and free trader as printed in a Detroit newspaper.
A guaranteed remedy for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sore tetter chapped hands chithaine corns and skin eruptions with a money back promise. Sold by Henderson and Minear with a DS cents per box guarantee.
Carl Dunder voices a forceful ward endorsement and warns against political graft while a critique of high art mocks pretension. The piece also references a fence dispute and calls for lawful resolution, with a medical plug for Scott's Emulsion.
An advertise style verse extols OLODONT and Fragrant SOZO DONT as the never failing teeth cleansing elixir. It urges use before decay or bad breath, touting SpanoIa's Glue as a useful true remedy to keep gums and mouth pleasant.
The Sands and the Sanders organize in New York to attack a $75,000,000 estate claimed as theirs in England. The article questions ownership while asserting the estate’s existence and value. Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised as curing blood disorders including roils pimples hives and ringworms.
Jacon Weton of Ritchie county West Virginia cut down a hollow maple tree recently and found twenty seven full grown squirrels inside.
Harrisburg resident Edward Shepherd reports a dramatic recovery after eight years with a leg sore. He avoided bone scraping or amputation using three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve, now claims his leg is sound. Henderson & Minear sell these remedies at fifty cents per bottle and twenty five cents per box.
An advertisement touts Rough on Bile with small granules and a small dose for effective relief. The product promises pleasant operation and minimal stomach disturbance, offered at 10c and 25c prices.
An advertisement touts Rough on Dirt as a perfect washing powder that cleans, bleaches, and softens fabric without damage. It promotes kitchen and laundry use, stain prevention, and low prices. A Chicago merchant transfers his wholesale hat and cap store to his 110 year old son who becomes legal head. the father remains general manager. A claim links cigarette smoking to brain softening, noting the theory as not exact but related.
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