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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1886
Page
7
An 1880s column by Bill Arp describing a Black farmhand and mule work, weather, and rural life. The piece playfully notes plowing with a mule, reactions to rain, head warmth habits, and a claim that Black people excel at starting fires on cold mornings.
A testimonial from Mus C L Thomison of West Warren Massachusetts describes spring debility in children and claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cleanses the blood and invigorates the system. She recounts her two vaccinated children developing running sores afterward and credits the remedy with a complete cure and lasting health.
Hood's Sarsaparilla is praised for a special remedial blend and active medicinal qualities. The ad promises a book with more evidence and claims the medicine strengthens the body, purifies blood, and increases appetite. Endorsers include J. P. Thompson, Register of Deeds in Lowell, and I. Barrington of New York City.
A concerned reader writes of years of church attendance fatigue driven by sermons that offer rhetoric over fact. He seeks comprehensive Bible history, authorship, languages, and cross religious insights. He desires a sermon digesting Darwinian evolution within a Christian framework and asks ministers to read beyond Puritan tradition for solid arguments.
The blurb touts Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic as a cure for dyspepsia costiveness bad breath piles pimples low spirits sick headaches ague malaria and gastric liver and kidney troubles. It claims great blood purifying qualities and gentle aperitive action with sale at H K Dorr's drug store. Also excerpt condemns the rise of wealth correlating with moral decline and cites Rev Washington Gladden on youth corruption.
An old advertisement extols Mustang Liniment as a cooling remedy for various man and beast hurts. The copy emphasizes soothing relief and broad use across ailments.
Senator Cullom proposes a constitutional revision to settle the Mormon question while leaving marriage law and divorce to the states. His draft declares marriage as the union of one man and one woman and bans bigamy in all jurisdictions, superseding any contrary civil or religious ceremonies.
The text advocates broad education beyond creed, urging harmony of head and heart, free natural learning, and observation over verbal facility. It stresses mixed public and private schooling, simultaneous skill and knowledge, and practical study drawn from life. It cautions against overuse of the Socratic method and supports active self development.
Hood's Sarsaparilla is prepared by C. J. Hood & Co. Apothecaries Lowsell Mass with thorough knowledge and years of experience. It is prepared with skill and care under the direction of the originators. Hood's Sarsaparilla may be depended upon as pure and reliable medicine.
A slab of iron from the Falcon mill in Niles Ohio was rolled so it would take 150 sheets to make one inch showing how thin metal can be. Henry Schoenhals foreman at Henry Krug Packing Co St Joseph uses Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for sprains cuts and bruises and chapped hands. A fisherman found five pound pickerel in the Mississippi with a five inch survivor in its stomach. Hood s Sarsaparilla says it cures tiredness in mornings. John Hogue near Bellefontaine offers the state s highest point at 1540 feet above sea level. Dr Sage s Catarrh Remedy is well known.
A country man entered a Jefferson Avenue shop seeking a spring overcoat. The proprietor warns of price cuts as the back room erupts into noise from his son Isaac dropping prices on spring goods.
An advertisement asserts that Hood's Sarsaparilla cures scrofula by purifying the blood. It claims thousands of cures and urges purchase from all druggists.
The General Assembly session in Hamilton Ohio debated church music and edged toward allowing musical instruments in worship. A Georgia born bishop warned that rising electric lights may unbalance air currents and cause devastating floods and city destruction in coming years.
A three mile deep ocean would leave a 230 foot thick salt layer on the ocean bed after seawater evaporates. The water pressure at a mile depth reaches over a ton per square inch, and a six foot deep box of seawater would leave two inches of salt when evaporated under the sun.
An old physician announcing a tested vegetable remedy claims speedy permanent cure for bronchitis catarrh asthma and throat lung ailments plus nervous disorders. He offers free mail delivery and instructions in German French or English to any reader who letters with a stamp.
A popular clergyman started a dull prayer meeting after announcing he would not serve as umpire for a sleeping match, signaling a pause in public duties and urging calm reflection.
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