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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1883
Page
10
An editorial urges mothers to control dress for health rather than fashion, warning that light clothing, improper shoes, and the use of stays can harm health and height. It cites heavy shoes, warm cloaks, and inflexible guidance as needed to protect young women from weakness and deformation.
At a Harvard College overseers meeting a resolution to repeal compulsory morning prayers was discussed but the board rejected it by a strong vote. A separate note mentions Geo Shiffer from Blair County Pennsylvania with a nasal cancer treated with Peruna reportedly leading to a cure after a brief period.
A vivid note on Utah women voting under church guidance and a stern straight-ticket rule. A Maine tale follows of a woman who survived multiple extraordinary hazards, then a white robin with a single black feather in each wing nesting in Launtown, Massachusetts, amid wary neighbors.
Appovut twenty young ladies of Frank fort Kentucky are engaged in the silk worm business. The worms are fed upon Osage leaves and they are said to be greedy eaters requiring to be supplied two or three times a day. An article in an exchange is entitled Opening Oysters with Prayer. We don't believe it though some prayers are long enough to make an oyster gap.
An advertorial note praises Electric litters as a remedy for common female ailments and weakness, promising restoration after a single trial. The product sells for 59 cents a bottle through H. K. Lorr, with a satirical aside about dinner party rituals in Chicago and social mingling after meals.
An advertisement touts Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic as a perfect cure for dyspepsia biliousness and kidney liver and bladder diseases and a blood purifier. A Cincinnati festival director Miles is to be surprised with a 5000 gold purse as citizens keep the plan secret. The New Orleans Synod rule clarifies marriage to a deceased wife’s sister is not prohibited by divine law.
An advertisement touts Griggs Glycerine Salve as a universal remedy for cuts bruises scalds burns wounds and all sores claiming it also cures piles tetter and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. For sale by IE R Lash in Memphis a separate humorous note from the Norristown Herald describes a spiritual circle illusion of hair being pulled causing a headache.
A French physician was imprisoned for selling a tonic that allegedly promised men two centuries of life. The item drew sharp outrage over dangerous claims and doctors profit from transforming death’s grip into a crime. The report notes current debates on religion in French schooling and cites various anecdotal clippings from American papers.
An advertisement claims Brown's Iron Bitters from the Brown Chemical Company in Baltimore promotes temperance by removing craving for alcohol. It asserts the tonic cures nervousness and weakness, improves digestion and blood health, and offers one bottle for $1.00.
Windsor Locks resident writes two letters in 1882 praising Hunt's Remedy. He describes kidney swelling relief after repeated tapping, noting his father regained business activity and health. The account emphasizes dramatic improvement and calls the remedy life saving in a local context.
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