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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1883
Page
8
An opinion piece argues mothers must guide daughters on weather appropriate dress to protect health and posture. It cites heavy shoes, remonstrances over stays, and the danger of fashion over comfort, noting long term harm to form and mobility. It closes with a humorousBoston streetcar anecdote about a child asking why oranges wear flannels.
At Harvard College overseers meeting a resolution to repeal compulsory attendance at morning prayers and religious exercises was defeated by a strong vote. The report notes a separate paragraph about Geor ge Shiffer from Blair County Pennsylvania who used Peruna for a cancerous nose growth and reportedly cured briefly.
A report from Utah portrays Mormon women voting as led from church pulpits and registering straight tickets with counts beside voters. Other items note a Maine woman’s series of near-death encounters, a white robin nesting in Launton Massachusetts, Frankfort Kentucky girls sifting silt worms, and an exchange piece titled Opening Oysters with Prayer.
An advertorial claims Electric Litters aid female health when others fail and promise restoration after a single trial. Priced at 59 cents a bottle and sold by H. K. Lorr, the copy cites social jokes about dinner party behavior in Chicago and gentry toasts as background color from the Philadelphia News.
An ad extols Dr Jones's Red Clover Tonic as a universal cure and skin purifier, claiming it cures dyspepsia biliousness costiveness and all kidney liver and bladder diseases. It promises health gains for 50 cents from E R Lash. The Cincinnati Dramatic Festival director Miles will be surprised by a $5000 gold purse raised by citizens, with the full programme in papers to keep the secret.
The New Orleans Presbyterian Synod adopted a report holding that marriage of a man to his deceased wife’s sister is not prohibited by divine law. The ruling states blood relation remains while affinity by marriage ends when the tie is broken by death.
An advertisement proclaims Griggs Glycerine Salve as a cure for cuts bruises scalds burns and all sores with claims it heals piles tetter and skin eruptions. It offers satisfaction or money back and prices at 25 cents with E R Lash as the seller.
In Memphis a man at a spiritual circle felt hair pulled so hard a headache followed he rushed home fearing his wife had died while he was away. The incident, described as caused by a spirit, appeared in the Norristown Herald.
A friend seeks subscriptions for a man in trouble and asks Jerrold for money. Jerrold replies with humor about war aiding the cause and agrees to donate one of the naughts. The scene shifts to a Windsor Nova Scotia mention and a brief romantic exchange on a parlor lounge. The Thermometer drop is noted in a New York Tribune fragment.
A collage of sentences references doctors jailed for selling quack tonics, religious instruction in schools, testimonials about tonics like Brown's Troll Bitters, a Detroit Free Press note on jurors, Ohio street altercations, and a cheeky jab at marital blame. Cited lines mention Shiloh's Cure and local vendors Lash.
A Baltimore made tonic claims to curb drinking cravings and improve nervous and digestive health. The ad argues it supports temperance by removing the desire for alcohol and asserts it is a true medicine, unlike bitters. Price listed as $1.00.
Windsor Locks resident Mr E B Briaart writes that Hunt's Remedy cured his father's kidney trouble after multiple drainings. He notes the first bottle gave instant relief and that ongoing use restored function, allowing natural secretions and ending swelling. A second letter dated November 27 1882 emphasizes the remedy saved his father's life and restored business activity.
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