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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1883
Page
7
The excerpt explores sea travel as an overwhelming expanse that erases earthly scale and landmarks. It contrasts the sea’s emptiness with shorelines, noting sailors’ superstition born from confinement and the mind’s search for form amid boundless horizons.
The article traces Hamilton's birth in Dominick Street Lublin on August 3 1805 to Archibald Hamilton a solicitor. Raised by his uncle Rev James Hamilton and sister Jane Sidney Hamilton he displayed extraordinary linguistic and mathematical gifts by age ten mastering Latin Greek Hebrew Italian French Arabic and Sanscrit while showcasing practical judgment and skill. It also mentions Hood s Sarsaparilla with endorsements for blood diseases.
In Vienna the law requires a married man to obtain his wife’s permission before boarding a balloon. To date no applications have been refused and officials now consider repealing the rule.
Charles Pollock of Vincennes Indiana returned home drunk and killed his wife aged 18 with a shot in her heart after kissing his mother and father farewell then shot himself. His sister Mrs Ross found the scene and both victims died without a word. A family pattern of self harm is noted among the Pollocks with previous attempts by siblings.
Dr Sturtevant examined potato root depth on a high ridge. A root reached 34 inches below the surface, 28 inches beneath the tubers, with deeper roots more fibrous and few above the tubers. The finding supports deep soil for higher yields, especially in dry seasons where deeply trenched soil doubled production over common depths.
A Dispatch reporter details a remarkable recovery from chronic rheumatism. A Pittsburg worker at H K Porter Co. Loco works saw swelling and joint pain threaten paralysis, with facial enlargement altering his appearance. Two doctors declared hopelessness and urged treatment.
Orrin Gowell, the wealthy resident of Nevada California, is described as unpretentious and laborer dressed. He recounts an summer incident near his Fruitvale home where an Irishman pressed his face against a fence to beg for bread, sparking a humorous memory of class differences.
An advertisement touts Scrofula destroying medicine Hood's Sarsaparilla. It claims numerous testimonials prove it erodes Scrofula from blood. available in 100 doses for $1.00 from C. I. Hood & Co. of Lowell Massachusetts.
In reviewing the bridge disaster coverage the Boston Post notes that Brooklyn’s crowd proved stronger and pushed the New York crowd back, highlighting city pride in the response.
A note touts Dr Benson’s Skin Cure as a specific remedy for all forms of skin disease. It declares the preparation not a patent medicine but a reliable treatment, with druggists listed as distributors.
An agricultural dealer touts The Farmer's Favorite in the Norristown Herald joke ad. The line hints at a humorous slogan about trusted seeds and tools for farm work. The brief item underscores rural commerce and period advertising tone.
The column lists fashion trends such as pleated blouse waists red Swiss embroidery and new mul muslins with light color schemes. It recounts the Barber boys near Tripoli resisting capture, killing two guards and sparking lynch mob justice. Also promotes Ely’s Cream Balm for catarrh and Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic with anecdotal cures and testimonials.
A homely girl with green goggles must cope at a picnic and in a railway coach, where seated by a window she becomes a Queen of May, seen as a touch better than others. The item blends humorous social observation with a mock advert tone about Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Letters from Valdosta Georgia dated July 20 1882 recount a customer returning a Patent Dust Proof Case after ten months due to a rusty stem. The owner explained a watch fell into twelve feet of water while logging, later requiring service. The writer asserts the watch works well now and recommends it to railroad and mill men.
An 1881 Clinton Iowa notice describes sending a spring for a William Ellery watch and recounts a farmer losing and finding the watch after three months in cold water. The ad boasts a dust proof stem winding case in gold and silver and invites purchase from First-Class Jewelers.
A wealthy resident of Mauch Chunk leaves a gift to wire the Lehigh Valley telegraph clock to strike noon on St. Mark's church bell. A time-ball on the church drops at noon, enabling towns without clocks to hear correct time. The system could spread to all telegraph towns and later sync with world time via electricity.
A Virginia woman found that saturating seed bean bags with coal oil kills weevils entirely without harming the beans. She suggests the method may work on infested peas. The note contrasts with Prof. Lintner’s slower, longer cure and cites Parson Jones on adapting sermons to minds.
A $10,000 Cincinnati Garfield monument fund draws 4 percent interest while awaiting its purpose. The in-charge committee will soon meet to choose a site, with six artists given until August 1 to submit models and one selected to contract after that date.
An English magazine writer predicts the man of the future will be hairless and toothless. He suggests the beef steak of the future must be much more tender than current fare to ease the coming man’s upbringing on the bottle from infancy to old age, per the Norristown Herald.
Nearer to Nature. Nature has made her laws with us which we must obey or suffer the penalty. This penalty is often lung or throat trouble which leads to consumption. Every man believes consumption incurable. People have been educated to this belief which is proven incorrect by Dr Bigelow's Positive Cure. Trial bottles free offered by E Lash.
A lawyer who won a suit for a poor ugly young woman tells her she has nothing to pay except her heart. He asks her to give it to his clerk, noting he desires no personal fees.
The Rev. Geo. H. Thyer of Bourbon Indiana and his wife credit Shilohs Consumption Cure with saving their lives. The product is sold by E. B. Lash.
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