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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1886
Page
7
The Obie Club of Cincinnati admits frauds in recent elections by prominent Democrats. The confession, though extorted, may reassure impartial voters and support Republican claims in Cincinnati.
The speaker, speaking to Father Etar, pleads for rest from weary days and unyielding labor. He recalls childhood comfort and prays for relief as life wears on toward a fading sunset and an eventual rest at life’s shore.
A historical column contrasts Frederick the Great’s stern mercy with Lincoln’s pardoning clemency, citing mischief of indulgence in aiding the fallen. It argues true philanthropy should address causes at the source, urging moral reform and healthy living to prevent crime and poverty, noting 100 Georgia children burned to death last winter.
A minister visits a jailed congregation member who forged for money and lotteries in a thrift fair chain. The youth claims the church raffling spurred his crime and condemns church influence. The page also runs ads for Hair Vigor and old political remarks from Angueta and a Douglass quote.
A playful rhymed list pairs animals with final sayings as they meet their end. The butchered chorus includes the egg, biscuit, lobster, rabbit, frog, pie, steak, turkey, cheese, pig, butter, calf, and cucumber expressing humorous imagined last thoughts and puns.
A Boston memorial proposal outlines a concave niche statue of Colonel Shaw on horseback with a surrounding company of colored troops. The plan envisions high relief sculpture on a dedicating house facade to honor the first African American regiment in the Rebellion.
Advert says spring cleansing is essential as winter impurities linger in the blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla is pitched as the best spring medicine to expel impurities and strengthen body functions sold by all druggists.
The South Carolina free traders held a State Convention recently and organized nine delegates. The piece notes the movement is in early stages and uses a playful snake metaphor to describe the sparse prospects and future potential.
An elderly medical man asserts a simple vegetable formula can cure consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and all throat and lung ailments as well as nervous illnesses. He will mail free copies in German French or English with directions to anyone who requests it. The piece also notes dubious claims about Acker's Blood Elixir and a Brooklyn judge denying naturalization to an anarchist.
The wife of Senator Leland Stanford of California distributed 5000 dollars among San Francisco kindergartens on her recent birthday, aiding early education efforts in the city.
The governor signed a bill changing debt imprisonment to a maximum of six months for civil actions. Within five days all inmates held up to that period must be released. The reform ends a long-delayed hardship on debtors and prison conditions.
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