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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1888
Page
8
A compilation of a dying Boston youth's confession about drink, a Philadelphia temperance speech recalling his fate, and a dramatic response by a mother reading her son's name in the torn Bible. It closes with aphorisms, then notes on potato seed experiments and a string of “Trust” satires while debating tariff principles.
Judge Z W Bunce of Detroit nears a centennial life with vitality. Mary Gallagher of South Bethlehem aged 104, famed dancer. James Golds burg and wife mark a flat wedding anniversary. Nathaniel Taylor of Royals ton Michigan reaches 100 while active. Panchita Morales of Plaza Tegusquite New Mexico is 107 living alone. Florida adds a 103-year-old farmer with eighty acres pre or chiped. Matthew and Anna Gardner, aged 70 and 71, found dead in Milwaukee with no foul play suspected.
A collage of quips on practicality from different sources. An English traveler in Germany outsmarts a fortune by returning a hat with a hat box, while humorous exchanges show brisk, practical humor. Other snippets note a editor attending many hangings and light classroom banter.
A fragmentary column reflects on refusal to vote for a man lacking distinction or achievement. The dialogue parodies oath taking with rustic humor, featuring Uncle Rastue and a magistrate witness in a bygone tone.
Fragmentary text laments unseen deaths among white people and asks why bodies are not acknowledged. The lines suggest a reflection on racial visibility and mortality without concrete details or context.
A customer on Chatham Street disputes a price as high for a suit sold by Mr. Isaacstein. The seller whispers the suit cost four dollars, claiming it was a six dollar creation once made for Mr. Russell Sage of Wall Street and fitting quickly on fashionable men.
A revivalist questions Uncle Rastus about abandoning evil ways and embracing Christianity. He replies he has tried religion but finds it useless, saying his trouble is his fondness for fried chicken. The exchange reflects humorous biblically flavored dialogue from the Epoch.
The writer asserts that protection ideals are at their strongest in the nation's history and that the man who best grasps and upholds these principles should become the next President of the United States.
A Kentucky Democrat derides the E literacy of the state as a blot on the Democratic party and suggests the Goddess of Reform should take up school teaching to improve education.
A fragmentary dialogue contrasts a mistaken geographic cue with a fanciful term atome the place where everything is blown to. It mentions an egg trust forming and critiques monopolies with a Chicago Tribune tone, followed by a misprinted note about popcorn as a dyspepsia cure.
An ad warns catarrh as a precursor to worse disease and promotes Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy as essential. It claims it reaches the ailment’s seat and cautions against quack medicines. The piece also mentions Sumner How ard, a former Michigan House speaker, and a Delaware smallpox tale urging vaccination.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a universal cure for liver and kidney ailments, pimples, malaria, headaches, and indigestion with a satisfaction guarantee and pricing at 50 cents and one dollar. The text also mixes literary fragments and other product notes about dyspepsia remedies and a New York paper on artificial flowers, including references to Acker's tablets and local drugstore sales.
Miss Manta A Brows of Beton seeks a 50000 appropriation for antiquarians to tour European libraries seeking proof Leif Ericsson discovered America around 1000 A.D. She hopes government aid will settle Columbus claims. some doubt she can win funding. The piece ends with a humorous aside about SOZODONT.
A period piece notes a popular tooth wash as a standard of the age and cites its widespread use. The piece also mentions SPALDING's GLUE as a common household item. A St Albans four year old girl was punished by confinement in a closet, crying and pleading for release.
The article extols Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a spring blood purifier boosting vitality digestion and liver function. It cites thousands of testimonials and urges immediate use as the most effective medicine for cleansing impurities and restoring energy. It also jokes about high giraffe prices and calls for cheaper giraffes to stimulate circulation.
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