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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1886
Page
2
An American cheese cut at a grass in Ashford Eng. yielded a Hi glass bottle with a falling message from Ashford New York dated 1885. The letter asks the recipient to be kind and to forward names of respectable ladies and gentlemen of Ashford Catt County New York to correspond.
A Boston observer voices strong support for protecting birds at risk around the Charles River estuary. He laments bird slaughter for vanity, urges law or public opinion to guard gulls and ducks, and criticizes intrusive human persecution of songbirds. The piece weaves in humorous quips about Wagner and other topics.
Advertises Cuticura for a wide range of skin ailments including psoriasis, eczema, eczema, dandruff, and ringworm. Claims external remedies with Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Resolvent internally purify blood after physicians and other treatments failed.
John J. Case a dentist from Newton New Jersey testifies after thirty five years in practice that Cuticura remedies cured his psoriasis in eight days despite prior doctors offering no help. He says he was afflicted twelve years and found relief through the remedies.
An elderly man of seventy from Texarkana Arkansas reports a remarkable cure last summer after trying many remedies and doctors. The note claims CUTICURA REMEDIES healed a severe head and face eruption and credits J F Smith and Co. Texarkana Ark.
H. L. Carpenter of Henderson New York reportedly cured after twenty years of psoriasis or leprosy by Cuticura remedies. A daily dustpanful of scales shed, with physicians and friends convinced of a final cure. Cure sworn to by a Justice of the Peace and local prominent citizens.
Wm Gordon of Arlington Ave Charles Town Massachusetts reports paying about $200 to first class doctors to scare his baby with no success. He states Cuticula Remedies completely cured the baby after using three packages.
An early 20th century advertisement lists Cuticura priced at 50 cents, Resolvent at $1.00, and Soap at 2 cents. Items are prepared by the Potter Drug and Chemical Co of Boston.
Dialogues reveal quirky beliefs about patron saints, including Saint Cecelia and Salvino Armato d Armati, alleged martyr and inventor of spectacles. A Pittsburg pensioner Evita Harvey dies respected for a hidden $1000, guarding coal bought for her son who died early in the Civil War.
Credit goes to German women and physicians for using Red Clover blossoms as medicine. Dr Jones' Red Clover Tonic advertised as a top remedy for blood diseases stomach and liver troubles pimples costiveness bad breath piles ague malaria indigestion loss of appetite low spirits headaches and kidney diseases priced at 50 cents by H. K. Dorr.
The passage critiques Lord Randolph Churchill for dubbing Mr. Gladstone ossification of inconsistency and notes Senator Ingalls calling Senator Evarts a political archaeologist. It questions the usefulness of epithets in politics and suggests more study is needed to craft effective labels.
Mary Dailey of Tunkhanock Pennsylvania reports six years of asthma and bronchitis relief after using Dr King’s New Discovery. She says immediate improvement followed by complete cure and a weight gain of 50 pounds after continued use. Free trial bottles offered at Henderson & Miner drug store. Large bottles priced at 1.00. The passage also mentions Catarrh remedies and other light quips and anecdotes.
A brief, wry note imagines Fannie Mills as married and playfully irked by a poet husband. The piece hints at a chilly night scene and ends with the author’s view that poets rise above ordinary concerns.
A Chicago man loses harness robe and bull dog to a burglar while a Holyoke dog nurses a sore eye with a stick repeated each day. A Birmingham child nearly ignited by fire is protected by a Newfoundland dog. In Jacksonville a silver quarter challenges passersby to claim it, with most avoiding taking it until a later passer reveals the test. Ohio faces looming deficits as Democratic stewardship strains state funds, while the Washington letter notes electrical sparks and coastal curios in exchanges with Stanford.
An American woman in Japan notes the efficient household staff and respectful nightly rituals. The dialogue shifts to politics with Senator Miller's funeral costs raising reform debate, while Emperor William turns eighty nine amid plans for extended life. The piece closes with a quip about Mrs Langtry’s sable fur set and theater costs.
Judge Noah Davis urged a policy shift favoring easier marriage licensing and making divorce nearly impossible, arguing such a public measure aligns with true public policy. The remark signals support for streamlined marriage procedures and stringent separation rules.
A Springfield woman engaged to a Jewish fiancé eloped with a Portuguese handmaiden, surprising her family. The bride sought a husband accustomed to high society circles.
Retired physician W. A. Nookis of Power's Block Rochester New York says he will mail free of charge the remedy formula said to cure Consumption Bronchitis Catarrh Asthma and all throat and lung ailments plus nervous complaints. He claims thousands tested its powers and invites readers to request the recipe in German French or English with full use instructions.
A humorous scene shows a laryngoscope used to peer down a throat while a wife retorts the doctor would not use it on a distillery. Separately the Brooklyn Eagle notes Mormons in Utah celebrate President's demand for Governor Mursary’s resignation as a Democratic administration aids removal.
The passage includes a San Francisco boy's quip to the governor about a phrase from his mother, a California Maverick anecdote on age, a report on Lieutenant A W Greely’s neuralgia and a spine operation, Senators Logan and Harrison receiving many letters, pension case queries, and a proposal to shift the presidential term start to April 30 for better inauguration weather.
A cynic in the pews notes Boston ministers fall into two groups: those who know more than they preach and those who preach more than they know. He also quips Boston worship divides between pounders and expounders in a remark about local religious life. An absurd rumor suggests a New Hickory party forming to oppose Cleveland, aiming to erase his influence and shift the Democratic base.
Fragmentary OCR text suggests a workplace notice about sending work to a messenger office. Readability is poor and no clear entities or actions are recoverable beyond the general theme of job submission to an office.
A fragmentary passage recounts grievances about lawyers and judges in a Southern setting. It mocks defense attorneys as cynical and calls out racial prejudice with a reference to enslaved or deformed persons. The style resembles a polemical editorial or monologue from a bygone era.
Letters from readers and advertisers tout Peruna and MANALIN as cure-alls for kidney, lung, and female disorders. J E Fleming Morgantown W Va and M C Pershing Bradenville Pa report benefits and request more information. John Denny Vernon Ohio notes strong sales and satisfaction.
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