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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 31, 1887

Page

7

Jag Train Joke and Real Estate Graft Tale

A brief glimpse of a witty exchange about the jag train and jug trade contrasts with notes on express offices taking sixty jugs daily and over a hundred Saturdays. In Leavenworth Kansas Times satire shows a Topeka real estate trip, then a medical ad promotes Dr. Bulls Baby Syrup as a safe opium-free remedy for infant health, priced at 25 cents.

New York Atlanta Constitution Leavenworth Kansas Topeka Wichita Dr. Bull

Hood's Sarsaparilla Offered for Catarrh Cure

A promotional claim for Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for catarrh outlines its causes, symptoms, and alleged benefits. It includes testimonials from Mrs G B Gil of Washington, D C, and M E Reap of Wauseon Ohio praising relief and cure, urging readers to try the medicine and avoid other preparations.

Hood A. Read & Son Wauseon Ohio N. B

Instinct and reaction under physiological analysis.

The piece argues instincts are reflex like and shaped by sensory stimuli, not abstract lifelike concepts. It cites animal behavior, notes explanations by naturalists, and includes a fragmented medical ad montage about remedies and a hospital anecdote.

Animal Kingdom Scribners , Magazine

Cincinnati mother and long lost son reunite after 42 years

A Boston Globe correspondent reports a Cincinnati case paralleling Charley Ross. Frank Morey, kidnapped as a child, sought his real family for years. Mrs. Harriet Williams on Stone Street replies to a notice, then meets Morey. A shared memory of June 12 1855, age ten, confirms their kinship. The reunification ends with joy in Cincinnati.

Cincinnati Boston Globe Charley Ross Frank Morey Morey Harrison Owen County Harriet Williams Stone Street Mr. Williams Jack Morgan James Edward Williams

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