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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1888
Page
3
Great Railroad Contractor H H Weiggs Autograph Feature
Autograph of H H Weiggs, famed railroad contractor of South America, is shown as he writes a note. The piece highlights his reputation for enduring physical hardship and his prominent role in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Weiggs
S. America
Sectional contention over Mills tariff fuels Democratic rhetoric
The piece denounces the Democratic majority in Washington as strongly sectional in line with pro-slavery era tactics. It condemns the Mills tariff bill for favoring Southern rice and sugar interests while harming Northern wool, farm, forest, and mine producers. It singles out Grover Cleveland and Bourbon allies for pushing tariff changes and criticizes the Ways and Means Committee and filibusters. It notes a related discussion on rice duties and promises a published communication on rice production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
Ways and Means Committee
Grover Cleveland
Congress
Cleveland
Mills
James Russell Lowell
North
Kennebec (Maine
Spring Tonic Claims Hood's Sarsa parilla Revives Health
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsa parilla as the ideal Spring medicine. It claims to purify and enrich the blood, sharpen the mind, restore appetite, and overcome tiredness for renewed strength and vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Ottawa church recruits plate collectors in sly fundraiser
A Kansas church in Ottawa uses pretty girls as plate collectors. They signal reluctance with a wink and a thumb down to prompt contributions, a tactic described as effective for securing a quarter or more from visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Kan
Ben and a half egg problem spurs penny novel puzzle
A Cincinnati Enquirer style puzzle presents the classic hen and egg conundrum. It walks through proportional reasoning to conclude six hens lay 28 eggs in seven days, with two illustrative steps and a Bucyrus Journal anecdote about a Detroit saloon bet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephor Messenger
Cincinnati Enquirer
H. Athens, O
Bucyrus Journal
Promised Cure for Consumpt on by Golden Medical Discovery
A 19th century notice extols Dr. Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery as a universal remedy for consumption also called scrofula of the lungs. It claims swift cures when taken early and notes it is sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Pierce
Teacher Jobn on contents and illness in Prussian Diet tensions
The text notes the contents of a cow as milk and reports BisMARCK being sick and often ailing when the Prussian Diet disagrees with him. It reflects political strain in distinctive early modern context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jobn
John
Bismarck
Rattling snake tale recalls a family encounter
A Philadelphia Times correspondent recounts an old tale from near the Fairmount water works. A grandfather sheltered a large rattlesnake in a kitchen, later the snake alarmed robbers by rattling from a window as police arrived. The piece weaves in a dental advert and a voting typo incident in Meigs county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Fairmount Water Works
Rattler
Arnica Salve Claim and Washington College Donation
Bncklen’s Arnica Salve touted as the best for cuts bruises sores eruptions and piles with a money back guarantee and 25 cents a box sold by Henderson and Minear. Mrs Brians of Washington DC offers to donate an elegant residence and grounds valued at about 200000 for a women’s college modeled after Girard College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bncklen
Henderson & Minear
Local Remedies and Odd Births Highlight Small Town News
An advertisement touts Acker's English Remedy as a cure for coughs and lung troubles with a price of 10 and 50. A Georgia man names his first four children with halves and blessings said to come in halves. A Cullman Alabama woman is described as raving maniace from blondine hair dye effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
N. C
Potter Drug and Chemical Co
William S. Stephenson
Stevens & Bruner
Samford
Sistenl
Potter Drug & Chemical
Acker
C. B. Henderson
John Half
Westbrook
Georgia
Cullman, Ala
Woman Leads Boston Common Wealth as Managing Editor
Mrs. Georgia Peck serves as managing editor of the Boston Commonwealth making her the sole woman in New England in that senior newsroom role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Peck
The
Boston Common Wealth
New England
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