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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1887
Page
2
A Chicago man recounts decades of painful eczema and failed treatments before discovering the CUTICura Remedies. He credits cutting edge skin therapies, including Cuticura, for restoring health after years of suffering, with explicit claims of rapid relief and renewed mobility.
A sermon from Our Evening Service argues thoughtless acts lead to tragedy and urges turning back to the Lord. It warns against rash violence and drunkenness, urging self examination, moral steadiness, and Christian renewal to guide life beyond the grave. The piece includes political commentary from the New York Sun on Republicans and Democrats, with local notes on churchgoing, medicine ads, and assorted items.
In Cincinnati a state superintendent questions rising insanity stats noting more asylums and inmates due to population growth and shifting admit criteria. He argues many are labeled insane for eccentric behavior, while monotony and overwork breed mental strain among the active. The interview also touches bizarre cures, speculative astronomy, and comical misreadings from local notices.
Prudence Prim in Good Housekeeping suggests a morning bath in cold salt water to invigorate the body and treat colds. Inhale warm salt air to ease catarrh, take salt to stop coughing, and drink warm or cold salt water on rising to aid constipation. Bathing eyes in warm salt water is soothing and salt sprinkled on doorsteps is claimed to be cleaner than ashes.
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