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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1876
Page
3
Choir and congregation dedicate the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Hebardsville on April 30 1876. The hymn thanks the Father for earth and heaven and prays the shrine become a place of rest peace and comfort for all ages and for the sick and weary.
In the Fifteenth Ward fare bank a paymaster on a Cairo voyage plays five hundred to seven thousand dollars with a stranger. The stranger draws a bowie knife and a pistol, but the paymaster summons a loyal servant, unveils a trunk of cash, and counters with millions in fake bravado. The stake escalates to seventeen thousand dollars, then to a double pistol bluff. The gambler flees, leaving the paymaster with thirteen thousand of the gambler’s money. The paymaster quits gambling, inspired by his own nerve.
A rich Falster noblewoman funds a grand church and prays for added years of life. Despite relatives dying she ages, and each Christmas the priest opens her coffin as she rises and asks if the church stands. She longs for its destruction to end her affliction. England plans stockpiling pigs and rabbits on uninhabited islands for shipwrecked sailors.
Edwin Kimball recalls a 15 year old Dwight Moody in his Sabbath class unable to articulate faith yet shown steady resolve. Moody later leaves Boston for Chicago after two years of quiet growth and church attendance, with a reputation for sincere earnestness despite initial doubts.
Advertises Centaur Liniment with claims it cures rheumatism neuralgia lumbago sciatica and many minor ailments. Promises free trials to medical men and cites testimonials from Ada Hardin County Zanesville and Newark. States the product eases inflammation relieves pain and heals burns without a scar and notes rising sales.
The Centaur Liniment promises quick relief for tough horse skin flesh and muscles and claims cures for spavin sweeny ring bone wind gall scratches and poll evil. It features testimonials from W P Hopkins Piqua Ohio and A J McCarty veterinary surgeon among others and offers an Almanac by mail for a postage stamp.
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