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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1888
Page
7
A Boston woman is jailed for stabbing an acquaintance to death with a steel hairpin. In Kansas City a man is attacked by a burly woman who wounds him while attempting robbery. A Pennsylvania housewife fights off several burglars with a hatchet, leaving one unconscious and likely to die. The piece mocks male superiority and praises women’s fortitude.
A local notice extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a spring medicine to purify blood aid digestion and restore appetite. It also notes J S Clarkson Republican National Committee sub committee chair says Chicago Convention ticket demand is unprecedented and existing applications could fill the hall many times over.
In a barnstorming Senate session, Senator Sherman lambasts Democratic moves on South Dakota, while Confederate foes accuse him over Louisiana votes in 1876. Governor McEnery’s stance sparks praise and warnings of suspended law and a possible Republican win. A poetic aside praises Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. Boston spirits tale ends with a jail lockdown.
The piece denounces Senator Voorhees and other Indiana Democrats as copperheads unworthy of loyalty, arguing their wartime treason and postwar honors reveal a pattern in the party. It compares Northern and Southern Democrats, cites Vallandigham and Sheridan, and criticizes Cleveland’s patronage of former rebels.
Early ad extols Dr Guysett s Yellow Dock and Sarsa parilla as universal cures and blood purifiers aiding urinary and digestive organs with health. It notes sales by R Lash and promotes photography advances with a joked scene about a photographer capturing a bullet in air.
The passage extols a product named Cream Balm as the best and only cure for chronic catarrh and related throat and lung complications. It warns of ulceration, bone destruction, and bronchitis caused by the condition and claims dramatic past results.
The Minneapolis Journal argues the Republican National Convention should back an anti-saloon position. It notes safety Republican states have opposed the saloon in state platforms, with Illinois, Nevada, and California as exceptions, while Indiana New Jersey Connecticut and New York Republicans support stricter or prohibitory laws.
A London Journal item notes a quirky fable about Dr Baem and his medicine named Tom Dr Baem’s Magic Police. The dialogue hints at a cure for lassitude tied to the season and audience skepticism remains.
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