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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1886
Page
7
A San Francisco Argonaut report describes a woman with a bad habit of arriving before the audience is seated and blocking aisles while seeking her seat. A nearby spectator whispers that she must have been kept to finish up supper dishes, provoking quiet mutterings as others wait.
Advertisements tout Hood's Sarsaparilla as unusually strong due to three key peculiarities in ingredients proportion and processing. Prominent testimonials from J. P. Thompson and I. Barrington allege blood purification appetite improvement and overall system toning. A promotional offer invites sending for a book of evidence.
Detroit Free Press reports a ten to twelve juror tale from a debt suit where the plaintiff seeks 3400. Jurors argued over fairness due to unequal legal representation and unclear evidence. After hours they drifted through varied verdicts before declaring an inability to agree without a clear explanation of the case.
The sixty seventh General Assembly is remembered for the majority fleeing with the minority into exile rather than confront a straightforward electoral fraud issue.
A broad discussion urges sheep farmers to cut costs and improve breeding, citing France England and Vermont efforts and urging American breeds suited to local soil and climate. It notes progress from profit decline and calls for courage to scan wastes, reduce losses, and find new profit avenues.
An old advertisement touts a salve for cuts and skin eruptions promising full satisfaction or refund, price 25 cents per box. A Confectioners' Journal note claims green cucumber peel scattered in a building kills cockroaches as they eat it, with repeated nightly applications.
A column extols blood purifiers and patent cures from Sarsaparilla to Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil while noting chaotic events in Chicago and paying tribute to Thomas Edward Banff naturalist. It promotes SUZODONT toothpaste and includes filler anecdotes about household mending and sensational anarchist activity.
A promotional blurb touts Magnolia Balm as an easy way to enhance facial beauty. It claims many women are beautiful except for skin, and highlights Magnolia Balm as the solution available to improve complexion.
Wheat promises a fine yield in this region and a good one in Ohio, with prospects for a large aggregate crop nationwide. If price outlooks were as favorable, farmers would feel more encouraged.
A retired East Indian missionary aided physician claims a simple vegetable remedy can permanently cure consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and all throat and lung ailments. He will mail the recipe free in German French or English with directions to anyone who asks by sending a stamped request to W. A. Noggs 149 Power's Block Rochester New York. The paper notes a fashion comment about baggy trousers.
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