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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1881
Page
3
In Brooklyn the Spoopendykes plan a simple fishing outing at State Street pier. The couple end up tangled with worms, a snagged eel, and a near splash as Mrs Spoopendyke and Mr Spoopendyke bicker playfully and collide with shipboard mishaps.
In Nelsonville the mining and industrial sector is active with several new mines opening near town, including Maple Hill Coal Company and Johnson Brothers, employing dozens and expanding as rail cars and canals move coal to Marietta Cincinnati. nearby towns report mills and furnaces in full operation, while York advertises Dr King’s New Discovery free trials for coughs and throat ailments.
An Athens lady shares leaf drying and preservation tips using resin and a hot iron to gloss and set colors. She notes pressing boughs for wall displays and frames, warns against mildew with daily newspaper changes, and highlights color contrasts and leaf brightness by species. The piece ends with a health tip for speakers using Ayer's Cherry Pectoral to ease coughing and a lamp black fact about light absorption.
An 1870s notice excerpt promotes Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for female weakness and advertises pamphlets from Lydia E. Pinkham. It also includes reader testimonials about borrowing behavior from the Meigs County Telegraph and MESSENGER publishers. The final item touts The Best Salve for skin ailments for 25 cents, sold by J. Dorr near the Court House.
A promotional notice extols John Clark Ridpath's Garfield biography published by Jones Brothers. It lauds the author as eminent and asserts the work offers an authentic, reverent life of James A. Garfield, contrasting it with inferior bios and claiming it will outshine trashy festival-era publications.
A Thames Valley advertisement touts Hop Bitters with claims of curing scrofula and consumption after doctors gave up. It cites a Greenwich date and a testimonial from Lenoy Brewer about two bottles curing him, urging readers to consult a druggist or physician.
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