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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1881
Page
3
A verse drawing three demons named War Rum and a third who charms with kindness. War brings murder and gore, Rum floods the world with misery, while the guileful third destroys homes and states. Burdette notes in Burlington Hawk-Eye.
An indefatigable country postman Pere Martin delivers letters through rain and mud, faces a scheming stranger, and protects a widow's secret. After a staged theft of a letter and a deadly pursuit, he sacrifices his life to avert a tragedy, dying for duty and integrity.
The article describes widow customs in China including three years mourning, restrictions on cosmetics and dress, and the practice of noble widows erecting stone portals after death. It notes imperial support, charitable societies for widows, and the social penalties and arrangements surrounding remarriage and poverty.
A Northern Arkansas man marries a southern Arkansas woman at a city hotel. He jokes about married life and tries to sleep in, but she fears the bill and keeps him out. He boasts he was raised at the crossroads and will head home.
The piece contrasts farm life with discipline at home, praising reading and family order while warning that American liberty can erode parental authority. It argues that new arrivals and changing social dynamics undermine servant-master relations and family discipline, closing with a quip about misapplied lightning morals.
Advertisement asserts Hop Bitters easily proves relief from fevers, constipation, liver and kidney torpor, debility, nervousness, and neuralgia by converting food into rich blood and renewing vigor in the aged and infirm.
A Texas State Capitol blaze in Austin destroyed the archives of the Republic of Texas the battle flags and the Almee monument. The fire caused about 300000 dollars in losses and is believed to be arson.
G. H. Hubbard of Hampden Ohio reports his wife suffered from consumption but after trying Lindsey's Blue Searcher her health improved and she is described as better than ever.
On the Allan steamship Polynesian Princess Louise reportedly coined a new term for ship motion. She asserted that the vessel does not roll but merely wobbles, describing a wobble as the only movement aboard.
Advertised claim touts Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as superior to doctors medicines for female ailments and urges sending orders to Mrs Lydia E. Pinkham.
A fragment recalls a judge quoting a boy who said he wished to die and go to heaven to reclaim pennies he was given. A grandmother questions why he would seek death. the scene hints at sorrow and religious framing in a courtroom context.
An advertisement touts Dr. Sellers' Cough Syrup as unrivaled for cough relief with a stated price of 25c. The text emphasizes its claimed superior effectiveness and market novelty, reflecting typical retail promotion style.
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