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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 18, 1886

Page

6

Turkish Brides Bath Room In a Lavish Turkish Bath

A detailed description of a Turkish bath room featuring a large marble square chamber, wall fountains supplying hot and cold water, and elevated basins for washing. Servants cleanse the bather with soap, lather, and rinsing water while young participants sometimes splash water playfully. Also includes simple kitchen recipes Cornmeal Quaker and Cream Candy with steps and ingredients.

Cox North American Review

Ambitious girls pay their own way through college

An article urges self support for women in attending state universities without tuition, detailing housing, meals, clothing, and book costs. It notes many girls have lived on modest funds, earning through summers and teaching, waiting tables, or hotel work, and stresses grit and modest attire. It also references remedies and ads interspersed in the page.

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Rough on Dirt washing powder and coffee making tips

A diversified clipping describes Rough on Dirt as a perfect washing powder that cleans without harming fabrics and offers laundry and starch benefits. It also includes a peculiar coffee brewing method with ground coffee in a cloth sack. The note mentions Acker’s spepsia Tablets and a tornado statistic, plus fashion advice on basques and dress styling.

Newspaper Dictation and a Glimpse of Public Life

A Blade reporter recalls Allen O. Myers as a rapid dictation force during Blaine campaigns, while anecdotes describe sharp wit from Judge Luther Dixon and a dramatic tale of a man claiming to be Emanuel the Prince of Peace. The piece blends medical ads and quirky tales including Elias Gove, a snakebite incident, and a prison reform congress in Atlanta with Hayes and other figures noted.

Blade Allen O. Myers Blaine Boody The Enquirer Toledo Blade

Fashionable Handwriting Waives Old Rules In Society

A column notes changing female handwriting fashions from neat compact scripts to bold, masculine styles reflecting modern chic. It mocks strict ladies’ education while predicting further shifts, even revival of sixteenth century penmanship. A Reading PA swindle tale follows about two knaves who buy and swap a violin, netting five to fifty dollars before one man disappears. the violin remains unsold.

France Reading Knave Number Two

Dr Kings New Discovery Free Trial Offer at Local Drug Store

Test a limited time free trial of Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs colds and consumption at H K Dorrs Drug Store. Large 1 bottle offer promotes faith in the remedy for throat chest and lung ailments and urges sufferers to call for a trial bottle. Other items note world newspaper opinions on voters and various remedies with brief anecdotes and measurements on hair and silk ribbon usage.

R. V. Pierce Dr. Pierce World's Dispensary Medical Association Main Street Buffalo N. Y Dr. King H. K. Dorr

Sharpsburg Battle Note on Crenshaw Battery Escape

Jeff R Ruffin of Virginia recounts at Sharpsburg 1862 how Mackintosh's South Carolina Battery ran out of sponge-staffs and gear as the Federals captured guns and horses. A P Hill infantry arrival restored the line, saving Lee's flank from defeat or annihilation, a detail never before printed. Also mentions railroad sleepers of cast glass by the Siemens method as a near future possibility.

Sharpsburg Jeff R. Ruffin Virginia Crenshaw Mackintosh South Carolina A. P. Hill Lee Hill

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