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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1886
Page
7
Inventions keep pace with life as folding beds and versatile articles transform parlors into nurseries and baths. A rooms full of furniture can be adapted quickly for sudden changes, while a quick drug cure for kidney and urinary diseases is advertised at one dollar.
An OCR filled page promotes Rough on Bile pills with small granules and cheap pricing, claims no stomach disturbance, plus a washing powder called Rough on Dirt touted as harmless for fabrics. It also includes a baked macaroni recipe, notes on exercise and blood nutrition, a dynamite accident report, Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets ad, and a note about a song success Papa's Footsteps from the Oil City Blizzard.
An advertisement touts Magnolia Balm as an easy beauty aid for the skin. It contrasts fabrics brown, gray, and blue braided with darker and black hues to suggest a stylish lifestyle and cosmetic use.
Instructions for cooking brains and calf head, Hood’s Sarsaparilla claims, cranberry preserve recipe, Dr King’s New Discovery offer, lion versus tiger limb strength, ham storage tip, universal skin salve, and South Bond Hoosier water source—curio page mix of ads and notes.
An assortment of patent medicine claims promises quick cures and health restorers for ailments from piles to nervous debility. Ads tout Wells Health Renewer and Dr. Pierce's treatments with prices, plus a Newton boy's failed bid to vote, and mentions of toothpaste and glue products in period tone.
The article notes Judge Johnson resigns from the Common Pleas bench due to ill health after a long service beginning in 1852. He later joined the Ohio Supreme Commission in 1876 and served as a Supreme Judge, reelected in 1884, earning a solid reputation and respected decisions. The piece also mentions Health details about a fronton Hegister figure and a separate Quincey man surviving five months on raw prunes with tea daily.
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