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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1895
Page
4
A reader guide to the newspaper’s obituary and resolution notices with pricing per line and instructions for submitting address changes, encouraging local and personal news, correspondence from friends in the West and South, and using the Messenger and Herald as a medium for reconnecting with old acquaintances.
Notice requires advertisers to submit copy by Tuesday morning each week to ensure proper disposition of ads and timely Wednesday press. Issued by Messenger and Herald in October 1895.
A collection of short observations touching the 1943 era politics and international affairs, noting Chicago’s claim to bid on national conventions, debates over congressional chaplaincy, and criticisms of the Cleveland administration. It also highlights a Washington heliostat device, newspaper claims about Jesse James literature influencing crime, a Hawaii minister’s annexation push, and weather bureau pamphlets noting lightning can strike repeatedly and barns’ vulnerability after harvest season.
The Philadelphia Record denounces the claim that protection is State Socialism as nonsense arguing Protection and State Socialism are opposite forces. It contends Protection boosts competition and individualism while State Socialism crushes liberty and patriotism, failing to match free trade doctrine.
A testimonial advertisement promoting Dr. Greene’s Nervura as a cure for nervous disorders in infants and children. It touts improved sleep, appetite, color, and growth, featuring Mrs. H. Silver of New York who attributes recovery for herself and her two daughters to the remedy. The piece stresses safety for all ages and notes free consults with Dr. Greene.
The New York Tribune weighs Francis Schlatter the healer, noting his Alsacian origin, Jamesport work as a shoemaker, visions, and a rise to fame in New Mexico and Denver. Despite widespread cures, questions persist about his power, motive, and legitimacy, as credible witnesses describe unexplainable results without monetary gain. The piece flags the extraordinary Denver scenes and probes whether belief or belief alone sustains the phenomenon.
A legendary tale claims the highest price paid for a tooth was 3,500,000 trade dollars. During a small Asiatic war, the Portuguese captured a sacred monkey tooth from Siam, and this became the ransom agreed upon.
The piece warns husbands to protect wives from insidious diseases and promotes Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a remedy for female weakness and related conditions. It also notes Maine trappers’ beans as a profitable season due to high oil yield sold by the gallon.
Massachusetts invited its 1,000,000 residents to vote on woman suffrage for municipal and school questions. About 110,000 favored it, but few women participated. only 16,000 women cast ballots, with over 700 voting against. In Taswas City, Michigan a man holds five offices including village marshal and lamplighter, earning small yearly sums. Scales now weigh a pencil mark on paper with precise accuracy.
A Fort Wayne resident writes on November 29, 1894 of forty years with heart trouble and utter weakness. After trying several physicians with no relief, one year two years ago began Dr Miles remedies. One Heart Cure bottle stopped heart trouble and Restorative Nervine restored sleep and daily functioning. Sold by druggists. book free from Dr Miles Medical Co Elkhart Ind.
This store reports splendid Dress Goods business this season and aims to do more with new late items offered at 40c, 75c, and 1.00 to 2.00 per yard.
The advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the medicine that has raised thousands from disease to health. It claims the product has the strongest cure record, the largest sales, and the world's largest laboratory to produce it. It urges trying the remedy for personal benefit.
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