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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 19, 1882

Page

7

The Pleasure of Sin in Beecher’s Sermon Exposed

The article recounts Mr. Beecher’s Sunday sermon on pleasures of sin, noting money making, animal fighting, and murder as examples. He argues passions are harmless when controlled, praises love and merriment for youth, and mocks wealth‑seeking moral pretense culminating in a grim jab about greed and vanity.

Mr. Beecher Jesus Christ Rome Brooklyn Wall Street Garden City New York New York Tribune

Mysterious Drummer Leaves Glenrose Woman Desperate

A Somerville county tale reports a handsome drummer who courted Mrs Amanda Bartlett then vanished. She collapsed as if dead, revived in a trance, later dying, again alive, and alternating between life and death for three days before the Times reporter departed.

Times St. George Somerville County St. Louis Amanda Bartlett Miss Bartlett Glenrose Dallas Times

Bill Nye Accepts Laramie City Postmaster Position

Acting Postmaster General Hatton issues a commission making W. T. Nye the postmaster at Laramie City. Nye, editor of the Daily Boomerang, responds with a humorous letter praising the appointment, pledging cooperation and offering guidance on post office affairs. The item also notes a Cincinnati man’s mishap and a Boston Transcript remark on gray hairs.

Bill Nye Hatton Laramie City W. T. Nye Daily Boomerang W. T Laramie Binn Nye P. M

Lessons on Hope, Virtue, and Human Nature

A compact meditation on hope, flattery, forgiveness, trust, and the costs of virtue. The author muses on patience, patriotism, works over promises, and the contrasts between honesty and hypocrisy. It reflects on friendship, envy, wealth, and the shared faults that shape judgment.

Flowers and Worms Prompt a Humorous Sunday Scene

A country minister asks children why people are like flowers and a young pupil answers Worms. An Erie brakeman’s wife seeks separation over marital strain and broken family life. The Boston Star notes suffrage gains where few women exist.

Erie

Ohio Voters Swing Widely in Historic Shifts

A compilation shows large, repeated swings in Ohio elections from 1861 to 1877, detailing majorities by which governors and secretaries of state changed hands. The piece cites figures like 100,882 for Brough in 1862 and 106,442 change, plus other decade swings.

Ohio Todd Jewett Armstrong Brough Wikoff Allen Hayes Barnes Bishop Ohio State Journal Cincinnati St. Louis

Catarrh of the Bladder Cure Advertised

Stnetag amnartinn at the urinary passages indicates diseased discharges cured by Buchuraiba priced at $1. Ohio Depot John D. Park & Sons Cincinnati O distributers advertise the remedy.

Buchuraiba Ohio Depot John D. Park & Sons Cincinnati

Auctioneer in Guysville Athens Area Sells Real and Personal Property

Auctioneer in Guysville and Athens area advertises real and personal property for sale with terms described as no charge and prompt attention. Names and details are unclear due to damaged text but indicate a sale notice by the auctioneer.

Guysville Athens Ae Onio

New Advertisements Promote Hop Bitters for Broad Ailments

Health claims saturate the ad copy listing Hop Bitters as a universal remedy for stomach and bowel woes kidney disease nervousness skin tone and breath. It promises cures for malaria fevers and Bright's disease and even offers 500 for an uncured case while urging relief for bedridden relatives.

Gilead

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