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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1880
Page
3
A poem praising a well known local woman from Woodbury New Jersey. The lines honor her charity and kindness, noting her help to the tired and needy, fostering happiness and healing, and asking God to grant ongoing peace and joy in her life.
Mrs Darkedale entrusts Meta Gray with care while she travels and Meta is drawn into a jewel theft plot with Eudora Fenley. Meta confesses, returns the jewels after learning they were lent, and Mrs Darkedale reassures her. The jewels are being reset and Meta later marries, receiving jewels as a wedding gift from Mrs Darkedale.
An 1862 Confederate raid in Alexandria Missouri disrupts a Union family. Mrs C and daughters resist seizure of a flag captured from Miss Julia Haller. A Union soldier-supported act redeems the flag, inspiring local pride and a later banner display.
An Athens advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a universal cure for coughs asthma bronchitis hay fever consumption and throat or lung issues. It claims over one million bottles used last year with universal satisfaction and offers a trial bottle free or a regular size for $1.00 through F E Waterman & Co.
Short redingotes reappear with plain felt Derby hats and flat smooth coiffures. Cardinal and old gold stay in fashion while polka dotted stockings and bead embroideries keep prominence. French and India costumes return with dotted fabrics and revival of the polonaise this fall.
Bucklen’s Arnica salve advertised as the best salve for cu lleets salt rheum fever rentretton chilblains and all skin sores. Guaranteed perfect satisfaction or money back. Price cents per box. Sold by F. E. Waterman & Co. Athens.
A Cuban family staying at a Sara toga hotel runs a weekly board bill of 459 dollars for six adults three children two maids a coachman and a valet.
An Athens advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a cure for coughs colds asthma bronchitis hay fever consumption and other throat and lung problems. It claims hundreds of permanent cures with no other remedy matching its results and offers a free trial bottle at F E Waterman & Co. store or a regular bottle for one dollar.
A drunken gentleman crabbing at Pleasure Bay near Long Branch swam out to sea to clear his head. He misread his course and swam a quarter mile toward Europe before a surfman in a boat reached him. He returned to shore sober.
Remember Friends Remember. Dr Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cher claims a cure forConamanation chitis and all lung diseases. It soothes throat and lung and is sold in pint bottles for $1.00. Lash promotes this remedy and the British Museum advertises a Theban wig about 3,000 years old.
An old advertisement promotes Dr. T. W. remedies for cough relief and fever relief. The notice claims tested formulas and available sale, typical of period medical ads.
A romance ends after a quarrel as a man visits at Miss Blank's home seeking to see her father on personal business. She questions his claim, he departs in pride, and she asks who called. The scene ends with his stubborn stance and her unanswered inquiry.
A sixteen year old colored girl slept on a railroad near Orangeburg South Carolina and was killed by a train. The incident is reported as a tragic accident with no further details provided.
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