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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1887
Page
9
Mrs. Ca regi, a well to do Irishwoman in Springfield First Ward, was arrested on a charge of infanticide after a three month old child was found starving and emaciated in filth. Neighbors reported sour milk feeding. the child was moved to the Orphans home and died Tuesday. A post mortem confirmed death by starvation.
Public warning urges against cheap imitations of Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. Emphasizes obtaining the genuine product for relief of throat lung and chest affections with trial bottles free at Henderson & Minear's Drug Store.
A children’s party at Ocean House in Long Branch features a playful scene as a child asserts a stranger with a long mustache is from the West while another asks about an absent Uncle John. The item blends social chatter with playful dialogue and indicates a lively seaside gathering.
A survey of remarkable heights cites Goliath figures from Chang eight feet three inches to a Swedish peasant eight feet eight inches. Dwarfs and anomalies appear, followed by a classroom exchange where a pupil argues tobacco chewing is fine if teeth ache, and the teacher pivots to dentistry. Horace suggests tooth extraction for a girl with toothache.
A household shift from refined music to a Baby's wild solo, then quieted by Bull's Baby Syrup which is claimed to relieve flatulence. The vignette links high culture with a domestic, humorous remedy.
A humorous sketch portrays a tiny Hawaiian army with a single generalissimo and a full staff on a peace footing. A doctor quips about handling a broken leg while awaiting a physician and jokes about men giving wives dimes, exaggerating its value when spent on trivial goods.
The revised Bible is failing with readers as shelves remain stocked and demand drops. People abandon new spellings, revert to traditional words like hell, and publishers note a shift back to older usage despite changes.
A 19th century ad extols Hood's Sarsaparilla for restoring appetite and strengthening digestion amid seasonal illness. The note urges readers to take the medicine now and cautions against impure blood and weak digestion. A brief oddity follows: John Hurrah of New Jersey twice sought a name change from the Legislature, which refused, with speculation he wanted “Hip Hip” instead of “John.”
A Philadelphia News item reports a man seeking payments across the city finds no collector results. The narrator laments none of the debtors emerged, leaving him with nothing recovered from the search.
The Guide to Health by Lypta E Pinkham has become the season’s popular book, with over a million copies issued. The general public can obtain a free mailed copy upon application.
A dialogue from the Champion City Times describes Smith, pale and thin, claiming a year in confinement and a first return to the streets in over twelve months. He cites an attorney unable to persuade a jury, hinting at a legal struggle behind the solitude.
Four flies seek breakfast with different choices. One eats jelly that is fake and dies after regaling himself. Another tries bread with alum and dies. A third drinks beer but dies from aloes. The fourth avoids tainted food by eating fly paper and survives to old age.
Hood's Sarsaparilla is described as a top family medicine in Lowell Massachusetts where it is manufactured and sold more than any other sarsaparilla. The ad claims it treats debility scrofula dyspepsia biliousness and other blood impurity conditions.
In East Avon New York a 21 year old woman has battled a heart beating at 135 per minute for over two years after a plaster shower fell on her while she slept. Doctors fear prolonged high pulse rates and seek early consultation from specialists as panics rise with fevered readings.
A group of boys in an alley off Congress Street were told by a woman to leave after she complained about the noise. When asked if her husband was insured the kids joked that if he wasn’t, she would not want him to die, and they dispersed.
A column surveys Albert Griffin’s Kansas address urging Republicans to back women’s votes. It notes improved moral tone and better officials where women vote, cites Woman’s Journal on police stations, and details Chicago and Philadelphia figures, suffrage advocates, and the push for municipal, national rights, with references to Mary McLaughlin and notable societies.
A Dakota man traveling in the East debates with a stranger about permanent wealth. The Dakotan asserts their town’s pride lies in having the finest half mile race-track in the Territory, contrasting with population and the number of banks, saloons, and yards mentioned by the capitalist.
The piece describes a legal impasse where the Probate Judge declares himself sane, blocking vacancies and appointments. It notes the Governor cannot appoint a successor until a vacancy is declared, which cannot occur without an insanity finding by the Probate Judge, creating a self‑referential loop and a tension between a rogue exploiting the law and a lunatic holding office.
For children with rickets and marasmus Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil with hypophosphites is praised for rapid gains in flesh and strength. A New York physician reports marked improvement in long standing cases. A separate note mentions a foundry accident in Brunswick where a man’s eye was knocked out but reinserted and he hopes specialist care will restore vision.
The excerpt notes iron tonic from Dr Harter to restore blood richness and digestive tone. A humorous exchange between Miss Clara and Miss Ethel follows, with Miss Clara receiving a compliment from Mr Turniweight that compares her to sugar, provoking a wry remark about sand.
A reader from Clinton Wisconsin testifies to immediate and lasting relief from hay fever using Ely's Cream Balm obtained via Covert & Cheever. The letter endorses the remedy for hay fever and related complaints and cites continued benefit.
A fragment notes payment and a fine connected to Laxador, mentioning ready supplies and diverse items per package. The language is garbled, but implies a ready cash action and enforcement related to shipments. Entities are unclear due to OCR distortion.
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