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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1880
Page
6
The article argues many farmers fail not from poor land but from lack of training and choice. It contends inherited farming habits trap families, restricting career exploration and delaying skill development. It notes declining yields, weed-ridden crops, and weakened prospects as roots of financial embarrassment grow.
The article advises nightly preparation of a ground Indian mix to feed day-old chicks five times daily starting at six AM to prevent gapes. It also describes a pepper and Indian mix remedy given as a daily pill, noting one dose often cures when detected early and cites a hatchery of 100 chicks with only one case.
Crib-biting stems from indigestion and irritation causing the horse to bite and stretch its neck. To treat, give daily for a few weeks one drachm of copperas and half 42 ounce of ground ginger, feed cut feed with crushed grain, and an ounce of salt in each feed.
Advice on selecting cattle breeds and keeping sheep for profit. Emphasizes raising a chosen cow, beware of mixing breeds, and ensuring steer calves come from suitable stock. Encourages humane cattle care and proper tool maintenance, plus teaching youths thrift and cleanliness.
San Francisco visitors John Simons William Townsend and Charles Balch escaped with minor scratches after a massive boulder toppled onto their wagon near Clear Creek canyon just below the flume. One horse died, the other injured horse was euthanized, and the wagon was later recovered. The rock’s fall is blamed on soil loosening.
A Japanese cyclopedia recounts a luminous ox painting that left its frame to graze by day and return by night. The emperor of the Sung dynasty learned from a Buddhist priest that oyster-derived pigment made the picture glow after dark and vanish by day, sparking a superstition about the grazing animal.
An old advertisement touts a salve claimed to heal cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fevers corns and skin eruptions with money back guarantee. It notes the price as 25 cents per box and lists F. E. Waterman & Co. of Athens as sellers.
Cora L V Richmond describes the afterlife as spirits gathering to adjust auras rather than external garments, with garments formed from atmospheric and spiritual substances. She touts Thomas Electric Oil as a primary pain remedy and cough and swelling aid, noting its economy and small required quantity. Additional ads urge Pinkham remedies and malt tonic as health solutions.
Close connections made at Lancaster for Circleville Zanesville and all points on the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valle Retirved. and at Columbus for all inte North East and West. No py cars from Colum bus to New York CaneerPhia Baltimore Washington and Det oo eeer s South De ne H Harrion Gen'! Supt. O. R. Cae Pee ens ORLAND en Sup't.
Readable fragments show place names Athens Zaleski McArthur Hamden Chillicothe Greenfield Loveland Ar Cincinnati and a sequence of times 10 48 12 47 1 03 1 13 2 17 5 214 6 30 suggesting a timetable or event schedule across multiple towns without full context.
An editorial note from Hawkeye casts physicians as urging a healthy man to eat only twice a day, predicting journalists will overreact and double their own allowances in response.
Vague notes mention male remedies and powders with references to balsam and powders. The garbled text cites names like Ath R Lash and unclear details about remedies tested and spared.
An elderly woman jokes that thieves are so rare they must advertise and offer rewards to find them. This pithy remark reflects a wary, humorous tone amid community crime chatter.
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