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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1895

Page

10

Private action and fake bitters warn readers

A vintage note debunks spurious local tonics posing as Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It warns of impurities in imitators and urges readers to buy the genuine product praised by physicians, claiming it aids malaria rheumatism kidney trouble and other ills while restoring vigor.

Hostetter

Blood Purifiers and Health Promises in 19th Century Ad

An assortment of patent medicine claims touts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Simmons Liver Regulator. It extols blood purification for eczema scrofula and skin diseases, praises liver tonics, and includes testimonials. warns against other remedies. Ends with a reflection on female pride.

Dr. Pierce St. Buy S. M. Hysell Middleport Ohio D. S. Russell Farmville Virginia Simmons J. H. Zoilin & Co Philadelphia

Favorite Prescription Promises Quick Relief for Female Ailments

An 19th century style ad touts Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a cure for back pain nervousness neuralgia nervous debility and female weakness. It claims immediate relief and complete cure with druggists selling the remedy while linking health to enjoyment of fashion and dress patterns. It also mocks moralizing men and jokes about people who groan about others sins.

Castorla Content Appears Through All Ages Of Misa

A promotional line traces Castorla as a remedy from infancy to motherhood, ending with a sailor motif about winds and waves favoring the able navigator. The passage ties Castorla to care across generations and uses nautical imagery to imply resilience.

Gladstone's Great Power in a Dimming Light

The Newcastle Chronicle hails Gladstone as a towering yet aging force in British politics. The piece notes his restless spirit, diminished vigor, and enduring influence while soured by time. It praises his intellect and statesmanship, yet muses that his role now is more as a figure of history than a current political actor. Hawarden is cited as the setting where his final echoes resonate.

Gladstone Newcastle Chronicle Mr. Gladstone Scotland England Hawarden

When Men and Language Clash in Old Times

A Philadelphia Times excerpt notes men in shops and tea rooms feel out of place among women and fashion. It recalls 1812 geography praising Our Italy with fogs volcanoes and shifting snows. A French learner of English learns the quirks of vernacular when asked for ewes.

Philadelphia Times Charles Dudley Warner Italy California Hugh Hughes

Choice Recipes From the Chicago Record Menu

A compilation of home style dishes with methods for Duspuxe Soup Potato Slices RainRoap Puppine Corn Popovers Saumon au Gratin Tomato Salad Spaxisu Steak Wasnt Inaton OmMELET and more. The note credits the Chicago Record for the collection of steps including ingredients like butter eggs crackers milk and various seasonings with cooking times and serving suggestions.

Chicago

International and Cultural Briefs from the Era

A mix of notes on music by Bras for Johanna Am brosius and Dickens items linked to Edmund Yates sale. Museum gifts include Dickens desk to South Kensington. Colonial federation talks cover Malay states excluding Johore. Apostolic vicars appointed by Pope Leo with Ascalon title. Faroe island study trips on birds and leprosy voyage. Orchid collections listed with values. Bokhara emir seeks czar permission to stay under a regent. Cairo lawyer Kamal promotes Egyptian Patriotic league in Vienna seeking European backing.

Charles Dickens Edmund Yates Bancroft South Kensington Malay Peninsula England Johore Francis Mostyy Birkenhead Wales Pope Leo Ascalon Bonr Faroe Islands

U S Army Notes On Cadet Pay And Ranks

The note states a West Point cadet earns 540 dollars per year while three major generals lead the army. It says the general has no duties prescribed and lists a complete West Point outfit cost of about 90 dollars. Brigadier generals receive 5500 dollars each.

West Point Tur United Sates

Fashion for Farmers Hints on Farm Attire in Humor

A western farm paper offers humorous attire cautions for farmers. It lampoons clothing choices for different farm tasks from calf teaching to mowing and plowing, ending with a moral: do not wear clothes you have not honestly earned.

Messenger and Herald

Those Who Write and Notable Literary Tidbits

George Pu Maunier finishes the first chapter of a new love story and S R Crockett plans a Highlander hero in a Holland exile titled Lochinvar. Dana warns geology books go quickly out of date. Daupetts praises H M Stanley as the greatest energy source since Napoleon. St Hilaire at ninety to publish two volumes on Cousin. The famed translator of Aristotle is outdoors at five each morning.

George Pu Maunier S. R. Crockett Holland Lochinvar Dana Alphonse Daupeett H. M. Stanley Napoleon Barthelemy St. Hilaire Victor Cousin Aristotle Ohio Supreme Court

Epilepsy Cured by Miles Restorative Servine

Milwaukee man L W Gallaher describes 20 years of seizures with up to five fits per night. After trying many physicians and remedies, he found relief a year ago using Dr Miles Restorative Servine. He reports two fits since, and improved health overall. Dr Miles Remedies offer a positive guarantee with refund if no benefit. Book on the Heart and Nerves free.

Chas Gallaner Reed St Milwaukee Miles

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