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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1880
Page
2
The article provides practical advice on open air work and farming practices. It covers lime mixed with salt water and skim milk as a permanent outdoor whitewash, methods to stop pear blight by trimming diseased parts and slitting bark, and the beneficial effects of ashes on soils. It also advises renovating old meadows with manure and specific seed mixes, plus horse hoof care through cleanliness and drying to prevent cracks.
The egg white soothes burns by forming a soft film and cooling the wound. It may replace air-excluding dressings and acts faster than older treatments. Beaten eggs are also touted to ease dysentery by coating the stomach and intestines, with two or three eggs daily advised in ordinary cases for recovery alongside a light diet and rest.
Farmers know compost helps plants and can be made from leaves cornstalks and manure. Build layers of farmyard manure with leaves and waste to form heaps, let them ferment over winter, then apply in spring for rich soil.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt presents Bre. Gardner advising his son, urging balance between talking and silence. He warns against both chatterers and mute fools, favoring a measured, thoughtful middle ground as the group moves along with the program.
Cc F Engle, a druggist, praises Rinehart's Worm Lozenges as superior for worms and notes they sell for 25 cents per box with a warranty. E R Lash stocks them. A humorous Auburn scene follows where a cross-eyed passenger marks a train car with chalk to avoid missing his stop and asks directions to the pump.
Day's Kidney Pads praised as superb by a Toledo man. A master in Ithaca hides to hear his daughter's marriage plan beneath a cemetery grave. Dr Bull's Cough Syrup advertised by Hadley Bros. Nutmegs grow on tall trees revealing mace and nutmeg shells in stages of maturation.
Mothers urged to cleanse malaria and impurities this season using Parker's Gin ger Tonic. The ad claims the tonic tones the stomach and liver, regulates bowels, purifies blood, and cures rheumatism neuralgia and malaria, touting it as a pure and excellent family medicine.
The Boston Post reports a circus manager sought a fresh show name. A sophomore collegian suggested monohippic aggregation, unaware monohippic means one horse, and the manager had already inspired three towns to fear the act.
A Caledonia Minnesota resident, C. E. Comstock, reports suffering inflammatory rheumatism and states one application of Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil gave almost instant relief. He says two fifty cent bottles effected a permanent cure.
The Church Union quips about Beecher's claim that a single female house fly can lay twenty thousand eggs in a season. They say it is a pity a fly couldn't be grafted on a hen.
A terse regional notice promotes a salve described as ideal for ulcers and sores in Athens. It highlights its claimed effectiveness and local availability, presenting a concise health-use recommendation.
Train connections noted at Lancaster for Circleville Zanesville and routes to Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley. Columbus serves North East and West points with no car transfers to New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Detroit. Athens to Parkersburg service times listed.
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