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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1918
Page
2
Fremont resident Mrs. M Odden reports relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound during the climacteric phase. She describes heat flashes nervousness and backache improving as the remedy restored her balance and vitality. She invites others to contact Pinkham Medicine Co for guidance.
An old time remedy using sage tea and sulphur to darken gray or faded hair. Mix Wyeths Sage and sulphur, apply with a damp brush, and repeat to achieve darker, shinier, thicker looking hair. Not a medical cure, just a cosmetic preparation from traditional home remedies.
An old advertisement touts Musterine as the original mustard plaster pain killer for sore throat chest cold and a range of pains. It promises rapid relief within minutes for headache neuralgia toothache earache and bronchitis with a quick remedial action and strong ingredients.
London April 4 Up to Sunday night 1059 airplanes were reported down on all battlefronts during March. Of these the Allies claimed 838, the Germans 221, and the remainder on Italian, Pales Macedonian and Mesopotamian fronts.
A New York clipping reports Carl Barkhoff of Basic City Virginia is under heavy bond before a Federal Grand Jury for alleged unpatriotic remarks and threats against the president. Barkhoff, once a noted pipe organ maker from Pomeroy, also led a German customs influenced worker group. The item notes his 1913 flood relocation, bankruptcy in Virginia, and warns of German sympathizers amid civic tensions. Local notes include church moves, student illnesses, and social visits in Pomeroy and Middleport.
Word from Homestead Pa announces the death of Mrs. Lewis Allen formerly Miss Davis daughter of the late Dr. Davis of Middleport. She worked at Felger Photo Gallery in Pomeroy before marriage and was sister to the late Mrs. Harry Feiger and Dr. Fred Davis. Remains will be brought to Middleport for burial.
August Smith, brakeman for K. M., of Middleport, suffered a severe right leg injury while switching at Nitro last Wednesday night. Doctors amputated above the knee, and relatives report he is resting easily at McMillen Hospital in Charleston with wife and brother Harry Smith at his bedside.
David Batey aged 84 died Wednesday at his Racine Ohio home from infirmities of old age. A Meigs County pioneer and Civil War veteran of the 174th Ohio Volunteers he is survived by four daughters Mrs A Smith of Sumner Mrs D B Cross of Racine Miss Sue Batey East Liverpool and Miss Sybil at home and two sons James East Liverpool John New Haven. Funeral services were held today at 2 pm from Racine M B church with Rev Howard Pilchar d officiating. Burial in Oak Grove cemetery.
Lieut William B Caldwell of Camp Sherman visits his brother Dr George Caldwell. Previously a Bend dentist, he was once associated with Dr C S Shumaker of Pomeroy. Miss Florines leaves Naylor’s Run Pomeroy to take a job in Columbus.
The Burt family moved from Downington to Athens last Saturday. Marve Reeves, who bought the Burts’ property, now lives there. The Red Cross supper raised 47.80. Several local residents visited neighbors and ran errands, including Mrs. Beckett with A. H. Beckett’s family near Chester Hill. A safety scare involved Belle L. Jewell at a sale. Belgian sugar beet workers are migrating to Canada, boosting beet production. A new cabinet automates developing X Ray photos for dentists.
Mrs Mollie Yeley wife of a well known Portsmouth flour salesman says Nerv Worth restored her health after months bedridden. She bought three bottles at Fisher Stretch pharmacy and regained strength and flesh, prompting neighbors to remark on her improvement. The McKee Drug Company sells Nerv Worth in Athens and offers a dollar back if it does not help.
A wartime call to citizens to support the war effort by sacrificing comforts and opposing self serving actions. Urges employers and workers to stand firm behind the government, protect the national cause, and welcome returning soldiers. Also promotes Mi-ona stomach tablets with a testimonial style endorsement.
The United States has reassigned several Russian steamships formerly used to transport supplies between America and Russia for use in entente service, according to authoritative information received by shipping circles in New York on April 5. Liberty Bonds bind you to your country and all it stands for.
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