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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1920
Page
6
Swamp-Root, Kilmer’s kidney liver and bladder medicine, is praised by druggists for its long record. It is described as strengthening and natural in its work, with wide trust and a physician’s prescription. A sample bottle offer is presented with a ten cent request and Athens Messenger mention.
An advertisement persuades freckle affected readers to try Othine double strength with a money back guarantee. It claims an ounce or less should remove freckles and improve complexion, urging readers to ask their druggist for the double strength product. The copy abruptly shifts to note Poland's rock salt mines, citing a single remaining mine with an estimated 21,000,000 tons of salt.
F. Treudley reflects on stories of Day and Night and other animal adventures, noting lessons on gentleness and power. He laments cruelty as a pervasive human vice, citing Henry Drummond and wartime cruelty in the German leadership as warnings.
Advice columns present two letters about domestic conflict and independence. The first discusses money, control, and a girl’s future earnings under a father’s restraint. the second asks whether dating two brothers’ girlfriends will cause trouble and seeks guidance.
An advertising pitch argues obesity is unnatural and treats fat as a perverse craving. It promotes Arbolene tablets as restoring normal appetite and dissolving fat via kidneys and bowels, claiming one or two tubes prove effectiveness and noting sale by thirty thousand druggists in sealed tubes with directions.
A vintage advertisement promises a few cents buys Danderine. It claims after use hair shows no shedding or dandruff with all hairs displaying life vigor brightness color and thickness.
A girl asks for guidance on keeping peace in the family by matching personalities and becoming friends. The letter notes both girls have likable and disagreeable traits and urges pleasant behavior to preserve happiness. Daisy responds with fashion advice for a blond girl, suggesting pink crepe pajama fabric that resists ironing.
The piece outlines bedbug biology, calculating rapid population growth from a single female or egg in a year. It then promotes P. D. Q as a safe, economical insecticide claimed to kill bed bugs and eggs, with packaging details and a Terre Haute company address.
Editor notes a winter talk by George Wharton James in San Diego on humane control of animals. James recounted experiences with many species from rattlesnakes to a Gila monster and described entering a bear enclosure at Mt. Lowe to test his approach without faulting himself for temerity.
The United States Presbyterian Church outlines a $21.18 million drive for Home and Foreign Missions, Sabbath School work, church erection, ministerial relief, Freedmen support, temperance, evangelism, and more. Athens Presbytery must raise $22,372 with the Athens church quota set at $4,000. The piece compares local funding to the Men and Millions Movement and the First Methodist’s $10,000 annual pledge.
The Plains Ohio University Gospel Team will hold all day rally services on Sunday. Millfield hosts Sunday school at 9 30 A M with evening Epworth League and preaching. Sugar Creek offers 250 mn Sunday school at 9 30 A M followed by preaching and an Epworth League rally at 7 P M.
Fairview social evening featured a dance hosted by Misses Dove and Rus last Wednesday evening. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Fred Johnson, Mr and Mrs Vern Dixon and family, Mr and Mrs Arthur Cole and family, and numerous Misses and Messrs such as Lizzie Cole Rosa Barnhart Ellen Johnson Evalina Clark Ivan Bond Fred Cole Bad Justice Arthur Johnson Loren Chutes Mitchell Barnhart James Caldwell Henry Clark Wade Richardson.
The Johnson and Cole families welcomed relatives and friends for a Sunday visit. Misses Pennie and Bessie Justice hosted a Saturday evening party. Several residents including Freda Swartz Lislen Johnson Evatina Clark Donald Nester and Arthur Johnson visited Dove Russell. Russell then traveled to Belpre to spend a week with her brother Stanley Russell.
A historical note stresses measles danger for children beyond eruption and fever. It warns air passages stay inflamed, risking pneumonia, and promotes nightly Vicks VapoRub applications to ease inflammation and cough. It advises external use for delicate digestion and gives a Greensboro address for free samples.
An antique advertisement promotes S. S. S. as a blood purifier for rheumatism arguing liniments and lotions fail. It urges cleansing the blood to remove the cause and claims many sufferers were helped. It offers free medical advice from the Medical Director at Swift Laboratory in Atlanta Georgia.
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