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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1918
Page
6
An advertisement touts Bio-feren as a grand health builder for nervous, weak women, claiming two weeks to stronger vitality, clear skin and sparkling eyes. It urges a seven day dose and continued use with a refundable offer if claims aren’t met, listing the formula and urging purchase at any druggist.
Sally tends wounded in a field hospital and faces guilt as Stephen wanders off and falls ill. Dr. Rolf warns that hope keeps him alive, while Sally must choose how to give him courage. The scene ends with her resolve to act as a nurse first.
A seventeen year old girl asks for help about constant verbal abuse from her mother. The adviser notes physical brutality would justify leaving, but since money and basics are provided, she should stay at home until adulthood. Suggest talking to her father after dinner and then possibly living with relatives or at the YWCA to improve home life.
Frances advises a young girl on parental limits after late dances. The mother’s anger and a third late arrival lead to uncertainty about future calls. The reader asks if a merchant marine brother qualifies for a service pin and is told yes.
The record notes a license granted for Clarence Orentke a 21 year old miner of Orbis ton to marry Marie Nida age 20 of Murray. The article adds a separate statistic that the United States produces about 88 percent of the world’s oysters.
A 17 year old writes about a husband in France and a co worker courting her. The adviser counsels reporting harassment to an employer and parental warning, plus guidance on handling questions about refusal and swimming lessons with a trusted partner.
A Sunday school lesson titled Christian Growth based on Luke 2 45 52 and 2 Peter 1 6 8 plus Epworth League discussion All for Christ My Pleasures with 1 Corinthians 10 23 24 31 and 11 1 referenced.
Morning Sunday school at nine. No church services. Afternoon prayer and social worship at two thirty. Evening Epworth League at six thirty. No church services.
The Christian Science Society at the Masonic Temple offers Sunday service at 11:00 a m with the subject Love and a golden text from Isaiah 49 13. Sunday school begins at 9:45 a m and a Wednesday meeting is held at 7 30 p m. The public is cordially invited.
Pastor G Bowden leads Sunday school at 9:00 a m and Communion at 10 15 a m Epworth League meets at 6 30 p m with Evening Service at 7 30 p m The pastor preaches both morning and evening Miss Greta Lash speaks Wednesday on Missionary Training School and Cincinnati City invites attendance.
Morning services and Sunday school at the First Christian Church. Regular preaching at 10 30 a m evening preaching at 7 30 p m Rev John B Dickson of Glouster will conduct the services A cordial invitation to neighboring churches without services to join in worship.
Athens reader Mrs. Francis Mansfield cites long term relief from back pain and kidney trouble after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She first praised them in 1914 and again in 1917, noting dramatic improvement and continued good health, with a 60 cent price at dealers.
Ernest Gibbs of the Loyal Order of Moose organized Stauffer's funeral in Zanesville after his death following a hospital operation. Stauffer, once working in a Saltillo mine, lived in Glouster and married the widow of Henry Hartman.
10 000 testimonials from mothers praise Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children. The remedy is said to move and regulate bowels relieve feverishness teething disorders constipation headaches destroy worms and frequently break up colds. Sold at druggists everywhere for 25 cents.
Mrs. Clifford Conn entertained the Willing Workers Needle Club with members and visiting guests present. The Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Herbert Mingus’s home and shared refreshments after a scripture reading. Attendance included many area residents, with updates on social visits and local travels.
The War Department assigns four aviation fields near Hazelhurst Field Mineola to Maj C K Reinhart J M A They are named Lufbery Mitchel Damm and Brindley Fields Commack Field designated Brindley Field in memory of Maj Oscar A Brindley killed in an aviation accident May 2 1918 Brindley was an Athens county Ohio native A note cites a low defect rate in lower animals at birth compared with humans.
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