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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1918
Page
6
A promoter claims bio ser en doubles energy vigor and nerve force in two weeks and instructs druggists not to take money unless the product delivers. The anonymous source touts a fast, extravagant cure with no verified evidence.
An advertisement promotes Bio seven as a seven day nervous system and energy booster. It promises a refund if customers do not feel twice as strong and energetic, listing ingredients like Lecithin and Iron Peptonate and urging pharmacists to honor refunds.
Mrs A M Stanley and Mrs C W Allberry, daughters of Mr and Mrs David McAfee, 78 and 73, spent a day near the Hocking mine on the Carbondale branch. The McAfee parents have twelve children and Mr McAfee is a Civil War veteran, a fact their family cherishes.
A mother of two, Nellie Matheny, ages 4 and 6 months, works at the Juniper mine near Kimber ly road east of Nelsonville. She hauls and dumps coal, riding the front end and performing the same routine as male haulers in the valley mines to support her children.
Margaret Gillespie daughter of Ebner Gillespie, a robust Millfield farmerette, wears overalls and uses a pitchfork with ease. She and her father have baled fifty tons of hay at the Pratt farm, a home of long Pratt lineage, with shared farm days and Ford evenings.
Mrs. P. W. Cogswell of Andrews Indiana extols Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best medicine for diarrhoea and bowel trouble. She notes her mother used it for years before marriage and keeps it in the house.
Willis F Sands, a University student and son of Mr and Mrs J R Sands, returned from Columbus where he enlisted in the navy and passed the naval radio service examinations. He expects to be called to Great Lakes soon as several Ohio University men are already in training there. Canadian Express Company workers receive substantial wage increases and improved hours.
Sally travels to a grim Paris quarter seeking Jeanne and Eugen Rabouche. In a dim wineshop she learns Rabouche is dead and is led to a hidden room where a tense encounter unfolds, foreshadowing danger as Sally confronts a false aging disguise.
A reader asks whether to return to her first husband amid a loveless marriage with their child. The adviser urges self reliance, appreciation of her husband, and keeping the family home cheerful, suggesting she avoid reconciliation with the first husband and invest in their child.
In this reader letter column Mrs Elizabeth Thompson discusses age and engagement rings, noting a twenty year old is very young while a twenty four or five year old may feel more secure in love. She also addresses dress color norms and etiquette for attending parties with one boy and leaving with another after arrangements by the boys.
A 20 year old girl asks whether to forgive a boyfriend who has behaved inconsistently and faced pressure from town boys to break their friendship. He offers to reform if she takes him back. The writer seeks guidance on whether to rekindle the relationship or stay distant.
A letter asks if a twenty year old is too young to marry and describes a fiancé leaving to buy a diamond ring. The writer inquires about the best color for the engagement gift and plan.
Mrs Thompson learns a net dress can be washed nicely at home. A little starch may be used for slight stiffness, but ironing when damp yields a natural stiffness as well.
Questions answered by Marie Riley in etiquette column. Notes advise serving coffee to women in drawing room and men in dining room, and explain how to announce a wedding cancellation with printed notices. Guidance on quiet, simple social stationery and proper envelopes for invitations and letters.
Offer promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a quick fix for sluggish liver dullness biliousness and constipation. Claims two or three tablets after supper will nearly guarantee feeling better the next morning.
A collection of letters from U S soldiers in France dated July 1 5 and 21 1918 updating families. Howard France writes from Camp in France about engineering duties in Paris repairs and hope for an early end to the war. Clifford Hutchins describes busy movement and life in France. Sylvia Simmons sibling notes Red Cross relief and hometown links. Michael Collins recounts rainy rest camp near the ocean and Napoleonic fortifications awaiting training. Isabel Northrop receives news from cousin Sherley Northrop in France.
In France American soldiers are praised as the bravest hearts, but the Anti-Saloon League argues they will be weaklings on returning home and require its fanatical guardianship.
Terrific storms north of Ath ens last evening disrupted wire communication. Telephone companies report considerable wire trouble early this morning.
A weather system caused widespread damage with over a hundred poles blown down and broken wires between Lancaster and Columbus. In Columbus a miniature tornado accompanied by rain, while heavy storms tracked east and north of Athens, creating general disorder.
The United States will pay less for sugar than all but Cuba, despite a likely small rise in the sugar bill. The sugar equalization board of the food administration will take control of all raw sugar output from beet, Louisiana cane, and Cuban sources and allocate it to refineries to balance prices.
The National War Labor Board approves the principle of an eight hour work day as part of wartime labor policy. This decision signals a standard expected to affect industries connected to the war effort and skilled trades nationwide.
An advertisement asserts catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated internally. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as acting on the blood to reach mucous surfaces, touting physicians’ approval and a blend of tonics and blood purifiers from J Eney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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