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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1918
Page
8
A discoverer urges druggists not to take payments unless Bio-seren doubles energy vigor and nerve force in two weeks. The claim centers on a money-for-energy remedy with a strict two week timeline.
An advertisement touts Bio-seren tablets claiming to restore strength and nerves after overwork, tobacco or alcohol use. It urges seven days of two pills after meals and one at night, then continued use until exhaustion, with a money back guarantee if results are not seen. The note lists ingredients and a physician tip that the formula is printed on every package.
An advertisement extols San Cura as a reliable emergency ointment with antiseptic healing. It claims it removed a needle from a girl’s foot after a doctor failed using his lance and touts guaranteed relief for piles eczema tetter boils ulcers and other sores. Sold by Cline's Pharmacy Nelsonville for 80 cents to 4 jar sizes.
San Cura Soap is praised for antiseptic healing virtues and regular use allegedly softening skin and removing pimples and blackheads. Marketed as ideal for babies and tender skin, advertised at 25 cents per cake at Cline's Pharmacy with mail order from Thompson Medical Co. Titusville, Pa.
Claim states catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated internally. Promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine taken by blood to mucous surfaces, with testimonials available. Also mentions 7Oc. S Family Pills for constipation.
Sally comforted Marie Hardis who recalls steamer meetings and letters from Steven in Paris. Marie asks if there was another woman in his life and Sally, as a nurse and older friend, weighs how wounds of war alter a man while seeking a careful, hopeful response.
Readers ask about proper etiquette for going in with a date at the door, announcing plans, and inviting him inside. The column advises inviting him in when ready, mentioning going home, and that a nineteen year old must have parental consent to marry with a parent or affidavit. It also urges apologizing if reading someone else’s mail caused offense.
Dear readers ask about engagement rings with low cost options and match to love. The columnist advises a plain band signals wedlock and suggests inexpensive stones. a reader urged to marry a man for father’s sake is warned that a girl should choose her own husband and should not marry without love.
A woman writes seeking guidance on meeting a man she loves yet has never met. An adviser cautions that without a mutual friend an introduction is unlikely and warns against mistaking imagination for love as it can lead to unhappiness.
Some of the best farm results are shown at the Athens County Fair this week. The display highlights increasing yield to aid the war effort and improve farm life. Fertilizers lime seed treatment orchard care and other practices to boost crops are featured by the South Eastern Ohio Test Farm.
Athens county plans to supply twenty four candidates in the national nurse call for hospitals. Six or seven young women from Athens Nelsonville Glouster and Shade have applied to Miss Helen Ullom who heads the counties Council of National Defense. She will be at the war booth at the County Fair Thursday and Friday to meet applicants aged 19 to 85 with the qualifications for hospital training to replace trained nurses in wartime service.
Ten thousand testimonials tout Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children as a safe reliable remedy for regulation of bowels feverishness teething disorders constipation headaches worm destruction and colds. The product has been trusted for 30 years and is available at druggists for 25 cents.
A Buckeye State Building and Loan ad urges saving money to support the war effort. It promotes five percent interest on deposits and recommends Liberty Bonds War Savings Certificates and Thrift Stamps. The Rankin Building Columbus address lists assets at 14 800 000 dollars.
Athens resident G H Logan, salesman at 85 Fern Street, testifies how Dean's Kidney Pills cured his backache and kidney trouble after two boxes. He recalls relief from sharp pains, nocturnal urination, and sediment in secretions, and notes lasting improvement as of 1917. Manufactured by Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo NY.
The county Democratic Central Committee organized in Athens district with 38 of 60 seats represented. Joseph Richards elected chairman and James Brown secretary, with an executive committee empowered to fill vacancies and endorse positions. Foraker urged party unity and miner support, while the group pledged cooperation and set staffing for new stationery.
Latrobe notes list visits by Gus and Mrs Griffin of Torch to A H Huggins and Ray Chevalier along with family. Relatives travel from Logan Columbus Success and Erie visiting local residents. Farm activity includes threshing, and Dean Clark is reported very ill while others camp at Coolville grounds.
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