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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1918
Page
6
A promotional blurb touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children. It urges parents to look for the California label, promises a pleasant taste, and notes full dosing directions on each bottle to give without fear.
An advertisement touts SHILOH as guaranteed to relieve the worst cough in 24 hours and stop coughing, claiming health and society benefit by reducing disease spread. It emphasizes a fast, reliable remedy for persistent coughs.
An old newspaper ad urges readers to use Bio-feren to rebuild strength and brain function after influenza. It touts iron, lecithin, gentian, and gentian and asserts two tablets after meals and one at night will restore health. The ad guarantees money back if not satisfied.
John Ferrol confronts Edith about a threat to marry another man and a feud erupts with Ned Flowerton over Edith. The cellar scene ends tense as Edith pleadingly intervenes, setting up a dramatic continuation.
AMiss Virginia inquires about love triangle signals and actions to take. The adviser cautions that no engagement exists, urges restraint to avoid driving the boy away, advises against warning the other mothers, and suggests not reacting to the girl who invites him to her house to keep him from jealousy.
Grandma's routine uses Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound to darken gray hair overnight. A drugstore bottle promises easy, natural, even coloring with a damp comb or brush, no health claims made, just cosmetic enhancement.
A boy proposes uniting The Lazy Y club with about a dozen local girls clubs in the western town. The club member suggests he speak to a known girl to bring the idea to her group and arrange joint meetings if possible.
A reader asks if sending letters too often to a soldier abroad is inappropriate and whether young girls may visit soldiers at camp with a chaperone. The response advises limiting letters, allowing only friendly notes, and requiring an older chaperone for camp visits while affirming winter wear of thin stockings.
Ruth and Mabel ask how to meet suitable young men for dances while friends are in the army. A reply says church or school are good places to encounter potential escorts and social plans.
Albany Baptist church hosts a box social on Wednesday December 4 at 7 30 PM. Everyone is invited and both girls and boys are urged to bring boxes. For details contact Mrs V Ahlbrand Mrs Florence Brown or Mrs Quin Zimmerman.
Dr M Cook urges calm during influenza, promotes fresh air and three Cs cleanliness mouth skin and bowels. Recommends Mayapple aloe jalap liver regulator Pleasant Purgative Pellets and Anuric Tablets with lemonade, plus bed rest and warm, ventilated rooms. After illness, suggests iron tonic or Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery to rebuild strength.
Doctors in France find shell shock is war neurosis and treatable. By focusing on concrete tasks such as washing dishes, knitting, or making objects in shell-shock hospitals, patients regain control and often return to the front, seldom relapsing.
British troops tend two German canaries found on a rescued pet owner during evacuation in a French village on the western front. The birds are cared for by Allied soldiers.
Lieutenant Duncan, an American aviator interned after landing in the Jura Alps, made a bold escape attempt at Andermatt camp. He used a rope of bedclothes, slid the wall, then broke it and injured himself. He continued toward Goeschenen, was spotted, chased through a tunnel, and recaptured, with guards doubled.
In North London’s Muswell Hill a barber works without speaking. He holds a slate before his patient showing phrases like Hair cut and Shave with instructions such as Don’t use clippers and Short at the back. The man is stone deaf and never uttered a word.
Barley wobbled in Chicago trading as a brewing order pressure eased. King Barley fell several cents on the first business day without brewery demand, with grain dealers noting little interest from buyers and a looming abdication of its former brewer’s favorite status.
Mrs M H Van Wart of Lewist, Ore writes of using Mentho Laxene to treat her husband’s cough and her sons’ coughs. She praises its relief for winter asthma and notes the concentrate is sold by druggists in 21 1/2 ounce bottles for home mixing into a pint.
Public notice from the Athens Messenger Office advertises large clean cotton rags for cleaning presses. No further details provided.
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