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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1919
Page
6
A promotional notice asserts that Phosphated Iron capsules boost blood quality and nerve strength, claiming rapid energy gains and improved health for both men and women. It urges immediate treatment and lists McKee Drug Co. and other druggists as sellers.
The article urges avoiding crowds during flu outbreaks and emphasizes personal hygiene. It promotes a home remedy using Mentholized Arcine to gargle the throat and sniff the nostrils, claiming relief in under a day and healing in days, with doses and preparation details noted.
United States Army dental surgeons endorse dentrifice that contains proper ties as the ideal standard.
A woman confesses to delaying revealing that Eric Sands will visit America and the painter Peter Landis near her home. She loves her husband Jim yet feels drawn to another, explores marital love, duty, and the danger of falling for a chauffeur named Eric. The piece ends with a promise to tell Jim the truth.
A seventeen year old girl seeks friends and social tips amid loneliness. Responses advise learning social cues, valuing self respect, avoiding risky dances, and noting popularity is not ultimate. Another letter urges patience, warns against believing a mother in law, and encourages joyful, supportive home life.
A reader writes about sixteen years of marriage, five children, health issues, a drinking gambler husband, and constant abuse. The columnist urges the wife to stop feeling in the way, emphasizes her rights to care and medical help, and advises patience and self care while noting the husband should fund medical needs and decent attire.
A distressed wife writes she loves her husband but his mother and father cast doubt on their marriage. She battles constant worry and blue moods and longs to escape to a farm to cope. She seeks advice on overcoming the insecurity.
Mrs Vera A Kluepfel of Columbus Ohio testifies the medicine eased her stomach nerves and insomnia after her husband brought home a bottle. She reports relief with Hypo Cod and 59s bowel and liver tablets and praises the remedy to friends. Sold by McKee Drug Co and other druggists at 1.25 plus 5c war tax.
The advertisement claims catarrhal deafness arises from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and can be cured only by a constitutional remedy. It asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine works through the blood to mucous surfaces and offers $100 for any incurable case, with free circulars and Druggists selling the product.
An older advertisement urges robust blood in winter for those prone to anemia. It cites fatigue, poor appetite and chills as early signs and praises Dr Williams Pink Pills with a Rochester case of William Jones showing regained strength after treatment. The ad promotes 60 cent boxes from Schenectady and a free booklet on rheumatism.
A user recounts asthma relief after eight bottles of Milks Emulsion and urges others to try the nutritious emulsion. It is advertised as a palatable digestive aid that builds strength, improves appetite, and relieves chronic stomach issues, with a money back guarantee.
Johnny Kilbane featherweight champion will meet young Chaney of Baltimore in an eight round bout set for December 22 in Jersey City. Kilbane said he closed the arrangement by long distance call with promoter Dave Driscoll of Jersey City.
Since the last census four years ago the American population has fallen by more than 42 percent and the Spanish by over 55 percent, highlighting stark demographic changes.
New York reports a split mood on the new short skirts as designers push shorter hemlines. Opinion varies by body type with eight inch lengths preferred by older women and ten to eleven inches favored for younger women. Boots remain standard with thinning hosiery and pumps rising in style.
An old health column urges waking to a glass of hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and intestines. It claims the mix neutralizes toxins and eases headaches backaches and digestive issues, promoting overall purification of the body.
Frank Polaski, 26, is hospitalized in Akron with a bullet wound through his right chest. Police say the wound was a personal safety matter and note jealousy as the cause. His prognosis is stated as good.
Police found Edward Kuhlman at midnight after a call about an open store door. He said it was too cold to go out and let the business go hang, reflecting a grim, sharp remark amid a minor incident.
An ad extols Nitelets as a mild natural laxative made from vegetable ingredients for constipation and indigestion. It contrasts them with harsh cathartics and calomel and markets trial and regular sizes with a 25 cent price claim.
A simple home remedy claims four ounces of liquid argon rubbed into the scalp at night will dissolve dandruff and stop itching by morning. Repeats of applications are said to remove all signs of dandruff and leave hair fluffy and glossy. The note mentions liquid arvon as the product available at drug stores.
A vintage sales pitch touts Celery King as a cheap teaable laxative. The ad claims one package can brew many cups to regulate bowels purify blood and strengthen against influenza. It emphasizes suitability for children and minimal cost.
Medical opinion warns of a possible influenza epidemic and urges readiness. Advice includes taking laxative tea while awaiting a physician, and applying Begg's Mustarine to throat, chest, and back to combat inflammation and prevent pneumonia. Mustarine priced 30 and 60 cents, made from yellow mustard.
Mrs. William Carsner and daughter Lileen and son Dale of Orbiston visited Mrs. Julia Wyant on Wednesday and Thursday. George Locke and son Douglas of Circle Hill came on business Sunday. Julia Wyant spoke with Blanche Carr in Circle Hill Monday. Anna Quinn and son Clarence returned to Orbiston after weeks with Julia Wyant. Roy Bricker and wife joined dinner at Julia Wyant’s Sunday. Nettie Wyant visited her sister Anna Quinn at Orbiston for several weeks. Pete Bricker and Joe Hardy traveled to Chauncey for a day last week. Orval and Emmett Ryan visited brothers William and Charles Ryan Sunday. Nettie Wyant visited Blanche Carr at Circle Hill Monday. Ella Cunningham of Chauncey stopped by Myrtle Pidcock one day last week. Minnie Bricker of The Plains called on Matilda Bricker Saturday.
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