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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1919
Page
2
A home made cough syrup using 2 1/2 ounces of Pinex in a pint bottle with sugar syrup or molasses is advertised to rapidly relieve coughing. The ad claims quick action for bronchitis hoarseness and asthma and promises satisfaction or money back from The Pinex Co. Ft Wayne Ind.
An office notice from the Athens Messenger Office announces availability of large clean cotton rags suitable for cleaning presses. The brief specifies utility and location, with no additional details.
Beaumont and Floyd Shafer of Athens visit Mr and Mrs George Shafer and Mrs Matilda Bricker who lies very ill. Alma Wince returns home from Columbus due to illness. Cliff Courtney and Ava Cochran families visit Chauncey residents as pneumonia affects children. Various locals call on Bricker and friends while Alma Wince and Lora Crabtree travel to Nelsonville Orbiston and Chauncey visitors noted.
Germany outlines a program to electrify all railways, build high power plants in coal regions, and transmit electric current to substations along the lines, signaling a sweeping modernization of transportation and energy infrastructure.
A playful line promotes Danderine as a hair beauty product for girls with a mass of song hints.
An advertising notice touts Danderine as a hair tonic to revive lifeless thinning or fading hair. It claims tresses become long strong lustrous and colored with a 35 cent bottle available at drug or toilet counters to refresh the scalp and reduce dandruff.
River gauges report Herr's Island 11.4 feet Davis Island 12.3 feet Parkersburg 16.2 feet Point Pleasant 34 feet all readings falling as of December 11.
A Texan man recalls illness from 1911 to 1912 and credits Milks Emulsion with improving appetite, strength, and weight after using 23 bottles by August 1912. The ad touts the product as a palatable, solid emulsion that aids digestion, builds flesh, and helps wasting diseases with a six bottle guarantee and nationwide distribution.
Berlin December 11. Germanys capitalist leaders plan to thwart a labor council law by doctored books and holding companies to limit workers profits. They aim to show smaller profits to block worker influence while signaling to foreign nations that socialization is not complete.
Mrs A L DeVine of Los Angeles reports years of female trouble with no relief from doctors before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says the medicine made her well and urges others to try it.
Troop One holds regular session at the Presbyterian church this evening at the usual hour. Five Eagle Scouts will present talks detailing how they earned the rank. Several other members are close to completing requirements for Eagle status.
New York December 11 Hopes of a 1919 style season prompted National League magnates to reverse retrenchment. They resumed the 154 game schedule extended training to six weeks and set April 14 as opening day. Clubs face a $1000 fine for player tampering and possible expulsion on a second offense.
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