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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1919
Page
6
A December 8 gathering honored Mrs. Cartwright on her 33rd birthday at the Cartwright home. About ten o clock guests arrived with baskets, and a noon dinner followed. The social afternoon concluded with departures and well wishers.
Roscoe Shields returned home Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Walfe and children from near Kimberly. W. J. Hawk and son Fletch work on a granary for Daniel Hawk at Marshfield. Fred Schmidt and three daughters, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Noble shopped in town Tuesday. Dessie Anderson was in Chauncey Tuesday. Clara Gaskin hosted supper guests including Beekman, Ethel Anderson, Six, and Brouchard Wednesday. Cain Conner shopped in Athens Monday. Steve Kaufman traded an Overland for a Chevrolet roadster in Athens Tuesday. Ed Smith of Carbon Hill visited his daughter Mrs. Worth Dicken Monday and Tuesday.
In a special session the Colorado legislature ratified the constitutional woman suffrage amendment at noon. The measure now proceeds to the governor for final action.
An ad copy describes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy for bad breath and claimed to clear the blood and purify the body. It states the product acts like calomel without harsh effects and offers boxes priced 25 cents.
A wife and husband quarrel over a past romance and a stack of old letters. The husband accuses the wife of love for Eric Sands. she insists no affair exists and asks for trust. The exchange grows heated as suspicions threaten their marriage.
A reader asks if it is proper to accept gifts from a non engaged beau and whether to hurry toward engagement. Mrs Thompson says small gifts are OK, jewelry or costly items should be avoided, and the woman should wait and follow her own judgment while the man establishes himself.
An Indianapolis reader reports rapid relief after using Milks Emulsion for years of stomach trouble and constipation. The ad extols its digestive benefits, appetite boost, and strength building, promising refunds after six bottles if not satisfied. It notes the product is sold nationwide and guaranteed by several pharmacies.
In St Paul and beyond, fur dealers report a surge in demand as American women buy top quality furs with money in hand. Prices rise, trappers increase activity, and dealers forecast strong next season amid widespread prosperity and a taste for musk rat, muskrat, seal, and other furs.
An old ad promotes BromO Quinine tablets described as destroying germs, acting as a tonic and laxative to prevent colds flu and grip. It notes a single product named BromO Quinine with E. Ww. Grove’s signature on the box and a price of 30 cents.
An old advertisement touts Quinine Bromide standard cold tablets claiming relief in seven hours and three hours for fever. It promises money back if it fails and notes a genuine box with a red top and Mr Hifl's picture. Sold at All Drag Stereo.
Garment makers must match rat skins and coon skins to sell a coat. Women reject blotched garments. Matching skins takes expert time and search. A fad of mottled rat skin coats uses light and dark skins alternately, often mixing southern lighter rat skins with northern skins to cut costs.
Dealers note trends in fur fashion with northern rat skins and coon skins sourcing from Minnesota to Michigan while foreign furs command luxury prices. Russian sable coats reach 60000 dollars, each skin costing 600 to 804 dollars. 800 to 1000 skins make a coat. Ermine chinchilla and nutria rise in popularity, otter and mink used for trimming. old pony bearskin wolf-skin coats fall from fashion as manufacturers chase high end taste.
Forty winters and forty summers have rolled away since people who are living today first took Number 40 For The Blood. Number 40 is a compound from ingredients listed in the U S Dispensatory and other medical books. It is said to aid glandular issues, blood troubles, mercurial and lead poisoning, scrofula, rheumatism, catarrh, constipation, liver and stomach diseases. Sores ulcers and scrofulous swellings that resisted other treatment are claimed to disappear. Sold by McKee Drug Co.
Athens residents testify to strong kidney relief from Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. Fred Penn reports twenty years of use with consistent aid and family use, noting reliable symptom relief and home stock. Price is 60 cents at dealers, Foster Milburn Co. manufacturers.
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