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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 01, 1919

Page

6

After Influenza Doctors Advise Safe Tonics for Recovery

After an influenza attack doctors recommend tonics to restore strength and endurance. A noted remedy, Bioferen, is praised for boosting energy and rebuilding brain cells, aiding the body's recovery process.

Nature

Owed to Me or Duty in a Tense Evening

Janet and Walt clash over balance between work and home in a strained domestic scene. Janet defends her independence while Walt pleads for attention and shared life. The couple argues about jealousy, fatigue, and the cost of her career as they plan a late dinner to talk.

Janet Walt Roy Nicoll Roy Nicoll Stedmans Walter Jan Rafaello

Dear Mrs Thompson Advice on a dishonest lover and a hesitant suitor

A reader seeks guidance on a deceitful man who writes loving letters then ignores her and parties with another girl. The columnist advises returning his picture and letters, ending contact, and protecting reputation. In a second letter a young man describes a guarded courtship with a girl who avoids home visits and brings friends along before he asks to marry for fun.

Mrs. Thompson Sun Mae Curly

Advice on ending a broken engagement and social boundaries

A reader seeks guidance to tell a fiancé that a marriage proposal was a joke and to avoid heartbreak when leaving town. The response urges honesty, warns against cruelty, and recommends a clear explanation to preserve respect for both parties. In a separate letter a seventeen year old asks Mrs. Thompson for dating advice about a favored suitor. The advisor warns against public handholding and urges better self respect and boundaries.

Remedy for uric acid build up and rheumatism proposed

The text prescribes a home remedy to reduce uric acid in the blood and alleviate rheumatic symptoms. It recommends drinking a tablespoon of a liquid solution nightly for a week, claiming it stimulates normal action and eliminates impurities. It touts inexpensive, harmless components including lithia.

Cannot Be Cured with Loc Mey and Hall’s Catarrh

Fragmentary text references a tonic or remedy claim linked to Hall's Catarrh, with dubious statements about curing and testimonials. The passage appears to critique or list misdirected medical claims and mentions Satan imagery and unverified products.

Satan Hall

Expected to figure in big baseball deal

Fragmented text mentions Bobby Roth, Cleveland outfielder, with trade talks swirling. Reference to offers and demands, plus unidentified names and shaky phrases.

Bobby Roth Cleveland Outfelder Clevelan Peete Weiss

Yanks Craft Navy Feat That Blocked German Submarines

Fort Monroe Virginia hosts a mining cruiser squadron under Capt Belknap that completed a 240 mile sea barrier from Norway to Scotland. The feat destroyed around twenty U boat threats, mined with 2,000,000 pounds of TNT, while crews endured constant danger and silent vigilance.

Fort Monroe Old Point Comfort United States North Sea Scotland Norway America English Channel Ostend Zeebrugge R. KR. Belknap Bergen Germany Pentland Firth Orkney Islands

Leprosy Claimant Held at German Hospital

Saye He Hae Leprosy, an Armenian named Shahin Krakaran Krakarian, thirty, is held at the German hospital pending medical examination. He says he has leprosy and is employed by the Union Pacific railroad. Krakarian arrived in America seven years ago. Several Kansas City physicians refused to treat him, he says.

Kansas City Shahin Krakarian Union Pacific Railroad Krakarian America

Get Rid of That Persistent Cough with Wekman’s Alterative

Promote a 20 year proven remedy from Philadelphia to ease coughs and lung ailments. The tonic claims to strengthen health with a 1.50 price per bottle and targets lingering bronchial issues and colds.

Wekman Philadelphia

New Figure Impresses GOP with Poindexter Talk

New York Feb 1 Republican leaders weighing Sen Poindexter of Washington as a 1920 presidential possibility were impressed by his Republican dinner speech. He praised the reassertion of the American spirit and warned the league of nations could steer the republic from its historic anchorages.

New York Republica Senat Poindexter Washington Poidexter League of Nations

Packers to be Probed by Senate Committee

Washington Feb 1 Relations of packers to the food administration were to be investigated by the senate agricultural committee today. Charges that packers influenced hog price fixing and profit regulations were raised by Francis J. Heney during his examination efforts.

Washington Food Administration Senate Agricultural Committee Francis J. Heney

Hoover Appointment Foretold by Peckera Heney Claims

Heney contends Peckera knew of Herbert Hoover's food administrator appointment before it was public. The assertion frames pre announcement awareness as part of the political narrative.

Peckera Herbert Hoover Heney

Pan Motor Company officials indicted by federal grand jury

Thirteen Pan Motor Company officers from St. Cloud Minnesota were indicted by a federal grand jury in Chicago on charges related to eye and use of the mafia to defraud. The indictment accuses involvement in fraudulent schemes and improper activities tied to the company operations.

Chicago Pan Motor Company St. Cloud Minn Federal Grand Jury Pan Mo

Misrepresentation Alleged in Auto Stock Case

An indictment accuses the tor Company of misrepresenting its equipment and production and disposing of about 6 million dollars worth of stock. It is claimed the firm advertised as producing motor cars and trucks when it merely assembled a few machines.

Tor Company

Pirates Trade Daubert for Kopf Griffis in Cincinatti

February 1 report from Cincinnati states the club closed the deal with Penchyn for Jake Daubert, sending Kopf the shortstop and Tom Griffis to Gelder in exchange.

Cincinnati Cincineg Penchyn Jake Daubert Kopf Tom Griffis Ot Gelder

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