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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1919
Page
6
Lines advertise Prescription 90 as a remedy banishing rheumatism and restoring life, with Prescription 99 adding more names to a list of permanent cures. It urges readers to order by mail or at local drug stores, and promotes mail service through Matt orders and a drug company.
Foreword to a humorous column laments waning Spring and high gas rates. The writer proposes a breezy feature to lift spirits, ridiculing seriousness, and invites reader submissions to the Krasy Kolum in The Messenger. Names and publication choices are discussed.
A quirky column teases political and global imagery with jokes on Germany and Paderewski in a Poland context. It mentions the Sahara once being the world’s largest dry spot before U.S. drought, and contrasts egg prices in Athens and China.
A contributor notes 80 000 Hundelments shipped by Americans to another country and suggests their past role as bone dishes. The piece quips a raincoat is useless with holes in shoes, and mentions Tuesday night weather.
A pan placed under the taxicaps at the court house corner would collect abundant oil. A company could profit by methods to recover the oil that covers the street beneath the machines.
The jibe compares Noah’s warning to a village newspaper piece about floods and weather forecasts, joking that belief hinges on newspaper publication rather than prophecy or meteorology.
In Athens HI a classroom debate sparked as teachers asked how iron ore was first covered. A pupil replied that they smelt it, reflecting a basic history of iron production.
A soldier blues letter recalls leaving the army and returning to Athens. He jokes about peeling potatoes in civilian clothes, plots on his mantle portrait, and notes rumors of possible reentry into the service. He mentions a furrow, a captain, and a fear of Ballkins trouble down south.
Nellie Burge 23 known as the woman of silence stood accused in Chicago of murdering her bartender sweetheart Frank Skinner last October. Since arrest she has refused to speak about the case as the trial opened today.
New York reports butter and eggs prices stopped falling as shoppers buy heavily. Chicago grocers, recalled by federal prosecutors, prepare to finish testimony after supplying only partial food problem figures. forty retailers have been suspended.
Advertisement touts oil of korein setae as a simple weight loss plan promising 10 to 60 pounds reduction under a guarantee. Encourages eating freely including candy while slimming and avoiding strenuous exercise or strict diets. Appeals to vanity and self image with phrases about looking younger and being a girl again.
A health advice note urges drinking hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate before breakfast to flush stomach, liver, kidneys, and bowels. It claims this purifies the digestive tract, prevents toxins, and restores vitality for a feeling similar to youth.
Old home remedy claims four ounces of liquid argon rubbed into the scalp at night dissolves dandruff. Morning results shown as complete removal after several applications, with itching relief and "fluffy" hair. notes suggest buying the liquid arrow from stores and claim low cost and proven success.
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a internal remedy for catarrh claims curing a local disease by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces. It touts a blend of tonics and purifiers and urges sending for the company’s Toledo, Ohio address and pills for constipation.
Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your druggist and apply a little in your nostrils. The antiseptic cream penetrates the head, soothes swollen membranes, relieves nasal congestion, dryness, and headaches, and aims for instant relief from head colds and catarrh.
Ohio miners press claims that railroad administration agents aim to cut coal prices. Governor Cox petitions director general Walker Hines to distribute railway coal contracts evenly among Ohio mines to ease unemployment in mining districts after many mines reduced or halted production.
Chicago business leader Harry H. Merrick warns that a new revenue bill could burden industry and commerce. He favors spreading wartime costs over time and cutting immediate taxes, arguing excess profits and income taxes could stifle business and harm the economy.
Memors from all I O O F lodges gathered in Athens county last evening for a rousing meeting. Grand Master Frank S. Culp of Butler Ohio spoke and twenty two Past Grand degrees were conferred. Those honored included A H England R L Tittle Chauncey E N Horn T A Cunningham Glouster W G Allen Albany Vern Mills William Brown Jacksonville W P Reeves W Bolinger Carlos Wilson Clarence Wyckoff E A Carpenter J L Mansfield Frank Bellows and William H Partlow of Athens.
Webb Miller reports 221 Germans faced American military courts over the past week with 198 convicted. Enforcements tightened, fines imposed. fourteen women jailed or fined for associating with American soldiers. One dealer fined for misusing the American flag on stationery. Three convictions for spreading enemy propaganda among troops.
Representative George Lenz of Ottawa county asked the joint temperance committee of the house and senate to modify the Crabbe Miller prohibition enforcement bill. He warned the bill could shut down Ohio's grape juice business.
A letter from Jesse Carsey in Apremont France reports towns destroyed by German occupation for four years and life in dugouts with soldiers and graves nearby. Another note from Private James Wiley Mingus recounts five months abroad including England France and the front before armistice and hints at possible return home soon.
Private William Stolze of Company A 310th Machine Gun Battalion writes Jan 7 to his sister Miss Nettie Stolze in Jacksonville from France. Excerpts note receipt of her letter and chewing gum and mention of smoking to …
A public notice-like health blurb credits a Ohio physician for a liver and bowel remedy named Dr Edwards Olive Tablets. It promises a sallow complexion relief and notes the tablets improve vitality. The ad claims the product cleanses the liver and bowels and is sold for 25 cents per box by druggists.
An old ad urges women to try Brownstone hair dye to disguise faded or streaked hair and look younger for family life. It presents a trial package offer and frames hair color as essential to beauty and youth.
Advertisement touts Brownstone hair dye as odorless grease free and harmless with two shades light to medium brown and dark brown to black. Claims long lasting color not containing lead copper sulfur or coal tar. Available by mail order with a 10 cent postage paid trial package and booklet. shade request noted.
An elderly central figure runs a self contained town with post office store clerk and janitor duties. He oversees trains, lights, education, and remedies while searching for his spectacles. His daily routine blends self reliance and old time values in a vivid portrait.
Steel worker Thos A Caveney of Scranton credits 20th Century Liniment with rapid relief and sleep after three months of immobility. He says the liniment reduced pain within minutes and restored him to work within two weeks, urging others to try it with a money back guarantee.
In letters from Brest and Maize France dated January 16 and 14 1919 U S sailors and soldiers report duty details pay and future plans. Owen Sweeney of the U S Naval forces sends news to Albany New York while Everett Mace in Maize France notes pay rolls and back pay pending return to the outfit.
The Chicago Association of Commerce announced a $50 prize for the winning design of a service flag to honor employers who restore soldiers to their old jobs.
Seven hundred women patients were carried to safety when a fire broke out in a ward of the state insane hospital at Bloomingdale, Worcester, Massachusetts, early today. No lives were lost.
In Berne on February 6 the international labor and socialist congress adopted a resolution for a future international conference to judge universal responsibility for the war. A special committee was appointed Tuesday to decide on the particular responsibility attaching to the Central powers.
A Syracuse doctor, F. H. Delano, advertises a new treatment for rheumatism claimed to neutralize uric acid and relieve pain, offering a free full size 75c package to first time users who mail the notice with 10c for postage. Address: 882-C Wood Bldg. N Y.
A vintage ad touts Pape's Cold Compound for rapid relief from cold symptoms. It claims the medicine opens blocked nostrils, stops nasal discharge, eases headache and feverish feelings, and requires dosing every two hours for three doses. It emphasizes low cost and ease of use without substitutes.
Advertisements claim Danderine cures dandruff and hair loss within minutes. It promises glossy soft waves and fuller hair after weeks, urging readers to moisten a comb and apply small amounts for dramatic results.
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