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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1919
Page
6
An advertisement urges nervous people to try Phosphated Iron capsules to restore energy, health, and zest. It claims overwork causes sleepless nights and anxiety, and that the tonic strengthens nerve centers, improves blood, and renews vigor. The ad warns buyers to demand genuine capsules from Kee Drug Co. and leading druggists.
A newlywed confesses dependence on his wife while detailing a morning buzzing, chores, and daily annoyances. He laments reliance on instructions, contemplates restaurant life, and requests intimate correspondence, ending with a plea to share thoughts and feelings, signed Walt.
After influenza doctors advise building strength with Bio-feren a tonic containing iron lecithin gentin and other ingredients. The ad claims it boosts red blood cells energy endurance and brain vigor recommending two tablets after meals and one at bedtime seven daily. It promises a money back guarantee and lists price two dollars.
A collection of Q and A snippets on friendship to love and conduct. Readers seek guidance on jealousy blunders dating invitations and choosing causes for war orphans with replies urging calm communication and prudent decisions.
Pattern details seven sizes from 34 to 46 inches and a 38 size uses six yards of 86 inch material. Mail 10 cents to receive the illustration pattern. Describes ease of wear over a dress for household duties and versatility with fabrics like khaki galatea gingham chambray drill or linen.
A vintage ad describes Danderine claiming to double hair beauty by cleansing with a moist cloth. It says scalp becomes healthier, dandruff vanishes, and new soft hair appears after weeks. The piece also notes a California inventor with a sand sprinkling device for street-sweeping machines.
Sanitary Policeman N W Baker submits annual report to Athens Ohio Board of Health for the year ending December 31 1918. The document lists visits and actions including sewer and closet cleanups 347 hog pens 248 chicken coops 161 garbage 90 hotels and restaurants 37 and disease surveillance with smallpox scarlet fever influenza and other visits.
The report notes inspections of Cream Factory and Flour Mills, bake shops and candy kitchens, groceries and bottling works, and fumigation of all houses with contagious diseases. For four years under the Board of Health no deaths from contagious disease occurred except influenza, with scarlet fever only outside some infection. city health deemed good.
The Palazzo Salviati in Rome is purchased and renamed The American House. The Italian American League central HQ will occupy the first floor with banks and finance offices on the second. American manufacturers and financial institutions will use the palace as a permanent base to foster U S Italy ties and business relations.
Decatur Georgia prints a home remedy for coal heat by L F Beatts. Mix three pounds of soda in four gallons of water and spray onto coal until frosted. If the coal does not burn brighter the soda is at fault. An English inventor introduces a cigarette holder with a porous disk to filter smoke.
An old advertisement touts Mustarine as a rapid relief for neuralgia backache headache and other pains. The copy promises relief within minutes and claims a small box rivals 60 mustard plasters while curing various ailments and reducing swollen joints. Begg's Mustarine is promoted as the original product.
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