Four-Fifths of Married Life Must Be A Challenge
A diary fragment portrays a wife fearing marital fault and temperamental mismatch. Athena counsels resilience, noting Kipling and a “gold one-fifth” of harmony that can sustain marriage, while addressing alcohol and fidelity concerns. The narrator awaits Jim’s return as the emotional tension remains unresolved.
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Jim
Morning Mail
Athena's
Kipling
Athena
Fanny Frisbie
James
Dear Mrs. Thompson Love Advice Column Excerpt
A reader outlines teen romance seeking marriage without parental consent and warns of social ruin while a married woman asks how to balance duty to her mother with a husband. Mrs J answers to stand by the husband and plan for financial easing.
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Mrs. Thompson
Dotty
J. Y
Note of medical advice and cautious warning
A speaker urges urgency to seek medical care as the recipient’s condition could worsen. They advise against taking any medicine and suggest a possible minor operation. The doctor would address the major issue and likely prescribe a treatment for breathlessness.
Milks Emulsion Promises Cure For Constipation
A testimonial from Mrs. Mary Widner of Sioux City Iowa credits Milks Emulsion with ending her severe stomach troubles and constipation after other remedies failed. The ad touts Milks Emulsion as a nourishing aid to digestion and appetite, claims rapid relief, and offers a six bottle guarantee with prices of 60 cents and 1 20.
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Mary Widner
Court St
Sioux City
Iowa
Widner
Emulaion Co
Terre Haute
Ind
Cline Pharmacy Co
Athens
L. J. Eberle
Nelsonville
Hungarian peace delegate to refuse signing in Paris
Count Appyni head of the Hungarian peace delegation will travel to Paris in the middle of the week carrying an absolute refusal to sign the peace treaty. A Vienna dispatch notes the stance amid ongoing talks. Separately Holland reports vast phosphate rock deposits found in the eastern region extending to the surface.
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Berlin
App
Yni
Paris
Vienna
Holland
Have You Had the Grip Health Advice
An ad touts grip recovery by Dr Williams Pink Pills. It claims post fever weakness from thin blood, with profuse sweating and heart palpitations, improves blood richness and fight lingering germs. It urges writing for a free booklet and purchasing pills at 60 cents per box.
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Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Dr. Williams
Duffee’s Cough Syrup praised by housekeeper for cold prevention
A well known housekeeper extols Duffee’s Cough Syrup and Duffee’s Fifty-Fifty Tonic Laxative as effective cold preventives and remedies. She cites thirty years use, noting children rarely catch colds after exposure and urging readers to buy from druggists and grocers at 25 and 50 cents.
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Duffee
Pattern 3123 for Children's Dress in Four Sizes
Pattern 3123, cut in sizes 4 6 8 and 10 years, is shown. Fabrics like batiste with lace, linen with embroidery, silk crepe taffeta satin voile or poplin suit this style. A 10 year size needs 4 yards of 27 inch material. Sleeve length options include wrist or elbow. Pattern mailed for ten cents.
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Batiste
More than a year after Mayr's Remedy for stomach woes
A patient reports complete relief from gall stones colic and stomach trouble after taking Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. The advertisement claims the product removes catarrhal mucus and inflammation across stomach liver and intestines and promises a money back guarantee after one dose. McKee Drug Co. and druggists nationwide endorse it.
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Mayr
McKee Drug Co
Antarctic Oils Prove Useful for Soap Leather and Heat
London scientists test oils from Antarctic sea leopards seals and penguins and find value in soap making leather processing and heating applications.
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London
Wear Those Shoes That Tortured You
Cincinnati authority urges use of freezone on corns to stop pain and loosen the corn for easy removal. A quarter-ounce bottle costs little at any drug store and is claimed not to irritate surrounding skin.
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Cincinnati
President Wilson seeks 150 million for Poland aid
WAMBINGTON Jan. 27 President Wilson indicated Congress would consider a 150 million dollar appropriation to feed the Polish and other peoples on the Bolshevik frontier. Hoover and General Bliss urged the measure, with Wilson planning to encourage individual members to authorize the funds. The report notes a new dry fertilizer powder for spraying crops and recalls the 1896 first sale of tule in the United States.
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Wambington
Wilson
Congress
Poland
Herbert Hoover
General Bliss
Europe
United States
Troy Grange Flourishing at Troy Ohio Despite Busy Schedule
Troy Grange at 905 Coolville Ohio reports strong growth with growing membership and frequent initiations. A recent installation of officers and a noon luncheon followed by programs highlight ongoing activity amid good weather and active leadership from Mrs Kellar and other grange members. A novel electric lamp for motorists is described as a new gadget being developed.
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Frost
Troy Grange
Coolville
Sam
Thie
Grange
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Tim Weting
Carters K. & B. Tea
Mustarine
Lumbago
Begg
Vutelets
Reliab
Henry W. Conner
Gem Pharmacy
Washington
Daniel Roper
Internal Revenue
Ivor
Walter J. Sears
Ciluwacouie, O
National
Teke
Aughter
Netherlands
Cincinnati Authority
Athens Daily Messenger
the Athens Messenger
WH & T
Gene Byrnes
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