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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1918
Page
6
Stockholm reports Germany closes the frontiers of the Baltic Provinces and Ukraine due to a cholera outbreak. The measure aims to curb spread, affecting trade and movement in the region.
An advertisement touts San Cura Ointment as a universal remedy for burns cuts and bruises with a money back guarantee from Hinesa Pharmacy. It also promotes San Cura Soap for scalp dandruff pimples and blackheads at 25 to 60 cents with purchase options through Cline's Fountain Pharmacy Nelsonville Ohio.
A sensational health ad claims frail nervous women can become strong in two weeks using Bio-feren. It promises vivid health gains, clear skin, and alert eyes with a money-back offer if the effects are not felt. lists ingredients and dosing, urging physicians to note the formula.
Dr Rolf brings Armand to Sally at a hospital shack. Sally offers care and affection despite his brutality and pain, promising letters and a motherly bond. Armand, crushed by war, slowly opens to Sally as the scene ends with a hopeful but fragile moment.
A sixteen year old writes about popularity at dances, asks why she and a friend were sidelined. The reply cautions against overemphasis on looks, urges modesty, exclusive time with girls, and continuing studies, noting boys are inappropriate at their age and promising social return when older.
A nineteen year old writes seeking whether her engagement is broken after a quarrel at the movies. The reply urges she end the engagement unless the fiancé returns and advises dressing younger and wearing bright colors to look more attractive.
A reader asks why she has no dates. The advice writer suggests social warmth and listening to boys, noting that wartime loneliness affects many. Emphasizes kindness, thoughtful manners, and good spirits over status or talent.
A stenographer asks if she should have resented a kiss from a coworker who had not declared love. The counselor says yes, she should have resented it, noting respect hinges on consent and clear affection.
Frank Roach real estate broker of 208 South College Street Athens urges readers to try Doan's Kidney Pills after suffering kidney trouble with back pain and overactive secretions. He says the remedy helped him significantly and promotes buying from local dealers.
A wry reflection notes half the world unaware of the other half and not seeking insights from government intelligence. The remark hints at unequal awareness and the stubborn invisibility of distant lives.
An advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease and cannot be cured with local applications. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally, says it affects blood and mucous surfaces, and lists Toledo Ohio company contact for orders and constipation remedies.
A front line aviator landed near a village and requested doughnuts made by the local doughgirls. He promised to return for stunts over the hut and later sent two doughnuts with a note praising American doughgirls, while German anti aircraft fire peppered the area.
The 3B F Richer evangelistic party from Indiana begins a one month revival in Jacksonville Grove starting Sunday July 21. Rev B F Richer preaches while H E Richer and wife direct the music. Services run Sundays after noon and weekday evenings except Monday, with Jacksonville for Christ as the guiding slogan.
Judge John J. Adams of Ohio predicts the nation will not return to wheat alone for bread and lauds bakers for wheat-saving cooperation. Harry Meyer of Columbus says postwar baking will abandon old methods and rely on knowledge from wartime experience, with continued use of mixed cereals. Hector Urquhart asserts bakers comply with federal regulations and will adapt quickly after the war, placing U.S. bakers ahead of European peers.
Describes a dress pattern with a closed front and plaited skirt fronts. The back and sides are gathered, suitable for fabrics like organdy voile gabardine linen and satin. Available in sizes 12 14 16 years with size 14 needing 4 thirds yards of 44 inch material. Pattern mailed for 10 cents.
In France during World War I, a devoted Army doughnut dipper arrives dusty from the front to see the Salvation Army workers who kept him going. He longs to rest but insists on sharing doughnuts and a memory of his wife and infant, saying seeing them brings him back home. He Giuseppe? No, he says he must look at them and try a few doughnuts before returning to the trench line ten miles away. He leaves after promising to sleep, grateful for the moments with the women who supported him through the day and night.
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