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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1918
Page
6
An advertisement touts Bloferen as a safe health builder for nervous women promising rapid results in two weeks. It claims improved vigor, clear skin and sparkling eyes, urging readers to buy now and try seven tablets daily, with a physician note about the formula listed on the package.
In a wartime ward Sally, known as the Little Mother, gazes at a wounded man whose face is hidden, learns he is Stephen Torrance, and wrestles with her emotions as Dr. Will and Roger observe. The scene ends with the revelation and a cliffhanger for the next installment.
Mrs. S M Williams of Congress Street receives a letter from son Clark, a student at Ohio University, describing Army life at Fort Sheridan. He details daily duties as K P in the mess hall, weather, meals, socializing with Alabama and Louisiana fellows, trips to Chicago, training routines, medicals, a battalion review, and his financial noting of purchases and requests for funds. He mentions vaccination, a four mile hike, and the ongoing training with the American Expeditionary Forces awaiting deployment.
A reader asks Mrs Thompson about dating a fiancé in France. She wonders if she should visit his northern mother, how long to stay, whether to bring a trunk, and if she should wear a cervice pin with one star given by the fiancé.
The author advises Mrs. Thompson that round shoulders can improve with several months of effort. Practice breathing exercises, raise arms high when inhaling and lower them on exhalation to aid posture improvement.
A reader asks about accompanying a fiancé to France, visiting his family, and a courtship with kissing and broken engagements. The columnist cautions that sacrifice should be mutual, suggests practical travel tips, and advises that loving two men is not possible, urging the reader to remain single or marry the reliable partner.
The letter asks whether liquid or paste cleans teeth better and how to obtain Soldier Boy's addresses. The writer notes paste is preferred for ease of use and suggests the YMCA as a source for addresses.
In a public advisory to Mrs. Thompson two girls aged thirteen and seventeen are told they are too young to attend dances or parties with boys, particularly public dances, and to avoid such outings.
Patriot guideline urges using half usual sugar and replacing remainder with karo syrup. For peach canning mix one cup water four cups sugar and four cups karo syrup, boil eight minutes, pour over peeled peaches, then sterilize jars in boiling water for sixteen minutes and seal.
A note from Home Economics at Ohio University explains making jams without added sugar by combining plums and other fruits with raisins and karo syrup for natural sweetness.
An advertisement touts San Cura Ointment as a powerful antiseptic that draws out poison and heals persistent sores. Thompson Medical Co backs a purchase price refund if results fail, citing a testimonial from B D Dutton of Titusville and listing claims for eczema ulcers piles and skin injuries with 80c and 60c jars available locally or by mail.
For tender itching or irritable skin wash with San Cura Soap the antiseptic soap that soothes and heals and kills germs of disease. Great for pimples blackheads and makes the complexion clear and attractive. 25c at Cline's Pharmacy Athens and Fountain Pharmacy Nelsonville. Mail orders for San Cura Ointment and Soap filled by Thompson Medical Co. Titusville Pa.
A thousand tons of sugar purchased in the United States by Swiss agents was destined for Germany. After three years in a French warehouse and a wartime auction, the Young Men's Christian Association bought the sugar and is now turning it into candy for American soldiers in France.
London July 27 British casualties published this week total 12 893 in the official list.
Two war saving ec varieties have been formed by Providence R. L. municipal employees.
About 1,000 misfits from the depot brigade are slated to join Camp Sherman s labor battalions in the Quartermaster Department. They are men unfit for overseas duty but able to perform limited service, with transfers from development and other categories planned as the program unfolds.
The Ohio War Board urges full use of national manpower and energy. It explains a central U S Employment Service will recruit volunteers, not draft labor, asking workers to stay in current jobs until called to change. It notes two million strong have gone to fighting forces and must consume.
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