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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1919
Page
6
A vintage style ad touts relief for tired feet from long hot days with a light massage using Houstonia The Original Jones Lintment. It claims immediate pain relief swelling reduction and corns softening while promoting a 250 bottle sold by druggists from The Dr J C Jones Co 8 Charleston Ohio.
Annie prepares her home for Bernie's arrival and a potential engagement. Bernie brings a chrysanthemum, and both sense a deepening connection. They share a walk in Stuyvesant square and plan to celebrate with chop suey at a nearby restaurant as tension lifts.
A reader asks proper decency for correspondence while away and how to greet a suitor at the door. Advice covers inviting a date in, thanking him, and not fixing times. Another letter asks if two girls should compete for the same boy and whether jewelry is proper gift etiquette. The third asks about avoiding engagement risk with costly gifts. A final note addresses nail care and overdoing manicure with white spots and breakage.
The note discusses soft nails with vaseline and avoiding bruises from cutting back cuticles. It covers hang nails from neglect and daily gentle cuticle pushing. It also gives dating advice for inviting a young man to a meeting via the girl to the boy, suggesting the girl let him invite her.
Charles Hatch of Huntington West Virginia was fatally injured when a tractor’s brakes failed during a demonstration at the John Moore farm on the Big Sandy river in Lockwood Kentucky. He suffered multiple injuries and died en route to hospital after being rushed by train to Catlettsburg. body prepared at Kilgore undertaking in Ashland.
An Athens resident recalls five years of kidney and back pain and eye symptoms before using Doan's Kidney Pills. After two boxes her condition improved quickly and she reports continued relief. Original testimonial dated October 5, 1914 with follow up July 5, 1917. 60 cents at dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
An advertisement urges readers to lose weight steadily using oil of Korein bought at a druggist. It claims safe guaranteed results from 0 to 60 pounds with a self starve approach, promising vitality and alertness if followed, and offers a no cost guarantee if goals aren’t met.
The General Assembly enacts a 1919 school tax levy measure allowing districts to raise up to two mills with elector approval. The law directs a special August 12 vote, outlines notice duties, ballots, and canvassing procedures, and notes the governor allowed the bill to become law without his signature. A sewing pattern anecdote interrupts the text.
Amidee Miller of Fairchance Pa credits Nerv Worth with curing nervous debility digestive problems and loss of strength after a hospital stay misdiagnosed as appendicitis. She endorsed the tonic and noted local druggists McKee s Athens and Hickman s Nelsonville carry Nerv Worth with a dollar back guarantee.
Sep timus Mawer and Frank A. Fisher of the state dairy and food bureau will be sent to Cleveland tonight to inspect cold storage houses. Thomas C. Gault, chief of the bureau, announced the action.
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