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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1920
Page
6
A vintage advertisement frames California Syrup of Figs as a trusted children’s laxative. The style reflects midcentury retail copy, emphasizing ease of relief and parental reassurance.
A new product named P. D. Q. promises to rid homes of bed bugs, roaches, fleas, and ants. It is sold in hospital and hotel sizes, with a patent spout and household pricing. available via Clines Pharmacy in Terre Haute Indiana.
A newspaper ad offers Othine double strength as a freckle remover with money back guarantee. It claims one ounce typically suffices to lighten freckles and improve complexion, urging Miss Freckle Face to try the product through a druggist.
The Bayer aspirin label proclaims genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin proven safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for over twenty years. It advises an unbroken Bayer package with directions to relieve headache toothache ear ache neuralgia rheumatism colds and general pain. Small tins of 12 cost a few cents. druggists offer larger packages.
Hoover headquarters released a statement saying Herbert Hoover will not be in Chicago during the convention, clarifying his absence from the event.
A man recounts severe gallstone pain and two surgeries, then tries Mayr's Wonderful Remedy on a friend’s recommendation from Iowa. He reports complete relief after a full course, claiming permanent cure, with MN’s claim to remove catarrhal mucus and ease stomach liver and intestinal ailments, and a money-back guarantee from McKee Drug Co. and others.
Billy Jr after breakfast observes a fortlike ranch bunkroom filled with boots pipes and guns. he imagines a siege as Apache threats loom. The Chinaman serves breakfast while cowboys leave to tend cattle, and Billy contemplates the building’s hidden danger and isolation.
A reader asks if breaking an engagement is fair after a fiancée insulted her mother. The adviser suggests releasing the engagement to avoid a loveless marriage. A second letter from a young wife complains her husband returns late, ruining meals, and the response agrees it’s reasonable to object and urges better communication.
A letter from a reader asks how to handle a husband who smokes a pipe in bed after twelve years of marriage. The response suggests avoiding complaints if there is no bedding damage or odor issue, noting the pipe time adds to his contentment and advising restraint unless there is a clear reason to object.
A description of a sick liver draining joy and vitality stating no remedy helps liver recover quickly and thoroughly except a specific treatment implied but not named. The piece reads as an advertising line promising swift restoration of health and cheer.
A lively Chicago chronicle depicts Chairman Will Hayes presiding over committee sessions with rapid fire interruptions and flamboyant handlers. It notes John T. King’s whispering, Max Koppel’s popularity, Ted Roosevelt’s presence, and powder burning examples at headquarters alongside plans for Harding, Johnson, and Hoover campaigns.
Mrs. Alice Gresham Dodd praises Tanlac at Gresham Memorial Home Evansville Ind recounting her son Corporal James B Gresham first American soldier killed in France. She attributes recovery from indigestion rheumatic pain and nervous breakdown to Tanlac and lists improvements in appetite stamina sleep and daily work. Tanlac sold by Cline Pharmacy Co Athens Coolville Taylor & Son Amesville F W Gibson.
Washington June 4 The Pomérene resolution would require a continuing audit of expenditures by candidates for president vice president and senator via the senate probe if it passes. If it fails the current investigation may be closed immediately.
An unconfirmed report from Constantinople states Bolsheviki troops have entered Teheran. The report, dated June 4 from London, adds no official confirmation and leaves the situation unclear.
An old Sage Tea remedy Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound sold widely claims to darken gray hair naturally. After one or two applications hair supposedly darkens evenly, restoring a youthful look and luring readers to purchase at drug stores.
Sharpsburg R D 2 Decoration Day observances at Mt. Hermon included a Memorial sermon by Rev Williamson and speeches at Bartlett. Local notes report diverse visits, family gatherings, health updates, a serious saw mill injury to Raymond Dille, and a lightning strike at Anna Wilson’s house.
Clara from Cambridge, Ohio credits Dreco with curing severe gas, constipation, and nervous spells. She reports better digestion, steadier nerves, and regulated kidneys after use, praising the remedy’s herbal composition and local pharmacy endorsement. Mrs Mamie Bertel of Moberly, Missouri also lauds Chamberlain's Tablets for stomach troubles, biliousness, and constipation, noting long-term relief.
Mrs Henry Wilson transfers ownership of a Coal Hollow farm to the Radcliffe brothers of Bolins Mills in a completed sale. The deal formalizes the transfer of property from a local farmer to adjacent landowners.
Morgantown W Va police officer Clyds B Wit te credits Nerv Worth with ending years of stomach and nervous trouble after three trips to Hot Springs failed. He says the tonic soothed digestion, eased gas, improved sleep, and left him feeling like a new man. The ad extols Nerv Worth as miracle medicine curing digestive and nervous afflictions without habit forming ingredients and backed by a money back guarantee through McKee Drug Co. and other druggists.
Columbus June 4 Navy recruiting in Ohio will not be discouraged to relieve farm labor shortage. Secretary of the Navy Daniels informed N E Shaw state secretary of agriculture. Shaw requested both army and navy recruiting be slowed. Baker assented but Daniels said the navy needs men so badly campaigns must continue.
Paris on June 4 reports B Bernard, a French aviator, landed after 24 hours 19 minutes 7 seconds in continuous flight aboard his Goliath. The endurance flight began earlier and ended at six a.m. when he touched down at the air dome from which he departed.
Forty thousand women in Cleveland are being recruited to help enforce the county fair price commission. The Neighborhood Housewives Vigilance Corps will report violations and refuse to buy at nonfixed prices, led by Mrs. Robert Holbrook who heads a mothers club and other women’s groups.
A reader is advised that catarrh stems from an underlying cause and temporary relief from local treatments is futile until the root is addressed. The text promotes S. S. S. as an antidote to catarrh germs in the blood and offers free medical advice from Chief Medical at Swift Laboratory in Atlantis.
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