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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1919
Page
2
An advertisement touts Bio-feren as a quick path to health, vigor, clear skin, and attractive eyes. It claims two tablets after meals for seven weeks, with a money back tone if benefits are not felt, and lists ingredients like lecithin and calcium glycerophosphate.
State Examiner J E Patterson completes six month audit of Athens County records. He notes $3,276.78 due from various officials and citizens, $1,550.93 paid, and outlines misentries, corrected accounts, and bond totals of $208,000 with $20,700 deposited locally. Examinations praise neat records and stress strict accounting for public funds.
Advertises Chamberlain's Tablets claiming many have recovered from stomach troubles and can eat any food they crave, urging others to try the remedy for relief.
Cleveland newspapers report a violent weekend with four killed and four wounded. Wilifred Johna died in a street car fare dispute with conductor H. K. Larson shot in the shoulder. Patrolman William Armstrong was killed resisting a highwayman. Louis Dutton and John Kekic were among others stabbed or killed in separate confrontations.
Avoid the dangerous stage of catarrh as the disease can progress to the lungs. The ad touts a remedy that goes to the source, removes germs from the blood, and claims to cure without extra charge through a medical source in Atlanta Ga.
Advertisement lists reduced prices on Star Naptha Washing Powder 3 cans 5¢, Old Dutch Cleaner 25c, Toilet Soap 6c, Star Soap 7c, Argo Starch 25c, rice, dry salt meat 30c, fresh sage 30c, Nut Oleo 36c lb, gas mantles 10c, pink salmon 20c, raisins 12 1 4c, Pet Milk 4 cans 25c, table peaches 25c, apricots 25c, beets 18c, cracked hominy 6c, pickles 16c, peanut butter 10c, canned peas 10c, washboards 40c, brooms 76c, toilet paper 5c, machine thread 6c, and other goods.
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