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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 1919

Page

6

Olive Tablets Claim Health Benefits Promoted

An ad style piece touts Olive Tablets as immensely effective for health. It mentions Dr Edwards and years of patient complaints linked to digestive issues and uses dramatic language to urge readers to use olive oil and tablets for better appearance and vitality.

Edwards

Daughter of Operation Victim Seeks Help in Peters

A Peters Virginia woman describes a two year struggle with a weakness on her right side following an operation. Doctors told her recovery would be gradual and she seeks support to regain strength and return to work.

Peters My Ter Nee Tim

Simple at home hair cleansing method using mild soap

The article advises using a gentle soap with low alkali to avoid brittle hair. It describes rinsing with plain water and creating a rich lather to remove dust dirt and oil. Proper drying leaves hair soft silky and manageable and claims the preparation is cheap and widely available at pharmacies.

Janet Faces Choice Between Roy Nicoll Offer and Walt

Janet declines Roy Nicoll's tempting offer to run his magazine. She hopes to preserve Walt's writing career while managing household expenses through his freelancing. After a failed clothing firm job, she resolves to accept Nicoll's proposal to support Walt's chance to advance.

Janet Roy Nicoll Wait Nicoll Walt David Temple Haines Tenement House Op- Pas Nicoll

Dear Peggy Spends Years With Silent Loneliness at Home

A nineteen year old writes of strict parents who scorn suitors, fear of church friends, and a lonely life. A minister’s guidance suggests nightly classes, obedience for a few years, and eventual independence if parents remain unyielding.

Mrs. Thompson Peggy Mae Liberal

Steam the running board a and new sliding auto a

The fragment hints at mechanical details or vehicle parts with phrases like steaming a running board and a new sliding component. The text is fragmented and lacks coherent context or identifiable entities to confirm a full news item.

Dear Mrs Thompson Advice for a teen sweetheart

A seventeen year old asks about dating limits and kissing. The counselor suggests broadening social ties, limiting visits to twice weekly, delaying kissing until older, and avoiding gifts or letters since gifts should come from the suitor.

Shirley Named as Railroad Official

Washington March 12 Swagar Shirley retiring chairman of the house appropriations committee named director of finance for the railroad administration by Director Hines Shirley will take charge about April 1 succeeding John Skelton Williams whose resignation was accepted by Hines Monday

Washington Swagar Shirley House Appropriations Committee Railroad Administration Hines Shirley John Skelton Williams

Sage and Sulphur Compound Restores Natural Hair Color

The old time remedy Sage and Sulphur is marketed as Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound for restoring faded gray hair to its natural color. Drug stores advertise a bottle that darkens hair evenly, yielding a glossy look after one or two applications.

Wyeth

Allies limit German fleet under new accord

March 12 report from Paris for the London Chronicle says the allies agree to cap the German fleet at six battleships five cruisers twelve 800 ton destroyers and 26 smaller destroyers.

London Paris London Chronicle

Semaphoring Toy Soldier Signals With Keyboard Act

A toy figure of a poldier provides both amusement and instruction by using semaphore flags to send correct signals as a keyboard is operated, illustrating a playful signaling concept.

Peace treaty with Germany may be completed this week

Paris dispatch says the supreme war council plans final terms on military naval and air issues this week with Germany's eastern boundary discussed Monday and western frontier Friday. President Wilson to join talks and Saturday to settle reparations and aid as delegates prepare draft submission and a buffer state plan for the Rhinish provinces to speed western boundary decisions.

Fred Ferguson United Press Stag Paris Germany Supreme War Council Wilson

Soviet forces seize Kherson city reported by White Russian republic

A March 8 communiqué from the White Russian republic stated Ukrainian Soviet forces attacked and captured the key city of Kherson, with the report received in London on March 12.

London Khersen

Your Catarrh May Lead To Consumption

Advertisement promotes S.S.S. as a cure for catarrh claiming a blood-borne germ causes the disease. It denounces local sprays and lotions as ineffective and urges readers to begin using S.S.S. and write for medical advice from the Chief Medical Adviser at Swift Laboratory Atlanta Ga.

Swift Laboratory Atlanta Ade

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