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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1920
Page
6
A garbled ad touts Brownstone Hair Tint as the only restorative dye with a free trial. It claims no harmful metals and promises color changes from gray to golden brown or black, available through stores and pharmacists with a care booklet.
In a tense pasture scene, Billy the goat pursues Day as Mr. Windlass and Mr. Bell intervene. Daisy and Nanny flee with Day, Night the dog slips away to follow. Night escapes amid the fray while Mr. Windlass plans a surprise for tomorrow.
A diarist recalls Athena Hast’s reflections on motherhood as a solitary, transformative journey. The piece explores the inward shift, selflessness, and unique female perspective, noting the ache for guidance and the desire to teach daughters to value the miracle over self.
The narrator recounts Aunt Cecilia’s devotion to a vanished lover, Jeffry Davenport, a brilliant American engineer who vanished years ago. Cecilia never married, regrets her choices, and fears love’s loss while urging the narrator to seek happiness with Jack and awaiting Jeffry’s possible return.
Color in cheeks signals pale skin and poor appetite. Dr Edwards Olive Tablets, a vegetable substitute for calomel, aid liver and bowels without dangerous after effects. They promote clear skin and buoyancy, sold widely for 10c and 25c. Take one or two nightly for results.
Inability to sleep and weak nerves from anemia are described with a testimonial from Mrs. J S Jones of Morris Avenue New Jersey. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for improved color digestion and sleep, noting she now eats normally and rests through the night. The pills are sold by druggists or Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY at 60 cents a box with a free booklet available.
The Alumni of Canaan High School will hold a meeting at the high school building Friday evening March 19. The agenda is to arrange matters for the alumni senior banquet.
A. Newth of Columbus Ohio reports chronic itching piles to be cured after using Peterson's Ointment. He notes relief within three days after trying the product advertised at 35 cents a large box. The letter urges others to try the remedy and thanks the company.
R F Hamilton of Franklin Mass writes from 22 Cottage St praising Cadomene Tablets. He claims taking three tubes calmed nerves and improved appetite and stomach condition. The letter claims Cadomene Tablets guarantee to build up the body and nerves and notes druggists sell and recommend them.
A reader asks about waiting to marry, another about handling sarcasm, a seeker regrets a past action and wants contact, plus tips to darken streaked hair. The column offers guidance on patience, boundaries, reaching out, and hair care.
Pattern 3182 offered in four sizes 6 8 10 and 12 years. An 8 year size uses 1 1 2 yards of fabric for guimpe and 2 3 4 yards for the skirt. Skirt options include plaid gingham suiting while guimpe can be made in batiste crepe or linen.
New York report states John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil of New Jersey stock rose by 13,570,830 last week to a total value of 119,304,000. If he still holds the 149,130 shares he had last August, about 13 percent of the stock, the gain could fund 13 new millionaires and cover 300 annual teacher salaries.
In Zanesville a four year old girl Janette Osborn has a remarkable talent for imitating birds. Her mother discovered the skill after hearing various bird calls around their home and realizing they came from the child. Janette imitates sixteen birds including redbird quail pewee whippoorwill and blue jay.
A physician examines a local girl’s throat noting a birdlike shape and speaking through tongue curling. The Rotary Club considers funding her education. A pneumatic boxing glove invention aims to protect both fighter and opponent.
The article extols blood as the key protector of health and disease prevention, noting fat’s direct entry to blood and describing Father John's Medicine as a natural, drugless remedy that builds blood, acts as a tonic, soothes coughing, and has thirty years of use.
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