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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1919
Page
6
An old time home remedy promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound to restore natural hair color. The ad claims the product darkens evenly, hides gray, and leaves hair glossy after simple applications with a comb or brush.
An old advertisement touts Mother’s Friend as a safe prebirth remedy for expectant mothers. It claims to ease tension on nerves and ligaments, reduce bearing-down pains, and help the uterus expand more easily during delivery.
Advertisement touts Bio-Feren as a cure for nerves and fatigue offering two tablets after meals and one at night for seven days to boost energy, ambition, and mental sharpness. If energy and mood fail to double, purchase price is refunded. Drugstores stock the remedy.
An ad touts SENRECO TOOTH PASTE as a quick, cost effective solution for clean white teeth and healthy gums. It claims to remove film, combat Pyorrhea, banish mouth acidity, and is used by thousands of dentists.
A reader argues soldiers should honor marriage vows and “live up to their agreement” despite wartime marriages while others advise reconciliation. A teen girl asks about a crush and birthday card signals. Alycia counsels Alycia to finish school for a better future and to ignore peers.
A poem praising steadfast friendship over fair weather ties. The speaker contrasts loyal friends who endure hardship with those who desert in adversity and those who betray trust. The noble friend stands by in danger, strengthens bonds, and supports us during sorrow. The piece laments insincerity and extols steadfast loyalty across trials.
No bombs linked to local Athens mail routes. authorities report no traces of death explosives received in area mailings and no identified targets.
Lucy the Cook Brothers Circus lioness killed keeper John Henry in her cage at Woodbury New Jersey. She broke loose and terrorized the town before a crowd of attendants killed her with revolvers and clubs after she attacked the man who entered to pet her cubs.
A narrative segment follows Janet and Walt as they balance marriage and career, showing how shared work, kitchen wisdom, and writing success empower a woman’s independence. The piece shifts to Walt’s path toward a stage play with a wary fortune tied to audience taste. The excerpt ends with a note on Chamberlain’s Tablets and a brief mention of the first cotton ginning plant in Zululand.
British war office and American headquarters reject a London press claim that Bolsheviks seized Shenkursk and decapitated sixty American prisoners with axes as untrue and without basis.
An advertisement touts Olala as a universal health tonic cleaning stomach and bowels, aiding kidneys and liver, strengthening nerves and purifying blood. Sold in multiple towns including Athens and Coolville for 25 cents per 50 tablets with a guaranteed claim of better sleep and well being.
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