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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1919
Page
6
An 19th century style health notice promotes Favorite Prescription as a temperance tonic for women. It claims to help with backache dizziness headaches and general exhaustion using roots and barks with no alcohol or narcotics. It stresses suitability for young married women and availability in tablets or liquid.
An advertisement claims Bio-Feven tablets can restore energy and nerve strength in seven days. It promises heightened ambition, clearer mind, and brighter eyes if the user follows a seven day regimen, with a money back guarantee if results are not achieved.
An ad claims SENRECO TOOTH PASTE gives clean white teeth in a week at low cost. It promises to remove film, combat hyorrhea, banish mouth acidity, and is said to be used by thousands of dentists with remarkable sales.
Annie learns from her father about how life works and keeps hope alive. His advice helps her cope with rent, illness, and work while they plan a move to a brighter home with four rooms and a bath, a vestibule, and a yard for a swing.
A sixteen year old asks how to fit in with peers and avoid kissing games while valuing friendship with boys. Guidance urges careful choice of friends, avoiding kissing games, and behaving with modesty. Additional letters from a nineteen year old and a young woman at risk urge letting men initiate contact and avoiding unsolicited calls or letters.
A 2838 pattern for a boys beach suit for outdoor wear fits linen gingham drill and seersucker. Sized for 3 4 5 and 6 years with size 4 needing 214 yards of 36 inch material. Illustration pattern mailed to any address for 10 cents in silver or stamps.
Budapest May 20. The Hungarian Soviet government calls the proletariat in occupied areas to use all means to stop counter revolutions. The Devachar uprising in Vespremlen country, begun May 5, was crushed and three leaders hanged. A war commission reports a clash on the Danube where a Hungarian gunboat allegedly defeated a British vessel.
An advertisement touts Mothers Friend as a remedy for expectant mothers. It claims the lotion relaxes abdominal muscles to ease labor and protect health, promising fewer pains and smoother recovery. It urges writing Bradfield Regulator Company for the motherhood book and to buy a bottle at a drug store.
Nerv Worth endorsements continue to pour in from Martinsburg West Virginia where John A Clark a Kilborn Knitting Mills employee says Nerv Worth improved his nervous condition and stomach and cured his daughter after three bottles He praises Nerv Worth as the greatest medicine he has known of with a dollar back guarantee advertised by McKee Drug Store in Athens and Hickman's Pharmacy in Nelsonville
A vintage advert urges mixing lemon juice with orchard white to create a cheap freckle and tan lotion. It promises clear, soft skin after daily massage and claims the product is harmless and non-irritating.
Adele embodies a Spanish look as mantillas shawls and shell combs dominate summer fashion in New York. The piece notes Spanish lace shawls from the Philippines, warns against faux Spanish styling, and describes the mantilla and shell comb as bold accessories shaping outfits this season.
The article notes selling Spanish combs from Madrid shops and a Brooklyn purchase in tortoise carved or imitation shells. It highlights cost, durability, and style for evening coiffures and mentions Spanish fans and Castile soap as smart accents of a sunny Spain inspired look.
Winnipeg Man May 23 Indications grew that the Winnipeg strike would break up soon as Minister of Labor Robertson met union leaders for talks. Limited elevator service was allowed in some office buildings and grocery deliveries were resumed as a possible accord to end the general tie up loomed.
SIX PERCENT MELON FINDLAY O May 23 The Ohio Oil Company today declared the regular quarterly dividend of one and one forth percent and an extra dividend of four and one fourth percent for stock holders of record May 31 1919. Payment to be made June 30.
In New York on May 23 Policeman Devery watched a worker remove a sleeper's shoes in a park. When the laborer moved to the coat Devery intervened suspecting the pair were not acquainted.
An inventor patents wrist rests to attach to typewriters to reduce strain for typists. A British scientist reports the sun’s light exerts about 70 000 tons of pressure on the earth.
In Agana and Sumay Guam Marines played 15 innings under a full moon by the plaza. Manson of Sumay started the scoring by sending a ball through a window screen and the Sumay team walked off with the bacon as Agana fielder failed to recover without breaking postal rules.
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