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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1921
Page
10
An advertisement promotes Getslt as a corn and callus remover guaranteed to relieve suffering quickly, likening relief to a pin or knife thrust and promising nearly immediate comfort. The copy focuses on pain relief and product efficacy for corns and calluses.
Had 61 ulcers on my legs. Doctors wanted to cut off leg. Peter's Ointment cured me. Get a large box for 25 cents at any druggist. Money back if not the best you ever used. Also for burns, sunburn, itching eczema and piles.
A mischievous boy Billy slips past a cook and crowd of boys, climbs to a tower room, and hatches a plan to scare the professor Old Stilts by using a goat dressed as a spook. The boys anticipate a humorous prank to unfold after dark.
A home remedy claims to cure an ingrown toe nail by applying a few drops of Outgo to the surrounding skin. The preparation supposedly reduces inflammation and pain and hardens skin so the nail turns outward overnight. Outgo is advertised as a harmless antiseptic for chiropodists but sold in drug stores with directions.
Moundsville West Virginia resident Mrs George Tegarden shares her experience with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports irregular periods and persistent pain improved after using the remedy and urges other young women to seek help from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts for health guidance.
Cherry labors on holiday hats at Marcy’s house as she faces Christmas without Ned. She learns she is pregnant and ponders naming her baby Hope, while planning a layette with her mother’s help amid pride and lingering longing. The story frames a hopeful future despite hardship and heartache.
George Warner of Elyria was elected president of Ohio’s new state board of agriculture at its initial Columbus meeting. William Palmer of Pataskala was chosen as vice-president, broadening rural representation in the leadership roles.
Two masked highwaymen stopped a truck carrying 16000 dollars in alcohol, kidnapped the drivers, drove them to a bootlegging cache, unloaded the liquor, and threw the bound and gagged men onto the roadway, police learned Wednesday. Utah leads in school attendance at 73 percent of ages five to twenty, while Louisiana sits at 53 percent.
Ohio highway director Herrick says a federal highway bill passing Congress with 75 million dollars in aid will yield about 3.75 million for Ohio. The money must be matched locally and will finish gaps on seven interstates: National, Lincoln, Lake, Dixie, Columbus Pike, Cleveland Marietta, and the Three C's. He believes these roads could be completed by the end of 1922.
A historical ad touts "Pape's Cold Compound" taken every two hours for three doses to break up a cold and relieve grippe misery. The first dose opens blocked nostrils and air passages in the head, easing breathing.
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