Drink hot water before breakfast health tip
A household health notice promotes drinking a glass of hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims benefits for headaches indigestion and constipation and notes widespread use and low cost. More than 48 million acres of Indian cultivated land are cited as a side fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield, N. J
Shoe Repair Demand Remains Steady Amid Uplift in Services
Local shoe repair shop reports continued customer flow as clients bring shoes for repair. Patrons cite fair pricing and satisfactory workmanship as key reasons for returning and recommending the service.
Full Steam Ahead for The Ferrol Family Book Project
The Ferrol family pushes their self published book toward success amid financial strain. Edith Ferrol recalls her poverty stricken childhood and vows to persevere while Sara Selden warns against constant spurt work without reserves. The piece ends noting a relieving letter arriving the next day as tension peaks.
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Ferrors
John
Ferrols
Sara Selden
Small Jack
Jack
Virginda
Ferrol Company
Jackie
Edith
Miss Selden
Edith Ferro
Edgar
Ferrol
Heart and Home Problems Advice Column Excerpts
A widowly advice column by Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson offers guidance on marriage, fidelity, and domestic harmony. Readers seek help with husband infidelity, competing loves, and life choices, while Thompson counsels patience, clear boundaries, and professional evaluation for mental or emotional strain.
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Mrs. Thompson
Dear Mrs. Thompson Advice Column Fragments
A reader asks for gift ideas for a Sunday visitor and a girl seeks tips on changing her interest in boys. The column suggests homemade candy, a pocket flashlight, fob, or pocket knife as gifts. Other questions cover whitening teeth, growing nails, and repairing scuffed gray shoes with dealer guidance.
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Mrs. Thompson
Letters From Mes Im Service From France in 1918
Letters from H H Sands of the 330th Infantry and Clarence Vorhes of Salvage Unit No 806 describe France in 1918. Sands writes from Le Mans about travel, sights, and war news while noting allies progress and longing for home. Vorhes reports health morale and U S strength, awaiting updates on Captain K T Crossen and daily life with meals and camaraderie.
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Nella Hubler
Athens
Corp
Corp. H. H. Sands, Co. H
Amer
France
J. N. Brown
Albany
Clarence Vorhes
Dr. Brown
Kaiser Bill
States
Courge
U. S
K. T. Crossen
J. N
Message From a World War I Soldier in France
Clarence T. Vorkes and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Drake of Fisher share a letter from their son WII dated October 4, 1918 in which he describes life in France near the line of advance. He notes busyness, a barn shelter, a future Christmas box card, and hopes to meet hometown friends soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.W. Drake
Fisher
Wii
France
Sunday Guests and Local Visits Around town
Local residents hosted relatives and friends over the weekend. Entries mention Harry Rowell visiting his mother in Camp Sherman, Miss Faye Baker staying with the Cottons in Athens, and Mrs. Elmer Armstrong and children returning to Shreveport after weeks with John P. Coe. Other notes include caregivers for Mary Throckmorton after a stroke, and several residents visiting or hosting, including Grover Swearinger, Roy Cline, Clyde Whitlatch, and Maynard Graft.
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Harry Rowell
Camp Sherman
Faye Baker
Emmett Cotton
Athens
Elmer Armstrong
Shreveport
John P. Coe
Miles Sisson
Carpenter
Mary Throckmorton
John Hursey
Marietta
Will Coe
John P Coe
Grover Swearinger
Roy Cline
George Cline
Roy Ogdin
Dvesville
Granville Gillogly
Ed Worhes
Columbus
Clyde Whitlatch
Floodwood
Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist Church
Cash
Maynard Graft
Logan
Ernest Martin
James Riley
Marguerite Carpenter
Troy
Hollister War Celebration and Local Notices
Hollister celebrates Germany surrender with mine 266 closing for the day. Citizens support war bonds and the War Chest. Funeral planned for Leo Canale of mine 256 injuries. Health board discusses quarantine and closing order. church services may resume. Gwillyn Williams on ten day naval furlough. Mrs Williams returns from Akron with daughter Sara recovering from appendicitis.
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Hollister
Leo €Anale
Mine 256
Fr. Shaffer
Holy Cross Church
Gean Canale
Camp Sherman
Board of Health
Gwillyn Williams
Mayor Williams
New York
Easing
Navy
Divorce Action Filed Over Adultery in Athens County
Susan Cibok of Bicknell Indiana is sued by husband John Cibok in the Court of Common Pleas Athens County Ohio for divorce and child custody of John Cibok and Mary Cibok. Ground is adultery. Hearing set on or after November 23 1918. Jones Worstell Jones attorneys for plaintiff.
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Susan Cibok
Bicknell
Indiana
John Cibok
Court of Common Please
Athens County
Ohio
Mary Cibok
Jones, Worstell & Jones
Rainbow Division and First Division Dash Into Sedan
American forces on the Sedan front report contingents from the Rainbow Division and the First Division executing the final whirlwind dash into Sedan.
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Sedan
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Eckman
Philadelphia
THE
Athens Electric CO
A Kabool
S. Kateep
Bell Phone
Cor
Court and State Sts
Price
Union
Henry Colley
Bush
State St
Zoe Beckley
Mrs
Elizabeth Thompson
Georgia
Geraldine
Virginia
Mes
Lena
Jimmie
Clarence T. Vorkes
Glouster News
William Williams
Akron
Miss Sara
Paldalley
S. Court St
Wi Zel
Front Iar Bs
G10
H. M. Taylor
Army and Navy Corps
Harry Beckley
BE. J. Jones
Rainbow Division
Wees Cwt
Creer
Hull Foster,Jr
Lee Township
Lookout Church
Durham
Delaine
Jesse Baughman
G. B. Allen
Europe
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