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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1918
Page
8
Advertisement declares eczema relief comes from blood treatment, promoting S S S as effective for blood disorders for fifty years. Encourages readers to write to Swift Specific Co. for expert advice, Atlanta, Georgia.
A long standing medicine is advertised as quickly relieving coughs and colds. The jingle notes it has been sold by druggists for many years and is available in bottles of 60 cents and 1 20 dollars.
A fragmented excerpt discusses constipation and waste buildup, questioning medical claims about Life Pills and their supposed effects. The nonspecific text references impurities and potions, hinting at historic patent medicine language without clear outcomes or sources.
A warning on the dangers of overusing digestive aids and a promotion for Miona stomach tablets. The piece claims daily use of strong digestors harms the stomach and touts the tablets as a five minute relief that can rebuild stomach strength with regular use. McKee Drug Co. is named as a distributor.
Mexico Mo Nov 8 The returns show Speaker Champ Clark ahead in the Ninth District by a small margin with Tuesday's election. An official count may be needed to defeat Republican candidate Gec B. H. Dyer.
Monsignor Carton de Wiart, envoy from King Albert of Belgium, arrived in Baltimore to convey congratulations to Cardinal Gibbons on his golden anniversary after a voyage delayed by a tempest.
United Press field report from France describes the mass capture of German and Austro-Hungarian troops after the St Mihiel operation. Prisoners were funneled to division and corps HQ then sent to pens near railheads, many kept for observation or put to work, with some even serving in kitchen and guard roles.
A Berlin dispatch reports Eurene Da ven American consul at Charleroi and seven British prisoners of war were killed in an air raid on Charleroi in Belgium. The city lies about 23 miles northeast of Maubeuge.
Chairman Roe of the Athens county fuel committee urges residents to secure a full winter coal supply at the earliest time. The Ohio Fuel Administration warns that November should see adequate household supplies but advises laying in needed coal now to ease future transport and prevent shortages. Lake shipments may stop around November 15, risking oversupply and complacency.
A medical endorsement urges Tron Nux Vomica Gentian Capsicum and Zinc Phosphide tonics to restore strength after grippe and wasting diseases. Chase's Blood and Nerve Tablets combine these tonics in a well tolerated form. Dzien druggists offer the tablets at sixty cents or ninety cents for special strength. Separately, Carnarvon wireless station reports clear messages to Sydney across 12,00 miles.
Local residents from Circle Hill and nearby towns report new illnesses other updates. Mrs Clarence Wemsley and daughter Bettie visited Mrs W M Hale. Ed Davis moved to Hollister. several trips to Nelsonville Columbus and Salem noted. Children and kin named include Will Loshe Lillian Thomas and George Smith with injuries or illnesses.
Grandmother's recipe promises color and lustre for faded or gray hair. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound is sold ready to use, dampened through strands to darken evenly by morning and restore a youthful shine, without claiming disease treatment.
A faded testimonial promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women suffering from displacement irregularities inflammation or hot flashes. The ad cites long term misery and promises relief after using the root and herb medicine, with a note to write Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass for advice.
The notice advises rest at home when cold and flu symptoms appear and to send for a doctor. It promotes using vegetable laxatives like Lt. Carter's K and B Tea or Celery King to aid bowels and applying Mustarine to the throat and chest to ease aches and internal inflammation.
The War Department reported 1083 casualties today, 332 missing in action. The Ohio roster lists Killed in action, Wounded, and Died of disease among numerous named soldiers from cities such as Akron Cleveland Cincinnati Columbus and Toledo with many towns represented.
One thousand German prisoners arrived at Camp Sherman from Fort Oglethorpe and Camp Grant. They will be put to work on the camp farm as stockade extensions at Camp Sherman are built to hold them. Twenty five new guards bring the total to 200 prisoners under Lieutenant D W O Neal.
Amsterdam reports Adolph Joffe Bolshevik ambassador to Germany has been handed his passports per local dispatches. In New York A Mitchell Palmer alien property custodian urged using over 700 million dollars of enemy property in his custody to pay damages from Georgian ruthlessness on land and sea.
In October a drug trade ad urged small lot purchases and warned of severe oversales due to Spanish influenza. Back orders reach 18000 gross as shipments pivot to parcel post and express to influenza districts while samples and an influenza booklet are offered.
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