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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1918
Page
8
The VapoRub producer appeals druggists to conserve stocks with back orders reaching eighteen thousand gross as influenza strains affect districts. Shipments now prioritize affected areas using parcel post or direct to retailers, with limited three dozen units per shipment and no new accounts opened.
Washington November 13 The United States credit its World War success as much to home labor as to soldiers abroad. The piece details the need for unified labor mobilization, lessons from France England and Russia, and how America’s organization of manpower enabled efficient war production.
Baby Ruth Smith born January 80 1917 died November 9 1918 at one year ten months nine days mourned by mother father and brother. Card of thanks to neighbors flowers and Rev Mann. Taft says devil is dead war with the devil ended and armistice terms drastic making further German resistance impossible.
In Lexington on November 12 a large crowd witnessed the execution of an effigy named Kaiser Wilhelm. A bonfire glowed as soldiers from Camp Buell fired blank rounds, creating a dramatic mock execution amid the crowd.
Portsmouth Ohio reader Mrs Sara Shaw reports relief from irregularities and pain after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She urges other women to try the root and herb remedy and offers to advise via Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass.
Thousands seek relief from stomach upset by targeting the liver and bowels. Dr Edwards Olive Tablets stimulate natural function, easing indigestion without calomel. Accepted as a vegetable remedy, sold in 10c and 25c boxes by all druggists.
The text promotes drinking a glass of hot water with limestone phosphate before breakfast to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims elimination of waste prevents poisons from entering the blood and promises improved health and appearance for those with headaches bad breath bilious attacks or constipation. It ends with a wartime morale line about boys chopping wood for soldiers.
Letters from Mrs. Horton Border in Athens County and relatives relay updates from soldiers in France during October 1918. Wagoner William H. Border describes front lines readiness, dugouts, mustard gas fears, and cold mountain weather. Clarence Badwell and Harry L. Russell share travel, farming notes, and longing for home as fighting continues.
Paris reports the French food minister orders lower luncheon prices to four dollars in better class restaurants. Owners hold meetings as he threatens fixed price table d hote luncheons, fearing an American influx in a city already marked by unrest.
Mrs Loya Palmer of Burdett New York describes a nervous breakdown and inability to work. She says Vinci rebuilt her strength, improved her appetite, and restored health. The testimonial targets weak women and overworked men seeking a remedy.
A sensational ad touts Bio-seven as a free-cost health booster for weak and nervous women. It claims rapid improvement in strength, skin, eyes, and mood within seven days with a six to seven tablet daily regimen and lists its ingredients.
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