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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1919
Page
6
An old advertisement recounts a woman's years of illness and weakness. It praises E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for various female ailments including backache and displacements. Mrs Fox of 624 Penn St endorses the product's effectiveness.
An ad touts SENRECO TOOTH PASTE as a fast, low cost way to whitening teeth and healthy gums. It promises removal of film, help against Pyorrhea, and mouth acidity, claiming widespread dentist use and strong sales. Available at drug or department stores for 35 cents.
Annie witnesses poverty and strikes within a social scene. Sarah Rafetzky doubts socialism’s help as her husband joins meetings. Annie’s pity grows into resolve to fight the system, pursue work, and lift her family, inspired by Aunt Maggie and her father’s optimism.
A reader asks whether to leave her husband for another man while a separate letter asks how to end out of town courting without hurting feelings. Mrs Thompson urges fidelity, warns against leaving, and emphasizes responsibility to children and family happiness.
Anxious did not sign his name or provide an address. Fidelity comments on wardrobe choices while noting potential image adjustments.
A famous authority links regular meat consumption to kidney trouble as uric acid overworks kidneys causing back ache and various ailments. Jad Salts, four ounces daily in water before breakfast, is claimed to flush kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and prevent bladder disorders.
Columbus, O Oct 6 City people must organize as well as farmers to hope for food at reasonable prices Vernon H Davis chief of the state bureau of markets says in a report to the state board of agriculture today His bureau is pushing collective buying among city folk He also says reasonable organization among producers is key for city abundance at fair prices and for farmers to gain a fair return for their labor
An advertisement emphasizes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin for toothache neuralgia pain and colds with the Bayer Cross stamp as proof of genuineness. It notes physicians have prescribed aspirin for over eighteen years and that millions have found it safe, offering a twelve tablet tin and larger packages from druggists.
Okey Ashcraft, just discharged from service, was shot in the right breast with a revolver by John Colley in Guysville. Ashcraft’s wound is not serious, Dr. Merwin of Athens reports. Colley escaped. a bloodhound search failed due to rain. Colley, about 28, in overseas cap and army gear, claimed to be a veteran. locals dispute his war stories and discharge.
Sunday school officers were elected led by Supt. Raymond Slutz and Asst Superintendents 8. K. Mardis G. Worstell and W. B. Lawrence. Secretary Gladys Van Dyke and others filled posts with Class Six showing top attendance and contributions across the year. Total past year attendance 26 284 and average 559 with total offerings 714 77 and Class Six contributing 268 19.
The U S Fuel Administration states natural gas at two dollars per thousand cubic feet equals gasoline at twenty seven cents per gallon, highlighting energy price equivalence.
Steubenville Ohio October 6 900 workers returned to the Weirton Steel Company plant at Weirton West Virginia resuming operations at 6 am after a walkout strike last week. No trouble reported and the plant was running about half capacity this morning.
A vintage ad claims eczema relief comes from blood treatment. It promotes S. S. S. as a fifty year old remedy and offers expert advice from the Chief Medical Adviser at Specific Co. Dept. 44 Atlanta Ga.
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