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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1918
Page
8
Carbondale resident E lsworth Cox loses twenty in room 48 at the Athens Hotel. He congratulates Dr Blankner on the win and remarks well done.
Advertises Dr. G Blankner offering tooth extractions at room No 48 Athens Hotel with results praised by Cox and Bean. Promises painless removal of diseased teeth using scientific techniques, avoiding anesthesia gases, and invites patients to visit Room No 45 Athens Hotel until Monday evening November 4th for a consultation.
Public health note warns that influenza often leads to pneumonia and urges seeking a doctor during illness. It recommends using Mustarine on the throat and chest to prevent inflammation, claiming faster relief than mustard plasters and broad use for sore throat, chest colds, and bronchitis.
Health authorities caution that Americans seem softened by heat but maintain that 68 degrees is suitable for healthy individuals. If the air is moist, the temperature remains comfortable for most workers in offices and homes.
F Cook an engineer tells how Dr Parker's Treatment for Indigestion and Constipation cured him after years of disability. The physician claims the medicine works for all with similar complaints and offers a dollar back guarantee. Price is $1.00 at druggists.
Monsignor Luigi Barlassina, recently named auxiliary patriarch of Jerusalem, travels to Palestine as demand grows for Catholic leadership while Patriarch Camassel remains prisoner in Nasareth. Turkish captures include 13 Salesian hostages, with many Christian institutions still closed or looted, and the Italian school in Jerusalem reopened by Salesians.
A pending Senate bill would create a department of education with a secretary in the cabinet, three assistants, and $100 million yearly for teacher training and literacy efforts. The plan includes federal aid to states only with matching ordinary-activity funding and aims to reduce illiteracy to advance democracy.
A fragment references Lydia E. B. Pingham s Vegetable Compound as a traditional cure for female ailments. The writer suggests neglect by mothers leads to unfit schoolgirls and workers and touts the old fashioned medicine as relieving suffering claimed by its users.
A short ad claims one dose relieves grippe and severe cold symptoms instantly. Two hourly dosing up to three doses allegedly clears nasal passages, reduces discharge, eases headache and feverish feeling, and requires no assistance or taste issues. Genuine product and low cost urged.
Letter from Major 8 M Johnson in France describes a heavy September drive where he led troops to push back the bowline line, captured enemy material, and earned praise from a French general who recommended him for the Legion of Honor. He notes safe return and intent to continue serving his nation against the Huns.
Blythe California reports a rise in male births with five times as many boys as girls in the last two months. Health officer Dr. W. J. Chapman notes the children are unusually large and well developed in the Palo Verde Valley.
The American Forestry Association urged businessmen to reuse back sides and carbon copies to save paper. The plan aims to cut filing costs and clutter while preserving business history with about half the paper. The group notes 1918 demand could reach seven million cords of wood for paper.
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