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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1918
Page
2
Edith Ferrol endures a morning of domestic duties and penny-pinching as she battles rising prices and a tight budget. The piece follows her chores from 8:30 a.m. to market, highlighting family needs, debt, and the strain of finances on happiness. The scene closes with Edith lamenting the money problem and a hint of continuation.
A SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD WRITES ABOUT A NINE-YEAR AGE GAP AND A TWENTY-NINE YEAR OLD WHO OFTEN DATES WITHOUT COMMITMENT. A READER SAYS HE IS TOO OLD AND SOPHISTICATED FOR HER AND SHE SHOULD END THE RELATIONSHIP. ANOTHER READER, THIRTY, DATES A FORTY-YEAR-OLD FOR FIFTEEN YEARS WITHOUT MARYING, AND SAYS HE IS SELFISH AND SHOULD BE DROPPED. THE ADVISER AGREES, CALLING IT SELFISH AND INSISTING SHE SEEK OTHER MEN.
A wartime notice calls on men aged 18 to 45 to enroll under the law. It emphasizes universal compliance and urges citizens to ensure others meet the Sept. 12 registration deadline and participate in the effort.
Letter to Ms Thompson suggests oily skin may stem from indigestion and offers remedies. A lotion of zinc sulfate, lavender tincture, and distilled water is proposed, with dietary changes to avoid rich foods. Gentle cleansing with diluted alcohol and ammonia or borax in wash water are also recommended.
A local grocery ad from 78 N. Court Street details sale prices on staples. It mentions Big bar Star or PG items, Crisco, Navy beans, canned peas and corn, Mothers Oats, Pet Milk, Pink Salmon, bulk coffee, Old Dutch Cleanser, and Red Man tobacco.
Mr Higgins of Huntington West Virginia credits Nerv Worth with ending years of insomnia and stomach troubles. He reports paralysis on his left side years ago and says Nerv Worth helped him sleep better and walk easier. The ad promises a dollar back at McKee Drug Store Athens if Nerv Worth does not help.
Soldiers in training camps and cantonments suffer blisters and sore feet. The manual recommends Allen's Foot-Case powder to shake into shoes to calm tired feet and heal blisters. Foot-Base is advised for daily use at Plattsburg Camp. Sold everywhere for 25c.
An advertisement touts Mayr's Wonderful Remedy as a godsend for stomach liver and bowel trouble claiming relief from gas pressure heart palpitations and appendicitis. It notes the product is harmless simple and claims a money back guarantee with one dose convincing readers and lists McKee Drug Co. and leading druggists as sellers.
An old Nelsonville ad promotes Red Cross Ironated Herbs with Pepsin claiming to revive health and energy. It touts guaranteed results and notes many other remedies and toilet preparations sold by Hickman Pharmacy in Nelsonville.
Mrs. Belle Marshall of Cincinnati says Tanlac rebuilt her strength after months of weakness and loss of appetite. She notes improved nerves and sleep after two bottles, and urges others to take Tanlac to regain health at Cline's Pharmacy.
A call to supply new toilet equipment to soldiers with assistance in selection. Mentions previous month’s sent items may be exhausted and requests a new batch to be sent.
Time reports that Liberty Bonds remain favorable as wartime finance. Treasury actions address a temporary market slump caused by misperceptions about tax exemptions. Small investors shift from 4s to 3s, misled by tax free beliefs. Bonds offer gilt edged value after the war with restored capital and purchasing power.
Hudson Maxim warns no peace with Germany as constituted and calls for decisive victory. He urges five to six billion dollars in Liberty loans and insists Americans at home must sacrifice their treasure while troops abroad shed blood to secure Berlin.
The Federal Reserve Banking System of the Fourth District expands for the Fourth Liberty Loan drive adding eighteen Ohio banks since July and listing eight more with applications pending. New members include Peoples Saving Banking Co Barbert on Citizens Bank Cuyahoga Falls and others across Milan Rossford Gibsonburg Chagrin Falls and Akron. Also mentions Chamberlains Tablets as a health remedy with a testimonial from Roy F. King of Oriskany New York.
In wartime metaphor, America is the farmer’s wife sending three daily meals to laborers overseas. The nation boosted meat and fat shipments to 3,011,100,000 pounds in 1917 18 and cereals to 340,800,000 bushels, despite hog shortages. Wheat at 141,000,000 bushels and 88,000,000 more bushels sent beyond need reflect wartime rationing.
The Princess Parlor previously located in the Campbell Block has relocated and is now ready to operate in the new site.
A fragment notes a flat on East Washington Street east of the Opera House, previously occupied by Dr. Merwin.
Eugene Loomis has been appointed and qualified as executor of the estate of David Loomis, late of Athens County, Ohio, deceased. Dated the 26th day of August, 1918. H. T. Phillips, Probate Judge of said County.
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