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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1919
Page
6
An old fashion advertisement touts Brownstone hair tint claiming a harmless, odorless fade resistant formula that darkens hair from light to dark brown to black. It promises easy self-application, no lead or coal tar, and a special trial offer with 11c postage.
AWaverly resident testifies to rapid relief after using Houstonia Liniment for a broken leg and rheumatic pains. Advert explains massage, bottle sizes, and asks readers to look for Dr Jones' picture on the wrapper. Sold by Gruggist, Dr Jones Co., Charleston.
A Kentucky druggist promotes mentholized arcine as a home remedy for rose and hay fever. The regimen involves gargling with a mentholized arcine solution and snuffing or spraying the nostrils twice daily. The complete treatment is prepared from one ounce of mentholized arcine in a pint bottle with boiled water.
An advertisement touts a quick path to white teeth and healthy gums using Senreco Tooth Paste. The copy promises cleaning, whitening, and removal of film, claiming it helps prevent pyorrhea and Danish acidity, and notes its low price of 35 cents per tube.
After Baby Anna’s birth and successive illnesses, the Carrolls’ finances hit rock bottom until Rose Rothberg offers help. Annie learns the price of charity as she recalls Russia’s gendarmes, poverty, and crowded tenements, contrasted with America’s perceived freedom and the Rothbergs’ memories.
A reader asks how to handle a summer romance and friendship with two boys amid rumors. Mrs Thompson cautions against judging others, suggests being kind to the boy without chasing him, and advises broad mindedness to avoid harming reputations.
A reader asks how to handle a young man who kisses multiple people including girls. The columnist suggests treating him as a friend rather than a lover and urges refusal to allow him to kiss, noting proper conduct for engaged couples and young women.
Farmers busy with corn cutting and wheat plowing. Local social news covers visits in Franklin and Athens counties, moves, and fairs. Howard Dickson returns from Roumania with a report on food relief work ending in July and a voyage via Constantinople and Marseille back to New York aboard a freight ship.
An emergency tank designed to fit into an automobile door provides reserve supplies of fuel oil or water. The device shields essential fluids and can be carried for safety and convenience.
Advert could claim Gets-It as the great painless corn loosener. It urges peeling away corn like banana skin and touts universal use, money back guarantee, low price, and availability through Athens area drug stores.
Washington Sept 17 United Press reports the 1920 census will show major changes in population growth and structure influenced by World War I. The center of population may stop moving west as eastern cities surge, with shifts in age, sex, native and foreign stock, and urban migration trends.
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