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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1921
Page
10
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and fragrant talcum for soothing a baby's skin. It emphasizes gentle cleansing and fragrance as essential for daily care. The copy targets parents seeking mild, protective products for infants.
A humorous note explains Polly and her pals use an umbrella for shelter and metaphorical protection, describing the comic strip gag in playful terms.
A Salisbury reader recounts relief from female troubles after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, noting childbirth on Peace Day. The letter urges women to pursue health care and prenatal preparation, citing displacement and related symptoms and praising the remedy.
A brief fragment portrays a very young widow torn between duty and desire. The text hints at sorrow and conflicting impulses as she navigates social expectations and personal loss.
The tale follows Nannie and Daisy fleeing a boy’s threats as he pursues them toward the barn. Bob administers whippings to Punch and Judy, keeping the children confined in a chicken house, while family tensions rise over a newspaper mention and perceived disgrace.
The Leader reports the Disgruntled Wives' club held its first meeting around a roaring fire with coffee and wit. An intrusion by a member's husband caused dissension and the meeting broke up in a panic. Mrs Randall Jr. is named president and instigator.
A tense exchange shows Cherry denouncing ongoing delays and vowing action while hinting at Ned's forthcoming involvement, as the scene ends on a cliffhanger with to be continued.
Buffalo based Peterson's Ointment advertises quick relief for eczema salt rheum piles and related skin conditions. The founder claims a money back guarantee and cites thankful letters and customer testimonials including John Scott of Virginia Street Buffalo. Mail orders handled by Peterson Ointment Co Inc Buffalo New York.
Officials at the Ohio Experiment Station Wooster request potato growers to report blight occurrences this year. While general blight has not spread widely, some Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia areas report attacks. Weather correlation is being studied as damp conditions favor late blight and dry weather slows it.
An advertisement promotes a scalp treatment described as fighting dandruff and head scale, marketed with a catchy claim about relief when the product touches the scalp. Dated 9-19-16.
Pattern 3691 appears in seven sizes from 34 to 46 inches with a 38 inch size needing 4% yards of 36 inch fabric. Suitable materials include gingham, percale, seersucker, lawn, sateen, linen, calico and flannelette. Foot width is about 2 yards and sleeve length can be wrist or elbow. If contrast fabric is used, collar belt cuff and pocket facings need % yard. Pattern illustration offered by mail.
A brief notice states delivery to any address upon payment of 12 cents in one cent stamps, indicating a postal or service solicitation.
Ohio farmers could see two thirds less freight on acid phosphate if new phosphate beds in Idaho and Montana prove authentic. Robert M. Salter of Ohio State University asserts a conversion process could triple available phosphoric acid per ton and cut shipping, hauling, and handling costs, even if rail tariffs hold.
A Grove's Laxative Bromos product claim states it relieves headaches caused by colds. The genuine bottle bears E. W. Grove’s signature with the warning to ensure the correct spelling BRO MO. Pack 30 tablets.
Extension workers surveyed 600 rural and urban readers of a country newspaper during Support Your Home Paper Week November 7 to 12. The study found country readers access editorials front page and serials at similar rates but read the personals 91 percent more, correspondence 24 percent more, want ads 9 percent more, and display ads 11 percent more.
Seed corn dried with artificial heat yields better germination tests says agronomists at the Ohio Experiment Station Wooster. Seed corn in a furnace room shows 97 percent germination, while carelessly stored seed in a crib with no heat produces lower germination and over five years artificial drying increases yields by about four bushels per acre.
Agronomists say this is an excellent year to secure seed corn for long term use because field corn has matured much earlier than usual, suggesting farmers can stockpile kernels for future seasons.
Mayor Frank A Burkhardt announced a formal public letter stating an exhaustive police investigation into reports of Ku Klux Klan organization in Lima will be ordered today. The letter was addressed to the public and issued late yesterday.
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