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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1918
Page
5
The article argues catarrh is a real enemy that only local sprays atomizers and douches fail to cure. Repeated use may open air passages briefly but the condition returns, offering little lasting benefit from such treatments.
The notice promotes going to drug stores for an 8. S. bottle and beginning a treatment praised by sufferers for nearly fifty years. It claims 8. S. targets the disease at its source by removing germs from the blood and offers free medical advice from the Medical Director at 22 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
A P Penn well known Graham merchant and traveling salesman died Monday at four in Bluefield Sanitarium after spinal meningitis contracted while on the road in Wyoming county. A native of Spencer Virginia, he was fifty, survived by Mollie Crockett Penn and four children, three brothers and four sisters. Funeral at West Graham, interment Maple Hill, with relatives notified from multiple states.
A World War I dispatch from Camp Graham Virginia reports Sergeant Frank E Williams of Graham Virginia enjoying service in France on May 12 1918 He writes to Mr H Calloway that reading letters from camp brought him joy and that he would like to correspond with friends though letters are censored by officers He praises the French landscape and the historic scene but notes the burden of censorship.
A letter from a U S Army sergeant writes of enjoyment in France and duty for country. He praises comrades and the spirit of their unit, hopes mothers and friends hear the facts, and notes hopes for censor passage and continued service at base.
The club hosted an ice cream party to aid the Red Cross raising about forty dollars. The Boy Scouts collected a substantial sum for Red Cross efforts. Workers from the powder plant donated generously, with named donors giving amounts from five to forty three dollars and many others contributing as well.
A school boy with eye strain found relief after a week using Lavoptik eye wash. The teacher noted benefit for her mother and a sample bottle was marketed as giving quick results for weak or inflamed eyes. Mastin's Pharmacy promotes the product.
A brief health note explains sour stomach as mild indigestion from rapid eating or overeating. It suggests eating slowly, chewing well, limiting meat, and skipping supper to avoid symptoms, and recommends Chamberlain's tablets to aid digestion.
The Nemours Leader club at Mount Herman church elected Miss Stice Gullion president Ja t ie Warden vice president Hthel Dalton secretary and Tom Warden treasurer. A prize fund of forty dollars was set for top records while a rule bans dropping the work without a lawful excuse and marks offenders as slackers. Jim Riley attended as a visitor.
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