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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1920
Page
5
Zemo stops itching and heals eczema with a clean antiseptic liquid sold by The W. Rose Co of Cleveland Ohio. Trial sizes and extra large bottles available for one dollar. Zemo soap also recommended for sensitive or irritated skin and scalp conditions.
An article notes some people lack red blood cells causing pale flesh and colorless cheeks and lips. It claims regular use for months of three hypo-nuclane tablets will improve color and weight, advising readers to obtain them from reputable apothecaries.
Mrs. James L. Edmundson visited Columbus over the weekend. Jacob Sherman traveled to Huntington W Va on a business trip. Mrs. P. G. Moler and daughter Beulah visited home folks at Carpenter. The Misses Mary and Alice Stone vacationed in Logan with relatives. Mrs. T. L. Swan spent Easter in Trimble with her parents. Jennie O'Dell and Emma Battin returned from a brief Columbus stay. Chads Skinner returned to Marietta after a week with Athens friends. Carrie Marquis left for Columbus to finish at Bliss Business College. Mrs. Joseph Zwilling of The Plains was called to Columbus by her grandson's illness. Mrs. L. N. Hurt and daughter Annette returned from a week with relatives in Chillicothe. Everett Beckley of McArthur visited his parents in Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Tompkins were in Columbus for the Follies. Mrs. M. M. Kerr will host the Social Literary Club Tuesday. Robert C. Gockenbach of Columbus stayed with the Websters over Easter. The W C T U will meet Tuesday afternoon at 2 at Mrs. Evans residence.
Athens residents hosted and visited relatives during Easter weekend. The roster included De Vaison Davises and Ruth, Murphey and Tewksburys, Berry and Sanders families, and many Columbus and Roseville visitors. Special events featured hospital updates, a Ziegfeld follies outing, and a misc shower for Mrs Bryan Stevers.
The physician behind five grain Arbolone tablets receives praise from women in society circles. A Los Angeles literary figure touts success reducing pounds and extols Arbolone as a safe method to dissolve fatty elements and curb cravings for undesirable foods. Sold by druggists in sealed tubes with directions.
Those present besides the honor guest and hostess were: Misses Elizabeth Leeper, Stewart, Mary Poston, Jane Dew, Elizabeth Wood worth, Margaret Dailey, Frances McCormick, Florence Carr, Otha Beasley, Elizabeth and Marie Hope, Frances Hatch, Dorothy Slutz, Marian Bush, Abigail Putnam, Lelia Sherman and Mildred Banks.
A complete Beasley family reunion for F. J. Beasley ended in Athens with a Sunday luncheon at the Colonial and a six oclock dinner at Elmwood Place. Festivities began Thursday with a dinner at Carl Beasley’s home and included a luncheon hosted by Mrs. C. L. Strecker. Eight sons and daughters and their children, totaling 27, attended, with relatives from Columbus Toledo and Nelsonville joining the gathering.
News of the marriage of Mr. Harry B. Ashworth of Athens and Miss Marie Cusie of Nelsonville is announced. The ceremony occurred March 31 at the First M. E. church with Rev. C. L. Strecker officiating. The groom works as a mechanic for Lostro Auto Sales Co. and they will reside in the city.
Almost everyone knows that Sage Tea and Sulphur, properly compounded, brings back natural color to faded or gray hair. Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound is now sold in drug stores, offering a convenient way to darken hair naturally and evenly with repeated applications.
Formation of the Indiana Ohio baseball league was announced in Richmond Indiana after a meeting of club representatives. The league opens May 11 with Fort Wayne Richmond Munc h ing cities and Anderson Indiana and Springfield Lima or Middletown in Ohio. Dayton is possible as an additional team.
The Lostro Auto Sales Company staged an Overland 4 Contest to Coolville and back. Official time was 1 hour 30 minutes 50 1 3 seconds with Chief Porter as starter and timekeeper. Spectators saw a 46 minute Coolville stop before resuming to Lastro building, covering rough roads and hills with strong springs and lively speed as observers note. About $260 in goods was awarded to the ten closest time guesses, listed by name and address.
A Evansville clerk's testimonial credits Foley Kidney Pills for rapid relief from thigh muscle pains after rheumatism treatment offered no help. The ad cites backache, rheumatic pains, and stiff joints as conditions helped by the product.
Women push for ratification of the equal suffrage amendment as Connecticut Republicans face Schanges. Governor Holcomb refuses to call a special session, citing no emergency. Mississippi defeats the measure, Delaware fights in a special session with Alfred I. Du Pont shifting to support. Four Democratic states remain in play with Vermont as the lone Republican holdout. Michigan, Wisconsin, and New York hold primaries as voting continues.
WEDDING PERMITS Harry B. Ashworth mechanic Athens and Marie Cusic Nelson ville. Henry J. Heffken miner Glouby and Ida Hanning Glouster. D French brakeman Minani and Gladys McWhorten nurse Mineral.
Bayer on genuine aspirin warns buyers to look for the Bayer Cross and unbroken packages of Bayer Tablets of Aspirin. The note claims the product has been prescribed by physicians for over 18 years and relieves colds headaches toothaches earaches neuralgia rheumatism neuritis and joint pains with small tin boxes offered and larger packages by druggists.
The First M. B. Sunday school reported 668 attendees with 20 officers and teachers, 6 visitors, and 642 scholars. Largest classes were Copeland 188 and Martzolff 141. Collected $27.16, Easter sermons noted, solo by Mrs. Rauch and a choir program directed by Miss Mardis with Miss Bowser, Mr. Grayson, and Mrs. Strecker Featured.
An advertisement claims happiness comes from being well and addresses constipation and indigestion. It promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as prompt effective, easy to take remedies for digestive disorders.
A statewide push to force ratification of the federal suffrage amendment begins in Delaware. An automobile fleet led by Mrs. Florence Bayard Hills, state suffrage chairwoman, starts a tour to reach every town and hamlet in the state.
Mrs. Benjamin F Blakeney of Decatur Illinois credits Chamberlains Cough Remedy with relief for colds and coughs. She says it was the best medicine her family ever used and that she gave it to her children for croup when small.
Palm Beach April 8 Richard Croker the former Tammany boss is under examination by alienist Dr Ralph Green regarding his mental capacity to manage his 10 000 000 estate. The ruling comes as his children question his sanity and ability to oversee assets.
A corn silk based remedy named Balmwort Tablets claims to ease inflammation and congestion causing kidney and bladder distress. The ad cites symptoms including frequent urination, back pain, headaches, and bloodshot eyes, touting rapid relief after a few doses and a testimonial from Alice Trobough of Omaha Nebraska.
The junior class will present The Lion and the Mouse a drama of the modern business world. John Rider a Wall Street king seeks Judge Rossmore’s impeachment but is thwarted by the judge’s daughter Shirley. The Friday April 9 Opera House performance features a large cast with John Bolin as Hitler and Paul Hall as Jefferson Rider.
United Press dispatch from Tokyo reports an eight day conference where Japanese leaders and an American mission proposed a program to deepen ties. Plans include joint capital ventures to improve cable service with a new Orient to United States cable, professor exchanges, an arbitration agency, and policy on Japanese land ownership and immigration.
A box and pie social will be held at Froggy School Friday evening April 9. All residents are invited and proceeds go to the school fund.
A Missouri viewpoint ad promotes Primrose Cream Separator claiming low waste, two cream outlets, and uniform high quality cream. It highlights fat protection, valuable skim milk for calves and pigs, simple strong construction, and strong profitability from a demonstration at your location.
A lingering cold signals chronic inflammation of throat or bronchial passages and invites stronger illness. Nightly Vicks VapoRub aids inflammation by local skin stimulation, drawing blood away from congestion and delivering vapors with body heat. Rub throat and chest then cover, inhale vapors, and swallow a pea sized amount if coughing persists. Samples offered by The Vick Chemical Company.
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