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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1921
Page
2
Dreco, a blood purifier and system cleanser, is advertised at lower price for seasonal need. Testimonial from Howard Aiken claims Dreco improves digestion, appetite, and bowel movement, with benefits for elderly and children. Clines Pharmacy in Athens promoting sale through all druggists.
Reports from the National Geographic Society note teachers exceed soldiers in Costa Rica as Panamanian–Costa Rican tensions draw U S mediation efforts. Costa Rica spans a plateau economy focused on bananas and small farms with a population largely on the central highlands. The piece contrasts Costa Rica with other Latin nations and mentions colonial population patterns. (Note: multiple ideas combined for compact summary.)
Grove's promotes the first and original cold remedy tablet labeled as the only genuine native bromide quinine tablet. The advertisement highlights authenticity and mentions a 30 cent price.
The notice urges immediate attention to vision errors and wearing glasses if needed. It emphasizes that neglect harms sight and predicts future regret, promising help to conserve sight and stating readiness to assist now.
The Golden Rule tour of the Pittsburg chamber of commerce will visit Ohio the week of May 10 with about 150 business men aboard a special train. Secretary A. Terry calls the train the finest the city has sent out. The journey covers nearly 1,000 miles through southern Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania and the party will live on the train five days.
Frank R. Gross files in common pleas court against Union Drug Company and Bank of Athens alleging he did not know he signed a $2000 promissory note. He says stock was misrepresented as payment for three new drug stores and that the stock is of little value. A restraining order blocks collection until the court rules.
In St Paul on April 6 reports show the northwest wheat crop with twenty to thirty percent already in the ground. The threatened farmers strike failed to materialize as growers did not refuse to plant large areas despite low prices.
Government forces pursue two new bandit uprisings in Mexico. General Manuel Perez Fernandez captured in Chiapas faces summary execution. Coahuila cavalrymen chase a band recruited by Candido Aguilar son in law of former President Carranza who is agitating rebellion.
A prominent doctor states most women’s ailments are non surgical and caused by simple conditions. He urges women with backache headaches bearing down pains side ache irregularities nervous despondency or weakness to try Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a natural restorative and preventive.
West Texas clamors for division following Governor Neff veto of a bill to establish an agricultural and mechanical college in the region. Proponents argue the west is taxed without representation and neglected by a legislature ignorant of its vast resources, echoing a state division sentiment.
Dr Giles de Courcy of Cincinnati spoke to the Athens County Medical Society on using local anesthesia for most minor surgeries. He demonstrated with a moving picture machine and films, including a hernia operation where the patient appears calm. The gathering enjoyed dinner, then discussed the topic, and a vote of appreciation for local lawmakers was passed. The society will meet next in May at Nelsonville.
In Salina Kansas on April 6 farmers say recent rains in central and western Kansas have revived wheat after the Easter freeze. Maurice McAulliffe, president of the Kansas Farmers Union, estimates wheat acreage is about ten percent lower than last year and no wheat has been plowed under this spring.
Denny Rosenbacker, 32, once the youngest prisoner to serve time at the Ohio penitentiary, is identified as the motorcycle crash victim in Columbus. A companion was seriously injured. He had lived as George E. Williams since being pardoned after a murder case from Toledo when he was 13.
A tornado swept through Texas City on April 6 causing an estimated quarter million dollars in damage. The storm shattered plate glass, tore down awnings and signs, and started fires in the business district, destroying three buildings with no reported fatalities or serious injuries this morning.
In Moundsville West Virginia on April 6 Wiley W Hinerman a Cameron railroad worker sues Otis Gallentine for 10000 alleging he stole the affections of Mrs Hinerman on the second day of trial.
Rev. C. Manchester of Canton Ohio notes a improving world and fifty years in the ministry. He once served William McKinley as pastor and says pessimists are the only ones predicting decline. At seventy six he recalls early church work by women and men alike. His first church stood six miles from Charleston West Virginia.
April 6 report from Columbus details a delay in the administration reorganization bill as Republican senators postpone a caucus to today. The steering committee works to fix objections before floor introduction and public hearings on separate measures proceed, including a half fare for school children and changes to school funding.
Paris officials predicted the United States would be invited to an allied conference to reveal its stance on war settlements. They cited impatience at America’s fluctuating involvement and its disapproval of Mesopotamian and Yap man mandates as factors shaping the ally's approach.
In Philadelphia on April 6, word spread that the statue of William Penn, toppled by illness, has been cured by a successful procedure. A workman climbed the tower to drain water from the statue, and tourists may visit the tower again for the first time since before the war.
American Charge d Affaires in Mexico City reported a Mexican government communication promising protection for the lives and property of Americans and other foreigners.
In Toulon Illinois George Fogelsong learns a Chicago woman Marie Lee left him $16,000 as a bequest for saving her from an automobile on a Galva street years ago. Administrators settled the will with Lee’s three children sharing the estate. Fogelsong accepted the offer after a newspaper ad led to his identification.
In a motion picture setup a lamp uses an acetylene flame striking a thorium core on the calcium light principle to provide illumination where electricity is unavailable.
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