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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1922
Page
8
An advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle liver and bowel tonic that helps keep a healthy appearance. It asserts 90 percent of sickness stems from inactive bowels and liver and presents the tablets as a safe calomel substitute. The olive colored tablets come in 15¢ and 3¢ sizes.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a jumble of names and lot references such as acres and numbers. The legible items include several personal names and parcel indicators but lack coherent context or a complete event description.
Stop itching eczema quickly with Zemo available from any druggist for 35c. Extra large bottle priced at $1.00. Healing starts the moment Zemo is applied and soon clears eczema tetter pimples rash blackheads and related skin diseases. Zemo is promoted as a penetrating antiseptic liquid for healthy skin when others fail.
In this dramatic scene Grace and Jimmie confront a conservative household. Ilona defends the couple’s love against Mrs Warburton’s insistence on tradition while Truda accuses Ilona. Grace seeks independence from rigid expectations as secrets unfold. The piece ends with ongoing conflict and a continuation promise.
A blue coated young man interrupts Billy’s thoughts with a bold claim of finding a goat. Billy wonders about landing “at the Point” and jokes about danger as a wheezy sound punctuates the scene.
A passenger named Billy is the first ashore as a steamer lands, ducking remarks from crew and police. He wanders along a boardwalk past bay lights toward a distant moving light, believing the trolley line will bring safe passage into town.
Billy, traveling at night toward Chautauqua, follows a strange lead to a Dodge barn near a Traction Gate. A farmhouse appears, and a car with a bright searchlight nears. Two guard dogs rush the vehicle, blocking wheels as the car horns howl. Tomorrow more of Billy’s night prowling.
In Wheeling West Virginia on April 10 a World War I helmet sale offers helmets for ten cents each at a local five and ten store. Youngsters are the main wearers of the recycled trench gear.
Federal Prohibition Director Russell reports steep drops in bonded liquor releases in Ohio for early 1922, with 16 665 gallons vs 41 460 in late 1921 and overall stricter checks on whiskey handling. He warns that poison in bonded liquor remains the bootlegger’s peril and urges continued public aid to curb law violations.
Ohio university baseball opens with Capital University on April 22 as coach Finsterwald and Grover evaluate 25 candidates. Paul Andrews appears likely for a spot, with Chet Wolf a veteran option and Knox set for second base. Burkett chosen as captain of the 1922-23 basketball squad. Angus King leads John Hancock HS baseball.
Welsh Mrs Captain Haning and son Glen were business visitors at Downington Wednesday. Annie Hawk Helen Combs Abe Combs visited Athens Tuesday. Mrs Emma Hawk and sister in law Gladys Blackwood visited Carpenter Monday. Clyde McKnight spent Monday with G W Ash family. Mary Gilkey, employed at Harrisonville, spent weekend with Alpha Ash. Roscoe Bering visited George Ash Thursday night. A pie social drew a large crowd to Downington with locals including Roscoe Willie Boring Glen Haning Carl Haning Carlos Cain Clyde McKnight Alex Gilkey Lola Cain Alice Haning Nisie Haning Alpha Ash and Mary Gilkey.
Mrs Emma Hawk and daughter Annie visited Howard Haning and family Sunday. Ray and Dana Haning stayed with aunt Lola Cain. Wildie Boring and Alpha Ash were Downington visitors Wednesday. Howard Peck and family moved to Jap Jiiden's farm Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Jess Gregory moved to Matealf farm last week. Mrs Bowen moved from Grover Quick farm. Mr and Mrs Oliver Bratton newly married couple moving in. Clyde McKnight stayed with Charles Borning and family Saturday night and Sunday.
Four men were held as suspicious when found trying to dispose of bonds stolen from a Catholic church in Aurora Illinois. Twenty eight bonds valued at one thousand dollars each were recovered by Officers Towle and Haggerty. A suspect identified as John Russell. property in his possession did not prove the claim. The bonds were taken when the church safe was blown open.
A bulletin from Ohio State University florists urges deep holes and a bottom layer of small stones for rose beds in clay soils to improve drainage. Poor drainage is blamed for many households’ bad luck with roses.
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