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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1922
Page
2
The Hagenbeck-Wallace circus will stop in Athens on Wednesday April 26 as part of its U S tour. The show features a jungle animal collection, fearless trainers, performing elephants, Maid O the Mist the high jumping horse, bareback riders, aerial artists, strongmen, and sixty clowns. Tickets go on sale at Clines Pharmacy.
Harmony Hill and Little Hocking residents frequented the Livingston and Foster homes Sunday with several auto trips noted as improving mobility up Coggeshall hill. Local growers sprayed orchards while relatives visited, and illnesses including flu and heart trouble affect Mrs Coggeshall and Mr Cornes with slight improvements reported.
Their old friends Max and Mrs. T. J. Foster visited Sunday afternoon. Mrs. David Livingston called on Mrs. R. B. Hueston recently. Mr. J Goggeshall and daughter Sarah were visitors from Parkersburg last Thursday. Mrs. Taylor Devore is improving after illness. Spring arrivals include whippoorwills robins and black snakes.
One of the oldest cargoes on record sailed to Morocco aboard a British steamer. It held about two million gallons of purified drinking water for the Spanish forces fighting the rebels in Morocco.
A local retailer touts a seasonal rug sale with notably lower prices this season. Shoppers are urged to refresh interiors as discounts broaden access to a range of styles and sizes.
Dr Orths Stomach Remedy now sold nationwide with a refund policy if not effective. Endorsed by Walter Main of Geneva Ohio who credits relief after years of digestive trouble. Available at first class drug stores with post refund option for out of town buyers.
Mrs. Elizabeth McGrath announces plans to run for county recorder becoming the first woman in Athens County history to seek the office. She notes long experience handling clerical county work and emphasizes qualifications over campaigning, aiming to meet voters when possible. Her career includes roles as bookkeeper and cashier in prior positions before seven years at the county courthouse.
Plans for the annual Lawrence County banquet to be held at the Southern hotel in Columbus will be finalized by the committee on arrangements at a session on April 29. This meeting sets the program and details for the May 18 event.
Be careful what you wash your hair with. Most soaps and prepared shampoos contain alkali that dries the scalp and makes hair brittle. Use Malsified coconut oil shampoo. it is pure, greaseless, cheap, and cleanses thoroughly. A few ounces last months. two or three teaspoons in warm water make rich lather and rinse easily.
In Genoa on April 13, Soviet delegates received the Allied reconstruction program for Russia and asked for a 24 hour delay before replying. Moscow wireless limits slow Russian government communication while Allied experts insist on loans or credits to stabilize the economy. Russia has secured little outside capital besides a small Scandinavian loan, and a joint Russian Allied commission would decide payment methods for foreign debts.
British coal miners pledged sympathy and support for the American miners on strike after a Federation of Miners meeting. Frank Hodges announced no tolerance for owners methods to raise coal exports, such as using coal for ballast on ships.
In Bridgeport Ohio on April 13 a local pupil questioned twenty citizens before learning that Clarence Brown of Blanchester is Ohio lieutenant governor. Pupils were asked to assemble a list of state county city and township officials.
A testimonial from Mrs. Arthur T. Hall of Uxbridge Massachusetts praising Father John's Medicine for curing colds and reviving run down children. The ad boasts over 65 years of use, claims no alcohol or dangerous drugs, and urges readers to try the remedy.
The state director of agriculture purchased 15000 acres in Scioto county creating 20 tracts of waste cut-over timberland within five miles of a brick road. Ten thousand acres are funded by hunters license money for a game preserve to be reforested with various game. The remaining 5000 acres, financed by Silver Reforestation funds, will be used solely for reforestation. Hardwood seedlings will be planted this spring.
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