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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1920
Page
7
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a superior remedy for kidneys liver and bladder. It claims rapid gentle healing, urging immediate treatment and offering sample bottles for ten cents with a note to mention the Athens Messenger.
Albany schools held a multi grade exhibit reviewed by Prof. J. E. Nesbit and staff Miss Marguerite Carpenter Miss Gladys Swett Miss Oda Gillogly and Mrs. Howard Stanley. Pupils displayed drawing writing needlework maps manuscripts and crafts. Domestic science and manual training featured towels centerpieces tie racks and camp stools. An added highlight was labeled joint demonstrations by manual training students.
An exhibit demonstrates that Lee township youths receive thorough training in cultural subjects and vocational skills. School leaders argue that such programs deserve equal emphasis with the annual high school commencement in the community school plan.
Washington reports pending arrival of railroad labor board members summoned by President Wilson to end the nationwide strike. Authorities surveil radicals and anticipate further arrests. Attorney General Palmer accuses workers of being steered by the I W W and communists, yet the expected collapse in the strike and return to work has not materialized as Potomac yards show no improvement and shipments to the capital halt.
A long list of local social visits and moves appears from Guysville to Chillicothe. Names include Mrs. Ada Graham, Kate Hambel, Ora Ashcraft, Ella Pierce, Goldie Gibson, Ruth Calvert, O O Stalder, Leonard Campbell, Nelia Parr, Lillian Sowth, Leonard Bean, Fletcher Davis, Pearl Clark, and others visiting relatives or moving to new homes across Athens and nearby towns. Several families are noted traveling to visit kin in Cleveland, Parkersburg, and Palestine Indiana.
Taylor Ridge William Week of Chauncey visited relatives here recently. Haydenville families stay with the Fibers. Trimble visitors Leola and Flora Walker joined Carl Welling family. Gaskalla and Cartwright relatives from Green's Run visited Glouster groups. Kerbsts welcomed a daughter. Andrews of Glouster triped here. Chalfant visited Taylor. James Coey bought a Ford touring car. Davis and Kempton relatives were summoned to Bishopville for Bailey Kempton's death. Lemoine visited Green's Run to see daughter Mrs. Leek. Morrison bought property. Dora Heffken moved into Kempton home.
In Northampton England on April 15 Charles A McCurdy defeated Miss Margaret Bondfield for a seat in the house of commons. The official result ends Bondfield's bid in this contest as a woman candidate.
Vienna newspaper reports rising marriage costs at 240000 crowns for the wedding schedule, about 6000 dollars, with 92000 crowns for dresses 44000 for linen and 164000 for furniture. The bride traditionally furnishes and presses her trousseau.
A historical advertisement promotes Gude's Pepto Mangan as a safe tonic to restore vitality and red blood. It touts benefits for anemia and general energy, noting suitability for delicate stomachs and availability in liquid or tablet form.
Coolville residents recount a weekend visit by Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Pilcher and two sons John and Benjamin. O. I. Larson returns from Hatfield Arkansas claiming 460 acres of timber and orchard he plans to relocate to with his family for about a year. Mrs. 8. W. Gray sells her property to A. C. Davis who plans to move to a Parkersburg home around May 1.
Mrs. Kelly from Ashland says Nerv-Worth relieved dizziness and nervousness after two bottles with a third in progress. She claims improved appetite sleep and energy and endorses the tonic with a dollar back guarantee through McKee's Drug Store and several neighborhood agencies across Ohio.
Vernal Hoisington of the infirmary spent the week with his parents Mr and Mrs H S Hoisington. Mr and Mrs Vernorhes visited relatives in Albany Saturday night and Sunday. Miss Jessie Hoisington, teaching at Angel Ridge, spent the weekend at home. Howard Dowler and Orland O Neal visited Fred O Neal near Amesville on Sunday.
In Columbus on April 15 Tom Tariffith a 44 year old pool room proprietor was stabbed to death after an argument with a Syrian. Police seek Steve Alex alleged attacker as investigation continues.
Supporters claim the Illinois primary effectively ends Hoover’s bid as Johnson gains from write ins. They say Hoover received about 500 votes while Johnson surpassed 40 000, signaling shifting support ahead of California Oregon and Montana contests. Hoover aides decline comment and focus on upcoming state races.
The parcel post service at the Athens post office rises sharply as shippers shift goods from embargoed express and railroad freight. No embargoes affect parcel post. items move via passenger trains under postoffice department rules. Historically heavy, Athens parcel post has grown daily. two men needed on the truck portion part of the time.
Harding headquarters hailed Illinois primary results as signaling the end of the Wood boom and predicted Ohio would follow suit. General Wood expressed satisfaction with the Cook county victory and noted the Illinois showing as a fore runner of events to come in Ohio.
A woman states she suffered 14 years from gall stones gas colic and indigestion. After doctors recommended hospital care she used Mayr's Wonderful Remedy and reports rapid improvement. The ad claims the remedy removes catarrhal mucus and inflammation causing stomach liver and intestinal ailments. Money back guarantee offered by McKee Drug Co and druggists nationwide.
Miss Edith McKnabb recovering visitation with mother in Beaumont. John Barnhart and Douglas Woods traveled to Glen Ebon for business. Chorge Tipton injured in wagon fall breaking collar bone. Mrs. Sarah Koon shows improvement after flu illness. Local residents attended a Nelsonville show. Lon Traugh shopped there. Robert Chadwick home after serious Columbus hospital operation. Four locals attend revival at New Woodwood. Mr. and Mrs. Ashworth and Eula of Carbondale visit. Sunday meetings scheduled at 2 PM with all invited.
Carpenter of Huntington, a bill clerk at Huntington Lumber Supply Co., says Tanlac restored his health after a year of severe stomach pain, loss of appetite, and headaches. He credits a friend’s recommendation and notes better digestion, sleeping, and work performance.
Prominent Athens decorator J G Moor man credits Dreco with restoring his health after a nervous shock. He reports improved sleep, appetite, digestion, and reduced ankle swelling, endorsing Dreco as effective for rheumatism and kidney and liver issues. Dreco is sold by Athens druggists and introduced by Cliio Pharmacy Co.
Census Bureau announces population counts for several towns led by Poughkeepsie New York at 35 090 Oneida New York 10 541 Paston Pennsylvania 33 813 Kearney New Jersey 26 724 Fulton New York 13 043 Vion New York 16 169 Whiteboro New York 3 088 Burlington North Carolina 5 952 Salisbury North Carolina 18 884 Newtonville Ohio 120 Moscow Ohio 724 Ridgeway
Theodore N. Vail died at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a heart ailment. The former AT&T president and world renowned telephone pioneer spent winter at Jekyll Island Georgia and held AT&T chairmanship at death. Funeral likely Sunday in Parsippany New Jersey.
GRCANLZED County Farm Agent E R Raymond spent the week in Troy Township organizing for Farm Bureau project work. In Coolville a community committee was formed with H P Dutton as chairman. Leaders named for dairy poultry fruit and wool projects plan a mass meeting April 24 to present the year’s program. County Agent Raymond and Athena County Farm Bureau executives will attend.
In New York a judge ordered Ernest De Cuti examined after a bulging chest revealed by the clothing. He wore a wood and tin corset said to protect him from knives and bullets of the Black Hand.
An old advertisement urges readers that facial pimples and body eruptions indicate sluggish blood. It promotes S S S 8 as a vegetable blood purifier to cleanse accumulations, promising relief from pimples and skin irritations and inviting orders from Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Ga.
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