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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1920
Page
6
An advertisement touts Schenck's Mandrake Pills as a remedy for a torpid liver and low energy. It claims one dose will restore vigor and make you feel like new, urging trial tonight.
In Columbus on April 17 the local market notes worm prices unchanged from last year at one penny per worm or ten cents per dozen. Dealers foresee no increase but warn the season lags due to a cold snap. Longtime fishers call it the most backward season in years.
In Ye Good Old Days Cleveland reports a century old price list listing items such as liquor at 90 cents a gallon and a horse for 35 dollars. Found in court records by William Bastian, deputy in the probate court, the list reflects vintage pricing and household goods like a set of house furniture and molasses at 2.90 per barrel.
It will be worth your while to go to the First Christian church Sunday evening, seven o'clock. This notice invites the community to attend the service and participate in the church event.
The author argues ignorance fuels prejudice against Chiropractic and urges readers to investigate the science. Health is priceless and knowledge costs nothing, so inquiry can confirm Chiropractic’s value and rapid progress. If results were lacking, the practice would not endure.
J D Haskins operates as a chiropractor from offices located at 23 and 24 Athens National Bank Building, offering treatment and health services. The listing notes a single practitioner with a fixed downtown address.
Bitty Whiskers, Day, and Button approach tall iron gates, venture inside, and encounter a swift chase by a waiter. Button debates tasting a red bird while Night and Day are caught amid dishes, Madeira wine, and a chaotic scene caused by a waiter and a toppled table. They flee through the gates as more odd sights await.
A diary entry from June 18 recounts Cecil’s astonishment at New York’s sights including the Stock Exchange Trinity Churchyard the Woolworth Building and the Statue of Liberty. The observer notes Cecil’s quiet humor pride and critical view of American urban life and concludes with anticipation of Cecil’s next letters.
A reader asks about dating restrictions and dress, another about mourning a step sister, and a third seeks tips to win a boy's love. The column counsels modest dress, parental guidance, cheerful coping with sorrow, and practical talk topics to ease bashfulness.
The family of Alfred Robinett expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for support during his illness and death. They thank Rev Dabritz for comforting words, the Marshfield choir for music, and Undertaker Dowler for his services. Mr. and Mrs. W W Clendenin also extend thanks.
Readable items include numbers paired with names such as comb Bedford Perry Fitzger ald Hammond and Lufkin with figures like 940 16.3 247 28 1 012 219 1 075 18.6 913 31.0 2 129 77.4. Details are fragmentary and lack context or dates.
Here is a mermaid style summer dress pattern suitable for organza, foulard, lawn, batiste, silk, linen, crepe and voile. Features lace or embroidered trim. Pattern offers sizes 34 to 44 with size 38 needing 4 1/2 yards of 44 inch fabric and skirt width about 2 yards. Mail pattern to address on 12 cents in stamps.
Miss Edna Henry of Harrisburg credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring strength after a severe influenza. She describes nervous insomnia, indigestion and pale blood, then two weeks of treatment yielding weight gain and renewed energy. Drugstore sales and free literature offered by the Williams company accompany a list of real estate transfers and deeds across Athens area towns.
The revolt against clothing profiteers spreads to the Senate as lawmakers applaud the overall club effort. Senators Capper McNary Sheppard Kenyon Pomerene express support and plan to join or form an overall club in Congress to push down clothing costs. The move is framed as democracy and public health in action.
The census bureau reports 1920 population figures for numerous U S towns with increases since 1910. Cities listed include Battle Creek Enid Bowling Green Hillsdale Otsego Muskegon Heights Phillipsburg Gloucester Alva South Bridge Grafton Milbury Oxford Norwich Mooreshead Evlitt Anoka Whittier South Pasadena Macomb Bedford Perry Fitzgerald Hammond Lufkin and others with percentage and numeric changes noted.
Physicians and chemists assert three grain hypo nuclane tablets aid digestion assimilation and absorption. The health germ of ordinary yeast combined with patoga and absorptive phosphorus is claimed to raise weight and improve the nervous system. Food elements for blood and tissue are retained with several months of regular use. Supplied in sealed packages by most apothecary shops.
New York on April 17 reports the city still facing an elevator operators strike though downtown skyscrapers employ substitutes to run lifts and maintain normal traffic.
Real estate transfers show Effie J. Watkins selling 100.84 acres in Athens Township to Phillip Briley and another 5.70 acre transfer with $350 consideration. George Slaughter transfers to Walter Matteson on 100.84 acres? Several minor deeds include George Gabriel Sr. to F Gabriel 35-100 acre share, Arthur A. McNutt to Ernest Campbell 11.58 acres for $600, Samuel Darnell to Preston Bentley inlets 141-142, Henry Harrold to A B Harrold 80 acres, and Martin Seiple to Elza Sapp lot.
A humane Sunday union service is announced for Sunday evening at 7 o clock at the First Christian church with participation by local congregations and community members.
A Columbus resident testifies that Dreco eases stomach and bowel pain, vertigo, headaches, and fatigue. The ad claims inactive liver causes ailments and Dreco, a natural herb medicine, cleanses blood and strengthens organs without harsh minerals. Sold by Athens The Cline Pharmacy Co.
The family thanks friends for kindness and sympathy during their time of sorrow and for the beautiful offerings. Special thanks go to Rev Strecker, Mr Dowter, and those who sang. Signed J F and Mrs B E Kreschbaw Mrs Ed Blandiford and Mrs J W Woodard.
A new crossing danger report notes eight bells at the railroad crossing illuminate intermittently by an automatic mechanism driven by acetylene gas causing unreliable signals and potential risk to motorists and pedestrians.
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