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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1922
Page
6
Torch Harvey Brokaw and George De ees were business visitors at Coalville on Tuesday. Cyrus Jones visited the home of William Baker in Ireland on Tuesday. Miss Irma Russell...
Wheeling residents enjoy a week at home visiting family and friends while relatives from Parkersburg Cooville and Columbus attend gatherings. Summer social events include ice cream socials at Hockingport and a Baptist Ladies’ Aid meeting at Mrs John McLaughlin.
The 71st Athens County Fair runs August 22 25 with 48 cattle classes in six groups Shorthorns Herefords Poll Angus Holstein Jerseys and cattle sweepstakes prizes from 5 to 15. Entries open August 5 21. Frank Biddle Alexander township oversees cattle. L H Blackwood Lodi township oversees horses.
Justice 5 E. Hedges held a night court to clear speeding cases. Four men were arraigned with three convictions and one case set for next week. Fines and costs totaled 38.44 dollars. Additional arrests included Walter Stewart on unlicensed truck operation and P O Nichols for speeding on the Glouster road. Various warrants remain active as officers target traffic violators.
The article urges careful washing to prevent ruined hair. It promotes Malsified cocoanut oil shampoo as pure and greaseless, advising two to three teaspoonfuls in warm water for cleansing. It claims rich lather, easy rinse, soft scalp, and silky hair, with broad family use and cheap price.
Arsenic in fatal quantities found today in the crust of a huckleberry pie served at a Broadway restaurant near Twenty-Sixth Street. The poisoning has caused two deaths and sickened more than sixty others. investigation continues. Fragments were analyzed and traced to the restaurant. Police are investigating.
A woman recalls severe indigestion after typhoid fever seven years ago. She describes gas, bloating and stomach pain leading to gallstone surgery and says Mayr's Wonderful Remedy brought rapid improvement. It claims to remove mucous and inflammation affecting stomach liver and intestines. Money back guarantee offered at local druggists.
County Surveyor Fred Baker reports busy schedules across Athens county as major projects advance. Carthage Gap and Jerseyville Metis line works lead with 75 percent bridge completion and 50 percent curbing, while Petrie and Beckler crews push grading and brick paving on several routes.
Lightning struck Frank Albauh near the Flat Run schoolhouse outside Albany last night around seven. The barn and two large silos burned, hay stored inside caught fire, insurance covers part of the loss but not all. Prompt water work saved nearby buildings from spreading flames.
Free state troops advance southward in Cork area report capture of Tipperary and Kilkee with several dead and many prisoners. Prisoners cite Eamonn de Valera hoping to sustain guerrilla warfare through December to derail the Anglo Irish peace treaty. A Tibet note contrasts wealth.
Two women were knocked overboard and believed drowned when the excursion boat Grand Republic collided with an Erie ferry in the North River near New York. Dozens of passengers were injured as panic spread and deckhands attempted rescues.
London reports that Britain is willing to accept lower German reparations while maintaining demands on Germany to pay war debts to Britain, insisting the United States is rightly seeking repayment from Britain.
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