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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
5
An advertisement extols La-may Face Powder as long lasting and free of white lead and rice powder. It claims benefits for pores wrinkles and pimples, notes a medical ingredient, cites a million users in the U S, and offers a reward for detecting adulteration. The large size costs fifty cents and a trial is twenty five cents. Lamay Rouge is also pure.
The New Fall Models in ladies suits coats dresses skirts waists furs and more arrive. American designers created tailored perfection. Summer price drives continue with specials on suits at 15.75 17.75 and 18.75. Royal Ka-Shan Rugs offered as best in the world.
Mr and Mrs Ned J Wolfe and children return from Duckeye Lake outing. Pythian Sisters meet Friday at 7 30 pm. Miss Mary Powell hosts Miss Mildred James Glou ster and Miss Margaret Hayes Ironton. Sgt J E Carter and unit pass through Athens to Camp Sherman. Mrs Charles B Hill and daughter Josephine depart for Marietta. Hill returns tonight. Miss Susan Putnam hosts Prudence Culhan Mary Weaver Louise Weaver of Washington DH over weekend. Louise to arrive Friday. Mrs Cliff Tribe receives word Private James H Seaman arrived in New York from France. now at Camp Mills. Willis Sands son of Mr and Mrs J R Sands released from navy after one year at Rockaway Beach and Ft Tilden. Anita and Elba Clyde of Artesia NM en route to aunt Mrs E W Colburn Jerseyville. Colburn hosts sister Mrs Nettie Melroy Zanesville. Mr Lewis Everett of Athens RD 2 taken to Mt Carmel Hospital Columbus for surgery. wife and daughter Inez report husband in serious condition. Lt and Mrs J J Considine of Yonkers NY arrive at sister Mrs Richard Fought. Considine on 16 day leave from Camp Upton. Mr and Mrs W F Burk and family of Canton visit Athens relatives before Groveport and We ville, return Friday eve. Rep Henry A Hatch and wife attend 83rd General Assembly reunion in Akron. Dr and Mrs J M Higgins hear of death of wife Catherine Farmer August 6 in Bocas del Toro Panama. sons Luke H Farmer and family notify. There are two children Catherine Elizabeth 5 and Richard year old.
Israel Putnam, Dwight Williams of Athens and Joe Williams of Glouster, all of the Sixth Marines, Second Division, landed yesterday in New York and are at Camp Mills. They will parade in New York Friday before moving to Quantico, Va. prior to demobilization. The division had been moved after the Paris drive, with Fifth and Sixth Marines blocking the Paris highway near Veuilly as German offensives continued for weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Duffee hosted a high noon dinner at their Mulberry street home to celebrate their son Ray Duffee’s return from Camp Sherman after nearly a year overseas with the 4th regular army division. Attendants included Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Hamilton and son Chauncey, Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Kittle and three children, Mr. and Mrs. R. Hysell, and Mr. James T. Duftee, Athens.
An advertisement extols Tiz for sore swollen feet corns and bunions claiming instant relief after a foot bath. It touts pain removal dampening swelling and burning with a two ounce box available at drugstores and department stores.
Pi Beta Phi alumnae gathered for the monthly meeting at Mrs. C. H. Grosvenor’s home this afternoon. Attendees included Miss Constance Leete Miss Kathleen Merritt from Nelsonville Miss Merle Danford Trimble and Miss Bertha Stickney with out of town guest Mrs. Erwin Merwin from Pittsburg. Additional guests were Miss Prudence Culhan Miss Mary Weaver of Washington County D.C. house guests of Miss Susan Putnam and Miss Margaret Hayes of Ironton guest of Mrs. Oscar Fulton. Mr. Charles Campbell returned to Dayton after visiting his aunt Mrs. William Burk.
Dr and Mrs Hoyt Stimpson of Ath ens died this morning at the county infirmary. Burial is planned Friday afternoon at o oclock in West State Street Cemetery, with details to be announced.
Reuben J. Wilson aged 66 died at his Jerseyville area home after a stroke like event. His wife Mrs. Wilson died last December. He left children in Ohio and Oklahoma and near Jerseyville including Rex Wilson Miss Helen Wilson and Clarice Wilson. He spent most of life as a school teacher before taking up farming until his death.
Elizabeth Rogers died yesterday at the Athens State Hospital from pulmonary tuberculosis. She was thirty and had been an inmate for eighteen months. The body was shipped to Jackson for burial by Undertaker Baughman.
A drugstore ad touts Korein capsules as a simple fat burning method for women. It pledges 10 to 60 pounds loss under guarantee without hard exercise or strict dieting, urging readers to buy and follow directions for faster, easier health improvement.
The Athens Home Defense League criticizes the Athens Gas Light & Electric Company for its campaign of "education" to raise gas rates. The piece ridicules claims of shortage and questions who profits, condemning propaganda and predicting a 30 percent increase later this year.
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