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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1921
Page
8
In a sunlit barn Daisy Button and the twins discover Billy Whiskers and Stubby hiding in plain sight. Mike the milker greets the animals with unexpected generosity and humor as the morning milking unfolds with stray visitors and light banter.
Missy Fern laments lack of notice on a hilltop but finds happiness when Robin Redbreast guides her to shade by a brook. There she befriends moss and fern, learns to help others, and thrives beside the moss children, sharing mutual care.
A collection of curiosities notes clergy longevity estimates, palm gate yields, gold’s total volume, Moorish age modesty, and early wireless shipping links. Also mentions old dowry practices, marriage mandates, cedar tree growth, and bird family patterns with scattered observations.
A fragment notes Stubby proposing plans after wandering the farm to amuse themselves. details of the plan to be heard tomorrow. Copyright Saalfield Publishing Co. Akron Ohio.
Carbon Hill and surrounding towns report visits and illnesses. Families travel to Lancaster and Athens while local residents face typhoid fever and serious illness. Logan baseball team to play here Saturday. Clark reunion attended by locals. Birth announced for William Winiman junior.
Governor Davis and Finance Director Waite announce the appointment of W Albert Davis as state budget commissioner and assistant director of finance.
A vintage ad promises Freckle relief with Othine double strength. For freckles the sponsor guarantees no cost if it fails to remove them, and a clear complexion is claimed after a few applications. One ounce or less often suffices.
The article lists numerous social visits and short trips among residents of Torch, Reedsville, Little Hocking, Harmony Hill, Belpre, Dexter, and Columbus. Names include Isaac Webster, Elmer Mauck, Wes ley Nicholson, Will and Orpha Robinson, Alice B. Dye, Debbie Dunfee, Walter Dunfee, Emma Smith, L. Dunfee, Leo Johnson, Mary Eileen, H. S. Dye, Ruth, Charley Scott, Florence, Richard Nixon, Amanda Forester, George Jones, Floyd Dunfee, Taylor Devore, Mary Scarlett, and Lowell.
Carthage and Nelsonville visitors include Mrs. Horatio Swisher visiting her brother in Nelsonville. The J. I. Gaston family returned from Salem West Virginia after Alex Adams death. F K Coleman of Guysville visited the Wilsons. John Hawk traveled to Parkersburg for his father’s operation at St Joseph hospital. Ira and Bessie Robinson visited Sumner. L J Riley of Athens stayed with the Hawks, and Mrs. Riley recently spent time at their home.
Martins Ferry Ohio August 12 miners in the Hocking Valley coal field face starvation due to low business mood says Lee Hall head of the Ohio division United Mine Workers aid for the workers will be solicited.
Cherry and Ned argue over a short dress as they walk toward Wellsburg and plan independence from her mother while facing a looming separation. The scene ends with Cherry entering Hamlen & Son's as their dispute continues.
A historical note states that five of every hundred men in Europe are enlisted in the army, reflecting a substantial military proportion during the period.
A French inventor of a natural breathing technique recently ate cherries and laughed while submerged. The anecdote highlights the method’s claimed ease of water immersion.
Squeeze the juice of two lemons into a bottle with three ounces of Orchard White from any drug store, shake to make a quarter pint lemon bleach. Massage daily on face, neck, arms and hands to achieve a soft rosy white complexion and fade freckles sunburns and tans without irritation lauded by famous stage beauties.
Caution advises buyers to look for Bayer on aspirin packages or tablets to ensure authentic medicine prescribed for twenty one years. The Bayer warning mentions indications for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache and lumbar pain with small twelve tablet tins and larger packages sold by druggists.
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