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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1922
Page
2
Testimonial from Averica of Emporia Kansas praising Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for relieving severe menstrual pains during adolescence and continuing to aid women with later symptoms. Claims the remedy is prepared from medicinal plants and useful for women’s health issues.
Advertises Zemo as a remedy for eczema blotches ringworm rashes and similar skin troubles. Claims it is obtainable at drug stores for 35 cents or one dollar for a larger bottle and provides instant relief by cleansing soothing and healing most skin diseases. Describes Zemo as a penetrating disappearing liquid soothing to delicate skin.
Farmers in Athens county meet in the Chamber of Commerce to agree on planting Trumbull wheat a pure line of Fultz with superior milling traits. The plan requires universal adoption locally with orders to millers by August 26 to ensure timely sowing and single seed wheat supply.
Mrs Elden Dailey hosted the Wednesday Club at her country home near Albany on August 16. Fourteen members attended with several guests. The regular program was omitted as members enjoyed social pastimes and a picnic lunch on the lawn.
The Plains Miv and Mrs. Floyd Parker visited George Gabriel Jr. and hosted guests including Rob Hawk and Mrs. Adam Nash. Athens visitors Helen Riley and Edith Pierre joined local hosts, with multiple families hosting and attending teacher events and institute near Athens. Local improvements were noted as concrete walks and a cellar were built by A M Humphrey and Roscoe Shields.
A local druggist offers Othine as a freckle remedy with a money back guarantee. The ad promises an ounce of Othine sufficient for most cases and urges customers to ask for the double strength Othine.
The New York Coal Company accelerates efforts at the Luhrig mine to start coal production this week. Local notes recall golf course and doctor sightings, a Pleasant Hill day with John Cuckler and family, visits from Athens residents, property moves, and family frictions at Beasley's White Loaf.
In Elyria on August 17 Kenneth Green of Dover and Herman Wald with L Terrell of Ridgeville were arrested for a tire ruse. The scheme sets a tire on the road to lure motorists and allow a following robbery.
Cincinnati August 17 James Stafford aged five died at the city hospital where he was treated for a broken arm. His parents offered no explanation for the injuries saying only that he fell Sunday. Physicians attributed the death to a cerebral infection and an inquest will be held Thursday.
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation will hold six to eight district meetings to explain the proposed taxation amendment to the state constitution. Literature will be distributed to federation members and other voters. The federation's board endorses the amendment. Potential meeting sites include Columbus Zanesville Athens Hillsboro Mansfield Dayton Lima Canton Toledo Cleveland and Cincinnati.
In Hamden a midnight fire alarm interrupts a Sabbath calm. A resident in a single long white garment is locked out by a door latch and endures hours of peril and public embarrassment before a roomer with a latch-key arrives at dawn to release him. The tale ends with the amused crowd recalling the incident.
A novelty chemical named Pesky Devils Quie tus claims to kill live bed bugs roaches fleas and their eggs. Advertised as a patent tapout powder in a five cent package it supposedly makes one quart and targets cracks and crevices.
Advert reads a free 85 cent bottle of The Williams Treatment for tired bodies including kidney and bladder pains. Readers send their home address to The Dr. D. A. Williams Co. in East Hampton Connecticut with no obligation, one free bottle per person. Established 1892.
An old Hamden Town Hall burned, destroying court records and civic memorabilia. Officials estimate 5000 dollars to replace a wooden structure that housed mayoral and justice records, school documents, and local party history, with no injuries reported.
Peterson touts Peter son’s Ointment as the quickest and best remedy for piles. The ad lists uses for chafing eczema and old sores and foot soreness and prices from 35 cents to five dollars, available at all druggists.
In Huntington during the last month seventy two of eighty two gasoline tanks were found to give short measure from one pint to one quart per five gallons. City sealer R J Rees reported to State Commissioner Daugherty. In Charleston three hundred twenty seven stores were inspected and one hundred fifty three scales were short in weight.
Two sticks of dynamite were hurled into the Atlantic Coast Line railway shops and sleeping quarters at High Springs in Alachua County. The incident occurred Wednesday and the U S marshal here has been asked to provide additional guards.
Ernest Wolf of 415 Gray Street Zanesville after 30 years of hay fever finds permanent relief using Kerker's Asthma and Hay Fever Remedy. His wife Mrs Ernest Wolf thanks the maker, noting it eradicated his symptoms. Kerker’s remedy is sold in Athens by McKee Drug Co.
The bi annual meeting of the joint synod of Ohio of the Evangelical Lutheran church is set for Detroit from August 24 to 30. The gathering will consider raising budget funds to finish Capital University construction and support home and foreign missions. The article notes a stray line about Mother lode among apes.
Republican senators voiced vehement protests over coal and railroad strikes as telegraphic appeals for relief from car and fuel shortages and tie ups flooded Washington on Wednesday.
A pie supper is planned for Saturday evening August 19 at the Pleasanton schoolhouse. Proceeds go to the M. E. church. Queen Victoria of Spain was once noted as an enthusiastic amateur actress and valued dramatic talent highly.
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