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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
3
Old pamphlet advises avoiding alkali heavy soaps that damage the scalp and hair. Recommends Mul tified cocoanut oil shampoo as mild and grease free, two teaspoonfuls cleanses hair and scalp, lathers richly and rinses easily leaving hair soft, lustrous and easy to manage. Available at pharmacies at low cost for the whole family.
Mr and Mrs Ed Shafer entertained with a twelve o'clock dinner for house guests Mr and Mrs Geo Williams and son Rolland of Cleveland along with Miss Frances Watson Herschel Nichols Estella Hartman and William Hartman. Miss Edna Dewhurst returned to Columbus after a two week visit. Miss Margaret Hobstetter of Portsmouth visits Miss Velma Young and Mrs James Delph. Mrs R A White visits Lancaster relatives. The Missionary Society hosts a Friday afternoon meeting at 2 o clock for the Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church with full membership urged. John Cox and Ray Barron depart earlier in the week on a motor trip.
Mrs Mollie Six and Mrs Thomas Wilson travel to Langs ville for Miller Barton reunion at the J W Miller residence. Baird Stuart visits parents in St Paul Minn. Vernon Delph returns from Portsmouth. Philidor Lodge 157 to hold Fellow Craft degree with two candidates. Ed C Cody W M and Ivan Kinney Secretary urge large turnout. Harley Warden of Floodwood sustains broken knee cap at New York Traction mine No 5.
Nelsonville items for sale include a gas heating stove and range a roll top desk and chair ingrain carpet couch and din ing table. Contact J H Sharp Bell 619 for details. Dated 8 19 3.
Dr. C. W. Cable attended the injured man and traveled with Mr. Warden to Columbus on Wednesday for an X-ray of the knee. Miss Vivian Kelly and Miss Octa Powers are guests in Columbus with family. Lon Rice spent Wednesday there with friends.
Columbus Ohio Aug 19 Ohio during the first half of 1920 again showed a clean pair of heels to all other states in the sale of War Savings Stamps Figures just issued at Washington showing the total sales in the nation from January 1 1920 to June 30 gave Ohio a big lead over New York second place occupant Illinois ended the first half of the year in third place with Pennsylvania fourth Indiana fifth Kansas sixth Missouri seventh Massachusetts eighth California ninth and New Jersey tenth
An advertisement claims Bulgarians live longer than anyone else with over 1600 people aged 100 or more per million. It promotes Bulgarian Blood Tea as a universal cure all improving digestion, bowel flow, kidney cleansing and blood purification. Sold by druggists and grocers nationwide.
American League results include New York 4, Cleveland 3. Philadelphia 1, Chicago 0. St. Louis 18, Washington 2. Boston 6, Detroit 5. American Association games list Columbus 11, Kansas City 1. St. Paul 4, Indianapolis 3 and 5 3 in a split. Minneapolis 6, Louisville 2 and 14, Louisville 4 in the second. Milwaukee 11, Toledo 2.
The Ohio county led in Union enlistments with 2610 men from 5089 residents aged fifteen to fifty in 1860. It raised a home guard after Fort Sumter and leaned Republican. The Messenger urged unity, while Ohio University students joined local support. The state and national Farm Bureau movement grew from county agent work, with a notable national head earning $15,000 annually.
Volunteers mobilized in Athens at Camp Jewett under General Constable with ten companies of 75 men each led by Captain George Baker and militia officers. The weather and crop report notes mixed conditions in Ohio with heavy rains aiding corn and pastures but delaying threshing. Health and safety notes warn silos may gas with carbon dioxide. doors should stay open and workers not inside when the blower is off. Ohio University’s summer session nears close with 2163 total registrations and a predicted fall enrollment around 1100.
The Farm Bureau is a farmers organization not to cut production or raise prices but to increase farm output and improve marketing. It uses agents paid by federal, state, county, and bureau funds to help farmers, reduce middlemen profits, and press for fairer legislation without political partisanship. Wim J Warrener.
Mrs. Sarah Mitnick and Barnett Mitnick had annulled marriage claims. She testified she wed her father's brother 14 years ago at age 19, he disappeared a year later, and she later learned he was married to another woman 12 years after.
It took a large number of candles for Miss Susan Warner's birthday cake. Her two little nieces provided one hundred candles, marking the celebration.
In Toledo a noticeable drop in factory work over recent weeks is noted by James Daley, head of the State city free employment bureau. He says demand for common labor remains strong, while machine jobs are scarce and factory positions are hard to fill. McElroy of the merchants and manufacturers employment bureau confirms the reduced machine job supply.
A Lincoln Douglas style debate between Governor Cox and Senator Harding is set for Tuesday August 31 at the Ohio State Fair. Cox will address the fair, Harding tentatively accepted earlier, signaling a direct challenge in the race for support from their home states.
Athens County Farm Bureau shows momentum as memberships rise with a ten dollar fee versus the former one dollar. Bern township joins aggressively and a target of over sixty members is set to cap the covered area. Waterloo and Lee townships will be canvassed Friday as campaign leaders brief them on the work.
An advertisement for P. D. Q. a chemical claimed to kill bed bugs roaches fleas and other insects in hotels hospitals railroads and public institutions. It promises full quart from a 3b5c package and notes hospital size at 2.50 with a patent spout aid to reach egg nests. Available by Owl Chemical Co Terre Haute Indiana and Cline's Pharmacy.
Mrs James Matheny and Floyd left for Guysville for a week visiting her parents. Mrs Robert Noble hosted dinner at her home. Mrs in Cook visited Mrs Orla Shreves at Hocking. Mrs Jeff Harrison returned from Logan hospital. Miss Lillian Dicken dined with Riley children at Athens. Mrs Harrison Potts shopped in Athens. Mrs Ada Glass and her daughter from Factory visited Mrs Robert Noble. Mrs Mildred Burson of Athens and Mrs Mozelle Stephens and baby visited Mrs Roscoe Shields. Mrs Robert Graves shopped in Athens.
Senator Hiram Johnson of California will begin a stump tour of the east and middle west in support of Senator Marching for president during the first week of October. Western headquarters of the Republican national committee announced the plan.
A garden tractor is developed to push three lawn mowers ahead of it so that grass is lifted and not flattened before the blades reach it. The arrangement aims to improve cutting efficiency and grass handling during mowing.
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