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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1924
Page
2
London reports a summer shopping spree by Americans during the Wembley Advertising Convention. About 10,000 U S visitors spent an estimated 50 000 in England over days, buying luxury items from books and paintings to tweeds and tapestries while currency exchange and high prices shape the scene.
Hamden Mr and Mrs Charles Strong return to their Springfield home after a short visit with Mr and Mrs Levi Knox. Hiram Kirkendall and daughter Louella Kirkendall visit. Frank Calvin and family from Athens guests of S L Calvin. Richard Baker and Martha Baker accompany Mrs Baker home from Columbus. C D Burns Virginia Burns John Sman Nell Sman and families travel back from Bridge Barnsville and Marion after weeks visiting relatives. Esta Anthony has returned.
A sequence of this week’s social notes lists visitors and guests in town including Mrs. Clark and Carmel from Oak Hill, Mr. Curtis Brown and family from Wilmington, Jess Walters from Newark, and Mrs. Anna Stanton’s guests. Also noted are the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. EK Craft and other visits by Leon Snyder, E Campbell, and the Stetsons hosting Everett and Kenneth McNeal.
Four Athens councilmen presided by Lowry handled multiple items in a short session. Proposals included sidewalk work on Brown street, pole safety on West Union street, moving a pole at 291 East State street for a driveway, and plans for paving Van Vorhes street from Mulberry to Race street with a concrete base.
R M Pavey of Athens, former Athens county farm agent, was guest of honor at a supper at Mrs. Charles Mansfield home. Clover Leaf Clothing Club members attended and presented him a mahogany smoking stand and set in recognition of his work fostering cooperation between the farm agent and club members.
Students at Ohio University earned 5775 dollars between classes last year per Rev. C. M. Bond of the Y M C A employment bureau. The bureau secured 275 positions, not counting early introductions, with many additional summer jobs unrecorded.
Flushing New Year cock Coal Company mine restarts after five months shutdown. The facility now employs 259 workers and resumes production, signaling a restart in local coal output and employment.
In Marion Ohio a 16 month old girl, Virginia Lee Woods, daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilbur J Woods, died from convulsions due to strychnine poisoning after taking tablets from a package left on a spoon holder. Beauty specialists warn tight fitting hats can cause baldness for men and women.
Sister M. Gabriel Mc Gee aged 71 died on a Pennsylvania train as it reached Dayton Ohio Her death followed a retreat at Normandy Missouri and travel toward Porto Rico where she had taught for 21 years Her fellow Sisters accompanied her on the journey to resume duties
A historical item notes the number 666 marketed as a cure all for colds grippe malaria fever dengue fever constipation bilious headaches and other ailments. The register quotes it as a universal remedy with no clear medical endorsement.
An advertisement touts Dave's Mentha-Pepsin promising instant relief from gas fullness and acid stomach and claims a money back offer if it does not help. It asserts long term use strengthens the stomach and cites Dr Wm W Morgan of Bridgeton New Jersey praising the remedy. Available at McKee Drug Co and regular druggists.
Captain and Mrs. Bouterse of Charleston West Virginia will present a stereopticon lecture on The Life of Christ. The event is scheduled for Wednesday evening at an unspecified time in the Salvation Army hall and the public is invited.
In a common pleas court decision handed down Monday Emmett Cotton of Athens won a judgment of 1093.80 against Ralph and Chloe Sherman of Athens. If payment is not made within 10 days a sale of the chattel property is authorized.
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