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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1924
Page
5
Akron visitors and Athens residents populate a busy society page. Families travel to Columbus Buckeye Lake to reunite with kin and attend fairs. Marriages, motor trips, and hosting duties foreground the week's social calendar with multiple relatives visiting in Ohio and beyond.
Charles Male of Lathrope was released after four days in Athens county jail. He had been arrested following the accidental shooting of 16 year old Miss Josephine Wolfe of Lathrop while sighting a 25 20 rifle. Doctor report says her condition shows no improvement.
Resurfacing on the three mile Glouster Burr Oak road is delayed until sufficient gravel is obtained. County surveyor J. R. Sands said deliveries have been retarded though the material has been ordered. Ongoing road work persists in the district.
Paris August 21 Premier Herriot told the chamber of deputies the London conference was only a beginning and real peace in Europe begins now. He said France has given a large part of the work to the Americans in its control organization and that the Dawes plan regimen must endure.
Professor Coyle endorses Naga-Tone for fatigue digestion nervous tension and sleeplessness claiming it clears the cause of physical trouble. The ad promises a money back guarantee and a 20 day trial with return of unused portion if unsatisfied.
Charles Lohse of near Factory finds an extraordinary egg in his 2's flock while gathering eggs on Wednesday. The egg, measured at 6% inches around the waist and 8 inches along the long direction, weighed 3% ounces and was brought to The Messenger office for Bertillon-style measurements.
Judges opened the Athens County Fair beef cattle show as the largest exhibit yet with higher premiums driving interest. Walter Briley of Athens won first in baby beef with a pure bred short horn steer while premiums boosted entries across Herefords, Silvers Stock Farm, and dozens of breeders competing in multiple breeds.
The Moscow dispatch reports Izvestia claims British agents are engineering a revolt in Afghanistan as an anti Russian plot.
Harry L. Davis reported campaign costs of 4025 dollars in Ohio. The Republican nominee said 2000 dollars were for travel, 2000 dollars contributed to the general campaign fund, and 25 dollars remitted to the state with the filing declaration.
John Jonnell an engineer was killed and Is Simmons a fireman fatally injured when a fast Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed one and a half miles east of Rigimond Maryland. The crash occurred during a run from St Louis to Cincinnati and authorities investigated the incident.
In Cleveland on August 21, 24 month-old twins Roland and Ruth Bandlow drank fly poison from a saucer left on a table after a brief absence by their mother. Roland was taken to a hospital first, then Ruth was found to have also drunk the poison and was admitted. Doctors say Ruth has only a slight chance to recover.
Bradfield Regulator Co Dept B A7 Atlanta Ga offers a free booklet mailed in a plain envelope. It promises information many ex next mothers should know and notes Mother's Friend is sold at all drug stores. Full directions accompany each bottle and immediate action is urged.
Hattling Siki, once a world light heavyweight champion, quit in round eight of a ten round bout against Mike Conroy in Lorain Ohio. Conroy dominated the main event of a relief show, which ended in a reported 1200 deficit as Siki complained he received nothing from the promoters amid the defeat.
Jerusalem ignored a report from Transjordan stating that Emir Abdullah has abdicated his throne. No public response or confirmation followed the dispatch.
An advertisement touts Zemo as a dependable antiseptic liquid for skin irritation and diseases. It claims quick relief from itching and blemishes with safe use on tender skin, priced 35 cents for liquid and 25 cents for soap.
Washington reports widespread sycamore blight this spring and summer across the Mississippi River states, hitting Ohio Pennsylvania New Jersey Illinois and Virginia hardest. The disease strikes both common sycamore and Oriental Plane trees, with severity tied to an unusually wet growing season.
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