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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1919
Page
2
Advertisement touts Othine Double Strength to remove freckles and improve complexion with a money back guarantee. Promises early results as lighter freckles fade and urges customers to ask pharmacists for the double strength.
Brace Up Stomach trouble often makes one despondent. It hits a man where he lives, saps his strength and energy and makes him feel like giving up. Give him a few doses of Chamberlain's Tablets to improve his digestion and loosen up his bowels and in most cases recovery is prompt and he soon feels well and happy.
Some men overlook county rights for this washing aid. The Perfect Clothes Washer promises easy demonstrations in five minutes and claims to enable any person, even the weak or aging, to earn $12 to $15 daily selling it. Suitable for bedding and all fabrics with no damage. Call or address W. F. Masters.
B K Bruce Lodge 75 F at Sloane Block hosted a large tribute to local colored World War I veterans. Major Samuel M Johnson and others spoke while Will Scott and Lizzie Daniels sang, ending with an "America" sing and a dance hour.
A vintage ad-style note promotes making freckle and blemish reducing lotion from three ounces of orchard white and lemon juice to yield a quarter pint. It claims the fragrant lotion softens and whitens skin when massaged daily and notes the ingredients are inexpensive and harmless.
Washington dispatch says Austrian revolutionists attacked an American Red Cross relief supply train from Paris to Bucharest. Guards repelled most assaults with French Serbian and Roumanian troops present. The train was delayed at Combos as armed men surrounded a congested yard and forced the engineer to move on.
Ohio river stages today show rising levels at Point Bridge 6.7 feet Herrs Island 6.8 Davis Island 9.4 and Point Pleasant 7.2 with Beaver Dam and Parkersburg both falling Beaver Dam 8.4 feet and Parkersburg 10.3 feet decrease.
Preaching at McDougal church Saturday evening at 7 30 o clock Communion service Sunday at 10 30 A M
Mrs. C. Smith of Ironton Ohio 62 says Trutona cured her long stomach trouble and insomnia after years of poor appetite bloating headaches and constipation. She praises the tonic and notes improvement after a few days. Trutona is being introduced at The Cline Pharmacy Co Athens.
Today's markets list steady receipts with fresh gathered extras at 460 dozen for firsts and 438 for firsts, 40 for ordinary firsts, 35 for seconds. Live poultry prices show fowls over 4 pounds at 29 cents, under 4 pounds at 26, roosters at 19, broilers 11% pounds and over at 84, over 2 pounds at 34.
Cattle receipts 1200 with a slow market and prices weak to lower. Calves show strength then lower with extra 21.00. Hogs receipts 5200 with steady to 50 cent higher prices and good packer demand at 21.25. Sheep receipts 6000 steady with good to choice 8.75 to 9.00. Lambs steady with slower pace and good to choice 17.00 to 17.50.
Chicago produce market lists butter prices with creamery 534 cents per pound, firsts 60 and 53 cents, seconds 48 cents, and related standards 6214 cents. The itemization reflects market quotes and grade distinctions for dairy products.
Judge R M Wanamaker of the Ohio Supreme Court spoke at the Commercial Law League of America convention urging a league to enforce law fairly. He warned against talkphobia and the rush to reform globally without proper thought and constitutional safeguards. He urged upholding the Constitution until due changes are made.
Paris August 21 dispatches say Hoover urged the Allies to oust Archduke Joseph and back a popular Hungarian government. The council of five notified the archduke they would not treat with a Hapsburg. They also would not recognize his government. Budapest dispatches report a state of siege across Hungary.
Washington reports Ambassador Thomas Nelson Page to Italy has resigned. Brand Whitlock is expected to succeed him and will meet President Wilson today to discuss the transition.
Safeguard purchase by ensuring Bayer Cross mark on Bayer Tablets of Aspirin. Unbroken packages with proper directions relieve headache toothache earache neuralgia and colds. Handy 12 tablet tins are cheap at drug stores with larger packages also available.
County Prosecutor Roetzel won police aid to raid Jim Scott's downtown venue at 80 South Howard Street seizing eight hundred dollars, paraphernalia, and arresting eighty gamblers. Tom O'Toole's venue also raided with twenty more arrests and confiscated craps tables. Roetzel faces Durkin in a clash over raid support. In a separate case a thirty year old unidentified black woman was found shot on South Broadway near State Street, linked to prior highway robbery charges and bail jumps.
Fred Price of Canton was killed and Lieut. Joseph Skoening injured when their Curtiss aircraft fell 1 800 feet during an exhibition at Cleveland Ohio. Price died two hours later. Skoening expected to recover. The pair had just flown in air mail from Chicago and received permission to fly in events. The tail spin occurred over a vacant lot as spectators watched in disbelief.
Veterans of Company C Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry plan a reunion during the G A R national encampment in Columbus. The meeting will be at Memorial at 10 A M on September 9, timed to coincide with the encampment events September 7 through 13.
Hall and go to the home of Comrad B. B. Crane in West Star avenue where his daughters host din ner for Company C the first raised in Athens county. The company went to Camp Dennison 101 strong aged 16 to 21. At Perryville nine Co C men were killed fifteen wounded and two captured in two hours of fighting. Veterans discuss the battle during a Columbus reunion with I. M. McGill noting his service in the 3rd O V I.
The body of Louis Kriece, 21, was found hanging from a beam in the cellar of his Akron grocery store. Police say he died by his own action due to financial troubles.
Athens gas critics denounce the industry for past waste and push back against rate increases tied to a looming shortage. They accuse producers of profiting from drilling and selling gas while shifting blame to consumers, urging fair pricing and accountability.
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