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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1922

Page

2

Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Marketed as Calomel Substitute

An ad extols Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle bowel and liver aid that purifies the blood and freshens breath. The product claims to avoid calomel’s after effects, notes vegetable composition, and offers 15¢ and 30¢ prices. Also reports Deshler hotel hosts Chi Phi national congress with 300 delegates in Columbus Nebraska.

Edwards J. F. M. Edwards Columbus Nec Chi Phi Fraternity Deshler Hotel

Logan Betas Triumph Over Nelsonville Selects 25–0

Logan Betas defeated the Nelsonville Selects 25 to 0 in a game witnessed by a large crowd. Logan started slowly but improved in the second period scoring two aerial touchdowns with Juergy passing to Wi lama. A Nelsonville fumble recovery and a pass interception set up the scoring, with Williams Seliday Bell and For tan contributing to the drive.

Logan Betas Nelsonville Selects Logan Juergy Wilama Nelsonville Kiemschmidt Nelsonvill Williams Seliday Bell Tan

Logan and Nelsonville football clash ends with late drives

In a rough contest Bell scored on an end run and Shori added a rushing TD for Logan while Henderson capped the scoring with a sneak. Williams failed the extra point after both Logan touchdowns as Nelsonville fought back with Fane passing late but could not cross the line. Separate items note Probate Judge C Stephenson issuing twenty marriage licenses in November.

Ooore Bell Williams Shori Pisses Henderson Nelsonville Fane Logan Priée Valk Charles Stephenson Econtracting

Logan Relative Reports Isaih Vorts Plans Move to Washington

Isaih Vorts of Virginia informed Logan relatives he expects to move to Washington Dh and make it his home. Vorts once owned Logan greenhouses now owned by Anthony Toerner. After selling his Logan property he relocated to the Southland, where he has lived for years.

Logan Isaih Vorts Virginia Washington Vorts Anthony Toerner Southland Winston-Salem North Carolina Hanes

Thanksgiving Day Activities Bring Logan Residents Together

Logan and surrounding counties enjoyed a full Thanksgiving with hunting trips in the fields, a football game in the afternoon, and dancing and picture shows at night. Early morning church services drew hundreds as churches across the city held a union meeting at the Methodist church with Rev. Curtis Douglas speaking. Visitors from outside the city joined locals for family visits as many took the day to travel to relatives.

Logan Methodist Curtis Douglas Presbyterian Church

Milligan Family Aid Grows Through Community Donations

Athens county health department and The Messenger mobilize support for the Milligan family. Donations exceed 208 dollars after 162 dollars raised at a Union street service plus 46 earlier gifts, all to cover costs for four sick children at Sheltering Arms hospital and related needs. The mother died from typhoid fever and was buried at Union Street cemetery. efforts continue to alleviate mounting debt.

Athens County Evolvering Arms Hospital Clara Cavanaugh Health Department Union Presbyterian Church Milligan

Help Needed for Sick Children and Clothing Drive in Athens

Donations of money and clothing are urged for three children remaining with their father in a small home in taking. Send offerings to Miss Clara Cavanaugh, supervising nurse of the Athens county health department, at the Lastro building in Athens.

Clara Cavanaugh Athens County Health Department Lastro Athens

St Martin in the Fields May End Nightly Homeless Lodging

London church St Martin in the Fields may stop offering nightly lodging to the homeless. Rev Dick Smith the vicar says too many tramps and revellers are filling the church each night.

London St. Martin’s-in-the- Fields Dick Smith

Hoover Sees Harding as 1924 Presidential Bid Front Runner

Herbert Hoover, then secretary of commerce, declared in Palo Alto that Warren G Harding is the likely Republican presidential candidate in 1924. Hoover predicted public support for Harding’s sane and progressive policy, saying it would guide the nation through the postwar reconstruction period.

Palo Alto Cal Isd Warren JG. Harding Herbert Hoover Ecommerce

Man Takes Lethal Poison Then Ends Life in Cincinnati Yard

Nicholas H. Smith, 45, a litigation adjuster, consumed a poisonous solution and shot himself in the chest behind a Cincinnati boarding house, authorities report. The incident occurred December 1 as a possible suicide attempt.

Cincinnates Nicholas H. Smith

Tiernan accepts New York lecturing contract

South Bend reports that John P. Tiernan, known for sensational paternity and divorce actions and a widely publicized second marriage, today accepted a lecturing contract with a New York firm.

South Bend Ind John P. Tiernan New York

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