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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1921
Page
6
The Cascarets laxative is advertised as the gentlest pill to relieve dizziness head ache colds biliousness indigestion and upset stomach. One or two before bed will empty the bowels by morning and you will feel splendid with no griping or unpleasant effects. Children love Cascarets too and it costs ten cents a box.
Marion Johnson returns from a Columbus hospital in good spirits and expects his brother Clarence to be improving. Mrs. Cline Castle recovering from a serious operation and hopes to be out of danger soon. Jeff Blackwood improving. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rhodes. Mrs. Bill Crossen visiting kin near here. The McKnight child is very ill. Will Drake recovering from a broken arm. The Hobingtons improving. Epworth League suspended until mud roads clear. Preaching at M E Church on Sunday afternoon December 18. Wright Period buys a new touring car.
Hockingport reports several residents visiting relatives in Marietta Parkersburg Sutton and Charleston. Local officials Guy Dinsmoor and Tucker assisted at the school while the Logan Natural Gas and Fuel Company drills a test well west of Hockingport drilling below 200 feet with indications noted by an oil man.
Marion Ohio reports Patrolman Lloyd D. Brown resigning after converting at a revival. He told Police Chief Thompson he could not be a Christian and a policeman at the same time, and the resignation was accepted.
Alice Brady, actress, was slightly injured near Albany at East Greenbush when a limousine carrying two members of her theater company speeding to Albany ran off the road and turned turtle.
The passage notes men often assume others know their physical form without boasting and that displays of muscles are rare or unnecessary in social perception.
A teen asks about dating a nineteen year old. Betty Jane suggests simple gifts like a book or handkerchiefs. The column advises a nearly seventeen year old to seek parental guidance and consider whether she is old enough to have boyfriends, urging parental agreement and caution.
Carpenter George W. Black of Parkersttart and Joseph Stewart of Cherry Ren visited local families. Mrs Harman of Athens and Frank Forrest of West Marshfield were weekend or recent guests. John Nicholson of Dexter and Otto Wiseman of Mud Fork stopped by. D M Sisson and wife visited Guy Girby and wife. Clyde Whitlatch and family visited W W Howery. J B McComas lost a valuable work horse last week. Dale Stansbury of Dysville was a Saturday business caller.
London dispatch reports ex Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary failed in his bid to seize the Hungarian throne. TheCosts fall on Czechoslovakia Romania and Hungary with mobilizations and military expenses running into millions of kronen. Karl and Empress Zita live in Madeira at the empire’s expense as the Powers stage a lavish exile.
The writers report two 18 year old girls who dated two young men for nine months. The men recently started seeing two other girls and the readers seek help to regain affection. The response advises continuing pleasant treatment and broadening social interest to worthwhile others.
ELYRIA O Dec 13 Wade Johnson of LaGrange operates a one man shop that he says is the only factory of its kind. Johnson manufactures steel spurs for fighting cocks and he stays busy filling orders. His trade mainly comes from Mexico South America and Hawaii with occasional orders from Japan and China.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick, harmless cure for stomach misery. It promises relief from sour, gassy, and upset stomachs within five minutes and notes its cost at sixty cents for a large case at drug stores.
James C. Howard who killed Tom Slaughter has sworn to Governor McRae that he relinquishes any claim to the $500 reward offered for the outlaw’s death. The incident occurred Friday night in Little Rock Arkansas.
The canal saw over four thousand ships transit in the year, averaging about twelve vessels per day, signaling robust traffic and strong maritime activity through its route.
Yesterday in Ohio recalls events from 1808 to 1888 including Benjamin Van Cleve becoming Dayton’s first postmaster, death of Senator William A Trimble, Denison University’s opening, Wilson Shannon’s governorship, and Archbishop William H Elder’s pallium investiture.
Ireland born to Mr and Mrs Vd Dunfee a daughter and to Mr and Mrs Henry Deeter a son. Mrs S D Root and daughter Helen of Stewart visited the Dunfees. Dewey Cubbison and Ida Cubbison visited. The Brandeberry and Clark families hosted gatherings. Five Clark siblings attended a funeral in Wheeling. Clyde Rowell visited Grace Dunfee. Bernice and Clarice Root visited the Johnsons. John Hornsby and his mother spent Sunday with Jim and Elizabeth Hornsby.
The advertisement touts Bulgarian Blood Tea as a modern medicine breakthrough for the poor. It claims the root bark leaf and herb blend cleanses the body, treats constipation and digestive issues, and helps prevent colds influenza pneumonia and other illnesses while remaining economical and widely available.
Washington reports that from 1918 through the 1922 fiscal year the Republican Congress appropriated about 1.5 billion for ex-service men. The total covers military allowances 298.8 million, disability and death 397.2 million, insurance benefits, public health, hospital construction, and related programs including 266.2 million for the bonus act and 31 million to bring home bodies from France.
An advertisement urges readers with stomach trouble to start a treatment with Mi-O-Na tablets. It promises relief from gas belching sour stomach nervousness dizziness and biliousness and guarantees satisfaction. The promotion credits McKee Drug Co. as the guarantor.
A report states the United Kingdom has more women workers proportionally than any other country, highlighting high female labor participation and workforce integration.
In Dublin on December 12 President De Valera argued that Ireland could repudiate the peace treaty without dishonor. He noted the British Commons could also reject it and cited the United States Senate's rejection of the Versailles treaty as a precedent.
United Press reports a Rome committee proposed to fix Easter and abolish leap year, creating a New York day of 364 days. The panel includes Cardinal Mercier and observatory directors from Paris Brussels Greenwich and Edinburgh to realign the calendar with a fixed date each year.
A young woman, a WWI veteran, is the focus of police in the slaying of Dr. Abraham Glickstein in Brooklyn. Authorities refuse to confirm if she is the shooter who hid a revolver in her muff and then left the office after treating several patients.
The final government crop estimate shows 8 340 000 bales, surpassing expectations and triggering broad selling on the New York cotton exchange as of December 12.
United Press reports that Italy has issued government franchises to at least twenty air navigation companies already operating and more franchises to begin within three months. The government plans its own dirigible network to link major continental centers with Sardinia and Sicily for fast passenger, post, and express service.
Viola Tuttle visits sister in West Virginia. Archer Rathburns move to Lathrop. Miss Sarah Ogg of Athens visits family. Haybrows ill at home. William Haybrow and Joe Young unable to work. Glen Haybrow breaks a collar bone at school. Rev. Winford Plumer holds meetings at Mt. Liberty. Supt. Chambers praised as nerviest in the community. An aeroplane sound turns out to be an Overland roadster from Utley attempting Broadwell hill. Linden White and Lyle White visit. U B Church Young People rehearse a Christmas play in Broadwell. James of Utley Heights visits Saturday.
A miner describes relief from stomach misery and belching after using Nerv Worth. He reports improved sleep and ability to work full days, endorsing Nerv Worth as beneficial. The note quotes Mr. Dell expressing gratitude and recommending the product.
The article details Italian aerial ventures including the Ausonia and Keperia as they probe routes and landing sites in northern Africa, with private firms like Società Anonima Imprese Aeree of Milan showing growing air transport activity. In its first year the company carried 3291 passengers, logged over 100000 kilometers, and flew 998 hours 11 minutes.
Washington December 13. Japan has agreed to remove foreign post offices from China before January 1 1923 after the Far Eastern committee met. The decision aims to reduce foreign influence and streamline postal operations in the region.
A historical note suggests football cycling and horse riding may be possible in the wear era of a new artificial leg that uses only two springs, indicating advances in prosthetic design.
City council adopts ordinance establishing the sidewalk line and location along East State Street from Madison Avenue to May Avenue in Athens Ohio. The measure, approved December 8 1921, repeals Ordinance No 278 and outlines specific distances and vertical curve adjustments hosted by City Council President M Gill and Mayor T B Roush.
Cora M. Metcalf has been appointed and qualified as administratrix of the estate of Henry Metcalf late of Athens county Ohio, deceased. Dated this 29th day of November A D 1930. Probate Judge Atgls 8 M Johnson, Probate Judge of Said County, 11-29-30tw.
The notice lists multiple Athens departures for daily trains including No 2 at 11 47 am and No 4 at 4 37 pm southbound and No 33 at 6 00 am and No 35 at 11 00 am northbound along with arrivals such as No 30 at 10 10 am and No 34 at 8 15 pm. Baltimore and Ohio schedules show eastbound No 2 at 12 55 pm and local No 62 at 9 43 am and westbound No 1 at 3 37 am and No 3 at 12 18 pm with local No 53 at 4 13 pm. Local trains run daily with some exceptions noted.
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