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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1919
Page
5
A vintage ad touts King's New Discovery as a long trusted cough and croup remedy. It claims high quality for over fifty years and offers relief with a standard dose at $1.20 per bottle in druggists, urging readers to give it a trial.
An ad promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a gentle laxative tonic that clears waste, boosts bile flow, and renews energy. It claims quick, mild relief from constipation and notes the product is available from all druggists for 25 cents.
A reader reports 23 chickens produced 4–5 eggs daily after five days of Don Sung in zero weather. In three weeks 10–12 eggs daily, five weeks 15–19 eggs daily. Trial offered with 30 day money back guarantee. Product marketed by Burrell Dugger Co. Indianapolis.
Athens High unveils a demanding basketball schedule highlighting strong Ohio West Virginia opponents. Coach Mackie prioritizes tough tests and learning through loss, with key games against Gallipolis Parkersburg Stivers Sandusky Huntington Portsmouth Aquinas and Ohio University tournaments set from December through March at the Armory and abroad.
The quarterly exam in Athens county elementary schools will be held Thursday and Friday, December 18 and 19. County districts announce Christmas holiday from December 24 to January 5 with schools resuming January 5.
Mrs. Sarah Tabor and her son Walter travel from California to Pawpaw Michigan to testify on Maud Tabor death. Her body was found in a basement trunk, hidden for three years, as the inquest resumes with new testimony. Joseph Virgo, who married Maud, says he has disclosed all he knows.
Professor William H. Cooper calls for authors to sign letters in public debates to ensure accountability for published opinions. He argues signatures encourage thorough fact checking, careful conclusions, and responsible conviction, rather than anonymous submissions.
An old promotional item urges mothers to choose California syrup of figs for children’s stomach and bowel relief. It touts a delicious taste and includes full dosing directions on each bottle, urging mothers to say California.
Ohio conference officials meeting in Columbus outlined tentative football plans including a Otterbein game set for October 30 at Keil Park. The schedule lists Ohio vs Cincinnati Ohio Northern Otterbein with Denison Heidelberg Akron and Ohio Wesleyan notable omissions. Baseball shows a light intercollegiate slate with Cincinnati Otterbein Capital Heidelberg Wesleyan Denison Otterbein and Ohio State among others.
Mrs Maria Allen died Saturday at age 89 at the M M Russell home 19 Walker Street after catarrhal bronchitis. Funeral 2 30 p m at the late home conducted by Rev E D Murch of the Christian church. Burial West Union Street cemetery. Widow of J F Allen she lived near Glouster then Kansas City Missouri and Athens with her daughter Augusta Duffee. Survived by four daughters a brother and a half sister and four grandchildren.
Mrs Elizabeth Moore wife of William Moore died last night at 11 at the family home aged 78. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 10 morning in Clarks Chapel with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Besides her husband she leaves three children Louise Garrison Byesville Kate Garrison and Charles Hess Wilmington. She had lived in Athens for twenty years.
Ernest and Cora Siebert of Cleveland enter not guilty pleas in Canton common pleas court upon kidnapping charge involving Elizabeth Albee adopted daughter of the late Theodore E. Albee. Trial set to begin Wednesday morning.
An Iowa inventor creates an automobile seat that also functions as a trunk and is mounted to lift up against the steering wheel to deter a thief by blocking wheel movement.
Social news notes a Christmas party at Mrs. L. W. Roberts home 126 Franklin avenue and upcoming meetings of the Tuesday Sewing club the W C C T A with Mrs A Y Wilcox 15 North College street and Mrs C L Martzolff to discuss Franchise Also the Woman's Benefit Association of the Maccabees meets tonight at 7 with officer installations.
Mrs. E. M. Garrett hosted a 6 o'clock dinner at 15 Park Place Saturday to honor the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority and patronesses. Twenty four guests enjoyed a three course meal with Christmas themed place cards and carnation favors. A planned program featured games and two solo performances by Miss Helen Hudson. Other patronesses included Mrs. W. S. Peters Miss Elizabeth Garber Mrs. M. J. Walsh Mrs. Ralph P. Jennings and Mrs. Frederick Theadley who is wintering on the Pacific Coast.
Santa Claus arrived Saturday afternoon at 380 Elmwood Place to delight forty two children for Elaine M Roe’s ninth birthday. The party featured a decorated tree, snowball centerpiece, games, and gifts from Saint Nick with music by Ruth Jones and Elizabeth Woodworth.
The Nabby Lee Ames chapter held a Saturday program with the Shailer Mathews quotation It is better to be a good ancestor than to have one. Mrs. Charles H Welch hosted with assistants Mrs. Sarah Kahler Mrs. D M Burchfield and Miss Emma Carpenter. The leader Mrs Witt opened with Our Community Problems and Carpenter Kahler discussed Child Welfare Problems.
The Sunny Side Public School PTA holds its December meeting on Wednesday December 17 at 2 30 in room 4. The program features carols by grades six to eight and a dramatization of Christmas all Over the World by grade five with twenty two participants. Mrs Carr leads a third and fourth grade chorus singing O Little Town of Bethlehem and various dances by grades two to four. About 250 children participate and the association seeks new members and solicits mothers to join. A short business session includes Mr Morgan speaking on financial relief for the schools.
A New Jersey inventor unveils a method to reproduce music on phonograph records using two or more disks. The device allows the needle to pass from the end of one disk to the start of the next to play a longer piece without interruption.
The message promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin for fast relief and safety stamped with the Bayer Cross. It asserts Bayer has been prescribed by physicians for over eighteen years and used by millions. A twelve tablet tin costs a few cents and larger packages are sold by druggists.
The trial of Harry Baker and his 20 year old wife Eleanor opened in Worcester Superior Court for the June killing of 74 year old Dwight P. Chapman a G A R veteran at Westboro. Baker says he killed Chapman in defense of his wife's honor.
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