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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1919
Page
6
A swarm of bees interrupted business in an Ilford confectioner’s store. The insects settled on cakes and sweets and resisted efforts to remove them for hours, delaying trades and drawing attention from customers.
Dayton, Ohio businessman Will I. Ohmer, founder of a computing machine company, has bought Schantz Park a 14 acre site and announced plans to construct a residence there. He will live in the area and establish a new home on the property.
A nineteen year old orphan asks which of two suitors to keep. Advice says choose the one you care for most, avoid jealousy, and trust you can keep his interest. If he preferred the other girl he would pursue her, not you.
A letter to Mrs Thompson discusses a young man nicknamed a "High Flutin' Dick" who frequents a woman’s home daily. He is engaged to a well known girl from a respected family, and the sweetheart is aware of the situation though details remain vague.
Ann argues her writing for the Messenger is essential work and must be scheduled around her duties while Jim resents the interruption to his mother's matinee plan. He accuses her of neglecting family time. Ann defends her ambition and potential to contribute stories. The scene ends with Jim leaving and Ann breaking down, while Mother Salsberg advises she ease her nerves.
A reader seeks frank opinion on a woman in her fifties marrying a younger man and whether the marriage will be happy. Advice says she should mind her own business, let the other woman handle her own issues, and notes that a fiancée should not date others while the fiancé is away, or write if he is silent unless engaged, when she should seek explanation.
J C Mendenhall of Evansville Indiana touts Number 40 For The Blood as a reliable remedy tried on the advertiser and family with claims of curing constipation kidney stomach and liver troubles and preventing malaria and fevers if used in spring. Marketing notes suggest it is sold locally by Me.
In London an expert, Prof. Gilbert Murray, asserts cuss words arise from a brief nervous convulsion releasing subconscious interests. In Dayton, Ohio, Charlie Goleilas saved a 250 pound pig from a speeding truck. the pig now eats three meals daily at his home, prompting him to seek police guidance on what to do.
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