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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1919
Page
2
A report urges avoiding crowds to prevent influenza and recommends a mentholated arcine gargle and nasal spray as a quick home cure. The piece cites the Association for Improving Conditions of New York and Kentucky figures in promoting the remedy for cold and catarrh.
Charlies Woodworth visits Middleport for several days with Dr. H L Welch. Mrs Frank M McKay spends holidays in Xenia. Scott Wolfe visits friends in Pomeroy over Christmas. Miss Lois Glancy returns home for Christmas vacation. Miss Mary Glaney vacationing with parents. Miss Juanita Bobo visits aunt Mrs Lafe Boden in this city. Mr and Mrs Anthony Pettiford host Edmund W Pettiford of Delaware. Rev G G Watters visits relatives in Chillicothe. Mrs Harriet Carr travels to Gallipolis for a brief visit. Mrs Sadie Salters and daughter Helen travel to Columbus for the week.
Dr. W. S. Murray of Columbus spent Christmas with relatives here and remains over the weekend. Miss Mae Stanton of New Marshfield teaches there and visits her sister Mrs. Frank Mace during the recess. The Pythian Sisters meet at seven for officer elections. Mrs. G. Jordan travels to Hemlock to visit Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Miller. DeValson Davis hosts guests from Lancaster and Chicago, while Will Coe welcomes Mrs. William Watson of Belpre for the holiday. Mrs. Watson returns home tonight.
Mr Charles McKinstry of Akron visits until Sunday with his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Lawrence Beasley on Marietta avenue. Mrs H Richards and daughter Alma of Wellston stay at the home of her sister Mrs Thomas Glancy on Dairy avenue.
Mrs. Mabel G. Bonifield of Columbus will stay through Sunday visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. I. S. Grones during Christmas. Miss Bertha Glancy, a New Salem teacher, arrived in Athens Wednesday evening to spend the holidays with her parents.
The miss Sherman sisters Lelia and Doris Nye spend Christmas with Ray Sherman in Middleport. Athens native George Lowry, now in Wilmington Delaware, visits his mother Amelia Lowry and relatives for the holidays. Roy Dupler and sons Lawrence and Ralph share Christmas Day with his brother-in-law Samuel Feigley in New Lexington. A man completes a forty two day Columbus hospital stay after a major operation and is convalescing. A FE Graham leaves the hospital today to visit his children in Akron.
Mr and Mrs E M Phillips of North Hill hosted Christmas guests including W O Phillips Nehemiah Maxwell Myrtle North Ernest Conkey and two children Virgil and Vernon Russell Herrold from Harvard visits his father W H Herrold for the holidays Gordon Herrold of Boston University enjoys vacation in New York City with aunt Mrs E T Rose at Phillips Rose home Jed Carpenter of Columbus and Roll Carpenter of War Eagle at Mrs Parker Carpenter’s home for Christmas Also C L Biddison of War Eagle at the Carpenter home earlier.
Edward Jennings was a Christmas guest of Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Higgins of Zanesville. He attended a dance last night and left today for Chillicothe to be a guest at a dancing party tonight and will spend until Sunday there with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Fulton entertained as house guests for Christmas the latter’s parents Dr. and Mrs. F D Campbell of Ironton and her uncle Dr Williams of Portsmouth. Dr Williams returned home today and Mr. and Mrs Campbell remained over.
Florence Wolfe daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Wolfe of Nelsonville wed Frank Power of Hartford New York at the M E Parsonage with Rev C L Strecker officiating. The couple will live on a farm near Hartford. Mrs J C Briggs and daughter Betty visit at the Beasley home on Elmwood Place.
Mr. Robert L. Arnett of near Athens and Miss Mable Cowdery of Little Hocking were married at the Presbytery in a ceremony detailed in local society notes. The couple’s nuptials mark a notable event for families in the region.
Rev Dr Wilcox presides at a five o'clock Christmas Eve ceremony. The groom to be is a Goodyear Rubber Co employee in Akron and the bride is a Buchtel school teacher. They will reside in Akron where he will continue rubber works. A wedding shower for the bride was given by her pupils and local teachers on Tuesday.
The family of Mr. Harvey M. Roach celebrated a Christmas Day reunion at the home of his son in law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee White in Logan. Attending were extended Roach relatives including Bernice Edith Charles Lee Stewart James Harrison and others from Athens Chillicothe Philadelphia Wilmington and Pittsburg along with Mrs. Howard White Miss Minerva White and E C Burchfield.
Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Beasley hosted Christmas Day for eight children and relatives at 11 Elmwood Place. A tree and Santa filled the gathering. flowers were a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Albert Herms of Portsmouth. Twenty-two covered. one daughter was absent due to a sick child in Toledo. Out-of-town guests included Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Briggs and Betty of Columbus and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Beasley with Alice and Marjorie of Nelsonville.
Four weddings were conducted at the M E parsonage with ceremonies Tuesday afternoon. Albert Wingman, of The Plains, married Myra Cochran from Nelsonville, who will reside there. Edson J. Carsey of Athens wed Sylvia E. Downard, a lineman for Hocking Power Co. Russell Porter of Amesville married Irene Linscott, near Athens resident, with ceremony attended by Mrs. Helen Williams of Cleveland. Howard E. Warner, Portland M E pastor, wed Gladys Violet Rose of Cheshire on Christmas Day at 11 AM.
Mrs. Sadie Salters hosted a 12 o'clock Christmas Day dinner at 36 University Terrace for her daughter Helen celebrating her 19th birthday. Fifteen covers were set and the table featured a birthday cake with lit candles.
A testimonial promotes Mayr's Wonderful Remedy claiming relief from indigestion bloating and stomach ailments. The ad asserts the product removes catarrhal mucus and reduces intestinal inflammation and even appendicitis symptoms with one dose. Money back guarantee offered.
Emmett R. Radford of Athens State Hospital died at 4:30 this morning after typhoid pneumonia at 23. Funeral services will be Sunday at 11:30 at the Presbyterian church Hebbardsville, with burial in the adjoining cemetery. He is survived by his parents J. S. and Mrs. Radford and one brother Homer.
A Wakulla resident claims two years of malaria and blood troubles were cured by Number 40 for the Blood, purchased from Walter Page, with further uses noted for glandular disease and skin conditions. The advertisement cites U S Dispensatory sources and McKee Drug Co as seller.
An advertisement touts Gude's Pepto Mangan as a cure for convalescents recovering from influenza and other illnesses. It claims the product restores rich red blood, increases appetite, strengthens the body, and returns vitality, with liquid and tablet forms sold and the brand name clearly on packaging.
Athens women are urged to try Adler-i-ka a glycerine and buckthorn bark mix that allegedly eases gas and sour stomach in one spoonful. It is claimed to act on both bowels easing constipation and preventing appendicitis with several women reporting cures. Henry W. Cotner, druggist.
A bountiful turkey dinner was served Christmas at the home of Mrs. S. B. Brooks and daughter Mrs. Della Larch in Albany. Guests included George Mitchell, Milissa Carsey of Athens, granddaughter Mrs. K. J. Cavenaugh of Columbus, and Emma Whaley of Albany. Mrs. Cavenaugh will return to Columbus Friday February 26 with her mother Mrs. Della Larch.
Mrs. F. L. Newton of Irving Nebraska reports her eight year old daughter recovered quickly from whooping cough after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. She says a bottle has been kept in the house since and used with good results.
Frances Mara Klengensmith Astly was born during a sea storm on the Mauritania. Cabin passengers donated 700 dollars and a Ford car raffled for 1301 dollars, benefiting the voyage.
Tragedy struck at the Bronx Park Zoo when a hippo potamus tank leaked on December 26. Water extinguished the furnace fire and the elephants and other tropical animals narrowly escaped freezing in the enclosure.
A veterinary dentist conducts dari z rounds through Boston stables finding enough work to fill his schedule.
Miss Hazel Collins aged 16 died yesterday at her mother Mrs. Pete Murray's home in Urbancrest after a coughing spell during tuberculosis. Funeral services likely Sunday, time to be announced pending arrival of her brother Fred Collins in the navy at Philadelphia.
Wm J Burns of Akron and Miss Mabel Ray of this city united in marriage at the M E parsonage yesterday noon with Rev J W Orr officiating. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Ray, recently left Sunday Creek Co. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Burns, served overseas and now works in Akron. They planned a short wedding trip and will reside at 375 Buckingham Street, Akron after January 5.
Mrs R G Weber and her daughter Elizabeth depart for Boston to reunite with Mr Weber who has a responsible position at the Boston arsenal. They travel with Mrs Weber’s sister Miss Florence Andrews as far as Columbus. Mr Weber formerly taught at Ohio University.
Mr and Mrs Malcolm Waldier returned to Athens today after spending Christmas with Mrs Lalla Dunnett and children. They were accompanied to Athens by Grace and Malcolm Dunnett who will spend a few days there.
Miss Sara Williams of Akron is the guest for a few days of her parents, Mayor and Mrs. Wm. Williams.
William Ellis organizer for the United Mine Workers of America is home from Alabama to spend the holidays with Mrs Ellis at their city residence.
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Thompson hosted a Christmas dinner for her father and mother and nephew James Lewis. It marked their first Christmas dinner since the couple married twenty seven years ago.
In Portland a logger named James Senning described his requests at a lady barber shop as a general cleaning up including a shave and haircut and an added charge of 380 dollars, told to police.
Floyd L. Bridge of Circle Hill and Gertrude Brewer of New Marshfield receive wedding permits. William J. Burns of Glouster and Mabel Ray, likewise. Clarence E. Mullins of Millfield and Naomi R. Blackford of Chauncey. Frank Power of Courtland NY and Florence Wolfe of Nelsonville. August Wingman of Nelsonville and Myra Cochran of The Plains. Edson J. Carsey of Athens and Sylvia E. Dewnard of Athens. Russell Porter of Amesville and Irene Linscott of Athens. Robert Lee Arnett of Athens R D 5 and Mabel Cowdry of Hockingport.
In several Russian cities natural history lessons are delivered via portable animal museums set up at street corners. These mobile displays bring zoological specimens to passersby, expanding access to science outside traditional classrooms.
An advertisement urges use of Duffee’s Cough Syrup to relieve coughs and prevent influenza or other illnesses. It claims over thirty five years of experience backing the product and notes it soothes irritated membranes, disperses congestion, and strengthens resistance.
Druggists refund money if Pazg Ointment fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles. Stops irritation and soothes. You can get restful sleep after the first application. Price 60c.
Advertising copy claims Chamberlain's Tablets ease digestion and are easy to take. The product is priced at a quarter and marketed as agreeable in effect.
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