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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1921
Page
8
An old style ad touts California Fig Syrup as a remedy to move a sick child’s bowels. It claims a teaspoon helps relieve constipation and restore a well, playful child, urging mothers to ask for genuine California Fig Syrup from their pharmacist to avoid imitation versions.
Mrs. George Elliott McCormick notes district spring meetings begin April 1 and Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs invites clubs and city federations to extend invitations for their conferences. An executive board meeting is planned in Cleveland January 16 to confirm arrangements and advise on invitations. The district meetings have been successful in social welfare and club work and aim to be even more engaging.
The General Federation outlines Bible study topics and invites Appleton Wisconsin women over 18 to join its Women’s Club with a $1 annual due. The Hamilton club raises funds via a social event at Elks hall featuring card tables and sewing for Red Cross, netting $35 for philanthropy.
Delphian club funded new outfits and prompted Superintendent McVay and the school board to act. Ohio earns a place on the honor roll as General Federation clubs report dues paid and local clubs fund health, food, scholarships, and charities.
Amesville and Mt. Vernon residents mingle during holidays with visits from Helen Henry and Helen Goddard relatives. Floods damaged roads, a C D Henry farm bridge, and a Curtiss Junction trestle, while two boys escaped a dangerous rafting accident. A dry well was drilled by Jones and Fox on Fred Phillips farm amid ongoing rail concerns.
A vintage advertisement touts Danderine as a dandruff remedy and hair growth tonic. It claims one application stops itching and shedding, thickens hair, and after weeks shows new hair growth from the roots, leaving hair soft, full, and easy to style.
Prosecuting Attorney W B Bartels called a meeting of local Red Cross and American Legion officials to form a county committee to manage issuing and filing World War bonus applications. He notified soldier organizations to represent at Friday 7 00 pm in his office to elect the committee. The move follows a demand from Ohio Attorney General John G Price for swift county action and ready application blanks.
Stewart H L Lonas of Athens was the guest of his parents here Monday. Mark Sutton and wife of Chauncey were Christmas guests of their parents Mr and Mrs David Sutton. Miss Lucile Copeland of Washington is visiting friends and relatives here. Mr and Mrs Frank Robinson were Christmas guests of the latter's sister Mrs Ora Ashcraft of Guysville. Ed Norris and wife of Columbus were the Christmas guests of their...
A women golfer considers winter at Virginia, Carolina, or Florida resorts wearing a knitted knickerbocker suit with roomy knickers and a long swagger coat. Jockey green barred white forms the color scheme.
Arillia Virginia Coss daughter of Peter and Mary Ellen Coss born October 7 1859 in Morgan County Ohio died December 23 1921 at her home in Athens Ohio aged 62 years 2 months and 16 days after years of illness She married Charles Henry Hooper and had six children three sons Don Carl and Herbert and daughter Mrs Charess McKinley She leaves three brothers Benjamin Calvin and Lewis Coss two sisters Mrs E B Slaughter and Mrs Charles Cook seven grandchildren and many relatives The family obituary notes her faith patience and lasting memory by her husband and children
The family expresses gratitude to neighbors for help during the illness and death of our wife and mother. They thank Star Bottling Works F C E W A C Maccabee Lodge F C Stedman Co employees Rev Timmons chapel singers and L L H Baughman for support. Father and Children.
An advertisement touts Bulgarian Blood Tea as a natural aid to feel younger and keep a clear complexion. It promises purification of the blood and relief of many ailments, pitched as the “poor man’s doctor.” The text notes it is laxative, helps fight colds, should be taken hot at bedtime, and is sold worldwide by druggists.
Vancouver has become a conduit for prairie grain with shipments to Europe and the Orient slipping from port since harvest. This season will see 160000 tons in forty carloads to Europe, after tests showed grain remains in excellent condition passing the Panama Canal.
Dayton police comb the city for Rev. Henry F. Reynolds, the shell shocked pastor who vanished in Detroit on November 13 and was seen boarding a car to Dayton yesterday. The Evansville church offers a reward for his detention until friends arrive. Mrs. Cora Foley expected to become Evansville police history as first woman officer.
Moscow reports a new price system reversing many Western values. Items in demand in the United States cost less in Russia while common goods become dear. even food and lodging for foreign journalists carry high costs in roubles, with wages lagging behind.
Springfield New York police seek color blind men after townspeople painted all buildings yellow believing it was red. Police say the prank caused confusion and potential property concerns across the village.
W P G Harding, governor of the Federal Reserve Board, predicts 1922 will begin a revival leading to a new era of prosperity in the United States. He cites improved financial conditions, easing credit, and stronger investment markets, while noting high railroad rates, fuel costs, rents, and agricultural strain as barriers.
Jesse Franklin Price born October 1 1890 in Meigs county Ohio died December 25 1921 in Downington Ohio at 31 2 24 He married Mildred Dean December 22 1915 and had two sons Albert Maywood age 4 and Gerald Wesley 7 months He is survived by his wife two sons his parents grandparents and many relatives The obituary notes his kind disposition and patience in illness and ends with a comforting verse.
Bob Martin heavyweight champion of the A. E. F. and Dempsey challenger was hospitalized in Terra Alta West Virginia after his car plunged over an embankment and pinned him, causing internal injuries.
Louie Selzer, a persistent reporter, refused to be deterred by Edsel Ford’s refusal to see press. He took a bus boy job to remain close and secured the breakfast interview, earning the access he sought.
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