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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1919
Page
2
An advertisement claims 8 8 8 pills cleanse blood and remove unsightly pimples and skin irritations. It promises relief from sluggish blood and disorders with no minerals or chemicals. Readers are offered free medical advice from the Medical Director in Atlanta, Georgia.
Fragmentary report mentions the entente and German defense votes and an announcement of measures. No clear names, dates, places, or outcomes are readable.
Ralph Wolfe of near Kimberly was arraigned on assault and battery after a road crew altercation with George Thornton. Wolfe pleaded not guilty and was bound over to the grand jury. Thornton suffered a head wound requiring stitches and facial paralysis following the incident near a ditch shaded by grass seed.
William Z Watson of the shop stewards council says strikes signal move to socialize industries and form revolutionary committees like Russia. He says bolshevist aims include controlling workers, backing a forty hour week, and possibly forming a national revolutionary congress called by Lenine, with plans to use industry controllers as managers under new regime.
A new mouse trap uses a glass tube that seals when a rodent enters, preventing any chance of escape. The device aims to improve capture efficiency and reduce the need for repeated trapping.
An unconfirmed Petrograd dispatch reports soldiers revolting and heavy machine gun fire in the streets as Kronstadt troops reportedly bombard Petrograd. Rumors say Lenine may surrender to the Entente while Bolsheviks withdraw from the Baltic, and Bolshevik communiques claim fortified positions near Tarazvv with machine guns and provisions captured.
The Chamber of Commerce plans a nurses register to connect doctors, individuals, and qualified nurses. All nurses are urged to register to create a single point for information and future engagements. A card file will track nurses and cases for rapid contact.
L D H Weld of Swift and Company denounced bills to license packers as a sop to a misinformed public and radicals. He said Kendrick's proposed license bill is impossible and the FTC has found no need for remedial action. Weld, a former Yale professor, voiced opposition during the senate meat hearing in Washington.
A team of German chemists reports a comparatively simple method to obtain turpentine oil from fir needles. The process aims to improve efficiency and reduce complexity in resin and essential oil production.
A Sharon Pennsylvania woman credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring appetite and sleep after nervous indigestion that followed a severe cold. The ad claims the pills build new blood to nourish nerves and lists conditions like rheumatism and neuralgia as helped. It offers mail order and local drugstore access.
About half of the thirty thousand textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts went on strike today demanding 64 hours pay for a 48 hour week. Pickets surrounded mills at opening while many workers reported for duty. several plants operated with less than half the workforce. All plants of the American Woollen Company began the 48 hour week.
More than twenty five thousand silk mill workers struck in Patterson New Jersey after employers refused to meet a forty seven hour week demand. Thousands more may join as mills may close rather than concede.
In New York City on February 3 strikers circled the downtown clothing district to confront non union workers. Police arrived in force as pickets and strike breakers, mostly women, clashed and several pickets were arrested after a rough confrontation.
In a January 5 letter from Helmbach Germany Lieutenant Gilbert W. McDougall writes to his parents about shopping in Cobles and finding art stores lacking. He criticizes German taste and efficiency, notes a sniveling servility beneath a brutish temper, and warns of propaganda aimed at lenient peace terms. He urges acceptance of hard peace terms, stating Germans respect force.
Private George B Hadock writes from the U S Debarkation hospital in New York City to Mrs Kern of Central Avenue. He explains a leg injury in Belgium after a football game at Camp Sheridan and asks that her son Jack, who served with him, be informed of his safe arrival and recovery. He notes the 7th Division may be returning home and recalls their wartime friendship.
An Oakland automobile owned by Wayne Roach and driven by Skid Carsey crashed into the county bridge over Sunday Creek near the county infirmary shortly after 8 30 yesterday morning. Finney suffered a serious head injury, others escaped harm. the impact wrecked the bridge and necessary repairs began with county commissioners inspecting the scene.
An advertisement touts Bio-feren as a vitality builder for weak and nervous women, promising rapid gains in vigor, health, and appearance in two weeks. It claims to be safe and affordable, with a physician note and a listed formula, urging daily dosing and money-back if results fail.
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