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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1919
Page
2
An advertisement promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as restoring strength and aiding Dutch health. It claims a Netherlands charter authorizes sale and urges purchasing from a druggist with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. The product comes in three sealed sizes with the brand name D DAL on the box.
Correction notes an omission in a prior item about delinquent land notices. It states Section 6704 requires weekly publication of delinquent lands in English newspapers for two weeks between December 20 and the first Tuesday in February and, if a German language newspaper exists in the county, a German language paper may publish as well. The request asks repeal of the German language newspaper provision.
Athens hosts a busy weekend at the Aromory and O U Gym with two nights of hoops. Friday features Hancock High versus Lancaster High followed by Ohio Northern as the second game. Saturday pits Athens High against Parkersburg as Coach Rupp prepares a strong squad.
Ohio lawmakers endorsed the national woman suffrage amendment, 21 to 10 in the senate and 79 to 31 in the house. The Whittemore joint resolution urged Senators Harding and Pomerene to vote for the amendment. Suffragists expect Pomerene to support the bill in the U.S. Senate. The report also notes Beetham’s road funding measure and other state actions from the same session.
University of Wisconsin rural economics chief B. H. Hibbard told farmers at Columbus that prices will stay high for a long period. Demand will focus on meat dairy products and wool with only moderate downward trends and no prewar price return.
Orville Gardner filed a police complaint about dangerous darkness on city streets. while at the police headquarters elevator he was frisked and lost $200.
In Chicago on February 6, Mrs Orrie Winne testified that after a marriage she and Charles Winne were united but he lost his winning ways as she sought maintenance through a suit.
Strike spreads through London and Sweden as engineers join subway workers in protest. London Brighton Railway traffic stopped and threats of a general railway strike loom while Sweden covers machinery with ball bearings to save lubricating oil.
An eastern railroad official notes two men who can fill a box car with coal in ten minutes and open cars even faster, highlighting teamwork and efficiency in locomotive logistics.
A promotional note extols a routine of touching toes fifty times as a workout that supposedly cleanses the body by shifting delayed food and waste from the stomach liver and bowels.
Real Consideration Columbus reports Federal Judge Slater sentenced Alvin Kuhn, a farmer, to fifty four days in jail for stealing lumber from an interstate shipment. The judge noted time served will allow Kuhn to plant his crops.
An English scientist says a single drop of milk contains about 15,000,000 fat globules. The remark appears in a scientific or popular science context noting milk’s microscopic fat distribution.
In Columbus on February 6, a local man nicknamed Skeanest handed James Flaherty a tin fragment and received 48 cents in change. The event highlights a street interaction between a resident and a newsboy in the city.
In Chicago on February 6 Lieut. Harvey Conover told reporters he is alive despite a casualty notice stating his death. The assertion raises questions about the accuracy of military listings during ongoing operations.
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