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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1922
Page
7
An advertisement extols California Fig Syrup as a cure for sick children with constipation and colic. It claims a teaspoonful cleanses the liver and bowels, restoring health within hours, and urges mothers to buy genuine bottles with age guidelines.
Seventeen year old musician George Violin traveled seven weeks from New York to Seattle by foot and auto rides chasing a promised job. On arrival he learned the position had been filled, though he plans to pursue employment elsewhere and continues to play the piccolo.
A Wednesday report by the Athens County Board of Visitors criticizes jail and mayor offices in Chauncey Jacksonville Glouster and Trimble while praising the Children's Home and Infirmary. The board notes improvements possible and vows further inspections to push sanitary upgrades and better caretaking.
Washington reports state the merchant marine aims for ships crewed entirely by American seamen. The Shipping Board recruiting bureau notes a rise in American placements from under 10 percent initially to 95 percent in recent months. By fiscal year end 68.8 percent were American, and from July to November 1921 the share grew to ships with full American crews onboard.
William Desmond Taylor hosted film luminaries at his palatial home when he was shot in the back. Officials now consider jealousy or revenge as motives and say a prominent movie actress is linked to the case, though no name has been confirmed.
A plan calls for a vessel manned by all American crews and shore establishments equally representative of the United States as part of a broader effort to ensure national participation and balance in naval operations.
An ad promotes Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound as an easy way to darken gray hair. It claims a large bottle, inexpensive at drug stores, gives natural, even color after repeated applications.
Fifteen farmers across 14 counties join a beef-cost study by Ohio State extension service to compare home raised corn silage and alfalfa feeds with other systems. Paul Gerlaugh leads the effort, aiming to prove home grown feeds can reduce live weight cost per pound and become a primary feeding method.
An advertisement claims Nash's Croup-Pneumonia Salve eases spasmodic croup and feverish symptoms in children. It instructs applying salve to nostrils, warming the chest with cloths, and wrapping to trap vapors, urging quick doctor contact and noting availability at Peace Drug Co. in Athens.
The Atlantic fleet plus auxiliaries anchor at Guantanamo Bay Cuba with Admiral Hillary P Jones aboard the USS Columbia. Training focuses on ship at sea, battlefield practice, rifle and big gun drills, and shore athletic events as marines participate. Aircraft detachment of F-5 type joins the fleet for ongoing operations. Ships stay in Southern waters until April before overhaul.
County commissioners in Cleveland discuss installing photographic copies of original court records to replace pen and typewritten transcriptions. Officials say the system could save Cuyahoga county about 250 600 annually. In Scranton two buildings burned in the business district fire and two firefighters were overcome by smoke. damage estimated up to 950 000.
Color in cheeks signals health problems. Olive Tablets claim to act on the liver and bowels like calomel but without dangerous effects. Take one or two tablets daily for improved appetite and buoyancy. Millions of boxes sold annually at 15¢ and 30¢.
The House Naval Affairs Committee announced hearings to open Monday to determine how Navy personnel would be reduced under the ten year naval holiday framework set by the armament conference.
A vintage advertisement touts Musterole as fast neuralgia relief. It claims the white ointment soothes sharp head pains when rubbed on temples and neck, made with mustard yet nonburning, available in 35 and 65 cent jars and tubes plus a hospital size at $3.00. Better than a mustard plaster.
Washington February 9 The civil service commission announced that over 20 000 federal employees work on internal revenue taxes including more than 5 000 auditors and inspectors of income tax returns. The bureau needs several hundred more positions with a national examination set for March 8. Entrance salaries range from 1500 to 3000 dollars yearly with six weeks training and full pay during instruction.
Columbus reports a Washington issued ruling requiring druggists garage men and other denatured alcohol sellers to advertise it as de natured alcohol or completely denatured alcohol and to label all containers poison. The directive comes from the internal revenue department.
In St Clairsville on February 9, miners and operators expect a tied outcome at the Pittsburgh Vein Operators association annual meeting in Cleveland February 13 over the new miners scale. In Medina, February 9, William A Miller of Rittman sues Victor Kreider of Wadsworth for 1057 dollars for auto collision injuries and related costs.
A noted skin specialist proclaims Mentho-Sulphur cures skin eruptions including fiery eczema. Due to germ destroying properties it soothes irritation and heals the skin, leaving it clear and smooth. Sufferers should obtain a small jar from a reputable apothecary and use it like cold cream.
A well known Athens drayman faced a terrifying incident as a mouse fled from a load of refuse and crept up his trouser leg then his back. He leapt from the drag in a panic and shed his clothing as the mouse fled on a cold snowy morning with wind blowing.
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