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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1923

Page

2

Dawnlight Disgraced as Lightning Wins Big in Paradise Race

Dawnlight is disqualified after two heats as Firebrand and The Flame lead the star colts. Silkskin and the Paradise youngsters dominate the day with Silkskin far ahead, while Lightning outpaces Dollar to win the first heat, drawing cheers from Val and Siff as Dawnlight faces disgrace.

Val Firebrand Silkskin Tor Silkskin Paradise Siff Dirk Dollar Clendenning Rosy Jake Lightning Mother Earth Bristow Victor John Hannon

Paradise Pride Amid Loose Bar Scene

A fragment notes a woman riding between loyal subjects with queenly pride, comparing it to Paradise. The line ends with a cue that the story continues.

Paradise

Home Made Cough Remedy Promises Quick Relief

An old advertorial touts a homemade cough remedy using Parmint double strength and sugar to prepare a half pint. The copy claims rapid action on throat and nasal membranes reducing tickling inflammation and mucus within hours, with dramatic testing for catarrh relief.

Convicts Threaten Upheld Revolt At Western Penitentiary

E. E. Budding, president of the prisoners relief society, warned Governor Pinchot that without relief a new serious revolt could erupt at the western Pennsylvania penitentiary in Pittsburgh.

Washington Ireb Pennsylvania Pittsburg Pinchot E. E. Budding Prisoners’ Relief Society

Fey Miller to Leave Athens for Tlantsville Pastorate

James A. Miller of Athens will resign after three years guiding six rural Presbyterian parishes in Athens county and accept a unanimous call to the Presbyterian church at Tlantsville Ohio on the Bellefontaine Indian Lake interurban line. He will relocate by March 4 and has held posts as amanuensis to Dr. Charles A Briggs and as a professor at Elmira College for Women.

James A. Miler Athens Athens County Presbyterian Church Tlantsville Ohio Bellefontaine Indian Lake Miller Charles A Briggs New York City Elmira College For Women Simira N. Y Kakhas Hibbardsville Albany Waterloo Guysville Carthage New Ene Ud Huntsville W. B. Berry Middleport

What Is a Christian and Why It Matters

Friday night at the Christian church revival features Bible School aimed at 100 percent class attendance. Dr. Lowe notes rising interest in defining a Christian amid a magazine's articles. cites Campbell's view as a basis: belief in Jesus as Christ and obedience. Three members come forward for fellowship as Tuttle performs It Pays To Serve Jesus.

The Christian Church Higley John Storm Hall Caine Alexander Campbell Jesus Christ God Mr. Tuttle Fairhope Edgar DeWitt Jones

Man Held Over Jersey City Murder Confession Twist

Robert McGrath alias Robert Downey faces murder charges in the killing of 17 year old Christiana Hervish last November. Detectives trapped him in a Bowery phone booth and he initially confessed to strangling the Wallingford girl before recanting.

New York Robert McGrath Robert Downey Jersey City Christiana Hervish Dominick Henry Bowery Michael Kelley Downey Wallingford New Jersey

Rural High School Plant Promises Modern Facilities

Pine rural school district officials and state educators hail the Mark township project as the best equipped rural high school in northwestern Ohio. The $193,000 building features an auditorium and gymnasium with adjacent athletic fields, marking a major upgrade for the community.

Pine Defiance, CO Ohio Mark Township

Want-Ad Page Echoes Life Across Small Classifieds

A newspaper reader is invited to scan the want ads for vivid snippets of daily life. Entries note sewing services and drapery work, a personal disclaimer about debts, a missing kitten on Franklin Avenue, and a glimpse of humor and pathos in ordinary hometown notices.

Ruhr Franklin Avenue Want Dean Stickney Httle

Want Ads Prove Quick, Check Honest Deals and Losses

Sanitary couch ad sold, Albany Athens ad drew many calls, apples ad prompted inquiries. A stray saddle horse missing since Feb 4. contact Jas Smith. Local note shows want ads recover items and even more.

Jas. Smith Buchtel Road Howe

Woman sues hospital for twenty five thousand damages

Jennie T. Gross files a $25,000 damages suit in St. Clairsville Ohio against Bellaire City Hospital. She alleges after gallstone operation an inexperienced nurse injected narcotics and used a sponge saturated with bichloride of mercury causing permanent injury and severe burns and cuts.

ST. Clairsville Jennie T. Gross Bellaire City Hospital

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