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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1923
Page
6
Detro secured a band victory in an event featuring Pitts gstow genia Is with notable performances by Ne lints and teing lade. Officials reported a close contest and praised the participating ensembles for their musical precision.
A home made remedy promises fast relief for coughs and throat chest ailments. It advises mixing 7/4 ounces Pinex into a pint with sugar syrup or substitutes, claiming instant actin g absorption and phlegm thinning. The ad touts cost savings, pleasant taste, and guarantees with The Pinex Co. contact in Ft Wayne Indiana.
Mrs. Nancy L. McFarlin sixty eight widow of William McFarlin died of heart trouble at her Columbus home on North Parks street. Funeral services were held in Columbus and her body shipped to Logan where Harden Undertaking Co. received and buried her.
Mrs Nell Brondson reports a three week visit in Toronto Canada ending Tuesday evening. She recalls ten below zero and six inches of snow on departure, yards flooded to allow skating, and watching dancing taught in local schools. She observed forty young toe dancers aged three to six in one class.
Mrs Lena EF Hart 47 wife of George Hart died Wednesday afternoon at two due to a brain blood clot. She was born in Beverly Ohio and is survived by her husband. Funeral plans had not been announced.
Word arrived from Columbus Wednesday morning of the death of Gilbert H Kennard aged 69 who died Tuesday at his Hunter avenue home. He had long resided in the city and once ran a grocery at the site now Leyshon’s. Survived by widow, daughter Mrs Hays Jones of Columbus, and sons Charles Kennard of Portsmouth and Richard Kennard of La Jose, Cal. Funeral services set for Friday at 10:30 A.M. at the Methodist church with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
A 16 year old, Sibert Kruger alias Albert Johnson, is sentenced to prison for 380 years to life for robbery, assault and grand larceny in Queens. Judge Burt J. Humphreys calls the youth a dangerous menace to the community and notes the crime shocks him. Justice Hoyt says high grade juvenile criminals are most dangerous due to their cunning and escape from interception.
An old sea captain, after years at sea, suffered a double rupture and bedridden years. Doctors warned of surgery or death. He refused both, tried many doctors and trusses, and then reportedly cured himself without operation.
A newspaper blurb touts Captain Collings claiming a self cure for rupture. It describes a simple safe method that would make anyone well and urges readers to request the Captain Collings book and medicine for free by sending a coupon immediately.
In Cleveland Dr. Royal Copeland, newly elected U S senator, told the Cleveland real estate board banquet that labor unions are America's biggest issue. He urged collective bargaining, called union organizing an economic evolution, and urged reform of abuses rather than destruction.
General De Gouttee of the French Rhineland forces is ordered to advance on Essen and the Ruhr at 5 o clock Thursday morning, according to a despatch from Essen tonight.
Readers vent about the unusually frigid spell as lows dip with biting wind chills. Residents report chilly mornings and transport delays while authorities remind onlookers to bundle up.
An advertiser urges ruptured individuals to request a free trial of a topical applicator from W. S. Rice at 809B Main St Adams NY, claiming it tightens muscles and closes the opening without a truss. The plea targets men women and children and warns against gangrene from untreated ruptures.
Mamie Baker Graf 47 daughter of Willard Baker and Lydia Cole of Torch Hill died Jan 4 at sister Winifred Given Baker's Circleville home after a lingering illness. She was buried Jan 6 in Forest Cemetery Circleville. Born in Athens County she lived in Athens long. married to August Graf at 18. Graf died years ago. The Baker station agent was well known in Athens.
Mrs. J. E. Hurst of 608 East Douglas Street Bloomington Illinois claims she cured her rheumatism and offers to mail free information on the simple home method. She says she has nothing to sell and requests only the reader’s name and address.
A compact aphorism contrasts righteousness with reward in Isaiah and a fable about virtue and shelter. The passage notes that the virtuous shall prosper from their deeds while those lacking virtue miss delight, paired with an emblematic bee and frog allegory.
Restore health with a hot medicinal tea claimed to flush poisons from the bowels and refresh the system. Advertised as a cold remedy sold by druggists everywhere.
The woolen trade’s stand against shoddy goods boosts the sheep and wool industry. American citizens awaken to being sold wool misrepresented as all wool while loaded with old rag shoddy. Southeastern Ohio, famed for sheep farming, remembers winters when Southern Ohio hills housed thriving flocks like those kept by the McVays.
A vivid scene shows the fur buyer traveling over hills and vales, leaving many dollars to gladden farmer boys. The country boy’s trek with his traps, dog, and gun brings health to the springy step and joy to his heart.
A column notes the 9000 marks per dollar rate, contrasts with the faded Greenback idea, and laments Germany’s collapse. It reflects on a crisis of faith and warns that a nation forgetting God meets doom.
Dr. James A. Miller ends a three year pastorate at Alexander Presbyterian Church with a farewell sermon. He is praised as a scholar and able minister whose character endeared him to congregants as he enters a new field of work. The note also recounts a humorous anecdote about Dr. McGurk, a minister from Athens, with a day spent chasing rabbits on the McClain dairy farm.
In a curious scene McClain presents dried rabbits posed with heads high and chests out while whistling a song. He claims the rabbits died of nervous prostration but the Doctor asserts they were killed on the wing, a view the observers accept.
A Dayton News advertisement by Julius Mayer promotes Lithiated Buchu Keller formula as a cure for bladder issues. It claims kidney and bladder effects, lists a two cent tablet price, and directs readers to McKee Drug Co. or The Ch Laboratory in Mechanicsburg, Ohio.
In Columbus on January 11 a 15 month old child of Mr and Mrs Frank Rainey died from strychnia poisoning believed to have come from sugar coated laxative tablets. The incident prompted an official inquiry.
An opinion argues that the father’s duty to dry dishes stems from practical policy rather than enthusiasm, framing household chores as a matter of sensible distribution and routine.
McHenry and Sissler, South Court Street merchants, prepare to open a new department called Economy Basement. Shelving fixtures are being placed on the basement floor and yard goods are stacked. The department will open in about ten days.
Old injuries from a three year old fall from a truck claimed the life of 18 year old John Black in Bridgeport. He died recently as a result of those injuries, authorities said.
Nearly ten thousand Belgian troops have arrived at Aachen where General Berremans set up headquarters, according to a dispatch from the city dated January 11.
The War Office stated Polani will not provide any military assistance to Evance in the Ruhr area. No support is planned and no action is anticipated.
In Cleveland on January 11, a new price scale for public school meals drops soups vegetables and desserts to four cents per portion. Cocoa or milk cup costs three cents. Miss Elsie Carling cites increased efficiency in service as the reason for the lower prices, which take effect tomorrow for 22 cent square meals.
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