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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1922
Page
6
An old home made remedy promises fast relief from coughs using Pinex and sugar syrup to a full pint. It claims instant soothing of air passages, helps thin phlegm, and suits bronchitis and hoarseness. The ad asserts cost savings and consumer guarantees from The Pinex Co. Ft Wayne Ind.
A Baltimore reader recounts months of backache and weakness improved after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad features testimonials from women praising the herbal remedy for female sickness, urging others to try it.
The Logan city council held its first session at city hall Tuesday with members Fox Roby Canty Hamilton Holl Munday and Tom present. Mayor Koppe delivered the inaugural message outlining plans for two years including water works improvements the shift to a reservoir system two 1,000,000 gallon reservoirs additional pump and air compressor. The mayor's address covered streets canal land traffic laws and building code. Committee appointments were deferred to next session and Edw George Hamilton was elected president pro tem and sworn in. An appropriation ordinance for six months was passed and enforcement actions for code violations were outlined including towing and mayor's court summonses for parked vehicles.
Telegram from Grand Rapids reports L. C. Yocum operated on for acute appendicitis Tuesday afternoon. He runs a furniture store and undertaking establishment here and had gone to attend a furniture market. After arrival he was rushed to a hospital for immediate surgery. family notified.
The host of friends are pleased to learn Dr. C F Alpin has recovered from a second illness and can return to his office after weeks confined at home on East Second street.
Mrs. James L. Martin retires this year after 20 years as secretary of Pythian Sisters in district 11. At Zanesville convention she received a twenty dollar gold piece in a corsage, a boudoir clock from Logan Temple 57, and twenty rosebuds in a basket from local ladies for her service and dedication.
A concert of sacred music will be given Monday evening January 16 at the local M E church under Mrs Walter Scott who recently started a city vocal class. The quartet includes Mrs Ned Harrington soprano Earl Hughes tenor Mrs Walter Scott contralto and Mr Walter Scott baritone. Local music lovers can expect a treat.
Mr. and Mrs. H. White hosted the Twice Five Club on Tuesday evening. The program featured a discussion on The Recent Columbia Treaty was only an Act of Justice with a negative paper by Dil Sanderson. A fine dinner was served and two weeks hence the group will meet at Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee White to discuss All Is Well That Ends Well with several club guests in attendance.
An old Sage and Sulphur Compound bottle darkens gray hair naturally with even tone. Druggist says millions of bottles are sold yearly due to its quick effect. after one or two uses gray hair vanishes and hair looks luxuriously dark and youthful.
Rev William Powers of Iron dale Methodist Church, after leaving a $200 monthly mining job, will install a $300 to $400 radio outfit in the church. He aims to broadcast concerts news and sermons from Pittsburg and believes the set, receiving up to 1500 miles, will attract young people to services and a radio club of the M E church may form next week.
George Weidener aged 84 a pioneer figure in the county and active in township politics died at home in Marion township. He was called Tuesday morning. Funeral services will be held Thursday at Rush Creek Lutheran church with Rev. Geo Schutes of this city officiating. Burial will follow in the adjacent cemetery.
John Everitt Morris nine months old died at home Tuesday at 3 P M after a several week illness. Services are set for Thursday morning at Webbs Chapel with burial at the local cemetery by The Harden Undertaking Company.
City officials implement a new tagging method to improve identification and tracking processes. The approach aims to streamline workflows and enhance accountability across departments.
Frost resident Lee Little was Sunday guest at the home of T. E. Fitch. Mrs. F. D. Shanks is on the sick list. Mrs. Mont Mooney and Mildred Fitch visited Ath ens last Thursday with Mrs. Eber Fulton and Mrs. William Mans field. T. E. Fitch and wife travel to Cincinnati for treatment while Erma Yagala erected a new hen house. Fred Runion resigns from the creamery and Mr. Potter of West Virginia takes charge.
Sand Rock and Guysville residents visit relatives in nearby towns during the week. Teresa Shannon visits Mrs. Jesse King while George Brown travels to Belpre to see John McClure. Charles Stable and Ethel Colvin, Carl Grandstaff with Clyde Colvin, and George Sanborn stay with local families. Georges Ogg and Clyde Colvin visit Greens Run families. A good roads meeting was held.
A 35 cent bottle of Danderine is advertised as a complete dandruff remedy that stops itch and hair loss. The pitch claims after weeks of use hair will grow anew, becoming soft, lustrous, and easy to style with roots invigorated and strengthened. It likens the product to rain and sun for hair health.
The report notes a Saturday evening event at the schoolhouse and the Ladies' Aid monthly meeting at the church Saturday afternoon with eight members in attendance.
A new member Mrs Mae Townsend was welcomed. The group decided to meet at Mrs Vinnie Van Dyke home on December 19 to piece a quilt for the society’s benefit.
Racine plans a new Standard Oil gasoline and oil station with several tanks of thirty thousand gallon capacity. Steel barges are under construction to move oil to Racine where compressors will transfer it from barges to tanks. Early spring building activity aims to provide many local jobs and establish Racine as a regional distributing point.
Many Messenger readers recall Esta Warner daughter of Ernest Warner of Scipio township and a teacher of western Meigs. Her last school in this county was at Pleasant Valley, Rutland township. Her work at Pleasant Valley...
Advert: instant relief from colds with Pape's Cold Compound. Take every two hours for up to three doses to relieve nasal congestion, runny nose, ache, feverishness, and dullness. Priced at a few cents in stores, claims to act quickly without assistance and tastes pleasant. Insist on Papes.
The article profiles Mrs George Larkin of Guy New Mexico who teaches at a local school earning 140 dollars monthly and helps run a country store and post office with her husband. It notes her marriage to George Larkin Jr and praises her as a woman of rare character in the community.
A brief note highlights Anyo as a versatile entertainer with multiple talents. The text mentions school affiliation and emphasizes the subject’s fortune in providing services as a performer.
Captain Daubert of Cincinnati and George Burns, chief field assistant, were named today to lead the Reds for the coming season. The move marks Daubert’s choice of Cincinnati as the club’s base with Burns in a senior assisting role.
The fragment recalls a failed attempt in London sixty years ago to use pneumatic tubes beneath the streets to send parcels by compressed air, noting the venture was not successful.
Latrobe Mrs Mont Mooney of Shreveport La visits sister Mrs T E Fitch. Lewis Clark stayed with Clarence Frost at New Marshfield. Zene Frost from near Stewart visited T E Fitch. Mrs C Mars visited Parkerburg. Mr and Mrs Dean Ewers spent Sunday with E D Morrison. Mrs Nettle Richardson and Mra.
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