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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1922
Page
6
No-To-Bac claims to end tobacco cravings with a harmless tablet. It pledges relief from smoke or chew urges and offers a money refund if cravings persist, asserting improvement in mental, physical, and financial well being.
New York January 16 Importers cut luxury spending abroad in 1921. Value of 60 luxury goods groups fell to 330 million from 525 million in 1920, an 87 percent drop. Decline driven by fewer imports and lower prices, with some items like undressed furs rising in share.
William Moran, chief U S secret service, led the fight against fraud in 1921. He captured 259 forgers, investigated 3 500 forged check cases and 660 altered war savings stamps while seizing nearly 197 000 dollars in counterfeit notes and equipment. Moran's work exposed crooks tricks and kept Uncle Sam's money safe.
Secret Service under Joe Murphy, ex White House chief, broke up bands counterfeiting government revenue stamps used on bottled in bond whiskey. Ninety six guilty in the net, with Moran’s staff identifying twenty eight new counterfeit notes. Currency counterfeiting on any scale nearly halted after the crackdown.
A vintage ad urges kidney protection during illness. It touts Doan's Kidney Pills with a testimonial from Ernest Grimes a miner at 89 Central St claiming reduced back pain dizziness and frequent kidney burnings after use.
The ad describes a versatile dress design with velvet or brocade options suitable for formal or informal wear. It notes a wide sleeve blouse, straight skirt lines, possible cape omission, and scale patterns 3831 and 3377 in multiple sizes. Materials and pattern nonage details included.
The item notes that a week or ten days are needed to fill orders. This indicates a standard production or fulfillment period to complete requests.
McKee Drug Co guarantees Hyomel will relieve catarrh or they will pay for the outfit themselves. The ad asserts relief from suffering and offers a money back or replacement promise.
In Berlin on January 17 the German government informed Washington that Alanson B. Houghton of Corning New York is acceptable to Germany as ambassador to the United States.
An old advertisement touts 666 as the fastest cure for colds fevers and la grippe claiming rapid relief with a simple remedy.
The January review by the National Retail Dry Goods Association finds Americans bought more at lower prices through November and December 1921. While November sales fell 13.7 percent year over year, prices dropped by over a third in dry goods, and several store sectors posted gains. the report cites Albany visitor Frank Hoyd and mentions J. C. Gorby and wife as named individuals.
Torch G W Doan and George Dewees were business visitors in Coolville while G P Russell bought a fine team of horses. Emma Posey visited Athens relative, and C M Bird stayed with sister Augustus Griffin in Parkersburg. Trips and visits to Florida Marietta Beebe Little Hocking noted. The last line declares there is a time for all things except hate.
Rural economists from the Ohio State University report that rising exports did not keep farm prices from falling in 1921 and dispute that expanding foreign markets would raise domestic prices. J. S. Falconer cites wheat exports at 300 million bushels in 1921 and corn exports at ten times 1920 levels as context.
Carpenter Lloyd Woodyard and wife moved onto L A Marcuim farm last week. George Collins sold his farm to Stephen A Bowen. Willing Workers class met January 11 at Earl Starkey home with readings by Wood Starkey and Woodyard families and Blanche Woodyard winning penny contest. Oysters served. Mrs D J Carpenter unwell. Mrs Jacob Harman ill with pneumonia. Swett family hosted by I M Swett. Howard Blout and family guests.
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