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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1920

Page

2

Cascarets bowel cleanse promises gentle overnight relief

Advertisement touts Cascarets as a gentle overnight bowel wash that cleanses the stomach, reduces sour food and foul gases, and removes bile and wastes from the liver and colon. It claims to work while you sleep with no griping and low cost, suggesting quick morning benefits.

Decline in Farm Cases Attributed to Automobiles

Report notes a drop in case numbers, especially among women on farms, credited to the spread of automobile use and mobility improving access to services and markets.

Hope to Enter College Mien for Olympics

America pins Olympic hopes on Yankee athletes across track, swimming, and boxing. A. A. U. president Samuel L. Dallas urges early winter planning to scout talent and revive events such as the Seagate Marathon. National trials and intercollegiate meets lead to final selections for Belgium.

Henry L. Farrell United Press New York America Uncle Sam Samuel L. Dallas Dallas Brooklyn Seagate Belgium Penn Pittsburg Boston Franklin Field Philadelphia J. Howard Berry Pennsylvania Bob Lengender Georgetown Jim Thorpe

Community News From Lawrence Chapel Area

Regular ap artment updates from Lawrence Chapel and nearby households. Mr Parker Ross died suddenly at the railroad crossing near Porter field, leaving friends and a bereaved community. The Ladies Aid linked a comfort for a family after a recent fire loss.

Rylmer Ackley Cos C. B. Woode Parker Ross Porterfield Ross

PAZO OINTMENT Promises Quick Piles Cure

The ad claims piles can be cured in 6 to 14 days and offers a refund if PAZO OINTMENT fails. It asserts it stops irritation, soothes and heals, and delivers restful sleep after the first application. Price is 60 cents.

Portree Sample Haitimore

Free admission at church entertainments for children home

The Highy Clans of the First Christian church invite all children from the children's home to attend two entertainments. Swiss Bell Ringers will perform with a matinee at 3 00 p m and an evening show at 7 30 p m on Tuesday January 27.

First Christian Church

Dreco touted by Dayton man after two week boost

A Dayton man, Charles McClintock, reports a 100 percent improvement in two weeks after using Dreco a herbal system tonic. He says it moved his bowels daily, improved appetite, restored energy, and helped avoid surgery. Dreco is sold by local druggists including The Cline Pharmacy Co in Athens.

Charles McClintock Jefferson St Dayton, C Dayton Pump Co Dreco Athens Cline Pharmacy Co

Freezone corn cure claims instant relief and painless removal

A Cincinnati man’s discovery offers a small bottle of Freezone for a few cents. Apply a few drops to a corn or callus and pain vanishes, the corn loosens and lifts off with the fingers. It promises no irritation to surrounding skin and claims to shrink hard or soft corns and calluses without hurt. Ladies are urged to keep a bottle on the dresser.

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Murray City News: Social Events And School Plans

Mrs Cuncliffe entertained Pocahontas past chiefs at her home in honor of her election as grand council officer. Arthur Williams is recovering. Miss Margaret Simon leaves Thursday for Akron to work. Mrs Frazee and daughter Em start for it this week. The Eagles held a dance with a good crowd. Murray High Seniors plan a home talent play soon.

Cuncliffe Pocahontas Grand Council Arthur Williams Margaret Simon Akron Thomas Frazee Eagles Murray High School

Montreal hangings close brutal robbery case

J B Lemay alias Patrick DeLorme and two accomplices were hanged in Montreal for the August 1917 murder of Alcide Payette, a farmer whose house they raided during a botched robbery. Allen and Ramon Tacede were victims in the same incident.

Montreal Que J. B. Lemay Patrick DeLorme Allen Ramon Tacede Marcee Alcide Payette

Krupp Plant Maintains Labor Levels Amid War

ESSEN Germany Jan 23 Krupp works keep a steady workforce at about prewar numbers though business levels lag. The roles show Essen 44758 workers and outer works 40118 with three shifts in some areas. Familylike Krupp system includes company housing pensions and a savings plan.

Carl D Groat United Press Essen Germany Krupp Krupp Works Herr Krupp von Bohlen

Guarding Children From Colds with Chamberlains Cough Remedy

Parents can protect the community and their peace of mind by keeping children home when snuffles or watery eyes appear. Chamberlains Cough Remedy is offered as safe for kids containing no opium, aiding cough relief and expectoration to help the body throw off the cold.

Hoover returns to Washington amid nomination speculation

Herbert C. Hoover flies to New York and back to Washington where he visits the American Relief Administration headquarters. He declines to comment on presidential prospects while rumors swirl of Hoover clubs and a New York headquarters, with Julius Barnes noted as a recent interlocutor.

New York Herbert C. Hoover Washington Hoover American Relief Administration Julius Barnes Hoover Clubs New York Sun Republican Club of the Sun

Icy morning coats trees and wires in glittering ice

Pedestrians faced a harsh morning as streets and vegetation wore a thick, glassy ice covering. Icicles hung from street lamps, creating a vintage look of bangled coal oil lamps across trees, buildings, and wires.

Circle Hill residents and visitors in local notices

Rice Thomas travels to Columbus Grant hospital for gallstone surgery. nares Skinner on sick list. Mr and Mrs Jacob Hawk visit his parents at Happy Sunday. Mrs Lawrence McDonald visits her parents at Deanville. Joe Simmons and Edna Simmons of Floodwood visit relatives here Tuesday. Gladys Spillman of Nelsonville visits friends Sunday. Mrs Floyd Bridge and Gertrude Bridge attend Nelsonville show Tuesday. Arnold Smith and wife visit relatives at Chauncey Sunday.

Jacob Hawk Happy Sunday Lawrence McDonald Deanville Joe Simmons Edna Floodwood Gladys Spillman Nelsonville Floyd Bridge Gertrude Bridge Arnold Smith Chauncey

Dropsy treatment offer from Dr Franklin Miles

Free to all sufferers a four remedy Grand Dropsy Treatment with Tonic Tablets and Pura Lava. Dr Miles, a 30 year specialist, claims three times the success of most physicians and promises rapid relief. Send case description and address to Elkhart Indiana for a two pound trial.

Miles Franklin

Riots in Egypt leave casualties near Cairo

Cairo January 23 two people were killed and four injured in clashes between soldiers and civilians at Tantah, capital of Charbieh province, fifty four miles northwest of Cairo. The dead included one soldier and two other soldiers were among the wounded.

Cairo Tantah Charbieh Province

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