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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1922
Page
2
A vintage advertisement urges readers to use Gude's Pepto Mangan to revive run down husbands. It claims the blood tonic with iron improves mood, energy, and health, and suggests daily use for a few weeks. It promotes liquor or tablet forms sold at drug stores.
Rome January 23 The will of the late Pope Benedict XV reveals he bequeathed all his private property at Pegli near Genoa to his nephew the Marquis Della Chiesa.
The famous papal ring worn by Roman pontiffs will be broken up and remolded for the next occupant of the chair of St. Peter.
The Nabby Lee Ames chapter of the D A R held its January meeting at Mrs. Dr. H Moore's home 48 East Union Street. Elected to the State convention in March in Cleveland were delegates Mrs O D Dailey Albany Mrs J M Hyde Nelsonville and Mrs T W Craig with alternates Mrs Gertrude Shepherd Edington Mrs A O Sloane and others.
A renewed push for improved roads in Athens county gains momentum as the Canaan Rome Carthage Road Club meets at Lockhart's Hall Guysville. Speakers from the Athens Chamber of Commerce and the state highway department tout collaboration and limestone quality, with plans to unite township groups and boost funds and quarry development.
The tenth birthday party for Paul Saylor was hosted by Mr and Mrs Roy R Saylor at 145 Grosvenor Street. From 2 to 4 pm friends played games won prizes and enjoyed refreshments. The pink and white cake was a highlight with attendees including Margaret Landis Porter Wilson Radford Riley Spencer and others.
Seventy couples attended the Theta Phi Alpha informal dance Saturday night in the Students Union. The grand march began at 7 30 led by Irene Devlin and William Walsh. The hall resembled an Italian garden with moss, vines, and hanging moss baskets. Favors for men were tiny decks of cards bearing the sorority insignia. Punch flowed and the party ran until 11 45 with chaperons listed and several out of town guests from Youngstown Logan Lancaster Sugar Grove Columbus.
Mr and Mrs Minor Robbins of Cleveland announce the birth of a daughter on Saturday January 21 The child is the second grandchild of Mrs S 85 West State Street The other grandchild is Kenneth Frederick Robbins aged six son of Mr and Mrs Minor Robbins The Childs Conservation League will meet with Mrs Ralph Woods of East Carpenter Street Tuesday evening at 7 oclock
Miss Jennie Blakeslee left Sunday for Grand Rapids Michigan after a two week visit with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Muir in East State street.
Miss Millie Latteau of Youngstown visited for the Theta Phi Alpha dance at the Students Union Saturday night. Mr. John Parker returned from two months in Florida and Orlando. The Queen Esther Circle meets at 6 30 tonight at the First M E church. Branch Liggett and Clarence Liggett motored to Columbus on business, returning Sunday night.
Mr. Floyd Rosser of Nelsonville stayed with his aunt Mrs. Edward C. Schloss over Sunday. A former Ohio University student he is now attending Notre Dame in South Bend Indiana.
In 1695 England imposed a tax on single men to raise funds for ongoing French wars. The measure aimed to bolster royal finances amid costly military campaigns and reflected the era’s reliance on targeted levies to support national defense.
An old advertisement urges mothers to give California Fig Syrup to infants and children for gentle bowel cleansing. It claims a teaspoonful can prevent illness tomorrow and lists symptoms of constipation, biliousness, fever, and colic. It warns to ask for genuine California Fig Syrup to avoid imitations.
Miner Martin Sharp aged 32 died in Columbus hospital from injuries suffered in a slate fall at Luh rig. He struggled to live after the accident, and burial is set for Tuesday at 10.30 at the Holiness church in Athens with Rev. Lt. Roberts officiating. He leaves a widow, a six year old daughter, his father and mother, two brothers and four sisters.
Kenneth Bobo one year old son of Mr and Mrs Leslie Bobo died at his home in New Marshfield after a nine day bout with pneumonia. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 10 am at the Christian church with burial in New Marshfield cemetery. Survived by two daughters Ora 12 and Minnie 7.
An old medical note describes undigested food turning to poison gas that presses on the heart causing nerve and restlessness. It promotes Adlerika with buckthorn bark and glycerine to expel poisons and gas from both upper and lower bowel and warns it helps guard against appendicitis. Gibson Drug Store and other druggists sell Adlerika.
After six years of work the Alaska Railroad spans 467 miles from Seward to Fairbanks. The project cost 42 million dollars with 4 million more needed for bridges and nonessential work. About 4,000 workers laid 100 miles of track and graded eighty miles, enabling year round operation and access to rich mining regions near Fairbanks with an estimated 10 million dollars in gold deposits.
Sage and Sulphur mixtures to restore gray hair to its natural color date from grandmother’s days. Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound is sold in drug stores with added ingredients to darken hair naturally. A downtown druggist says it darkens evenly and unseen, applied with a sponge through individual strands.
Wood rose from 16 to 30 dollars a cord in Fairbanks boosting mining returns. Coal from Matanuska can be delivered for 6 dollars a ton, with one ton equal to two cords of wood. Earlier, summer boat supply and winter stoppage forced year long stocks, pushing flour to 25 dollars a barrel and oats to 140 dollars a ton. rail line halved these prices.
Advertisement urges taking Laxative BromO Quinine tablets to cure a cold in one day. Promoters claim the genuine product bears E. W. Grove’s signature. Warn readers to ensure they get BromO. Price listed 30 cents.
Newark Ohio January 23 Matthias J Vietmeier 57 single man committed death by own action by shooting early this morning despondency is presumed cause.
A concise claim notes that all labour members of the British house of commons are countrymen, asserting a uniform national origin within the party. The statement highlights a homogeneity of background among MPs.
Whitesburg Kentucky January 23 A Perry county jury acquitted Fess Whitaker former county judge of accepting a bribe from William J Bates jailed on murder charges or earlier bond decisions that allowed Bates release Whitaker gained notoriety in a world campaign while jailed on a misdemeanor sentence and later sought sheriff and congress bids, with plans to run in the tenth district this fall.
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