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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1920
Page
6
A promotional notice touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a tonic to improve digestion, ease lassitude, palpitations and nervousness, and to build bodily resistance to illness. It claims benefits for anemia, rheumatism, neuralgia, and general health, offering mail order and a free booklet from Schenectady NY.
The American Industries Quartet visits St Louis factories at noon to sing upbeat tunes to workers. Berry ter Braak of the YMCAs industrial department says music raises production and reduces Bolshevik propaganda risk as employees return to benches with renewed zest and happiness.
Three men were killed and several injured in a rear end collision between a work train and a freight train on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad near Midstate Utah late yesterday.
The ad promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as the single effective remedy for weak or disordered kidneys. Mrs. Fred Penn of Athens testifies the pills relieve kidney issues for herself and her family over twenty years. Price is 60 cents at all dealers, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
Ann challenges Jim over drinking and a flirtatious co worker, arguing his welfare and marriage come first. She urges him to end contact with the Frisbie woman, stressing work, ambition, and trust, while he defends his boundaries and vows to resist pressure. The scene ends with a resolve to confront the situation.
A young French book clerk asks whether to obey her mother and end a yearlong romance with a bookkeeper. Advice urges choosing a partner of her own faith and means, warns of future unhappiness, and counsels patience and respect toward her mother while awaiting a wiser time to wed.
A reader asks Mrs Thompson for bobs style tips and how to avoid snarling hair. The response notes bobs are out of fashion and favors smooth hair. It suggests brushing about a hundred strokes nightly to improve condition and growth then ends with a question about a fifteen year old girl dating.
The pattern recommends galatea gingham drill or linen for the blouse and flannel serge velvet or corduroy for the trousers. It comes in sizes 3 4 5 and 6 years with size 4 needing about 1 1/2 yards of 27 inch material for the waist and 1 1/2 yards for the trousers. The illustration pattern ships to any address for 10 cents in silver or stamps.
An Italian warship will transport a newly completed giant statue of Christopher Columbus to Buenos Aires. The sculpture, weighing several tons, was designed by Arnaldo Zocchi and completed for the Argentine republic.
The guide describes Pattern 3114 with four sizes from Small to Extra Large and lists fabric needs. Medium size requires 5 4 yards of 36 inch material for full length and 4 g yards for sack length, with order options via mail receipt.
The U-go I-go Club of Coolville Ohio met January 21 at Mrs. Carl Yagala home. Members arrived about five oclock. A chicken dinner followed at six. Dr Brown gave a lecture while members sang several musical numbers. The ladies later made popcorn balls.
Secretary Tumulty denied a widely circulated report that President Wilson would leave for a Virginia estate, possibly Monticello, then go to California for a long rest. He also said he had not heard of any definite plans or consideration of such a trip.
In Cleveland on January 24 a policeman found 12 year old Joseph Fox trudging through ankle deep snow toward Akron. He plans to write the word punishment 500 times or as directed by his teachers once he returns.
A boy from Akron was sent to write punishment 500 times by a teacher. After 400 reps he escaped, rode with a motorist toward Cleveland, got $1.50, and spent it on car fare food and a movie. Midnight found him penniless and headed back to Akron to finish writing the lines.
In San Francisco on January 24, 1920, Anne, mother of quadruplets Dorothy, Doris, Dora, and a fourth child who died shortly after birth, awaits news as police search for the father. The children were born out of wedlock at the Salvation Army refuge Beulah Rest Home. three sisters seek attention while their mother remains hopeful.
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