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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1919
Page
8
An old advertisement promotes a cheap beauty lotion made from two lemons and three ounces of orchard white. It claims to remove freckles and blemishes, leaving the skin clear, soft, and snowy white with daily use and no irritation.
UPI reports in Moscow and Petrograd show extreme food availability and shortages. Prices soar at open markets while co operatives fail to supply all, with smuggling, rail profiteers, and private purchases shaping a complex food economy.
Carbondale residents welcome relatives from St. Cloud and Athens visit family here. Local job moves include Raymond McWhorter joining ostro Auto Sales in Athens and Marion Lowther becoming engineer at Hocking Coal Co. Property transfers involve Claud Loper and Arthur Eastering selling John Houston farm and Loper property to Pearl Landis. Included notes on travel to Columbus and Parkersburg. A health column recommends Chamberlains ointment for rheumatism relief.
A July 3 banquet hosted by the Christian Church honored new students and delegates from the local society for the State Christian Endeavor Convention. Guests included Morris Guthrie, Jean Thompson, Grace and Mildred Riley, Helen Ludwick, Oscar W. Riley Jr., and Author Robinson.
A 30 cent San Cura Ointment offer promises quick relief for bleeding itching or protruding piles with a money back guarantee. The ad touts healing for old sores fever sores itching skin eczema fetter salt rheum chapped hands and more with accompanying San Cura Soap. Thompson Medical Co. Titusville, Pa.
Those desiring to take music lessons come to H. S. Building any afternoon. P. F. McCormick 7-3-3.
Purley A. Baker national superintendent of the Anti Saloon League and FE H. Cherrington general manager of the League's publishing arm entered the Neil House bar on Independence Day and drank a non alcoholic bracer. Their prior reputations would have suffered a public blow six weeks ago but timing and circumstance altered the reaction.
The Buckeye State Building and Loan Co of Columbus promises careful money handling and safety for depositors. It advertises 5 percent interest paid by check semi annually and notes assets exceeding 17 million dollars.
The Canadian senate votes 30 to 22 to end war time prohibition with peace proclamation rather than twelve months after war. Sir James Lough’s motion to avoid a stand fails. The decision now goes to the commons.
Olata sold by E. R. Lash in Athens along with The Cline Pharmacy Co. in Athens and Taylor and Son in Coolville. Other outlets include Fountain Pharmacy in Nelsonville F. W. Gibson in Amesville E. E. Drury in Glouster and Cline's Pharmacy in Albany.
John Barry a Toledo patient in Camp Sherman Ohio awaiting permission to visit home arranged to be shipped as a package in a hospital express car so he could see the Toledo fight. The Dempsey punch beverage now sold at Toledo drug stores uses loganberry juice seltzer syrup and ice with no knockout.
Private dispatch reports Handley Page airplane en route from Newfoundland to Long Island struck during landing near Parrsboro Nova Scotia. Crew safe and a London-bound report said to have been sent.
The post office at Lango near Charleston West Virginia was carried down the Coal River by floodwaters. The building and all equipment were swept away in the event.
Rail line timetable lists northbound and southbound departures from Athens for K and M trains No 1 3 5 2 4 6 with times and Hocking Valley services No 33 35 37 north and No 30 32 34 south arrive times, parlor car service between Athens and Columbus noted.
Eastbound and westbound service times are listed for trains Nos. 2 52 12 12 57 6 54 7 61 8 58 11 and 1 4 54 local runs. The timetable shows departure and arrival times through the day with local service noted.
A Handley Page airplane, which departed Harbor Grace for Long Island, was seen over Parrsboro between 4 and 5 am, signals it intended to land. The pilots prepared for a trans Atlantic flight but altered plans. Swedish ore deposits are estimated at 1,300,900,000 tons.
Chicago parents of Grace Grasta say her future husband is George Lubugio after a bold challenge to kidnap her. The note hints at forthcoming marriage as they await more details.
The Ohio state banking department issued a call for statements from state banks as of the close of business June 30.
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