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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1921
Page
8
Frances ?ego Montgomery tells how Billy crashes into a dough pan blinding him a little and notices a face behind a door laughing at him. Bly vows revenge and chases the intruder, but Bob slips out, slamming the door before Billy can reach him. A second bump fuses anger and resolve in Billy.
Doris chats with a rock-dwelling sea urchin about its five jaw-like teeth and star-shaped home making. The little creature explains how sea urchins live in rocks and walk in many directions, contrasting with chestnut burrs. Copyright 1921.
A collage of curiosities and brief vignettes covers topics from the first pedal bicycle in Paris 1866 to a 600-year-old Chinese play in London and a New York church choir’s $21,000 annual salaries. It also touches on aging methods for cattle, traditional herb symbolism, and a light fiction excerpt featuring Billy Whiskers and a farmer’s family, all attributed to Saalfield Publishing Co.
A San Rafael California woman seeks a divorce alleging her husband has taken only three baths during their four years of marriage. The filing highlights a claim of domestic dissatisfaction and seeks dissolution of the marriage.
Pattern 3636 shown in the Meccener Pattern Dept offers a comfortable work dress in seven sizes from 34 to 46 bust. A 38 bust size requires 6% yards of 36 inch material. suitable fabrics include Percale Gingham Chambry Repp and Poplin. The sleeve features a short outer seam with optional turning back via buttons and buttonholes. skirt width at the foot is about 21% yards.
In a Wellsburg dining room a newlywed couple, Ned and Cherry Randall, clash with Mrs. Randall Sr over Cherry's plan to design hats. Ned backs Cherry, while Mrs. Randall eases into quiet resistance as Cherry vows to craft the first hat for her mother. The hour ends with family harmony tentatively restored.
Week of cordial visits as Mr. and Mrs. Ben Sweets hosted in Columbus while others travel to Buckeye Lake and Athens. Rev. S J Bishop delivered an address on Patriotism at Tatman and the day featured a well attended picnic. Also noted are illness, family gatherings, and a funeral in Murray with local calls and college updates.
The Plains area reports many Sunday visits from relatives in Logan Wellston Athens Nelsonville and Nelsonville as mourners gathered for the funeral of George Ball a well regarded Athens resident. Family members include Mr. and Mrs. Lon Humphrey Mollie Mannering and others.
A brief notice states that a service or item could be obtained by sending 12 one cent stamps to a specified address, indicating a straightforward redemption method. It presents a simple postal request without additional conditions or dates.
Yesterday's in Ohio notes events and people from early state history. It recalls 1788 county farming, 1817 birth of Nathan C. Meeker in Cleveland linked to Brook Farm ideals, 1894 large Christian Endeavor convention in Cleveland, and 1904 Toledo figure Sam Jones, born in Wales in 1846, died there.
An Athens grocer A R Ely reports kidney pills eased his dull kidney ache and back pains after trying Dean's Kidney Pills. The ad urges readers to act and to ask neighbors about the product.
Detroit reader describes long illness and lack of doctoring until a neighbor suggested Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After four bottles she says she feels well and now enjoys daily activity. The ad notes women often quit work due to illness and promotes the product as aid for backaches headaches nervous feelings and bearing down sensations.
C. W. Burton praises Eatonic claiming twenty years of stomach trouble ended after use. The ad asserts Eatonic eases acidity and sour stomach, noting relief with each meal and offering a gift guaranteed at a small cost.
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