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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1920
Page
3
An old source warns against high alkali in soaps and shampoos drying the scalp and brittle hair. It promotes a claimed natural oil shampoo as milder, greaseless, and capable of producing rich lather with simple preparation using water and a small amount.
The article traces local bedbug nicknames from Chinches in Boston to Crimson Ramblers in St Louis and cites a chemical treatment P D Q Sic package that claims to kill bedbugs fleas ants and their eggs without harming bedding a sweeping advertisement style note on pest control.
An old advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as the best and most harmless laxative for children. It stresses the fruity taste and directs buyers to look for the name California on the package to ensure authenticity and safety for the stomach liver and bowels.
No-To-Bac offers a tablet to curb cravings and break tobacco use. The ad promises relief from smoking or chewing urges, improves mental and physical well being, and guarantees a money back refund if the habit remains. It notes Cascarets owners produce No-To-Bac as a reliable product.
The advertisement claims Bayer Tablets of Aspirin are genuine and safe, prescribed by physicians for over twenty years. It warns to accept only an unbroken Bayer package with proper directions and lists headache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism colds and general pain as relief targets.
Yesterday at Chautauqua in Nelsonville large crowds attended a matinee and evening program. Mile Marie Rose Lauler presented a vivid story The Spirit of the Women of France to a captivated audience, followed by a nine member cast staging a three act comedy It Pays to Advertise. Tonight children perform a pageant under junior workers Florence Moore and Pearl Cassidy.
Miss Harriett Cooley daughter of E C Cooley and Blair Adams of Columbus quietly married by Rev Strecker in Athens en route to Worthington where Adams runs a large fruit farm. The wedding follows a brief city romance and a motor trip.
Nel sonville residents publicize items for sale including two Philo farm Leghorn cocks and 20 hens from Brookfield farm with sale closing August 1. Also offered are a complete 150 hp boiler power plant and two Morgan Gardner generators, plus assorted equipment and a lost item notice.
In early Athens county Alvan Bingham became a magistrate and Silas Bingham deputy sheriff to uphold order and curb illegal land entries. Ephraim Cutler was made a judge in Ames township. Salt sold for six dollars a bushel, carried from Duncan Falls by horse. Coal mines expand, drawing workers as eight hour pay lures labor away from farming. The Hocking Valley tracks loom.
The piece notes vast unmined coal lands across several counties and rising profits in coal and oil trades while farmers see little benefit. It quotes Emerson Reece recovering from an accident and reports street paving projects and bridge repairs in Athens. A Standard Oil station expansion promises fuel distribution with high local gasoline demand.
An advertisement extols Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy claiming it cured severe stomach trouble and improved health, describing the user as a physical wreck who recovered after taking the product. The copy asserts the preparation removes catarrhal mucus and inflammation, aiding stomach liver and intestinal ailments including appendicitis, with a money back guarantee at McKee Drug Co.
The Hocking Sunday Creek Traction Company announces a new schedule effective Sunday July 25 1920 at 10 01 am. First car leaves at 5 15 am with subsequent departures each hour until 10 pm. On Saturdays the last car runs until 11 pm and the 5 15 am service does not operate on Sundays.
Glouster and Athens labor groups unite, forming the Athens County Non Partisan League with 16 delegates from 8 unions and one representative from Barbers 478 and Carpenters 1720. A questionnaire to candidates covers 15 labor issues, including state constabulary and minimum wage, while local smallpox cases prompt quarantines.
An old endorsement urges women to seek Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound for female health issues. It presents a wife and mother as central to family wellbeing and frames the product as restoring health and happiness. The tone is promotional and period style.
Local officials and business groups joined county commissioners to discuss road building and maintenance in Athens County. A council led by W A Carpenter and including Charles Kircher and C H Bryson was created to advise on state aid road projects north of Nelsonville and to improve maintenance of twenty miles of state roads amid high cost estimates and worker shortages.
The government is watching with deep interest the Pennsylvania railroad layoff plan and the closing of American Woolen Mills. No action was indicated at the White House today.
Robles Dominguez, revolutionary leader under Madero, was nominated presidential candidate of the national Republican party in Mexico City. He announced his acceptance of the nomination at the convention held today.
A surge of young and older men return home from Akron to Athens County as rubber plants lay off workers. Farmers and sons join families, with married men supposedly retained at some plants, and others choosing farm life with smaller wages but steadier year end bank balances.
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