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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1921
Page
8
Betty meets a travel elf who guides her to a cocoanut tree and explains its size growth, uses of the husk and sap, and palm cabbage. The journey ends as she returns home with a single coconut in hand.
A mix of anecdotes and statistics notes jellyfish digestion, coal mining fatalities, Italy advertising exports by steamship, differences in bankruptcy laws, variability of diamonds, sailor superstitions, seed germination rates, and lead’s impact on corn yields.
Frances Montgomery tells how Red Riding Hood and three youngsters race to a brook Then Rover the dog arrives and misreads the scene He becomes friendly after Red Riding Hood explains the kids are goats Not lambs but coats At home the mother imagines two new pets and frets over the farm's peace.
New England visitors include Mr and Mrs Charles Faires and Mrs Aaron Faires of Glouster staying with McDonald and family. Athens business visitors visit. Miss Lucile Copeland of Washington DC visits sister Mrs Will Morrison. Families and relatives are noted visiting in Glouster Amesville and nearby towns. Funeral attendance for W B Rice at Stewart is reported.
In a small town Cherry, famed milliner, draws crowds from neighboring counties with flamboyant hat designs and show window displays. The Hamlens discuss Cherry’s popularity, Edward Randall’s romance with Miss Bates, and family tensions as Cherry’s rising status unsettles rivals.
Whitehall and Pleasant Valley residents welcomed visitors including Mr. and Mrs. George Tribe with two children, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Moore of Athens, and Jesse Maxwell with family. Frank Hooper and kin visited Athens. Elsie Braley attended a chautauqua there. Oil worker Fred Cain spent the weekend at Parkersburg. G. C. Lawson’s guests included Marvel Holiday, Howard Fawley, Dwight Stout, and Roscoe Lawson. Sunday school at Bassett starts 1:30 PM, preaching biweekly at 2:30 PM.
Mrs. William H. Sharp announces Mrs. Robert C. Morris as chair of literature for the Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs. Morris, a Shakespearean scholar and editor, serves in multiple leadership and teaching roles. Marion County Chautauqua tickets were sold by club women who canvassed. Fortnightly club at Kenton supports health nurse work through eight bed pads and 200 surgical dressings since 1916. Chesapeake Woman's Mutual Improvement club highlights better schools and roads and aims to organize clubs in nearby towns with monthly musical numbers.
Long Jim Barnes of Pelham New York posted a 69 for 18 holes at the national open at Columbia Country Club Chevy Chase Md George Duncan shared 72 while Bobby Jones struggled with 77 after a rough start and several costly putts Duncan and Diegel showed notable play with Jones early holes.
In Sharpsburg R D 2 a farmer finds joy on a few sunny days but much hay remains to be cut and oats to harvest. Wheat yields are unusually low from four to ten bushels per acre. Berries have mostly vanished. Visitors: H D Bingman and Edna of Richardson WV come to see his parents for a week. Mr and Mrs Seth Harris of Ann Arbor MI visit. Mrs Blanche Christy of Meigs County visits Asa Dille. Freda Fawcett stays with her parents.
A local survey lists London street names revealing nineteen King streets and thirty four Queen streets. The unusual distribution highlights historic naming patterns across districts.
Mrs L D Quinsy of Shelbyville Missouri says months of excessive periods vanished after eight boxes of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She claims no medicine in three months and now handles housework poultry and garden. She invites others to use her testimonial in ads.
An Illinois inventor introduces a governor that uses air resistance rather than friction to control speed in lightweight machinery. The device targets phonographs and similar small motors, promising smoother operation and reduced wear.
A senior woman, Mrs. John Hill, reports rapid relief from sour stomach and indigestion after a week on Eatonic. The ad claims Eatonic relieves acidity, gas, heartburn, and distress, urging those who tried everything to consider the product with a druggist guarantee.
A promotional message urges readers to apply a free treatment for any rupture old or new, claiming a wide reach and convincing thousands. The pitch emphasizes simplicity and universal applicability, focusing on a supposedly universal remedy.
The ad invites men and women with ruptures to write to W.5 Rice at 2237 Main St Adams NY for a free trial of a stimulating device. It claims muscles tighten to close the opening and say no support or appliance is needed, urging action even if rupture does not hurt.
An advertisement offers a free sample treatment for rupture from 7 S. Rice, Inc. at 2237 Main St. Adams, New York. It asks readers to send name address state for the sample and treatment information.
A Columbus Ohio man writes that after 8 weeks and one box of Peterson's Ointment his itching and sores vanished within three days. He credits the product as curing his long battle with piles and urges others to try it. The ad notes a 35 cent price per large box and mail orders from Peterson Ointment Co Buffalo NY.
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