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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1921
Page
6
A newspaper notice promotes Othine double strength as a freckle remedy with a money back guarantee. An ounce from any druggist is claimed to clear freckles and cost nothing if unsuccessful, with rare cases needing only one ounce. The ad urges buyers to ask for double strength Othine and asserts a beautiful complexion is achievable.
Imperial Wizard William Joseph Simmons told United Press the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan have not participated in recent violence in Texas and Florida. He claimed the group aims to strengthen law and preserve American values and noted rapid nationwide growth with most voting strength in the north and Midwest. Simmons detailed 30 investigators to verify feared cases and stated Texas and Florida involvement by members did not occur.
Local news notes travel as visits continue with Francis in Cincinnati and Stella Smith with her two children visiting the Deans in Coolville. The Chautauqua opens Saturday Aug 18 with afternoon music and a night concert followed by a dramatic show and Hawaiian acts the first day.
Harry Peabody of 1047 Pitkin Ave Akron Ohio says Tanlac cured his prolonged stomach troubles. He describes five years of indigestion and sleepless nights and reports a restored appetite and no pain since taking Tanlac.
A DH-4 aircraft at 26 000 feet west of Dayton shed its propeller but diversions allowed a safe landing at McCook Field. Both aviators were uninjured and neither sustained harm after the loss of power and a controlled descent.
H. W. Crippen responds to recent article, detailing a three ton tractor designed to pull two plow bottoms with a built in spray cooling system, a water-hauling tank body, and a three-row cultivator. He touts a rapid-fire gun project from the Spanish American War era and promotes his Crippen Specials while noting local manufacturing in Athens, Ohio.
DAYTON July 22 Two army service aviators endured a thrilling experience last evening as they piloted and recovered from a dramatic in-air event over the area. The incident drew attention from local residents and officials.
Dayton moves toward a five cent fare after the strike end on two streetcar lines and partial settlements on three others. Wages for platform men were cut about fourteen cents per hour, while authorities discuss the lower fare alongside Toledo bus plans to compete at seven cents. Bus owners offer all night service at up to ten cents after midnight. Frenchwomen are said to have smaller feet than Englishwomen.
Long obituary for Sarah McKibben Thorn born 1840 in Morgan County Ohio fading to eternal rest July 4 1921 at age 80 11m 2d. Details of family pioneer roots in Vinton County civil war service of husband Francis M Thorn 36th OVI 1861 63 years married eight living children and many grandchildren. Card of thanks requests sympathy and funeral honors.
The ad urges buyers to look for the Bayer name on Aspirin packaging or tablets to ensure authenticity prescribed for twenty one years and proven safe. It promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and general pain. It notes small tin boxes cost a few cents and larger packs are sold by druggists.
In Childress Texas on July 22 the first death in the so called masked terror war occurred when C L Burden a member of a masked group was killed during an attack on Henry Adams home. Adams reportedly did not respond and a shotgun sound followed with Burden dying shortly after.
An all day gathering with a basket dinner will be held at Peach Ridge school house. Dr. Tigner of New Lexington will preach Saturday night and Sunday, and the public is invited to attend the service and meal.
An unpublished 164 line poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning is set for sale at a London auction house. The discovery promises scholarly interest and potential revision of Browning’s known body of work.
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