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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1920
Page
6
Summer is urged as the best time to combat rheumatism by a deep acting blood remedy. The ad promotes S. S. S. as an effective treatment that reaches the bloodstream, eliminates germs, and claims decades of use, advising readers to write the Chief Medical Adviser in Atlanta for literature and advice.
A garbled piece extols Bulgarian Blood Tea as a worldwide health tonic claiming to ward off old age and disease. It promotes a sachet to druggists and touts Bulgaria as a source of rare perfumes while drifting into social advice and an advice column style Q A about marriage and independence.
A five year marriage faces strain as a wife complains her husband refuses to accompany her on outings. She describes judgments from relatives and peers, caring for a baby, and pressure from medical advice while considering work and support.
Washington June 2 The Supreme Court rules that federal income tax on salaries of the President and judges including Supreme Court justices is unconstitutional. The ruling reverses a lower court and orders the government to refund all such taxes paid, in a case brought by Judge Walter Evans of Louisville claiming protection under the Constitution.
Billy leads a flock to shelter as a fierce snowstorm whirls in from the mountains. He mounts a defensive ring of horned rams to protect the young, while wolf howls echo in the canyon. Nightfall arrives with an imminent wolf attack.
Stewart Thomas McAfee and family of Athens visited relatives. Leonard Hawk plans to move to Chillicothe. Mrs. Florence Chalfant of Frost stayed with Mrs. C. W. Townsend. Clifford Tribe and son from Athens visited John Wharff’s family. Mrs. Sarah Hatch spent Monday in Frost. Inez Congreve, employed at Frost, visited her parents. Fred McKay and Mrs. Lawrence Smith from Athens visited L. H. Smith’s family.
Many residents and visitors are noted in a sequence of Sunday and Monday calls around Athens Chillicothe West Virginia Guysville Nelsonville and Zanesville with relatives and cemetery visits Also listed are church Sunday school attendance and upcoming society meetings including Mrs William Spear’s country home gathering.
Columbus June 2 Attorney C T Marshall of Zanesville filed with Secretary of State his declaration to seek the Republican nomination for chief justice of the supreme court.
Report from Chicago describes third and fourth alternate delegates showing support with canes and gadgets. General Harries adds military dignity to lobby crowds while Samuel Adams from New Jersey is sought at headquarters. Senators and officials mingle at a buffet luncheon amid chatter on politics and home brew.
Cleveland patrolmen fired about fifty bullets at Charles Johnson, 82, who escaped their volley and eluded another dozen pursuers. The incident occurred in Cleveland on June 2 as Johnson survived an intense confrontation with law enforcement.
A purse snatcher known as Johnson fled through alleys and over fences, escaping bullets before a nail on a fence halted his fall. He was booked for purse snatching and later paraded through the crowd as police closed in. Mrs. Helen Moxley reported her missing purse during the incident.
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