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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1921
Page
8
Nerv-Worth returns to pre war price of one dollar per bottle with a bottle 20 percent larger than rivals. No formula change, money back guarantee if unsatisfied. Sold by McKee Drug Co and recommended by local druggists.
A historic ad touts Vitamon a yeast vitamin mix with vitamins A and C promising rapid weight gain and improved nerves skin and digestion. It cites a woman who gained 21 pounds and guarantees satisfaction with money back. Available at druggists and Cline's Pharmacy Athens.
June 24 news from Washington reports Senator McKellar of Tennessee attacking Secretary Mellon’s plan to fix the allied debt on a permanent basis for the United States.
London dispatches report renewed peace rumors from Ireland amid claims an arrest of President De Valera occurred by accident and was quickly reversed. The Irish government denied confirmation but said such a move could happen if warranted, while Dublin reporters doubted any arrest and questioned the identity of the observed figure.
Charles Palmer of Red Town faced five warrants after a year old feud with the Joe Thompson family escalated. He was arrested by Sheriff Herb Parker and placed in county jail on charges including assault and battery and two counts of distributing whiskey. An earlier dispute over a woman led to accusations and a declined warrant from Mayor Roush.
Peggy Hopkins Joyce will be mentioned in the Stillman divorce hearings when they resume. The case resumes in Poughkeepsie next week, and the name was disclosed today.
Canoeists and campers spend a happy summer at Kawartha a famed Ontario playground with Scugog Sturgeon and other lakes. Visitors find cottages hotels and resorts along a maze of waterways from Bobcaygeon to Peterborough with easy itineraries and landings for camping and lodging.
Frederick W. Constantine of Buffalo, secretary of the Spiritualists of New York, tells reporters at the Buffalo convention that mediumistic communication will soon place Abraham Lincoln George Washington Napoleon Bonaparte Julius Caesar Robert Ingersoll and Theodore Roosevelt in the guiding role. He claims wars crime and poverty will end as humanity advances toward a millennium-like era. Constantine says these greats are in constant but limited contact now.
Mexican regulars were sent to Vera Cruz and Hidalgo to quell uprisings amid fears over oil lands in the south. General Castillo Perez is alleged to threaten the region as troops move to disarm Hidalgo militiamen who resisted regular forces.
Flood waters of the Arkansas River forced scores of families from homes in lowlands between Tulsa and Sand Springs. No loss of life was reported.
Mellon aims to negotiate with allied governments on securities held by the U S government once authorized by Congress. The Penrose bill, backed by Mellon and President Harding, would empower him to fix bond terms and rates. In Denver the AFL convention showed little support for a six hour day with eight hours pay, though printers' 44 hour week was endorsed.
The American Federation of Labor postponed its officer election set for this afternoon, citing constitutional order that the vote be last. The election will occur tonight or early next week. Samuel Gompers defends leadership while John L. Lewis plans a statement, and Hearst is accused of campaigning against Gompers over Mexico policy.
Bellefontaine June 24. Joseph Mohler of Covington Colorado declared he would die rather than let people use automobiles. He spoke at a Dunkards conference in his church and died of apoplexy before sunset after returning home from the meeting.
Ed Michaels of Fremonts fire department was rowing on the Sandusky river when his oar struck a school of fish. He claims a catfish was stunned, he plunged in waist deep, pulled the fish ashore and estimated its weight at 13 pounds.
The article profiles William A. Chapman of Cincinnati who is nominated by President Harding as clerk of the U S Court for China and credits chiropractic physiology with growing acceptance. It recounts early doubt and ridicule giving way to broad recognition by leaders like Schwab Rockefeller Caruso Jolson Tolstoy, urging readers to know their local chiropractor.
Attorney M. D. Hughes is appointed assistant prosecuting attorney to W. B. Bartels. Bartels leaves Monday for a Fort Thomas Kentucky vacation. Hughes will serve as prosecuting attorney during his absence. Hughes, Athens county Red Cross agent, reports progress in securing aid for Sharpsburg flood victims with national Red Cross involvement via Sarah E. B. Coates.
Baltimore attorney Harry E. Karr was elected international president of the Kiwanis Club at the annual convention in Cleveland on June 24.
In New York harbor near the Woolworth building an 18 foot whale was sighted by George Rand and White Lane. They battled the whale with a shotgun and butcher knife and towed the injured animal to shore where it was described as hurt but alive.
Paris reports Prince William of Sweden has shattered Theodore Roosevelt hunting records by trapping 24 gorillas and 14 lions single handed in an African interior. He plans to present the game to the Stockholm museum.
Blanche Graham of Columbus defeated Martha Kinsey of Cincinnati 1 up in an 18 hole match to win the Ohio women's golf title at the Cincinnati Golf Club. Graham had lost the previous year to Catherine Starbuck of Columbus.
In Topeka Kansas on June 24 a maximum wage of 7.50 dollars a day is offered for harvest hands in north central Kansas wire fields. The report notes relief in southern Kansas and a change from the original 3 dollar a day scale by farmers to meet labor needs.
The American Federation of Labor decided to elect officers at 6 30 a.m. Saturday in Denver and wind up the convention tomorrow night.
Fog again delays start of the proposed Riverside California to New York nonstop flight by aviators Eric Springer and David D. California.
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