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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1919
Page
6
Soap excess alkali dries the scalp makes hair brittle and ruins it. Mal sified coconut oil shampoo is recommended for steady use, cleanses hair and scalp with little product, leaves scalp soft and hair silky and manageable. Available cheaply at pharmacies for multiple uses.
Many teachers refuse jobs until salary proposals are improved. The U S Employment Service bureau at Cedar Point assists during the Ohio State Teachers association meeting with placement work. Miss Maude Davis heads the bureau and Miss Claire Lewis aids in the effort.
Miss Edna Robb returns from vacation with sister Mary to attend summer term at the O A. Annie Hawk returns home after three weeks with grandmother at Harrisonville. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Allen have spent the past year with Mrs. Allen’s name. Jarrett Martin moves back to farm near Bunker Hill. Robert Blackwood of Harrisonville visits Dr. Hawk. mother Mrs. Clark Blackwood returns home. Born to Freiner Morris and wife a girl, June 21. W. F. Lewis and family visit Athens. Miss Gladys Brewer leaves for O U summer term after vacation at home. William Beckley and family dine with Dr. Hawk. Orvil Peck goes to Ashville for employment. Relatives gather at Mrs. Elgepha Brewer’s home for a large family dinner. Mrs. Emma Lowery and family visit Jarrett Martin. James Sickels of Carbondale also visits. James Daugherty of Iowa visits friends and relatives in the community.
Rome reporters say Deputies Martini and Gasparotto will introduce a bill in parliament to grant women the vote. The move signals renewed efforts toward female suffrage in Italy.
Mrs Thompson answers letters on engagement jealousy and marriage plans by a widower with a daughter and a young daughter. Advice covers clarifying ring plans and setting wedding dates, and urges honest conversation while warning about jealousy and pacing. Other readers seek hair care tips and social introductions with cautious guidance.
Long list of residents visiting relatives in nearby towns includes Mr and Mrs Walter Root in Pennsylvania visiting Hiram Root and family Miss Dorothy Dodd in Marietta visiting grandparents and others enjoying Sunday gatherings. A well attended telephone meeting and several family visits in Parkersburg Nelsonville and Coolville are reported with multiple Bingman and Clark households referenced.
Family groups spent Sunday with neighbors and relatives. Miss Mabel Hornsby and A L Cornes and family drove to Athens for the day. Miss Ida Cubbison visited her daughter Mrs Frank Hornsby. Dudley Root and family joined Hiram Root for the afternoon. Annie Dodd returned home after teaching in Barberton.
The article notes ancient monks knew over 300 medicinal plants used for remedies. It cites Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a longstanding standard treatment for female illnesses for more than four decades.
Mrs. Margaret Stewart visits Mrs. Anne Runion in Columbus while C D Swartz and Clarence travel to Parkersburg. Visitors from Meigs and Salem continue. multiple church and funeral notes. Summer crop harvest underway. Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy praised for child care with castor oil as needed.
Mr and Mrs Ray Morrison and children visited Mr and Mrs Guy Morrison and family of Athens. Ed Martin and family spent Sunday with Earl Sapp and kin of Shade. Wheat cutting busy locally. Several attended children services at Bates Sunday evening. Ed Martin and family and Jesse Pierce visited Athens Saturday. Joanna Stanley of Athens visited W P Elliott family. Leona Gilkey from near Albany spent weekend with grandparents W P Elliott. Ada Bobo visiting friends in Columbus.
May force Texas promoter Tex Rickard to referee the Willard Dempsey boxing match in Toledo Ohio as a dispute over terms echoes a nine year earlier Reno bout when he entered the ring after fighters failed to agree An electric soldering device powered by an automobile storage battery is also announced
Dr. W D Danford reports a million pure bred white faced Merfords within eighty miles of Marfa with eighty percent annual growth and year round grazing. Highland Herford club averages ten thousand acres per member. large owner cares for cattle while train loads head to Kansas and Missouri. Local visitors include Davis and Clarence Waterford families. Chapin and daughter host Amesville guests. Hettie Potts and others among notable attendees.
The Mt Hermon church held its Children’s Day exercises Sunday with strong attendance. Decorations were praised, led by committee members Mrs Mary White Mrs Belle Burns and Mrs Nettie Dille. Local residents Mr and Mrs Joseph Connor Dr and Mrs D C Sammett of Columbus visited over Sunday and Dr Sammett removed adenoids from Mary Dickson. Miss Louwilda Glover plans a stay in Columbus. Nearby residents Mr and Mrs H C Everett Mr and Mrs Harry Matteson and Mr and Mrs Jas Cunningham from near Sugar Creek attended services at the Selby Heights Fruit Farm.
A Bureau of Advertising review notes newspaper ads helped solve business reconstruction after World War I. Month by month there is a large rise in national advertising and retail sales, with New York stores reporting a 66 percent gain in April and May 1919. Inventors test concrete anchors for ships with steel flukes.
The Athens High School band will give its second weekly summer concert on Saturday evening from the courthouse steps with plans to perform on the college campus later if permission and a platform are available. Leader Prof McCormick promises an ambitious program featuring American Favorite march, Mocking Bird and Swanee River, Sweet Evening Bells, Fontella Cuban Dance, an overture Encore, Extra March Victors by Elbel.
A fragment recalls a Slip Horn novelty Teddy Trombone, the Grace Sanders and Band Extra Number Star Spangled Banner, and a curious note about horses perceiving objects larger than humans. It mentions a horse's view of a six foot man appearing nearly seven and a half feet tall, a debated tale about horse vision.
The Apache used a starlight timing method by tracking rising constellations. A gourd served as a time marker. as the sky changed, the Indian watched the star groups to tell the hour and the sequence of constellations for the night.
Mil dred accompanied her father to a nearby village and on return told her mother about a woman she saw. Her mother asked if it was a certain woman, and Mil dred replied that the woman looked newer than that.
Former New York County sheriff Max S. Griffenhagen laments as robbers ambush him in broad daylight in the heart of New York stealing cash from him.
An advertisement promotes S S S as a blood remedy for skin diseases like eczema. It emphasizes relief from a disordered condition of the blood and urges readers to seek expert advice from the Swift Specific Company’s Chief Medical Adviser in Atlanta, Georgia.
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