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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 01, 1920

Page

5

Local society notes and arrivals in Athens area

The W C T U meets with Mrs H W Conner on Tuesday at 2 PM. Mrs Roy Dupler visits Log an with her parents Mr and Mrs George Blosser. Knights of Maccabees meet this evening at 7 in the Junior Order lodge room. Various local residents travel for visits, funerals, or conventions and return home from Columbus Cincinnati and Mineral. Leeaders report on Ohio University Girls Glee Club concerts and Pallag Club discussion.

Roy L. Dupler Logan Mr. and Mrs George L. Blosser Knights of Maccabees Dean J. J. Richeson Park Place Columbus Dispatch H. BW. Cherrington Girls Glee Club Ohio University Hotel Deshler Girl’s Glee Club of de D. Thompson Christ Flanders Robert of Lincoln Florence Hawkins Rogers Mildred Fowler Middleport del Aqua Ellen Brown Lancaster Louise Baughman Vera Webster Columbus East Is West Anna May Fenzel Athens Ruth Davis Perla Hickman Alexander S. Thompson The College of Music Pallag Club James A. Palmer Outlook Laura Bailey Rose Nelle Pickering E. D. Sayre America

Reliable Cough Medicine Praised by Vandergrift Mother

Mrs C O Nesbit of Vandergrift Pennsylvania says she has given Chamberlains Cough Remedy to her five children for fifteen years. She credits it as the only cure for coughs colds and for croup and notes the children take it willingly.

Chamberlain

Athens county high school principals meet in county office

Fifteen high school leaders from Athens county gathered at the county superintendent’s office on a February Saturday in 1920. They discussed forming Parent-Teacher Associations for each high school center, aiming to boost school sentiment with plans to organize by April 15.

Higih Athens County J. B. Nesbit Albany Effie Wolf Buchtel C. E. Miller Canaanville A. D. Oakley Carbondale D. O. Chappel Chauncey M. F. Andrew Glouster John M. Willliams Jacksonville W. W. Walburn Luhrig E. G. Gibson New Marshfield Wilbur Reeves Stewart Ete

Gas Company Adds New Service in Athens Ohio

The Athens Gas Light and Electric Co announces arrival of General Inspector C. E. Hammack to inspect gas uses and advise with consumers. Residents with unsatisfactory results are urged to send name and address to the company office for a call.

Athens C. E. Hammack Athens Gas Light & Electric Co

Dr Burkhart Ad for Liver Kidney Remedy in Cincinnati

Dr Burkhart offers to write for a treatment of Dr Jaime the Vegetable Compound for liver and kidney ailments and many other conditions. Grand remedy and patent medicine advertised as for grip flu and general rheumatism with a 30 day supply at 25 cents. Address 621 Main St Cincinnati Ohio. For sale at all drug stores. Ad.

Jaime Prin Bette Ain Gt Cincinnati Ady

Prohibition Fight Moves to Supreme Court Front

Twenty one prohibition states led by Charles E. Hughes press the supreme court to invalidate Rhode Island’s bid to declare the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act invalid. The Kentucky Distilling and Ware House Co. brought the suit, with Elihu Root joining the wet side in one case. The court aims to resolve main issues before the June recess, while New Jersey debates 3.56 percent beer amid Volstead limits. Federal agents plan arrests as sales begin, testing the issue in court.

Washington Mar Charles E. Hughes Supreme Court Rhode Island Kentucky Kentucky Distilling and Warehouse Company Elihu Root Hughes Department of Justice New Jersey

Foley's Honey and Tar Promoted Against Influenza

Henry Willis of Sandy Point Texas endorses Foley's Honey and Tar after trying multiple remedies for a severe cough. He reports one bottle provided relief and calls it the best medicine he has used. Contains no opiates.

Foley Henry Willis Sandy Point Texas

Umpires Eye The Mound For New Rules In Spring

Henry L. Farrell reports that National League president Heydler aims to sharpen umpires eyes for enforcement of new rules during spring exhibitions. Officials are urged to officiate early exhibition games to gain practical experience before the season.

Johnson Ump Henry L. Farrell United Press New York Mar Dixie Heydler National League Hoyle

U S Seeks Action Over Fraser Murder in Mexico

The state department moves to urge the Mexican government to act against two bandits who killed American citizen Alexander J Fraser and wounded his brother Jack Fraser, a Canadian, during a raid on the Frasers store and Rumy post office in Santa Cruz County.

Washington State Department Alexander J. Fraser Fraser Jack Fraser Nogales Mexico Frasers Rumy Santa Cruz County Arizona

Senator Bankhead dies after illness in Washington

Senator Bankhead of Alabama died today after a period of illness linked to a heavy cold. A Civil War veteran who served four years in the Confederate army, he entered the Senate in 1907 to fill John T. Morgan’s vacancy. The Senate adjourned on the news.

Washington Mar Bankhead Alabama Senator Bankhead Good Roads Organization White House Capitol Senate John T. Morgan Underwood

Athens phone firms seek rate boost approval

Athens Com Company and the Loga Telephone Company asked the public utilities commission for permission to raise business telephone rates by 50 cents monthly and residence rates by about 50 cents per month.

Athens Com Company Loga Telephone Coompany Public Utilities Commission Mapath

Cattle and hogs killed as train derailment near Utica injures many

Several hundred livestock perished or injured when 23 cars of the Swift Live Stock Express derailed east of Whitesboro and Oriskany on the New York Central line. An agent of the humane society offered assistance to secure the animals amid the derailment aftermath.

Utica Swift New York Central Railway Whitesboro Oriskany Humane Paige Ska Yailwdy Company

Father John's Medicine helps after grip and colds

After the grip epidemic victims suffer weakness and a fragile system. Father John's Medicine is advertised as a pure food tissue builder that aids recovery, relieves lingering coughs, soothes passages, and acts as a safe tonic free from alcohol. The advertisement urges keeping a bottle at home.

Father John Father. John

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