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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1921
Page
5
A vintage advertisement urges choosing Diamond Dyes for fabrics to avoid streaks or spots. It explains how to tell a druggist the material type wool silk cotton or mixture and promises 16 rich fadeless colors.
Mrs. Robert Smith and daughter return from Columbus visits. families travel from Crooksville Athens and Amesville. Youths sign decision cards meet at First M E Church. Boy Scouts call meeting at Mohican class room. Various guests attend Farm Bureau Fruit Growers and Florida trips. Birth announced for C H Friess daughter. Beulah Stauffer undergoes surgery in Wheeling. Martzolff M E class hosts monthly social with program.
Mrs J H Berry will host the Social Literary club at Athens State Hospital. The gathering includes a 4 pm annual officer election and a 6 pm picnic supper inviting all members and visiting guests.
Woman's Music club met at Mrs. W.R. Phillips home with performances by Misses Hawkins Mardis Wilkey Ness Bowser and Stalder and Mrs. Rauch McKay and Frank McKay. The program included Chopin Gounod and Bach pieces and a chorus.
Mr. L. A. Griffin of Cleveland director of salesmanship for Lincoln Life Insurance Co. spent the week in Athens training Mr. W. D. Robinson and Mr. W. E. Lerdis in salesmanship and the laws governing companies and agents.
A New York bakery cut loaf prices to five cents and saw sales surge from about 80 loaves per day to 1000 almost immediately. The move highlights price sensitivity in urban bread demand.
A vintage health ad promotes Pepto Mangan as a blood tonic to prevent illness and boost energy. It urges readers to seek genuine Gude s Pepto Mangan in liquid or tablet form, noting both forms share medicinal value and emphasize the red corpuscles as fighters against disease.
Philadelphia unveils plans for a grand international exposition in 1926 to mark the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Organizers expect global participation highlighting culture innovation and industry.
The ad claims Freezone stops corn pain instantly with a drop on the corn. A druggist sells a tiny bottle for a few cents to remove hard and soft corn and corns between toes and calluses without soreness or irritation.
In common pleas court a petition by Charles N. Winner, Fred H. Laughlin and Charles H. Rodehaver as Rome township trustees seeks an injunction against Robert W. Calvert. Calvert allegedly built a five foot fence into Locust Alley, an 16 1/2 foot wide east west alley parallel to Main Street in Guysville. The petition notes Savannah was surveyed as Savannah in 1837 before becoming Guysville.
A judgment was entered in favor of William O. White in the case against Frank Brooker. Brooker must pay White $190 plus 6 percent interest from March 1, 1906.
A fragment notes the morning before an engagement was to be announced, saved by Justice J. William Souther. The line mentions one man of justice restoring order or resolving a dispute.
The former restaurant on West Union street closes after five years of operation. Boxes and goods remain as administrator P B Lawrence aims to vacate by March 1 and plans a potential sale of the Kessinger estate property. Okey Hall is currently out of town amid the winding down.
Graham examined with local engineers various spring road projects in Athens on Thursday. The Jerseyville segment is slated for repair at the earliest opportunity with bids now being received. The spring program will be more extensive county wide. An Illinois inventor proposes a wall mounted gas stove for dentists to save bench space.
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