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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1923
Page
7
A testimonial claims long stomach trouble ended after using Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy. The user says they can work and eat again, noting the preparation clears catarrhal mucus and intestinal inflammation. Money refunded on a single dose. MekKee Drug Co. Athens Gem Pharmacy Nelsonville.
Advert reads a home remedy and a bottled compound to darken gray hair. It promises natural looking results, thick lustrous hair, and a look several years younger after one or two applications.
British writer Edward Cecil denounces sex warfare as a myth and accuses certain intellectual women and disoriented literary men of fomenting it. He argues true conflict lies in two opposing but shared views by men and women about relations, a mutual clash of perspectives rather than gender warfare.
Yeeggs who shot their way through a posse after an unsuccessful attempt to rob the Cygnet Savings Bank at Cygnet eluded Toledo police late this morning after a lengthy chase on the Dixie highway near Bowling Green.
Mary E. Chadwick files suit in Michigan against her 5 year old husband James Albert Chadwick claiming he abandoned her after saying he would return to school. They married May 5 1922 and were given a book on married life from which he quoted vows daily. In August 1922 he left without support following parental advice.
Sunday school convenes at Chauncey Sunday afternoon at 2. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Overly of Logan will attend as guests at the Harvey pavilion.
A Ohio State University professor urges caution against assuming rural Ohio is overrun with social groups. C B Lively reports from a bulletin based on Interchurch Federation figures showing Grange reach in 69 percent of 1272 rural communities, with lodges, pool halls, chautauqua, and movie houses among common organizations. The study notes varying reach across 14 listed activities and discussions of a proposed anti leaf cigarette law by the WCTU.
John Lohr led a chalk talk at the Kk. of P. hall on Wednesday evening, depicting members in humorous skits while a local orchestra including Clyde Barthley KE J. Long Joe White and Margaret Seibert played generously. A radio concert and receiving outfit are planned for next week.
Local contractor James Petrie was awarded a two mile reinforced concrete road project near Wells ton in Jackson county with a $60,000 price tag. He plans to begin when weather allows, and previously held the Logan New Straitsville project in the county and two Athens county road works still under construction.
Work has begun on a new filling station to be built of steel on West Hunter Street by the Lanning Motor Company. The station will be fitted with modern equipment. Lanning is a distributor in the area for Crystal Rock Gas Co.
Local high school coach Herman Lehman begins four weeks of spring practice to prepare the football team for fall. The program introduces fundamentals to prospective players and marks a first in years for the community under Lehman, who is praised for athletic success since arriving in Logan.
A brief notice announces a final settlement sale at the Saylor farm three miles north of Albany at Airline. The sale will occur at the seller’s home and is directed toward feirs outlined in the final accounting. Proceeds aim to settle debts and close the estate with potential bids on farm property and holdings.
The Athens county board of education voted at its March meeting to elect a county superintendent at no June meeting. The move signals no retirement for Superintendent Dinsmoore, but informs applicants the position is open. Election aims to allow unsuccessful candidates to seek other posts for the new school year. Four assistant superintendents will be chosen after the superintendent is elected.
Wranklin C Lynn, a Spanish war veteran confined in Athens State hospital for ten years with shell shock, escaped last Friday night and was captured at New Lexington after breaking into a schoolhouse on Thursday night. He was found in poor physical condition and a hospital attendant was sent to his location.
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