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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1921
Page
6
Gwenda orders Celeste to pack for an immediate trip to New York after a matinee and asks Celeste to keep the plan private. She reflects on John Neale’s Bon Voyage and her own search for Fern while reading rave reviews in her scrapbook titled Gwenda Channings-Her Book of Life.
A seventeen year old girl asks about dating two young men and a jealous suitor. The response affirms her right to choose freely and to refuse future contact, noting jealousy could harm her happiness. The exchange appears as guidance on relationships and autonomy.
A Tokyo agitation seeks greater female input in marriage decisions. The piece notes that Japanese parents currently largely choose husbands for their daughters, while men easily secure mates. women would require money and training to gain similar autonomy.
A compact ad urges relief from biliousness and constipation with Cascarets one or two tablets. Claims a clear head, right pages, and sweet breath with no griping or inconvenience. Appeals to children with prices 10 25 60 cents.
Pattern 3531 shown in four sizes 6 months 1 2 and 8 years costs 12c mailed on receipt of stamps. The 2 year dress requires 2 yards of 36 inch material plus percent yard for sack bonnet and 4 yards lining. Fabrics suggested include lawn batiste nainsook linen crepe voile albatross silk.
Captain Lev Grovimov, former Russian naval officer, told the Exchange Club in Cleveland that Bolshevik overthrow is imminent and will succeed.
A 1900s style advertisement touts Pape’s Diapepsia as instant relief for indigestion gas acidity and stomach distress after meals. The tablets are described as pleasant harmless and inexpensive at drug stores with quick restoration of order in the stomach.
Description notes a chair design with a drawer under the seat for books and papers and a shelf that can be swung across the arms from one side. The text focuses on a compact furniture feature and its movable elements.
B M Jewell of the AFL railway employees department submitted a detailed bill of labor rights to the federal railroad labor board in Chicago. The list outlines an eight hour day with fair wages, overtime pay, shift standards, health and safety rules, clear craft definitions, apprenticeship paths, and majority rule for representative organization plus protections against discrimination and craft seniority limits. Jewell argued the rights would have eased negotiations for national agreements if railroads had shown genuine willingness.
Scatter Ridge and nearby towns report a weekend of visits as Miss Mary Koker stayed with relatives in Athens. The Simms and Weatherby families hosted guests from New Marshfield and Angel Ridge. Multiple households in the area welcomed kin including the Everett, Mathews, Faust, South, Dillinger, Skinner, Stephenson, and Sutton families for Sunday or overnights.
Lewis Erett and son Robert of Peach Ridge visited Mrs. Herbert Everett. They were joined by Leen Faust and other Athens visitors on Saturday.
Representatives of the principal grain growing states will meet in Chicago on April 6 to discuss the American Farm Bureau Federation cooperative grain marketing plan. State meetings will choose delegates. farm bureau members are invited. The proposal envisions a national sales agency controlled by the membership, managing terminals warehouses export finances and service departments on a non stock non profit basis to shorten the producer to consumer path.
A home remedy article promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound to darken gray hair. It claims the preparation makes hair look naturally blacker, glossy, and youthful with simple application using a sponge or brush.
Edith Carpenter of Terre Haute admits she schemed to adopt and pass off a baby as her own to satisfy her physician husband. She says she believed motherhood was ahead but was used by the doctor, who acknowledged the situation.
An advertisement announces a dropsy cure by Franklin Miles claiming fast relief and rapid water removal with a personalized plan. The copy promises signs improve in days and invites readers to request a two pound sample vial and details from the physician at 337 to 347 Franklin Street.
February saw seven percent declines in food and building material prices from January. Other commodity groups also fell with tobacco oils newsprint and rubber down four to five percent, cloth and clothing down four and a quarter, fuel and lighting four, metal products two and a quarter, chemicals and drugs two and a half, and house furnishings three percent.
London March 18 Sir Leonard Rogers after 27 years in the Indian Medical Service reports a breakthrough in leprosy treatment. He says a soluble sodium salt of fatty acids injected under the skin or into veins reduces bacilli in tissue and can restore sight and touch and enable longer walking, though permanent cure is not yet claimed.
A dispute over a marriage between Isaac Carsey, 21, and Edith Dailey, 16, ended with the mother accepting the union. The couple married on Wednesday despite the mother's protest and a late negotiation with attorneys.
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