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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1920
Page
8
Dr Edwards offers Olive Tablets as a vegetable liver and bowel stimulant with no calomel side effects. Used for 17 years in private practice, they claim to refresh the brain and spirits without pains griping or acid-food danger. Available 10c and 20c per box.
The Athens National Bank Building hosts a new Investment Service office offering tailored security investments. The firm promotes thorough analysis of financial and physical reports and emphasizes over fifteen years of experience in buying and selling securities.
Mrs S A M Moore marked her 91st birthday Monday at the home of the Misses Osborn on Main Street with 26 descendants present. Lenten services at Peace Evangelical Church Wednesday at 7 pm address social sins of caste spirit and race hatred and how they may be overcome.
M. A. White, local secretary of the Red Cross Home Service Section, has tendered his resignation to take effect April 1. He has served the past year assisting returned soldiers and their families, earning high praise for his work. Three Pomeroy teachers granted life certificates Anna Vaughn Eva Faris and Eva Simms of the Pomeroy public schools receive life certificates from the state Department of Public Instruction in recognition of fine service in public school work.
Funeral services for Mrs J K Oliver who died in Columbus are set for 3 pm at A K Oliver home with burial in Beech Grove. Albert Schoentag formerly of Middleport who died in Tarentum Pa after an operation had services at Hartford M E Church at 1 30 pm central time.
An amateur performance by the Lend-a-Hand Society of Simpson M E church delighted a full Tuesday audience. Colonial costumes and overall dressing impressed. The show earned spontaneous approval and favorable notices from attendees.
Long list of local travels, visits, and small events across Gallia County. Residents attend funerals, celebrate work anniversaries, move homes, or travel to Columbus, Oklahoma, Detroit, and Arizona. Measles cases, hospital visits, and a nine day old infant’s death are noted amid routine business calls and social visits.
An article notes an all star cast with many impersonators led by Sarah the hostess Mrs Dan Stewart and Lena Mrs Jed Webster. It lists numerous characters and performers including Miss Helen Gilmore Mrs Jay Myers Mrs Carl Young Mrs Lizzie Campbell Mrs Ray Smith Miss Gertrude Stowe Miss Lydia Kersbach Mrs Ray Young Miss Emma Kessler Thelma Phillips Gretchen Miss Emma Kessler and others.
A brief item notes a puzzling incident involving poisoning risks linked to ice contamination and potential health concerns. Details are sparse, but authorities investigate possible sources and advise caution for consumers.
With about eighty percent of votes unofficial, Leonard Wood led Frank Lowden by under 3000, Lowden ahead of Hiram Johnson by about 2000, as country precincts reported may boost Lowden's total. Johnson’s manager predicted gains in rural districts. Costa Rica begins Portland cement production using a newly found suitable stone.
London dispatches report Germany could endure a severe food shortage especially in Berlin unless rail service is quickly restored. Ebert's cabinet shakeup promises a workers government but unrest grows with peasant uprisings and a 30,000 strong communist army in Westphalia. Allies warn non interference but fear food shipments to occupied zones may be disrupted.
T Corson head of the Americanization work in Ohio will address the annual McGuffey Society celebration at the State School for the Deaf. A banquet will follow with proceeds benefiting the Central College Home for Aged Deaf Mutes near Westerville.
The sentence notes that Italy hosts the greatest eel breeding farm with a centuries old industry carried on in a swamp, highlighting long european eel cultivation and traditional methods.
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