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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1921
Page
6
A fragmentary OCR item hints at salts and a potential American Epsom Association but provides no clear names, dates, or events. The readable text urges caution against imitation and mentions Ppsonade Salts in an unclear context.
Fragmented report notes John Henry Ra, a rescue worker, traveling to Chicago with his wife and daughter to aid a city described as nearly wrecked. The piece references Icelandic climate and hot age features used for washing, with unclear local context and names.
In a country scene Violet admires flowers and nature as she travels with Mrs West and friends to a fair. She chooses a red bandana and keeps flowers alive with damp cotton while imagining the flora as living friends. The day is bright with roadside scents as surprise events await tomorrow.
Gwenda begins work at The Daily News on Monday and explores the Park Row office. Editor Sam Davis welcomes her, praises her ideas, and invites her to develop feature articles while she learns interview techniques. To be continued.
A sixteen year old writes of feeling left out as boys ignore her while her friends are courted. The adviser explains that at sixteen girls seek love but lack discretion, warns that popularity is temporary, and urges self improvement and wholesome friendships until older.
A reader asks if divorce is justified when separated husband roams and expects support. The guidance: you would be justified to divorce if you want freedom. If you prefer, wait for his return and consider your happiness as the priority. He should have supported you and allowed you to stop working.
A reader seeks guidance for giving flowers at Easter. The adviser says flowers suit a corsage for the girl, recommends pocketbook fitting choices, suggests sweet peas violets and roses, and urges florist delivery for best effect.
Western Front dispatch reports Col Hubert Work of Colorado has been named the first assistant postmaster general in the White House announcement issued today.
Mrs Robert O Reynolds of Kansas City credits Tanlac with curing years of rheumatism stomach and nervous troubles. After three bottles she reports improved appetite sleep and energy and urges others to try the medicine. Tanlac is sold in Athens Coolville Nelsonville Amesville Buchtel and Glouster by listed pharmacies.
Three men robbed the Standard Theater in Cleveland of 950 dollars early today. Two janitors were forced into a stairway and guarded while the robbers broke the safe with a hammer.
A California railroad worker invents a tool that rapidly gathers the ends of rails to form joints, easing track maintenance and construction. The device focuses on efficiency, safety, and reducing labor time for track workers.
Pattern 3533 presents a child’s dress in four sizes 6 8 10 and 12 years. It requires 3 1/2 yards of 27 inch fabric for size 10 and suits serge gabardine tricotine velvet gingham and other wash fabrics. Blue serge with running stitch embroidery in black or red adds smart detail. Pattern illustration mailed for 12 cents in stamps.
Henry Ford foresees a future of mechanical cows producing synthetic milk. A New York physician, Dr. Lee, uses a kitchen mixture of oats peanut meal and water to make a milk like drink rich in vitamins. The beverage, strained and clarified, aims to resemble cow milk minus germs.
In Chicago on March 28 four thousand employees in sixty seven short line roads protest wage conditions. The lines haul lumber and supplies across numerous states, reflecting broad labor disputes in the industry.
Lieut William D. Coney, hospitalized at Natchez sanitarium after a spine fracture from a fall near Crowville Louisiana, remains about the same with a high fever of 103. He is conscious and in contact with his mother and brother, doctors saying no operation will be attempted for now.
On March 28 Toledo observes daylight saving time as clocks move forward one hour. Railroads continue running on Central Standard Time despite local time change.
The advertisement promotes Father John's Medicine as a safe, alcohol free tonic to rebuild flesh, restore strength, and address underweight. It highlights a gentle laxative effect and urges starting intake today for those below normal weight.
Mr. Thos. Bragg of Lima Ohio reports Dreco improved his sluggish liver, reduced dizziness and foul mouth taste. The ad states Dreco acts slowly to remove excess bile day by day, claiming relief from headaches nervousness and backache. Available at Cline's Pharmacy and other druggists.
Debris from yesterday's storm cleared as Cincinnati residents resumed Easter preparations. A fifty mile per hour gale ripped through the city injuring four people, unroofing about twenty houses, and felling poles, trees and signs causing about $50,000 in property damage.
An English invention uses a single layer of sawdust sandwiched between two sheets of paper bonded under pressure to create a cardboard like material.
An old advertisement urges thin blooded people to strengthen blood with Gude's Pepto Mang an to ward off epidemics. It touts red corpuscles, notes liquid and tablet forms, and asks readers to ensure genuine packaging marked with the name. It also cautions parents to monitor pale children and buy from druggists.
Legislative leaders in Columbus push to have the administrative reorganization bill reported to the Senate before the weekend. Governor Davis seeks a vote this week while Senate sponsors aim to move it out of committee in early April amid scheduled hearings and potential changes.
Lena Jateb told the judge that her husband provided $200 a month plus an annual bonus for the right to live with him. The court granted the divorce.
In Milwaukee a hospital disturbance led to a rampage that broke a partition. A nurse or aide was taken to a medical facility after the incident. Police later found about 13 ca of liquor at the scene and followed up on the raid.
A Los Angeles inventor develops an aluminum shield to prevent camera bellows from folding under strong winds. The device aims to stabilize cameras in adverse weather and aid photographers facing gusty conditions.
Effingham Revel, noting improving weather, makes his annual pilgrimage into Yonkers on a high wheel bicycle causing traffic congestion as spectators cheer and motorists pause.
Police say Arthur S. Hopler intended to teach his mother in law to suck eyes. The basket chosen, claimed to hold eggs for her, yielded a demijohn.
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