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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1921
Page
6
An old advertised health remedy promises to restore skin and hair. It touts gly cerine eptol beta nol bay rum witch hazel eggol and simple preparations to reduce wrinkles stimulate hair growth and cleanse scalp claiming quick, dramatic effects and no oil.
Bertha Liering of Ravenswood West Virginia recounts seven years of illness affecting daily housework. After trying many doctors she used eight bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and regained health, praising the product for relieving headaches backache and nervous symptoms.
Billy uses quick action to subdue a burglar who bursts into a yard scene with a frightened man and boy. A Chinaman escapes through a fence hole as Billy’s dog Stubby bites the intruder’s heels, foiling the crime until police arrive. Tomorrow will feature a naughty cat Button.
Edward and Cherry arrive with Mrs Randell at the Randell house to begin married life among crimson ramblers and a sunlit hall. Cherry admires the garden and rooms, while Mrs Randell pledges love and a fond, motherly welcome. Breakfast and introductions follow in a spacious house full of memories.
A civic moral essay urges restraint and propriety during spring outings for youths. It argues chaperones can aid or hinder behavior, warns against promiscuity and self-degradation, and praises thoughtful, group-based fun over pairings, stressing self-respect and readiness for lasting love.
Susie advises that announcements should be sent as soon as possible after the ceremony. The note to Mrs Thompson frames the question as a general guidance on timely wedding announcements for formal notices.
An old advertisement touts Pepto Mangan as a blood building tonic. It links red blood to vitality, clearer complexion, and stronger resistance to disease, claiming improved well being within days and offering liquid or tablet forms under the Gude's Pepto Mangan brand.
Palos Miss Edna and Anna Watkins and Mrs. Lizzie Johnson of Glouster visited the lumber camp. Miss Gertrude Rowan from the Chittenden Hotel in Columbus came here due to her mother’s illness. Several others, including Mrs. Bessie Rowan and Mr. and Mrs. Orland Brawley with daughters, are mentioned in recent calls and visits. The sickest include Dean Watkins, Mrs. Rowan, and Mrs. Sada Emory. School at this place has closed for the term.
Pattern 3389 offers a brown velveteen dress with satin bands and embroidery options. It comes in seven sizes 34 to 46 inches bust with a 1 1/2 yard skirt width, and 38 inch size needs 55 yards of 40 inch material. Send 12 cents in stamps for illustration pattern by mail.
Three mothers and a father with children in arms arrive in Finland through snow from Kronstadt where peasants rose against Lenin. The group, left without food or shelter after the revolt failed, seek nourishment. The baby in the left woman’s arms was born on the trail.
H H Henry of the Athens County Wool Growers Association reports a warning from M M Hubbard of Washington State College on all-wool suits. He notes that "all-wool" is a trade name and may include shoddy or substitutes, not wool directly from sheep.
A dense text discusses the benefits of virgin wool versus shoddy material and the proposed Truth in Fabrics bill. It covers consumer impact, pricing, and how labeling could affect wool product quality, with notes on Wyoming’s branding law and industry responses. It mentions costs, durability, and the hope that progressive retailers will adopt virgin wool fabrics.
A local county initiative forwards portions of county clips to Western Mills to be spun into virgin wool blankets and fabrics suitable for suits, intended for residents and neighboring households.
Rupel Jones, a young English professor and Hamilton High School recruit, wowed the audience in Hamilton with a polished presentation of the class of 1921 in A Strenuous Life by Richard Walton Tully. A large turnout attended the auditorium performance, seen as another win for local drama supporters. Jones, noted for careful staging, is the youngest son of Mr and Mrs E J Jones Sr.
The narrative tracks a graduate of Ohio University famed in Athens for stage work. A Whitney Lyceum Arts School pupil in Boston earned strong offers, while his last post as English and dramatics instructor at Wesleyan College Mt. Pleasant Iowa ended due to ill health. He now receives a revival proposal from Wesleyan College’s president to return to Iowa.
Rachel and Josephine Hartley, granddaughters of Mr and Mrs John Hartley of Lathrop, traveled alone from Chicago to Spokane to join their parents Mr and Mrs Scragg. The little girls rode the train with supervision later meeting their family in Spokane Washington.
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