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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1922
Page
6
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets offer a gentle bowel and liver stimulant as a substitute for calomel. The sugar coated tablets claim to purify the system, clear blood, and relieve bad breath without harsh after effects. They are described as a vegetable compound with olive oil and an olive color, to be taken nightly for a week.
Harriet takes children on a picnic wagon ride led by Sambo and Sonny with goats pulling the cart. The goats cause playful chaos as Miss Noble shifts in a hard seat and Billy Senior and Junior help haul hay while Miss Jones calms the group. Tomorrow more about the goats’ trip.
The story fragment shows a narrator waking under sun light unsure of their location and events. It hints at a moment of realization and shift to a formal role as an entertainer. The surviving text is too brief to establish specifics, but centers on identity and a turning point in performance status.
A dramatic vignette traces a widow’s revived memories of her father’s death and sudden financial ruin. She struggles to find work and faces a rushed marriage, with scene after scene highlighting the emotional toll.
An ad promotes Zemo for eczema and skin troubles at 35c or 1.00 for large size, claiming quick itch relief and healing of sores burns and chafing. The text then shifts to a fictional romance passage about a wife torn between Alec and Ted, with plans to meet Ted at four after a morning routine.
A large crowd gathered at Elk cemetery to bury John H Huhn. Attendees included McArthur residents and visitors from Chillicothe Albany Hamden and others such as Charles Shaffer Orville Dailey How ard Huhn C C Roberts Ruth Roberts C V Cox Clara Evans David Evans J S Huhn Carl Huhn E W Martin dill Fannie Camick George Huhn Robert Huhn and other relatives as listed.
Regular church meeting led by the Ladies' Aid Society. Numerous locals and visitors from Hemlock Athens Charleston and Buckeye Lake travel for family visits conferences and outings. Notables include Mr and Mrs Earl Ruth daughter Betty and several residents attending events and funerals.
Thurston resident Marguerite Louise and many neighbors are listed with illness and travel. Lafe Eegleston of Starr is very ill with complications. Warren Hoffhine visits from Knoxville after missing his mother’s funeral. Claude Wrait suffers pneumonia. The L. S. Burt well near Ratcliffsburg shows oil. firing in Monday. A Church Sunday diversion remark closes the item.
A fragment remarks that Abrigal joined a wastrel company while the speaker regains equanimity upon noticing that Watch Dog was not part of them. Hello, Watch Dog.
In Lakeville Holmes County a community church once a model that built a moving picture program is now under injunction. The church trustees set a lock the other faction forced entry. The sheriff and court have barred reopening by the moving picture faction.
Total attendance reached 596 at the May 7 Bible school with a $21.20 collection. Next Sunday the Mother’s Day program is planned in the church auditorium and a larger turnout is anticipated. There were 152 men, 170 women, 65 boys in Major Johnson’s class, and 46 girls with Miss Skidmore.
State Senator M. B. Archer of Caldwell Noble county enters the race as a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor. A small electrical dealer reports orders for radio apparatus exceeding 1.9 million dollars in the past two months.
Readers are advised that the apron and house dress are essential for every woman's wardrobe. The portrayed model is praised for graceful lines and useful pockets. Pattern comes in four sizes from small to extra large, requires 4 yards of 36 inch material for medium, and is mailed for 12 cents in stamps.
The Plains hosted the first county tournament with eight boys teams and four girls teams entered. Coolville won the boys championship and The Plains captured the girls title after morning eliminations and an afternoon final, with Kenneth Sharp officiating and a large, friendly crowd present. Mrs Esther Dunfee and Josephine Dunfee of Parkersburg and Mrs Florence Buck of Cincinnati are visiting Mrs Sherry Basim.
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