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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1920
Page
6
Night the goat tells Day he will leave their farm for adventure in the western prairies. He longs to lead a flock of sheep and find a mate, while Day laments the separation and recalls their life on the farm under parental care.
A young narrator recalls a candid heart to heart with Aunt Cecilia about flirtation and sexual attraction. Cecilia warns that a girl’s appeal can tempt men, while the narrator notes Cecil’s growing affection and her own blurred boundaries as she contemplates another kiss. The scene ends with Cecil absent from dinner and tension unresolved.
A reader asks about placing a boy under twelve in a country home in Illinois. The column offers guidance on child placement, dandruff remedies, lonely youth, relationship snubs, and marriage troubles with brief, practical responses from Mrs. Thompson.
Rev. James A. Miller conducts Albany church service at 10 30. Hebbardsville Sunday school at 1 and church at 2. Waterloo Sunday school 1 30 and preaching 7 30. New England Sunday school Carthage 1 30. Guysville Sunday school 9.
James W. Caswell of Louisville says Tanlac helped him gain ten pounds in a month after months of fatigue nerve weakness and poor appetite. He details improved sleep appetite and energy and praises the medicine and local outlets The Cline Pharmacy Co. Taylor & Son and F. W. Gibson sell Tanlac in Athens Coolville and Amesville.
Charles Walden Holmes son of Loren and Mrs Holmes of Jacksonville was born April 2 1916 and died May 7 1920 at age four years one month and five days. He was intelligent and gentle and his loss is mourned by parents and friends with religious reflections on heaven and the kingdom of God.
The Holmes family thank friends relatives and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of their son and brother They thank Rev Albrand for consoling words friends for floral offerings and Local Union No 2300 for support.
Community notes report Epworth League held a Sunday evening business meeting with all officers reelected except Secretary Wallace and the third vice president. Several local residents visited family over the weekend including Miss Elsie Bookman and Miss Mary King returning to Athens on Monday.
An apparatus developed in California spreads heated oil to patch streets and can also clean oil drippings from cars using hot water.
United Press reports revival of third party talk within Republican ranks and speculation on its effect at Chicago. Johnson denies leading revolt while supporters debate his control over fate. conservatives may bow to party unity if bolt threats surface. McAdoo seen as likely Democratic nominee with Cox possible running mate.
Freeman advertisement offers Othine double strength from a druggist to remove freckles with a money back guarantee. One ounce usually suffices to improve freckles and achieve a clearer complexion, tested with a no risk trial for Miss Freckle-Face.
President Wilson vetoed the executive legislative and judicial appropriation bill over a provision that would place all government publications under a joint congressional committee on printing supervision. The clash centers on control of official printing and publication standards.
For years druggists note the Swamp Root record, Kilmer's kidney liver and bladder medicine. It is a physician prescription strengthening medicine that supports natural work. It has stood the test of years and is sold by all druggists on its merit. Send ten cents for a sample bottle to Kilmer Co. and mention Athens Messenger.
Report from San Antonio says Mexican President Venustiano Carranza escaped an attempted capture by shaving his beard and mustache amid a train journey from Mexico City to Vera Cruz. Guards mutinied briefly, but the beard helped him move unrecognized through loyal and rebel troops alike. An Australian explorer also reports new vast tracts of agricultural land in the country’s northern desert region.
Washington May 14 The revolutionary Mexican government moves to obtain formal recognition from the United States. Dr Torre Diaz confidential agent reports Carranza troops near Rinconada on the Mexico City Vera Cruz railroad attacked by Reyes Marquez. Manuel Dieguez placed in close arrest in Guadalajara as western Sonora falls under rebel control.
Cleveland May 14 Salaries for local school teachers range from 1300 to 3600 under a schedule in the hands of Supt Frank E Spaulding. The plan, a compromise with the Cleveland Teachers Federation, would raise elementary teachers by 290 to 350 and affect high school instructors at the top end. Board of education action is expected at next Monday's session.
S H Neese a Marietta Civil War veteran and real estate agent touts Trutona’s health benefits. He reports improved liver and kidney function, appetite, sleep, and relief from back pains after taking the tonic, saying he feels younger and likely to live beyond 70. Trutona is being introduced at The Cline Pharmacy Co in Athens.
Mothers who value their own comfort and the welfare of their children should keep a box of Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children through the season. They break up colds relieve feverishness constipation teething disorders headache and stomach troubles. Used by mothers for over 30 years. These powders give satisfaction. All drug stores. Don't accept any substitute.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a safe tonic to strengthen blood and restore vigor. It claims to combat anemia, improve appetite and energy, and offers tablets or liquid form with trial packets for 10 cents. A testimonial from Franklin Ohio notes renewed health and weight gain after use.
An advertorial promotes S. S. S. as a vegetable blood medicine to purify the blood, claim revitalizing vigor and disease resistance. It urges readers to obtain bottles from drug stores and write to the Swift Co. Medical Director in Atlanta for free advice.
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