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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1922
Page
6
A Kenosha reader, Mrs. Frep Hansen, urges tall women with female trouble to try Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She claims the remedy helped her greatly and asks others to seek it through endorsements from mothers and grandmothers.
It highlights finishing touches for a comfortable garment in seersucker chambrey or pereale, or other patterns. The pattern covers bust sizes 36 through 48 inches with a 38 inch size needing 6 yards of 36 inch material, and patterns mailed for 12 cents in stamps.
Pratt street property owners petitioned for paving at the May city council meeting. The council vacated six more feet of President street for the university gymnasium alignment, in exchange for the university vacating ten feet on lower Fast Union street to permit paving. Upcoming actions include playground repairs, flood damage assessment on the R. M. Patterson property, extending Maplewood Drive to East State street at a projected $7500, storm sewer repairs, and a retaining wall project on Byard street with several ordinances approved including paving for Henry and Foster Additions.
Thirty examinations to be conducted in three days starting Wednesday May 24 with ten exams on May 24 and ten on May 25 and May 26. Positions include municipal and county examiners in several departments and various staff roles in public welfare industrial relations health finance and education. Free bulletins with full details available from the State Civil Service Commission Columbus Ohio.
Mrs Carrie Barnhouse of Welliston Ohio recounts being cured of a 20 year goitre in two weeks with Sorbol Quadruple a col orless liniment. She invites others to learn the treatment and lists McKee Drug Co Athens Le Favor's Pharmacy Glouster Ohio and Box 85 Mechanicsburg Ohio as sources for appearances or orders.
An open Grange meeting at the Jackville school house is planned for Thursday evening May 14. The program includes a stereoptical lecture by H. H. Brandon of the Ohio Marble Company and a talk by Earl E. Barnes soil specialist from Ohio Agricultural College. A round table on limestone will occupy part of the time. All farmers and their wives are urged to attend.
Soap contains alkali that can dry the scalp and brittle hair. The article recommends Malsified cocoanut oil shampoo as pure greaseless and superior for regular use. A few teaspoonfuls in warm water cleanses hair, leaving it soft, silky, and easy to manage. Available cheaply at pharmacies.
Constable J R Bruner says Wesley S Caskey 16 was murdered near Royalton on a Sunday morning. Coroner P A Hammond and Sheriff C B Stannard maintain suicide. Caskey left home Saturday for a bicycle ride and died after a bullet wound. A witness heard a shot and saw lights near the site around 10 PM Saturday. A man testified to seeing two occupants in automobiles at the scene.
Mrs. Earl Bean celebrated her thirty first birthday with neighbors and friends on Saturday evening. Guests listed include Mr. and Mrs Barker Mr. and Mrs Lawrence Niggemeyer and son Raymond Mr and Mrs Jake Bean Mr and Mrs Bert Swartz Mr and Mrs Ernest Howard and children Anna Ambrose and Jeneve Mr and Mrs Mat Shuler and daughter Lucile Mr Fred Moore and Miss Kate Niggemeyer plus the hosts. Dorothy Fish at Ohio University Athens weekend visit. Earl Bean and family visited Athens Saturday.
The boards of directors of Bethlehem Steel and Lackawanna Steel approved today the purchase of Lackawanna Steel Company assets and properties by Bethlehem Steel. The move consolidates two major steel firms amid ongoing industry realignments.
Probate court suspended accounts list in Athens County Ohio with multiple estates and guardianships. Notices include P T Busch Hyla Albaugh Carrie Hill and others for first final or intermediate accounts. schedules dated March to May 1922. Executor and guardian appointments and bonds appear, with final action deadlines.
Pratts Fork Mr and Mrs Miles Cain were Sunday guests of Snowville residents Mr and Mrs Sam Blackwood. Gerald King and his wife and young son visited Mrs King’s parents Mr and Mrs C V Dixon. Atwood Sloan visited George Grim and family. Roy Marshall and son Leo of Athens visited relatives nearby. Delbert Gaul and family called on the Beam family. Dorsel Morris and daughter Alice and Mrs Fiora Cowan with Rex and Helen joined at Jerry Grim’s in Burlingham. Elsworth Wingett spent Sunday with his son Wayne Wingett and family. Miss Finis Wingett, recently teaching in Jacksonville, spent the weekend with her family. Ernest Hart of Athens visited Burlingham relatives. Gene Campbell of Columbus called on Will Story. S J Smith hosted Roy Goldsberry and family and Charlie Howard and family Sunday evening.
Dutch Ridge residents visited Miss Lizzie Weisenbach for Sunday dinner. Clara Johnson spent Sunday with her parents. Henry Kohler visited Clarence Conner and O. B. Chapman with Charles Woodey in Athens. Connie Weisenbach was guest of Edith Brown at Jasper Hill. Farmers picnic announced for June 3 at the school house.
A wash frock in cotton eponge features simple straight lines with slight hip fullness. It comes in colors including copper, orchid, white and green with white trim as the season’s fashionable fabric.
By-the-Way The Gleason Monumental Works installed a powerful cutting machine that replaces five workers, boosting capacity and lowering prices. The firm showcases the new capability as a key advance. The item notes the machine’s impact on output and costs.
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