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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1922
Page
6
A vintage promotional notice urges parents to use Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for children and adults. It touts safety, no habit forming ingredients, available at drug stores, and offers a free trial bottle by mail from Dr W B Caldwell in Monticello Illinois.
Raleigh Maine Edgar of Athens and Dorothy Mae Siebert of Athens are among 1,209 candidates for degrees at Ohio State University this spring. Edgar studies mining engineering. Siebert studies education.
The Union Church invites attendance for Sunday School at 9 oclock and a Prayer and Praise meeting at 10 30 a m C BE at 7 20 p m There is a Wednesday evening prayer meeting at 7 30 pm Pastor IGNATIUS F LER invites all to attend services.
The Canaan Township Parent-Teacher Association elected P. B. Seel as president F. BR Dorr as vice president Mrs Theodore Crawford as secretary and Miss Marie Cavanaugh as treasurer The group formed a committee to present wishes to the May 27 school board meeting and urged Red Cross relief efforts and road work to alleviate unemployment A relief committee was named and a banquet for athletic high school team members was announced.
Denver May 19 Rev. Rey aul Rade of the Christian and Missionary Alliance argued against eugenics and socialism using the Esau and Jacob parable. He contrasted Isaac and Rebecca’s hoped perfect union with two very different sons, Esau and Jacob, calling eugenics a failure. He likened socialism to the Israelites wandering and receiving provisions, saying it produced discontent and inefficiency instead of a fair share.
This pattern offers a chic simple dress suitable for gingham linen and jersey fabrics. It describes binding with braid or contrasting material as decoration and lists seven sizes from 34 to 46 inches. A 38 inch size needs 4 1/2 yards of 40 inch fabric and the pattern is mailed for 12 cents in stamps.
A discussion promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for women’s ailments. The text contrasts the well woman who is cheerful and serene with the ailing woman who drags society down, suggesting the tonic offers relief and a new lease on life.
The Bureau of Standards announces a 2 circuit receiving set with variable coupler offering greater selectivity than the prior single circuit design. Home builders can reuse much equipment from Circular 120 with new outfit details to be published in Circular 121. Copies priced at five cents, distribution by Government Printing Office, Washington, D C, expected mid June.
In Washington on May 18 the Republican opposition in the Senate moved to bar the naval fuel for the trip to Japan aboard the transport Henderson. The amendment to the naval appropriation bill would forbid use of naval fuel for the voyage.
The Plains hosts a Baccalaureate sermon at 7:30 from the Plains High School with Chauncey E and Sugar Creek attendees noted. Millfielda participation listed for 9 and 10:30 a m events.
Elyria May 18 County Auditor W H Welty is reviewing transfer records to confirm all autos are on the personal tax duplicate. Owners who did not list autos in prior years face back tax assessments plus penalties.
May 19 1847 notes the Norwalk State Bank organized at Norwalk. 1886 waterspout at Xenia killed twenty five people. 1893 actor James E Murdoch died in Cincinnati born Philadelphia January 26 1811. 1898 Socialist Labor party called to meet in Columbus for state ticket nomination.
Cincinnati May 19 R K Hynicka Ohio GOP figure told Hamilton county Republicans that C J Knight is making an absurd attack for being denied support. Knight had accused Hynicka of scuttling, while Hynicka noted Knight sought backing in his office.
Petitions circulate across Ohio to place two constitutional amendments on the November ballot. One limits debt. the other allows classification taxation or retention of the current system. Civic groups back the effort to shift municipalities toward a pay as you go approach. Also noted is Rev. Frank S. Hollett, first Methodist circuit rider to cover territory by airplane.
Coolville Ohio May 19. Wednesday evening lectures and diplomas marked the close of the school year as 16 students received Coolville high school diplomas. Prof G H Crow of Ohio University spoke at length. Superintendent Guy Dinsmoor presented the diplomas. Graduates were Nina Gaskins Helen Keller Bernice Keller Naomi Kincaid Cornelia Bailey Martha Wildman Opal Reed Josephine Moore Lorena Place Margaret Conklin Clair Wilson John Walden Carroll Stout Lawrence Cowdery Lester Hayhurst Allen Ball. After the exercises the group joined a three course banquet at Chapmans ice cream parlor.
In Steubenville Ohio two masked gunmen entered the McNamee store late last night confronted Misses Kate and Mary McNamee at gunpoint and escaped with a small sum of money. No injuries reported as the search begins. A separate Vienna dispatch notes Austria faces a cabinet crisis after the financial commission refused further credits.
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