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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1919
Page
3
To the Public He who can give to every family a medicine which shall be simple and effective will serve the public. Cring's Household Balm has stood forty years for coughs and bronchial trouble with quick relief. Also a tonic laxative and a germ destroying non poisonous remedy for home use. Prices 25 50 75 cents and cans at 10 25 cents. For sale by all druggists and grocers.
Miss Retta Eckols of Carbondale visits her aunt Mrs Retta Lowe. Mrs Susan Richards leaves for Marion after a visit here. Miss Mary Eckols stays a few days in Columbus. Mr and Mrs Tom Dowd depart for Columbus after visiting. Arthur West travels to Chicago on business. G A Barber of Pittsburg visits Mr and Mrs T C Galvin. Miss Gertrude West returns to Columbus after visiting her parents.
Annual election of Philadorean lodge F. and A. M. held last night named W M Ed C Cooley and other officers for the year W N Fleck Harry Hickman James Sharp I V Kinney J D Knight G W Roberts B F Martin C H Bartlett and trustee. Lodge plans reopening of new quarters with date to be announced. lodge room praised as among the state’s finest.
The regular meeting and dinner of the Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Elks club rooms Thursday evening. Dinner is at six. The session aims to discuss ways and means of providing a suitable soldiers memorial and a good attendance is hoped. Members urged to join and attend.
Mrs Eugene Hohenadel delightfully entertained the Circle of Ruth Monday evening at her home. Plans were made for the year and an elegant lunch was served to members including Mesdames Ed Juniper Joe Porter Harry Steele Tom Mathewsson and Misses Mildred Roberts Christina King Mary Howe Essie Johnson Leone McBride Velma Young Cornelia Scott Katherine Primrose Gladys Mae Bunion Harriett Pensyli and Rhea Hoodlett.
The Y M C A hosts an all evening Open House with election returns and bulletins on local and state news. Ed Knight leads a canteen serving coffee and sandwiches while music and entertainment flow after a high school Lecture course. A special phone line and Western Union news service will be available.
Friday evening social hosted by the foreign missionary society of the Methodist church at Mrs. Elizabeth Stratton’s home. Costumes and Halloween decor featured a ghost and a witch with floating balloons for fortune cards. Prize balloons offered one year subscriptions to the Missionary News.
Representatives from churches in this part of Athens Presbytery will attend the New Era conference at the local Presbyterian church tomorrow. Opening session at 1 30 features Dr Richards of Auburn N Y. Rev Moses Breeze will also speak as the first conference of its kind in the Presbytery discusses seven objectives of the New Era movement. Evening services at seven. Celluloid curtains with spring rollers have been invented for automobiles.
An advice piece promotes taking Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets in larger doses than standard grip treatment to prevent influenza. It urges proactive use rather than waiting to get sick, claiming preventive benefits.
Local listings show Groceries and farm goods from Gadbury store, repairs by Bell's Garage, a closing sale at Sauter's Studio with phonographs and instruments, ticket sales for Redpath Lecture Course, Oak folding bed for sale, and nursing services offered by Mrs Henry Creighton.
Mrs. C Smith of Ironton Ohio 62 says Tru tona cured years of stomach trouble boosting appetite easing bloating headaches and constipation She reports better sleep and enjoyment of food after a few days use The Cline Pharmacy Co introduces Trutona as a perfect tonic in Athens
A sensational health ad claims purified blood rich and red will deliver wellness to every organ and reverse aging. It pitches a remedy that supposedly cleanses blood of poison germs to restore vitality and youthful appearance.
Not satisfied with a $10 monthly wage rise and two months of paid vacation, the janitors in Zanesville public schools went on strike. Local officials faced disruption as cleaning duties halted across the district.
Movement of coal into Cleveland had almost entirely ceased today due to the strike and the railroad administration commandeering coal in transit. In Urbana Ohio, West Liberty schools and churches were ordered closed because of smallpox.
Landowners announce a strict hunting ban on their property with enforcement promised and a five dollar reward for evidence of violations. Signatories include Dan Higgins Cyrus Higgins Geo Kern C C Lawson W E Baker Mrs Fred White Frank Nicholson Homer Graves.
A seasoned New Yorker, Edward J. Woods, proposes a book explaining that the tobacco or muff habit can be eliminated in three days with health benefits. He offers free mailed copies in plain wrappers from New York City and cites improved sleep, digestion, vigor, memory, and general efficiency after nicotine leaves the system.
For years druggists note Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root s record as a kidney liver and bladder remedy it assists the organs by nature s design and has many friends It is sold by all druggists on its merit and a sample bottle can be obtained by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY and mentioning the Athens Messenger.
From Tokyo Japan has not completed ratification of the Versailles treaty with the emperor's assent postponed after initial reports. Promulgation expected after the cabinet council meets next week.
A Cleveland report notes a prominent business man returned as conductor briefly then dropped a half dollar into the collection box and took up nine roes.
The undersigned announce a no hunting or trapping zone on their farms in Athens county. Signatories include Charles Maxwell Richard Phillips John Sheridan Homer Howell W G Devore J A Mulligan J A Walsh and Fred Finsterwald dated 11 4 3p.
W S Reynolds of 120 W Union St Athens testifies Doan's Kidney Pills cured a year long lumbago and frequent kidney trouble with sediments and dizziness. He bought three boxes at Cline's Pharmacy and has had no kidney issues since. Price 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sells Doan's.
Scientists report two extensive deposits of white marble of high grade discovered in Guatemala. The finds could impact regional quarrying and export potential, with evaluations underway to determine exact locations and exploitation plans.
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