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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1919
Page
9
Foot aid advert claims Tiz relieves burning feet swelling corns bunions and raw spots. Encourages use of smaller shoes and promises painless walking with a 25 cent box and year long money back guarantee.
Cleveland's "mail lover" jailed after a three year spree of romantic liaisons with local society women. A young woman wearing a red rose lured him to a rendezvous where officers arrested him. An album in his room contained pictures and names of society women clipped from newspapers. Federal officials withhold his name.
Los Angeles considers a revolving fund to finance house building through a charter amendment. The plan, urged by the Rent Payers League, would allow city money to be used for construction and sold to citizens on low interest long term installment plans.
Druggists warn Earle's Hypo-Cod price increases on November 15 while many stores still quote old prices. The tonic is advertised as a winter remedy for coughs colds bronchial and asthmatic ailments and claimed to improve appetite and vitality in children and adults. McKee Drug Company promotes bulk purchases to save money.
An ad touts Ely's Cream Balm as a quick cure for nasal congestion and catarrh. It promises instant relief by soothing inflamed membranes and clearing air passages, urging readers to buy a small bottle from their druggist.
Nov 6 report says Northwestern Railway cancels two trains as coal supplies are cut. Regional coal committee revises Chicago reserve to thirty days from twenty. Operators and unions forecast arbitration and wage increases tied to living costs, with normal production unlikely for a month.
Leaders of the strike demand a joint conference with mine operators as the first step to settlement. If no agreement is reached, arbitration may be considered. Federal court action looms next Saturday over the recall order and strike benefits, with operators aligning to government wishes. Coal shortages threaten storage and packing plants, prompting requests for coal releases.
Solomon Bequette of Flat River Missouri credits Foley Kidney Pills with curing a two year back illness and kidney trouble. The ad claims quick relief for rheumatism aching joints sore muscles and sleep disturbing bladder issues as kidney filtering improves. The notice also mentions a telegraph printing attachment for telephones to record messages for absent users.
Senator Hitchcock will meet President Wilson within two days to discuss final disposition of the peace treaty per Secretary Tumulty. Dr. Carey T. Grayson will attend. The Gore amendment remains the next item, and ratification with reservations will follow. The cabinet plans to address the coal strike at tomorrow's weekly session.
Reports from 46 of 120 counties show wets leading by 14594 on the prohibition amendment. The figures include early votes from large wet cities, and N A Palmer of the Anti Saloon League says outstanding dry counties will yield a big prohibition majority.
Ohio electors, per the secretary of state, have approved a 6.587 million dollar road tax for ten years to fund construction and repair. Levy ranges from one to two mills and from two to ten years, funds available in early spring. State Highway Commissioner Taylor and others depart to study eastern state highway systems.
Patrons of Husbandry announce the Ath ens County Grange meeting next Saturday in the O U A lecture room. Officers will be elected and other business of moment will be discussed. Rome Grange met last night and re elected all officers for the coming year.
World flyweight champion Jimmy Wilde is due in New York on Monday with his family. He will be greeted by boxing fans with a reception and dinner and then tour the United States before returning east in February to open the International Sporting Club home, as promoter Tex Rickard plans.
Harvard backs Ralph Horween may miss the Princeton game with a sore shoulder. If he is sidelined Burg, Humphrey and Casey form the backfield with Captain Billy Murray at quarterback. Harvard offers two to one on the game and the squad travels to Princeton tomorrow.
The pie supper and curiosity counter at Hickory Grove school house was postponed due to rain and will now be held next Saturday evening November 8. County Superintendent Root will give an address. All are invited.
Miss Ethel Fletcher a stenographer has been proposed by fellow workers to Mayor Gainor as the first candidate for the $10,000 trust fund left by Count Paul Barnotti. The count set criteria that the winner must be a daughter of the common people and most deserving by conduct and family virtues.
A tiny bottle of Freezone bought at any drug store is applied with a few drops on a corn or callus. It stops hurting instantly and soon you can lift the corn or callus away with your fingers. No humbug.
Mrs Edna Gift is very ill with pneumonia. Mrs Sherman Parker visited her parents Mr and Mrs William Clendennin. Earl Verity and bride Ruby Wingett received an old fashioned serenade Tuesday evening. Sunday services at M B church November 9 at 2 30 p m with Sunday school at 1 30. Farmers husking corn and election talk. Ad promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets with E W Grove signature 30 cents.
County Engineer Baker will install a new detour on the upper end of the Circle Hill Floodwood road between Athens and Nelsonville. The contractor says a crew of thirty to forty men is ready to begin tearing up the upper section once allowed, with a better detour than on the lower end. An inventor has created a glove with an electric lamp to illuminate a wrist watch when fingers touch.
A short testimonial claims John Oliver of Pa. recovered from a three year bad cough after using Ley's Honey and Tar. The ad extols a soothing healing effect on inflamed throats and chest with promises of relief from restless nights.
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