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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1919
Page
5
A health blurb describes headaches and bile buildup from a torpid liver and undigested waste. It claims Cascarets cleanse the stomach and bowels, remove sour food and foul gases, take excess bile from the liver, and carry out waste while you sleep.
A vintage ad promotes Tonsiline as sore throat relief with a claim of saving days. It touts various sizes and prices 85c 60c hospital size $1.00, urging readers to visit the drug store.
Bayer promotes genuine Aspirin for pain colds neuralgia toothache and headache. Insist on Bayer Tablets of Aspirin stamped with the Bayer Cross. The name Bayer signals genuine aspirin used by millions for over eighteen years. A tin box with twelve tablets costs only a few cents. Druggists offer larger Bayer packages.
Social news covers troop meetings church events and hospital births plus visits from travelers and local engagements. Highlights include a talk on the Maude Powell concert attendance and a White Stout wedding at the First M E parsonage with Linnie White and Clyde Stout united in marriage.
Saturday afternoon the Pallas Club held Federation Day at Mrs T W Craig's South Court Street residence. Frances Hatch sang a vocal solo with good voice and Rachel Hopkins accompanied on piano. The program included the State Federation of Women's Clubs report from Cleveland presented by Mrs W F Copeland, who gave a thorough and engaging summary of the sessions.
Miss Madge Schneider and Mr. Harry E. Wyatt of Athens married Saturday evening at 6 30 oclock in a quiet ceremony.
Washington reports over 900 influenza cases to the public health service last week signaling a rise from the prior week. Officials urge preparation and prevention measures, including germicide use and Turpo nasal applications, with medical care advised if illness develops.
Rev Dr C L Strecker officiated as the couple wed at the First M E parsonage. They leave for a wedding trip to Columbus and Chillicothe before settling in Athens. The bridegroom works as a mechanist for Hewitt and Boden Purouetry Flooring Co and served in the 166th Infantry Rainbow Division in World War I. Mrs John Schneider of 9 Riverside has worked at American Dry Cleaning the past two years.
A seventy five member group attended the annual guest day on a Friday afternoon in the church parlors. Devotions by Mrs. P G Dowler opened the program and Miss Ruth Strahl sang. Mrs H A Hatch presented the branch report and Dean Voigt spoke on The Survey of the Foreign Fields.
The 78th annual Beta Theta Pi Halloween dance drew about 100 guests at the Mesonic Temple with a four piece orchestra playing from 7 30 to 11 30. Ladies received vanity cases and gents embossed bill folders as favors while chaperons and visiting fraternity members from Ohio University Denison and Chicago attended.
Miss Marie Moruney daughter of E L Moruney married James Leo Wright of Pittsburgh at St Joseph church on November 4 in a ceremony led by Reverend H B Altmeyer. Attendant Beatrice Moroney wore fawn broadcloth. best man was Leo Martin Kane. The couple plan to reside in Oakland California after visiting en route. Wright is connected to Duquesne University.
Adjutant General Roy F. Layton announced nine new national guard companies will be mustered in November across Columbus Cleveland Lima Cincinnati Springfield and Zanesville. The existing regiment has been mobilized twice by Governor Cox to counter a potential West Virginia invasion and to intervene in Canton labor troubles. Major F Goedecke of Camp Meade appointed instructor for the Ohio guards, to be based in Akron.
In Rome dispatches report clashes between Arditi and Socialists across Italy on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Milan and Genoa saw troops disperse red flag paraders, Florence rioted, and arrests followed. Former Deputy Raimondos tried to speak at San Remo but was blocked by police.
In a period ad style text mothers are urged that many children suffer headaches fevers stomach troubles and irregular Bowels. The item claims Mother Gray's Sweet Powders relieve these symptoms and praises its ease and pleasant taste. It notes the product is sold by druggists everywhere.
Washington dispatch reports the Senate entering what many members expect to be the last week of this session amid a prolonged treaty fight. The debate centers on reservations and whether rejecting ratification would kill the treaty, with key figures warning that passage of the article ten reservation could sway Democrats to oppose the Lodge resolution. Miss Sibyl Boggess of Pt. Pleasant, W V, visited in Columbus plans to tour Indiana with her aunt Mrs. Greer after today.
Akron police report Joseph Studer, 63, died minutes after consuming homemade whiskey given by a friend. The incident occurred in Akron and authorities are investigating the death for possible criminal or safety implications.
White House officials say the coal miners strike issue rests with the judiciary and will be backed by the executive. Samuel Gompers says labor is not breaking up. Matthew Woll predicts the court order will not smash organized labor and may harden its resolve.
Columbus Ohio, Nov 10 record breaking average yield of 44 bushels per acre defines Ohio corn this year at 160 544 000 bushels, surpassing last year by about 26 million and the ten year average by nearly 13 million. Silo adoption shows 11 percent of corn acreage with 8.4 tons per acre.
Wichita Falls Texas November 10 One man is dead and hundreds homeless after a $1,000,000 blaze destroyed Waggoner City in the Burk Burnett field. Lightning struck an Apple Dunlap Bell storage tank triggering a flood of burning oil that swept through rain flooded streets and charred eighty acres of oil derricks. The rooming house proprietor died trying to save his furniture as flames engulfed his building. Others suffered severe burns.
In Philadelphia on November 10 a quantity of bolshevik gold coin was discovered and seized during raids on red headquarters. Nine of forty detainees were kept in custody while authorities pursued ringleaders.
A clockwork mechanism inside a new decoy duck makes it drift and move subtly, while emitting a lifelike bird call to attract real waterfowl.
London dispatch notes the U S roundup of radicals as panic driven by recent events. The article cites elite control of capital and labor and argues that while officials blame Bolsheviks, another form of anarchy arises from employers denying union rights and the right to strike.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. William Shields of Central avenue on Saturday November 8. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Mick Kolodziejzejski of Athens R. D. 2 on Monday November 10. Dr. L. G. Bean will depart Tuesday to Cleveland Ohio for a weeklong post graduate course in conductive anesthesia under Dr. Buford Hancock of Atlanta Georgia.
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