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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1919
Page
6
Ambus Nov 15 The state commission will open bids and award contracts for the proposed roads in Adams Mataette Jefferson Lucas and surrounding areas as part of a statewide roads program.
A narrator details evolving views on marriage, independence, and home life. She recalls youth when marriage seemed a gate to perpetual companionship and contrasts that with shared yet individual tastes in theater and drama. The piece explores choosing an apartment, balancing Jim’s desires with her own, and the advice to avoid spare rooms as a test of marital unity.
Readers ask about husking bees and the red ear game. Answers explain how either boy or girl could hold the prize, with kissing if he found it or if she chased and was caught by her sweetheart. Additional letters discuss courtship etiquette, letter writing, and age gaps in relationships.
Berlin reports former Imperial vice chancellor Karl Helfferich aims to run for president on a pan Germanist platform. Observers say his Reichstag testimony marks the start of a campaign against Wilson. Germans tire of the war probe as committee work slows and party politics dominate proceedings.
A Spartanburg citizen testifies that Number 40 For The Blood relieved his malaria and rheumatism after years of failure. He now keeps it on hand and credits improvements in many blood related troubles. Produced by J C Mendenhall Evansville Indiana a local druggist for 40 years sells through McKee Drug Co Coshocton grocers raise sugar to 13 cents with no sales observed.
George E. Pomeroy roots for classification to fix Ohio taxes while urging strict enforcement of the uniform rule. He notes the need for annual land reappraisal, debt limits, and opposition to new income taxes on property tax, calling for cooperation with anti-classificationists to tighten tax laws.
Dr. Howard reports Red Cross members in the village contributed 103 dollars and 50 cents. Several residents including the Sands and Flemmings guests, Sumner Wyatt plans to buy a farm near Minerva, and revivals continue with Rev. Saunders in the Presbyterian church. Masonic officers were elected at a recent meeting.
A hunter’s valued dog vanished last season and reappeared at dawn opening rabbit season well fed and ready to chase cotton tails. The article notes changing hunting methods with cars and long range rifles, mud roads hindering travel, and local street improvements amid broader economic data on US money supply and population from 1919.
Mrs Leota Linscott hosted Sunday guests Pearlie Keirns and his mother Mrs Sarah Keirns. Grace and Lillian Linscott, students at Athens, visited their parents. Beulah Linscott helped with housework for Mrs Marie Bailey this week. Earl Linscott and spouses visited Stacy Sayre. Pie Social attendees included Marie Bailey and children Hazel Linscott Lucille Linscott Beulah Linscott Grace Linscott Mary Glancy Vera Kasler Rodney Sayres Homer Linscott Floyd Linscott Harlan Linscott. I J Linscott hosted guests Earl Carpenter and Harlan Arthur Howard of Athens and Abe Bell of Millfield. Harry Keeper hosted Ransdall and daughter of Athens. Harland and Floyd Linscott drove to Athens Sunday. Hazel Lucile Linscott Etta Vera Kasler shopped in Glouster Saturday. Oden Johnson of Federal visited Arza Linscott family Sunday. Floyd Linscott called on Eber Linscott Tuesday evening. Mrs Arda Kasler, newly operated for adenoids and tonsils, is improving.
Several young people attended a pie social at Burlingham last Saturday night enjoying the event. Miss Libby Young Enola Morris and Mabel Staneart visited Pomeroy, Charles Blackwood traveled there on Monday, and Mrs Adelaide Stanley visited Ath ens district. Sunday school meets weekly at Holiday church. A hemispherical rubber sponge shaving brush invention is introduced as cheaper than a traditional brush.
Ellis Island immigration officers report bath tubs barber shops and good meals transforming imprisoned Reds into improved individuals.
A female inventor receives a patent for a pen holder that features a sliding sleeve to eject pens without requiring fingertip pressure. The design aims to reduce finger strain and improve one handed use.
A warning about catarrh urges readers to mix three quarters of an ounce of mentholated arcine with water to make a pint. Gargle twice daily and snuff or spray the solution in the nostrils to relieve soreness and heal the throat. The ad claims the remedy can end colds in the head and protect the family.
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