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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1921
Page
8
W. F. Shaw, advisor of the state division of human rehabilitation, cites about 12 000 crippled children in Ohio eligible for care or special schools. An estimated 8500 more persons could also be eligible for services.
A state system designates clearing agencies in major cities to collect names of worthy disabled individuals. Names with addresses ages family status and impairments are sent to the state supervisor for prompt action. Recipients receive home city training in work lines where impairment is not a barrier to success.
Washington reports the wolf is fading in the western United States with fewer than 600 believed alive. A Biological Survey estimate notes ongoing drives by hunters to wipe out remaining wolves, while experts condemn bounties as ineffective and sometimes exploited.
Hary E. Scott of Tombstone Arizona credits Tanlac with ending months of rheumatism and near helplessness. He reports rapid recovery eating a hearty meal and gaining eighteen pounds after four days on Tanlac. He notes Athens sellers include Cline Pharmacy Co. and leading druggists.
A newspaper item urges women to treat early symptoms with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It promotes relief from backache and dragging pains common to female diseases, endorsing its use for homemaker mothers balancing social and political roles.
The Messenger corrects a prior line about room numbers and staffing at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Twenty five rooms will be provided not seventeen and a registered nurse now leads the staff with graduate nurses assisting.
An electric light company in an Ontario city has fitted taps on numerous utility poles to provide electric power for autoists to heat their cars while waiting on the streets.
The Hebbardsville M. E. church schedules a preaching service Sunday November 20 at 2 30 p m with Sunday school at 1 30, Epworth League at 7 and a song service at 6 30 All who wish to help in young peoples meetings are welcome. Local social visits noted include guests of the Frost and Mills families and others from Athens White Hall Albany and Chauncey with updates on illness and hospitality.
One day last week Misses Ina Idene and Helen Davis spent Sunday with Mrs. Ada Parker and family in a brief local social item noting family visits.
Edward Six of Hamley Run bought a fine cow. Mrs John Vanmeter and daughter Addie shopped in Nelsonville Saturday. John Thompson went to Straitsville to see his stepmother badly burned in an accident. Hughie Vanmeter of Hamley is now a Messenger boy. Louise Conella stays at Gene Lancaster's while he visits West Virginia. The daughter of Mr and Mrs Nathan Thomas of Upper Hamley is very ill. Mrs Clemans, ill, is recovering slowly.
The Miller family feud in North Baltimore escalates after Samuel Miller dies at a daughter's home in Tiffin. A court injunction to secure the body was obtained by the widow, who held services at home with her supporters. Her death from paralysis follows, with valuable property reportedly tied to the dispute.
A northern Minnesota producer sent a ton of honey to market via parcel post, marking a notable cargo move for the regional farming trade. The shipment highlights local beekeeping output and distribution methods used in the era.
Alfred E. Sullivan of Miller Airplane and Supply Co is arrested on charges of receiving and concealing stolen property and violating the automobile dealers license law. Police recovered two cars said to be stolen from Toledo last year, including one owned by Dr. Martin Waitman. Sullivan says he bought and sold second hand autos in 1920 and acted in good faith. Police check other cars he may have sold.
RACINE Ohio November 15 A reporter found a hollow sycamore trunk turned into a smokehouse on Ernest DeWolf’s farm. The log, the fourth cut from the tree, stands 18 feet in circumference and sits about 33 feet high, with a hinged door. The author notes such trees fed frontier shelters and storage and praises the remarkable size and practicality of the structure.
Steel giant Carnegie Steel in Youngstown reports four blast furnaces operating and plans to start two more within a week as part of ongoing expansion.
Father John’s Medicine offers a gentle laxative effect said to drive out impurities and build energy to resist colds and grip germs. The product is claimed to be free from alcohol and dangerous drugs and notes 65 years in use.
Disabled veterans in correspondence courses for bee and poultry raising and other careers faced excessive charges as Col. Charles R. Forbes disapproved dozens of government contracts. Forbes found widespread "assininity and graft" after investigating vocational training practices.
Appointment of a committee to press Governor Davis to use Ohio flour in state institutions was approved at the Ohio Millers Association convention. The move follows criticism of a recent purchase of flour milled in Kansas.
Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets claim to relieve headache by curing the cold. Includes a tonic laxative and germ destroyer with genuine signat ure of E. W. Grove. Be sure you get Bromo. 380¢c. Smoke Judge Taft cigar 5c.
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