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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1921
Page
2
An ad emphasizes clothing as a social signal and claims careful, stylish attire suggests favorable impressions. It touts affordable real clothes that offer lasting wear and style, promising a suit with free pants to extend value and longevity.
The Athens Memorial Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars held an organization meeting and elected officers led by Commander William V. Walsh. Installation and initiation details are set for November 27 with civilian dress for the uniformless event.
The Bureau of Biological Survey warns that all packages containing wild ducks geese and other migratory game birds must display the shipper and consignee names and an accurate statement of numbers and kinds of birds on the outside of the package. Unmarked shipments may be prosecuted seized and condemned in Federal court.
Flour mills in the Kansas City area operate at near normal capacity. September production rose 58 percent from the same month in 1920, signaling strong demand and recovery in the local grain industry.
A column exploring the paradox of practicality in humor, arguing that the most effective jokes are those that reveal assumptions, involve clever misdirection, and avoid harming or embarrassing others. It weighs social risk against amusement and suggests thoughtful, lighthearted tricks.
Columbus prepares for General Diaz, commander of Italian forces in World War I, with a train greeting, a hotel banquet, and evening demonstrations. The Columbus Chamber of Commerce and United Italian Societies co sponsor the banquet with Dr Andre Crotti as toastmaster. A concert by the Women's Music Club will feature a Diaz themed program.
A nationally known rug manufacturing plant in Duluth has restarted operations with an 8 hour shift employing 150 workers. A second 8 hour shift is planned to begin in a few weeks, expanding production capacity.
A quip suggests a perfect reputation is hard to attain as the saying hints that even clean reputations may bear hidden flaws. The line plays on the paradox of flawlessness in moral character.
An advertisement touts Dr Orih Stomach Prescription offering instant relief from indigestion dyspepsia and acidity. It guarantees quick results and a money back promise after two packages, with all druggists stocking the remedy.
Hon F E A Tinker of Chillicothe told Chamber of Commerce lunchers the Ohio Public Utilities Commission protects the public in all utilities. He praised staff including Joe Herrold, recounted the commission’s history, and noted recent rates actions aiding Lima gas, road building, and farming interests.
Athens golf fans report rapid progress on the Country club house and grounds. The structure is weatherproof with roof and stucco finished, exterior painting done, and interior plastering underway. Basement concreted, windows in, water line trenched to greens and tees, ensuring strong turf maintenance. An automatic fire alarm reacts to temperature rise.
Ireland Ohio area residents share Sunday visits with friends and relatives including C E Brandeberry Hornsby Clark Bingthan and Daugherty. Arthur Baker of Torch dies with funeral at Torch upcoming. Several attendees at Coolville farmers institute and Parkersburg trips noted alongside numerous family visit anecdotes.
A noted skin specialist promotes Mentho Sulphur as a safe germ destroying preparation that quickly soothes itching and heals rashes. The first application cools the skin and stops irritation, with a small jar available from druggists.
J D Longshore of Zanesville Ohio reports long stomach trouble eased by Dreco a non iron herbal remedy. He says it tones the stomach relieves gas and pain improves bowels nerves and sleep and credits Cline Pharmacy for introduction. Dreco is sold by all druggists.
Harmony Hill and Little Hocking residents gathered for visits from Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Thorpe and Mrs. Bertha Cassidy. Isabel Bent visited Bertha Coggeshall, and the Hill family spent time with the Fosters. The Junior Order lodge with D A assisted at the annual game feast. O E McGinnis repaired a farm building owned by David Livingston.
Miss McVickers at Harmony Hill held a pie social with her scholars, drawing a good crowd and netting a sum for the program. Mr. and Mrs S H Noland enjoyed their Ford on muddy roads while others called on neighbors over the weekend. Mrs Mary A Foster mourned the death of friend Mrs Anna Devitt of Athens.
The Athens grange will entertain the county grange at their hall in Jackville on Saturday November 19. All grangers from this place are urged to attend and bring plenty of eatables.
Four 16 year old boys were arrested for petty misdemeanors in Oxford Ohio. Mayor Hughes released them after they promised to help straighten out problems among youths. The town is peaceful again today.
An advertisement touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a home hair darkener. It claims gray hair vanishes by morning with one to two applications producing darker, glossier hair and a more youthful look.
A banker explains that some men spend beyond their means while he recognizes they lack the funds to cover it. The line between borrowing and debt is blurred as he tracks who truly has money and who does not.
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