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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 30, 1921

Page

5

Fragmentary OCR note on geometry task

Incomplete text fragment shows garbled phrases about measurement and orientation. No coherent event or names readable.

Local Society Notes Highlight Club Meetings and Birth

The Order of Eastern Star meets Thursday at 7 with initiation. Miss Ida Boerstler returns from Batesville. Current Events club hosts by Mrs. Woolley. Friendship Needle club hosted by Mrs Sands Thursday at 2. Mr and Mrs Pierce announce the birth of son Richard Alden on November 28. Athens attendees at Andrew Jackson funeral include Mrs Stedman and Mrs Roush. Deborah class meets at 7 with hostess Mrs Fierce. Mrs Ogg visits daughter Mrs Hayes. sisters visit Columbus. Comrades from Athens attend Chauncey funeral. A paper on J M Barrie and a review of Quality Street entertain the group. A social hour closes the afternoon.

C. A. Pierce West State Street Richard Alden C. C. Millikan J. M. Barrie Frank B. Guilum Barrie

James Barrie Studied by Social Literary Club

James Matthew Barrie was the program study for the Social Literary club meeting on Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. J. Maurice Hyde at 45 Morris Avenue. With the leader absent, Mrs. J. D. Haskins was replaced by Mrs. H. A. Hatch who led a paper and book review.

James Matthew Barrie J. Maurice Hyde Morris Avenue J.D. Haskins H. A. Hatch

Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Simple Liver Aid

A historic physician claims a small olive tablet formula can brighten complexions and improve liver function. He cites years of patient care and recommends nightly use to combat pallid skin dull eyes and coating on the tongue. Available in 15 and 30 cent sizes.

F.m.edwards Dr. Edwards

Foley Kidney Pills Benefit Mrs Blair Says

Mrs Blair of 461 South 20th Street Terre Haute Indiana reports relief after using Foley Kidney Pills. She states kidney and bladder trouble eased, aches stopped, and fatigue and headaches diminished as vision cleared. The pills are said to help kidneys keep blood clean and remove impurities.

Robert Blair S. 20Th St Erre Haute Ind

Three New Members Join Troop 1 Girl Scouts

At the regualr meeting in First M. E. church three new members were added to Troop 1 Girl Scouts. The inductees were Dorothy Ayers Mary Ellen Wood and Fauna Beasley. Their mothers attended as guests and refreshments followed the initiation.

Troop 1 Girl Scouts M. E Dorothy Ayers Mary Ellen Wood Fauna Beasley

Education Week Observed By Athens Schools

The community marks Education Week December 4 to 10 with Open School Week events. A monster parade of children on Monday, an Open high school session Tuesday for fathers and business leaders, visiting days Wednesday and Thursday, and a Thursday mass meeting at 7:30 with President Bryan addressing.

American Legion National Education Association United States Bureau of Education Harding Russia Athens Bryan

Athens Businessmen Face Columbus Volleyball Tonight

Volleyball draws interest after football season as Athens business men prepare to meet the Columbus team at the Ohio Gym. A Tuesday workout preceded tonight’s main event with wrestling and boxing bouts serving as preliminaries to the Athens vs Columbus match.

Athens Columbus Ohio Volkers

Pan American Union to Convene General Conference

Dr. L S Rowe director of the Pan American Union said here today that a general Pan American conference will be called during the next year. He predicted the meeting would foster cooperation among the Americas.

Washington L. S. Rowe Pan American Union

Sacco and Vanzetti Seek New Trial At Dedham Hearing

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian communists convicted last June 14 in Dedham Massachusetts for first degree murder, petition for a new trial as riot police guard the courthouse. Protests by communists in Europe and South America included demonstrations and attempted bombings at the U S embassy in Paris.

Dedham Sacco Vanzetti Nicola Sacco Bartolomeo Vanzetti Mass Europe South America Creek Paria

Hallett Appeals to High Court in Liquor Charge

Cleve Hallett of Nelsonville Athens County appeals to the Ohio Supreme Court after a justice court conviction for illegal possession of intoxicating liquor. The Common Pleas Court reversed and remanded for judgment saying no legal judgment was rendered. Hallett argues only the reversal should stand and that reviewing courts cannot remand to a justice court.

Columbus Cleve Hallett Nelsonville Athens County Supreme Court Common Pleas Court Hallett

Deadlock Over Naval Armament Limits Reaches Big Three

Washington reports the fate of the arms conference program rests with Hughes Balfour and Kate as critics fail to resolve the 70 versus 60 percent capital ship ratio stalemate. Japan may accept 60 percent if the U S abandons Pacific fortifications. Shantung talks near a China Japan settlement as the Far Eastern committee adjourns to Friday.

Washington America Hughes Balfour Kate Japan United States Pacific Shantung China Far Eastern Committee Arms Conference

Professor at the Breakfast Table hints at signs of age

The passage notes three lines between the brows as an age sign and links female ailments to the need for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It presents the product as a century proven natural restorative for backache nervous mood and female pains.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Lydia Pinkham

Bonded Tuff Made in State Disguised Whiskey Sold in Ohio

Columbus Ohio November 30 Fraulent labels and counterfeit revenue stamps used to disguise whiskey are made in Columbus state prohibition officers say Bootleggers arrested by the enforcement officers have admitted the bonded goods were disguised by stamps and labels secured here Efforts to locate the maker of the labels have failed Parker said

Columbus Ohio Don V. Parker Parker

Fairs banish bearded lady and hula hula girl from sideshows

In Chicago the bearded lady and the hula hula girl have been removed from county fair side shows. J W Russwarn, president of the International and American Association of Fairs and Expositions, says fairs are educational institutions and the objectionable has been banished.

Chicago J. W. Russwarn International and American Association of Fairs and Expositions

Ohio Christmas seals kick off fourteenth TB crusade

An army of Ohio volunteers launches the fourteenth annual TB campaign through Christmas seal sales. Thirty million seals distributed to 175 agents, with each handling 400 to 4,000,000. The 1921 diamond seals feature Santa and two children. Proceeds fund the white plague fight. Ohio sales are expected to set records with about 20 million seals sold this year.

Ohio Santa Claus Santa James Maddox

Killing Em Off Again in Mexico

Seventeen are dead and ten wounded after a night battle at Tequila Jalisco between a state rural detachment and a company of federal troops. The fighting occurred in Tequila during the night, with a government wireless message reporting the casualties.

San Luis Sonoma Tequila Jalisco State Rurals

Handcuffed Man Breaks Free in Daring Train Escape

In Zanesville Ohio on November 30 Robinson aged 18 of Springfield escaped custody en route to Mansfield reformatory for attempted burglary by leaping in front of a moving train. He evaded pursuers by dashing along the track to a bridge and car with aid from a confederate.

Zanesville Robinson Springfield Mansfield Reformatory W. A. McFarland

Ohio University football dine honors new president as athletics stance outlined

Dr. Elmer B. Bryan, newly elected president of Ohio University, addressed an audience of nearly 200 at the second annual football honor dinner. He declared football the greatest modern athletic sport and urged scholastic standing for athletes, stressing Ohio University first in athletics and calling for unity in student activities.

Elmer B. Bryan Ohio University University Hessians Dr. Bryan Dean Chubb Grover I. M. Foster Francis Fuller Paul Andrews The Green and White Ohio Columbia Fuller Fibre Jefferson Earich Loomis Congressman Foster

Ohio achieves countywide health commissioner system

Ohio now has a dedicated health commissioner in every one of its eighty eight counties for the first time. including eighty seven county commissioners and matching state health department coordinators, a total of one hundred seventy five health commissioners are active under the state program. Health Director Snively says the expanded network strengthens epidemic response and overall health campaigns.

Columbus Ohio State Health Department

Crest Comes Today From Huntington River Rise

The Huntington area reports a slowly rising river with indications it could crest at around 10 feet later today. Officials monitor the situation and warn residents downstream to stay alert for possible flooding.

Huntington W. Va

Pattern 3468 Apron Dress With Reversible Close

Pattern 3468 shows an apron dress in four sizes from small to extra large with bust measurements 32-46 inches. Lower edge width is six yards. medium requires six yards of 36 inch material. Fabrics include gingham chambrey lawn linen etc. design features reversible closing and wrist or elbow sleeves.

Dorothy McDonald Cured of Asthma by Kerker Remedy

C. E. McDonald of Zanesville reports his four year old daughter Dorothy was cured of asthma after two years of symptoms including damp weather triggers and sleep disruption. He credits Kerker's Asthma and Hay Fever Preparation, sold in Athens by Mckee Drug Co.

Dorothy McDonald Kerker Dorthy C. EB. McDonald Prospect Avenue Zanesville Dorothy

Orders Placed Require One to Two Weeks to Complete

A week to ten days are needed to fill the outstanding orders. The delay affects delivery schedules and production timelines.

Gude's Pepto Mangan Promises Vitality and Health

An advertisement extols Gude's Pepto Mangan claiming it restores poor red blood cells, improves complexion and mood, and renews vigor. It emphasizes physician use, widespread reliance, and availability in liquid or tablet form at drugstores.

Gude

Old Pamphlet Found During County Office Cleanup

In the County Auditor's office a pamphlet lay undisturbed for over thirty eight years until Auditor Cornwell cleaned the office. The pamphlet advertised the eleventh Cincinnati Industrial Exposition offering prizes for best wine and liquor displays.

Court House Cornwell

Goitre Cure Promises Relief Without Operation

Mrs. Frank Beard of Springfield Ohio endorses Sorbol Quadruple claiming a five year goitre vanished in less than a bottle with no side effects. She says her daughter's nervous system improved and school return followed. Product touted in small bottles with claim of ten minute use and wide distribution.

Frank Beard Karr St Springfield Ohio Springfield Daily News McKee Drug Co Athens LeKavor’s Glouster Sorbol Company Mechanicsburg

Body of dog derby racer found under Moose Lake ice

Walter Coyne, famed American dog derby racer drowned November 15, was recovered from eight feet of Moose Lake ice near Pas, Manitoba. Rescue teams located his body upright on a sledge, with nine dogs lined in racing formation.

Mantoba Moose Lake Walter Coyne Coyne

Athens grocer notes dramatic food price swings over year

An Athens grocer recounts yearlong price shifts with rice up 800 percent since January 1 1920 from 16 cents to about 64 cents a pound and sugar down from 23 cents to six cents. He notes declines in flour soap and canned goods while eggs butter coffee and syrup show varied changes.

Athens

Not This Way in Old Athens Yet

Renters gain the upper hand in Columbus as a wartime housing survey shows landlords lowering prices and offering improvements to attract tenants.

Old Athens Columbus

Samuel A Stritch consecrated bishop of Toledo

The Rev. Samuel A Stritch wore bishop robes as he moved through hundreds of Toledoans on Wednesday from St Joseph College to St Francis De Sales Cathedral where he was consecrated bishop of the Toledo diocese.

Toledo Samuel A. Stritch

Two Men Taken to Lima for Bond Arrangements

Lima Ohio November 30 George Myers former saloonist and Gus Gorenflo farmer were arrested on charges of illegal possession of intoxicating liquors and were taken to Lima for bond arrangements.

Lima Marion

Women postmasters keep rights after marriage

Washington Navy. 30. Postmaster General Hays rules that a married woman postal employee does not change status or lose rights. Previously unmarried postmasters who married had to seek a new appointment or pass a civil service exam if not previously examined.

Washington Navy Hays

Perjury Too Common In Court Sentences Man To Five To Ten Years

Cleveland Ohio November 30 Judge W H Wolfe of Cuyahoga County sentenced Charles H Seiver to five to ten years in the penitentiary after his conviction for perjury in the trials of ex Judge William H MecGannon. The judge said he pitied Seiver as a dupe and tool for McGannon but noted excess perjury and mandated punishment.

Cleveland Common Pleas W. H. Wolfe Fulton County Charles H. Seiver Seiver William H. MecGannon Wolfe McGannon

Ohio farmers in sound condition despite distress claims

Columbus reports from S A Roach secretary of the Ohio Bankers Association state that acute financial distress among Ohio farmers has not appeared this year. He notes no bank complaints about loan defaults and says the War Finance Corporation is not being tapped for large loans, suggesting farmers are in better shape than feared.

Columbus Ohio S. A. Roach Ohio Bankers’ Association Roach War Finance Corporation Www

Railroad labor board to rule on wage cuts

Chicago Nov 30. The United States railroad labor board is ready to consider applications by railroads for wage reductions. Board member Bes Hooper said the board, after settling the railroad strike, promised no pay cuts until working rules are decided. Working rules will be announced tomorrow.

Chicago United States Railroad Labor Board Bes Hooper

Home Under Guard After Vandal Attack Aimed at Bustard

Watchmen guarded the home of Rev. W. W. Bustard in Cleveland Ohio after vandals shattered a window Monday in what police believe was an attempt on his life. Bustard remained at the house overnight as authorities searched for suspects.

Cleveland, CO Rev W. W. Bustard Bustard

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Aera Rigat Wari Ourh Order of Eastern Star Ida Boerstler Batesville John J. Woolley North Congress Street J.B. Fulton C. H. Harris Oscar Fulton R. C. Fulton J. W. Sands East State Street Friendship Needle Club Andrew Jackson Chauncey John Stedman Elmer Bingman Eli Roush Guy Fierce Mound Street Deborah Christian Church Andrew Ogg North Warren Avenue E. T. Hayes Grosvenor Street O. B. Hill Hayes Jacob Glenn F. M. Tippie William Roberts William Southerton Jess Finsterwald William Smith Lon Davis John Dillinger Lash B. & O. Union Atip Ofall Mexico Cash Shoe vTwin Grocer Xmas T. W. Wallace Buchtel Orville Cowan Poston Ohio Farmers Insurance Co Frank R. Murphey Athens Implement Co H. W. Brooks North Court St Keenan Enger J. D. Haskins Chiropractor Athens Nat'l Bank Idg Kral Orm Vick
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