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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1922
Page
4
A local druggist touts Jad Salts as a harmless, inexpensive remedy to flush clogged kidneys and stimulate activity. The article claims four ounces in water before breakfast for several days helps bladder irritation and overall kidney health, describing Jad Salts as lemon grape lithia solution.
The passage argues that Russia has a natural stake in the Bosporus and Dardanelles as the Black Sea outlet and winter waterway. It contends the Allies should include Russia in any conference on strait control while opposing Soviet governance, warning that excluding Russia could cause future trouble.
A new science named Vitamode claims to revive the dead by alternations of contraction and relaxation. Reports say experiments have revived animals and may soon improve human vitality, but restoring life raises ethical questions and uncertainty about immortality. The essay urges living wisely now before chasing endless longevity.
Prof A M Low argues that humans will increasingly live underground as sedentary life erodes physical power. He forecasts weaker eyes teeth and limbs, reliance on parasols for sun and rain, and eventual evolution toward a spiderlike head-dominated form.
A fragmented column notes ideas about effort and fortune with brief aphorisms. It references sleepwalking as a metaphor for policing and mentions various life states such as marriage and single status. The tone resembles a reflective humor piece.
Washington chronicler explains that advertising evolves from gossip to a science with market by market targeting. It traces from cave claims to Greek hoardings, medieval criers, press ads birth in 1477, and Bonner ledger mistake that popularized large spaced ads and national campaigns.
Athens watchdog notes a ladies party by the Lilly Class of the Christian Church prompts satire and a mock city ordinance barring groups of women over two after 7 PM. The piece mocks gossip, party quirks, and a neighborly complaint while lampooning social norms and local officials.
An old time health note urges strengthening the body’s reserve to resist disease. It promotes Father John's Medicine as a non alcoholic tonic that nourishes and stores energy to ward off fatigue and illness, claiming it is a safe flesh builder rather than a stimulant.
A compilation of reader queries and official answers from The Athens Messenger Information Bureau. Topics include accreditation of secondary schools, edible status and cooking of the New Guinea bean, train stopping costs, early labor hours laws, Mohawk Trail geography, gold fiber length, Peru Chile boundary status, luncheon seating and toasts, and arid land reclamation costs and acreages.
A quoted Bible verse from Isaiah speaks of gathering at the mountain of the Lord to learn His ways and walk in His paths. An attributed line from Oliver Goldsmith notes a cobbler valuing a last and a hammer as his best friends, due to lacking others.
Akron dispatch says jailer George Schultz, while booking inmates, noted a prisoner from Kentucky after a quip about where good whiskey is made. The exchange highlighted local interest in regional spirits and the jailer’s precise notes.
Notice from Lee township rural school district states a board resolution from September 23 1922 to raise three mills above the maximum rate for two years. Election set for November 7 1922 from 6 30 a m to 5 p m at usual voting places in the township. By order of deputy state supervisor of election Athens county Riley Clerk IRA ANDREN chief deputy.
The Athens City Marketing association will open at eight o'clock in the morning at the Athens Implement company located at 76 North Court Street beginning Wednesday October 4.
A playful brain teaser centers on wordplay and rhymes. It asks to cut off a tail and set it at the heart to reveal a transformed island name. Earlier instruction: read backward to reveal the rhyme. The verse about a cock horse and Banbury crosses a fine lady on a gray horse evokes a nursery rhyme puzzle.
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