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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1921
Page
8
Billy the goat escapes a dark maze of prickly walls and retreats to a garden behind a farmer’s house. Moonlight guides him to lettuce and vegetables before he visits a starved barnyard, hinting at a future explanation. Copyright Saalfield Publishing Co.
Four crabapple trees on David Graham's farm in South Solon are in full bloom. The spring brought a good fruit crop, and Judge Taft is mentioned in a stray, unclear phrase.
A simple home cough syrup using 214 ounces of Pinex in a pint bottle with sugar syrup or alternatives boosts relief. It claims faster action, soothes throat irritation, loosens phlegm, and helps bronchitis or croup. Pinex is described as genuine Norway pine extract with generations of use. The ad promises satisfaction or money back and instructs to ask for 24% ounces of Pinex with directions.
Employees at Proctor & Gamble plants across the country voted this week under a system started three years ago to choose their representatives on the company board of directors.
The Leader interview with Cherry reveals two sides of town gossip as Mrs. Randall and children react to Miss Lutie and the new Progressive Wives of Wellsburg Club. Cherry defends progress while old guards resist change in Wellsburg society actions.
New York reports a labor shortage in domestic work with many maids and butlers preferring unemployment to lower paid positions. Employment bureaus say households rely on mistresses to perform chores as help remains scarce.
Employment agencies report maid and servant wage disputes as a reason for service refusal. The typical rates cited include cooks at 50 to 70 dollars monthly, general houseworkers 40 to 50, chamber maids 50 to 60, and Japanese butlers 125 to 190 dollars monthly with board and lodging.
Ohio teachers are asked to hold classroom exercises on Roosevelt’s birth date October 16 to honor the late president. The state education director plans to mail life sized bust pictures from the Roosevelt Memorial Association for display in schools, with unveiling of the portraits among suggested observances.
Audrey Munson, famed artist model, faces a conspiracy to injure public morals charge. Her trial was postponed to Tuesday after she was arrested Saturday when police shut down a show house and charged her with posing nearly nude.
A modern comparison notes that even the finest current linen is coarser than the linen wraps used on ancient Egyptian mummies. The remark highlights the historical durability of early textiles versus contemporary weaving.
An old ad claims a worldwide standard remedy wards off kidney liver and bladder troubles. It urges readers to look for Gold Medal on the box and warns against imitation, noting three sizes available at druggists.
Washington Oct. 4 Major Roger C Peck has a favorable report from the military affairs committee on his promotion to lieutenant colonel. Charges of cruelty overseas were dismissed after investigation but Peck’s statements about the 35th Division, largely National Guardsmen, revived opposition to his promotion.
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