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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1919
Page
8
Annie Carroll revisits a city building that houses classes lectures and a cooperative restaurant. She meets Nena Rabinovitch and learns how the house and its programs empower workers through education culture and collective action, shaping their shared future.
A set ofQuestions and answers on teen romance, beauty, and skin care. Advice covers avoiding premature intimacy, using vaseline for lashes, kindness and respect in dating, regaining a rejected suitor, removing blackheads with home recipes, and using lemon juice to fade tan. Readers Albert Betty and Daily Reader seek guidance, with Mrs. Thompson offering practical steps.
An old promotional scrawl touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe children's laxative. It urges mothers to look for the California name on the package and promises a fruity taste and clear dosing directions on each bottle.
A signed statement from Mrs. Alice Holms of Port Huron Michigan testifies Nerv Worth improves sleep and calms nervousness after four weeks. The ad promises a dollar back at McKee's Drug Store Athens if it does not work and notes availability at The Hickman Gem Pharmacies and Nelsonville stores.
E J Tou Relik of 1488 Rose Street LaCrosse Wisconsin suffered chronic bronchitis for 26 years and repeated winters of hardship. After using three-fourths of a bottle of Peru-Na his hoarseness and fatigue vanished. He plans to keep Peru-Na in his home and endorses it for catarrh and related ailments with both tablet and liquid forms.
Isaac Wilson died Sunday evening after gallbladder surgery at Grant Hospital Columbus. Funeral held Monday at 3 PM at the Jewish church with burial in Columbus Jewish cemetery. Survived by wife three sons Solomon Abraham Max two daughters Lena Edith all at Chauncey home. год
A Promotion Day program honored eighteen pupils promoted in the First Christian Sunday School last Sunday. Teachers gave talks on graded work for Beginners to Seniors led by Mrs Sarah Guthorie Miss Gladys Bradfield Mrs Clarence Butts Mrs Lloyd Pendergrass and Mrs Floyd Nye. Gilbert B Courtney supervised and closed with a diploma presentation.
Mrs Guy Brookins will entertain Wednesday afternoon at her Chauncey home for members of the Millfield Sewing Club of which she has been a member since residing in Millfield before moving to Chauncey. Mr and Mrs John Winger and family are moving to Chauncey into their new property on Mill street.
Mr and Mrs Logan Lester return to their Mill street property after a period living in Columbus. Mrs Friend of Columbus visited over Sunday with her daughter Mrs Lee Schoonover in Chauncey.
The First Christian church hosted a Sunday program by the Christian Missionary Society to raise for the Victory Gift. An offering of 42 dollars was collected after a musical program featuring Dorothy Minister, Lucille Bradfield, Lahugh, Pendergrass, Edytha Smart, Charles Bradfield, Hazel Linscott, Lloyd Pendergrass, Sarah Guthrie, and Clarence Butts. A pantomimed piece and a three act playlet When the Little Old Lady Speaks followed, with numerous women in the cast.
Chauncey residents hosted a tea for Mrs. Guy Brookins and club members with guests from the area. The week featured visitors to Cincinnati for world series games and condolences in Columbus for Isaac Wilson. Local shifts include Miss Gladys Spitzer’s recovery, moves to Converse street, birth of a daughter to Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Long, and upcoming dances and social events in Chauncey and nearby towns.
Cleveland report notes that with under two weeks till the intensive Roosevelt memorial campaign, the Ohio organization of the Memorial Association is actively and systematically at work.
A vintage health tip promotes using four ounces of liquid arvon to dissolve and destroy dandruff. It claims overnight application will remove itching and improve hair texture, with repeated use ensuring zero signs of dandruff. The guide notes arvon is inexpensive and available at drug stores.
The state committee allocates 500000 toward a national Roosevelt memorial fund. Each of Ohio's 88 counties receives a minimum quota to secure the needed total, with the average county set around 2500. Southeastern counties list Athens 1740 and Fairfield 1975 as examples.
Formatted figures show allocations by county: Gallia 585 dollars, Hocking 3 dollars, Jackson 1190 dollars, Lawrence 1080 dollars, Meigs 640 dollars, Morgan 445 dollars, Muskingum 3730 dollars, Perry 1370 dollars, Vinton 190 dollars, Washington 3430 dollars.
Elza Potts and family were at Athens Tuesday. Harry Tipton, Will Harner, Andy Krivesti, John West and Floyd Whit latch were at Athens Wednesday. Mrs. Leeta Wheaton called on Miss Ella Edgar Monday night. Miss Hazel Gersicke visits her brother Will and family at Carbondale. Mrs. Lon Humphrey shopped in Athens Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Merwin Stauffer and two daughters spent Wednesday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Stauffer Roscoe Shields and family. spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Let Guess.
A daylight saving advocate proposes a clock face that slides an hour forward or backward while the hands stay in place. The device aims to simplify seasonal time changes by giving users a physical hour shift through a rotating dial.
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