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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1920
Page
6
A vintage ad claims Danderine will quickly add lustre and body to dull thinning hair. It markets a scalp tonic that freshens the scalp, reduces dandruff and falling hair, and makes each strand appear thicker and more abundant.
Druggist offers color card and assurances that Diamond Dyes provide perfect results for fabrics.
A skin specialist claims sulphur is unmatched for pimples on neck arms or body. Metho Sulphur is presented as a harmless, effective remover available in small jars. used like cold cream, it dries pimples and helps them fade.
Billy the goat breaks free from Farmer Grant and slips from the barn by a hidden door. He dodges townsfolk toward Springfield for the circus, planning to seek revenge on Grant while avoiding capture before tomorrow’s show. The Saalfield Publishing Co. piece sets the scene for Billy’s mischief and impending encounter.
A widow seeks guidance about leaving her sister to take a housekeeping job with an invalid woman who wants her daughter cared for in the home. The adviser urges choosing the happier arrangement for the child. A separate letter from Betty Jane asks about a 14 and 16 year old friendship. the response defends studying and sensible waiting for romance.
A rear end crash in Cleveland injures about a dozen people, six seriously, when one street car fails to stop and strikes another parked car at a crowded corner. Officials say brake failure caused the collision.
The article warns that heavy meat consumption causes uric acid buildup leading to backache and sluggish kidneys. It promotes Jad Salts as a treatment to cleanse and stimulate kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and ease bladder weakness, recommending a tablespoon daily in water.
Norristown Pa October 14 police doubt that August Pasquale confessed to all crimes he claims. He admitted killing baby Blakley Coughlin, smothering the infant and throwing it into the Schuylkill river. They doubt his claims of murdering Mrs Rose Asherman and Frank Ryan in a Philadelphia saloon brawl nine months ago.
A father testifies to the effectiveness of Father John’s Medicine over fifteen years for his own cold and for his children’s coughs. He notes a past severe illness and says the medicine is the only one that helps him, with a signed statement from J. Met Boyjaton of St.
A medical appeal describes post grip neurasthenia with symptoms like nervousness fatigue and poor appetite. It cites Mrs H A Fussel of Elizabeth New Jersey reporting recovery after using Dr Williams Pink Pills and offers a free booklet and purchase details.
United Press staff correspondent Carl D. Groat reports Berlin observing a revival in German industry with stronger ties between shipyards and coal iron works. Agreements between Hamburg Amerika and US Ship and Commerce, and Norddeutscher Lloyd with US Mail Steamship are cited as driving rebuilding of the German fleet and expanding German commerce despite Versailles constraints.
Memorial poem for An drew Auflick of Co. B 15th Machine Gun Battalion 6th Division 10th Brigade killed in France October 14 1918. The verse honors his sacrifice and promises to remember him in far off France and in the afterlife.
Chicago October 14 Frank Campione an Italian and James Reese were executed by hanging in the Cook county jail. Reese maintained innocence to the end while Campione wept as the noose was set. Campione was convicted of killing a man in a holdup and Reese of murdering his wife.
Paris reports from Le Matin indicate rising concern for King Alexander of Greece as his condition worsens after a monkey bite. Early church and court bulletin notes claimed he had died, then revived doubt about his fate.
Notice states Dr Studer relocates his dental practice from Lash's Drug Store premises to a new office over Cornwell's Jewelry Store. Event spans October 4 to October 16.
Joseph Haines of New Marshfield died Wednesday evening at his home near Luhrig after a year with dropsy at age 55. He is survived by his widow and nine children Ralph Earl Everett Mary Clyde Joseph Clarence Reno and Daniel all at home. One child died in infancy. Funeral services will be held at the residence Friday at ten o'clock conducted by Rev. Lou Roberts of Athens. Burial will be in the Haines cemetery nearby.
In Haskell Oklahoma on October 14 guards were posted around cotton gins after night riders left notices warning farmers not to pick cotton until prices rise. The action reflects rising tensions over cotton prices and farm labor practices in the region.
A pie social is planned at Peach Ridge School on Friday October 15. Everyone is invited to attend and bring a pie to share.
A reader letter dated February 14 1918 from Mrs Albert Southcott Medina New York praises Petersons Ointment claiming a large ulcer 9 by 6 1 2 inches fully healed after nine dollars in salve and pain relief. The letter notes happiness and entitlement to the remedy with mail orders handled by Peterson Ointment Co Buffalo New York.
The Robbins mill razing marks a landmark loss in Hocking valley history. Floodwood project sinks a well to supply wash houses at New York Coal Company mines. Beasley garage nearing completion enhances Nelsonville’s appearance. Hamley Run claims to be the only log town in the area. Stewart’s P T Winner completes a corn crib for a thousand bushels. Cows graze on meadow stubble and look well.
The twelfth annual conference of governors will be held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, December 1 2 and 3. Miles Riley secretary of the conference announced today. Topics include the general agricultural situation the housing problem the Kansas industrial court and promotion of home ownership.
Thirteen members of the New York National League baseball club departed for Havana via Key West to play 16 exhibition games with Cuban teams starting next Saturday. Manager John J. McGraw will join the group later this month.
Youngstown report says ward streetcar line is so worn the jar ring of cars dislodges flower boxes and once rattled an elderly woman's false teeth from her porch, prompting concern voiced to the city council.
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