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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1922
Page
2
Promoters tout S S S as increasing red blood cells to eliminate eczema and skin eruptions. They claim blood cleansers build cells since 1826 and cite a Newark Ohio customer testimonial. Advertisement emphasizes vegetable ingredients and larger bottles as economical.
Trimble Ohio Oct 16 The First Christian Church homecoming drew a large crowd. Services opened with Bible reading and devotional period. Rek Spayd delivered the sermon. A noon dinner followed in the Bible school rooms. W B Johnson of Athens gave a brief church history and Rev M F Chatley of Athens preached on the church as the chief institution for community thought.
Palm Beach and West Palm Beach see renewed yachting on Lane Worth lake as the Palm Beach Yacht Club builds a new clubhouse on the West Palm Beach shore. Races daily draw enthusiasts from all walks of life with handicaps allowing broad participation.
Disorder grows around Peking with 15 000 inside and 80 000 outside the walls. Troops mutinied over unpaid wages, looting reached the city center, and foreign legations boosted guards. Foreign powers released 500000 dollars to pay soldiers nearby.
W M Heitzman, a Los Angeles landscape gardener, reports a simple iron hanging method to shield fruit trees from freezing or scorching heat. He says the iron absorbs and stores temperature, warming the tree by about 40 degrees, with potential use in flower beds by placing iron filings among plants.
Published reports that Mary Pickford is seriously ill were denied by John Fairbanks brother of Douglas Fairbanks. He said Miss Pickford would leave late today for New York.
Governor General Leonard Wood pardoned 200 aged prisoners from Bilibid in Manila. Many sought food and shelter at the police station then returned to provinces to live with relatives. Younger inmates are moved to colonies, while opium law offenders are deported.
In Moscow, a young communist runs the Amo automobile factory facing government delays and worker pay disputes. He battles a massive unfinished complex worth tens of millions, with only scarce spare parts and a private stockpile of copper wire and ball bearings as leverage while a four million dollar finish is needed. A separate note recalls a white hunter in East Africa losing sight after bathing in local waters.
Brodwin Knight daughter of Grant and Anna Knight was born February 24 1895 in Jacksonville Ohio. She married Chris Waldeck November 27 1912 and lived in Goose Run Orbiston where she joined the Methodist church. She died October 1 1922 at age 27? no corrected needed. Wait final: She departed life October 1 1922 at 29 years 7 months 7 days. Survived by husband parents five brothers five sisters with one brother and one sister preceding in death. Card of thanks from husband mother and father.
In Macon Darktown a court cleared Norman Rakestraw of allegations of using a witching powder called dingle dust. The decision awards him $500 against Hays Peterson for character damage after Peterson circulated the stories. Rakestraw had fled a prior suit asserting social loss among friends due to the rumors.
Fragmentary note claims germs could invade print and attack Blue Devil Cleanser with dates 10 16 18 24, suggesting a health or product warning tied to a cleanser.
Anad content claims Dr Edwards Olive Tablets aid liver and bowels to end indigestion and stomach upset. They are vegetable, olive oil based, with olive color, and sold 15c and 30c. A farm community newsletter promotes meeting in November and invites farmers to attend.
Public forum notes tension with some Athens county farmers toward the new Athens County Fox Hunters' Association. The editors express confidence that informed farmers will back the club or at least part of its members once its purpose and members are understood.
Mr and Mrs Anthony Pettiford and their daughter Mary Louise with her Mamie Sampson of Delaware spent the weekend visiting relatives in Delaware.
Chicago police captured Mildred Stahl a twenty year old who aspired to a life of crime inspired by fiction. The indictment cites her intent to imitate notorious bandits and her plan involved using a gun, leading to her arrest in October.
New Jersey Attorney General Thomas F. McCrain is to assume active charge of the investigation into the murder of Rev. Dr. Edward V. Hall and Mrs. James Mills, near New Brunswick, on the night of September 14.
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