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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1920
Page
6
Billy hides to avoid a savage wolf tale that unsettles him as he watches from behind a cage. He reflects on friendship with Dick and recalls risking his life for him, while silently passing by panther, deer, wild boar, and hyenas, hoping for no trouble.
A 1920s advice column addresses peroxide use on hair, red hands skin treatment with bay rum and carbolic, and two teenage readers asking about guardianship until eighteen and marriage. Guidance suggests eighteenth birthday ends control, warns against early marriage, cautions against joining the army for education, and urges frank parental communication.
A seventeen year old girl asks if a mixed party with boys and girls is appropriate for Halloween. She wonders if she is too young for male callers without her father's objection but with her brother's concerns. The column affirms both mixed invites and occasional callers.
The advertis ement touts Olala as a mild thorough cleansing tonic that strengthens the liver kidneys blood and nerves and corrects biliousness constipation indigestion and bad blood with an absolute guarantee printed on every box.
Advertisement touts 20th Century Liniment as a rapid remedy for sore throat chest cold backache headaches and rheumatic pain. It claims quick soothing action for sprains bruises cramps and sore muscles with camphor and iodine and notes availability from druggists and Henry W. Cotter.
Noble Dickinson, 22, visits Josephine's home in Rockford Illinois to discuss divorce terms. He fatally wounds his wife Josephine 20 and his mother in law Dora Brown, and shoots at his father in law missing. He then shoots himself as their two year old child witnesses the scene. Physicians say Dickinson cannot live.
An advertisement urges cleansing the blood to prevent disease, claiming Bulgarian Blood Tea purifies the blood and treats constipation indigestion stomach liver and kidney troubles. It promises quick relief from colds influenza pneumonia and grippe when taken hot at night and notes availability from druggists and grocers.
Several hundred students welcomed home the team highlighting Athens athletic power. Four inebriated men drew public attention on Court Street Saturday night. A local man driving a metah cab damaged a Church Street terrace while rushing a friend home, pressing brakes with large shoes on the gas.
A stenographer and her male friend were seen walking the city’s main drag at noon Monday, sharing bites of an apple in a casual, nonchalant scene described by witnesses. The incident captured by bystanders highlights a simple noon outing in the urban center.
The Dr Williams Medicine Co offers a free booklet Diseases of the Nervous System describing treatment of nervous headache insomnia neuralgia and neurasthenia. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a non habit forming nerving tonic and cites Mrs. John Kuhn of Arlington Poughkeepsie N Y as a testimonial for improved appetite strength and reduced pains after use. Postpaid mail order available at 60 cents per box.
Memorial text honoring Carrie Frye Fishbaugh who died on October 19 1918 with verses about grief remembrance and family enduring loss by her father mother and siblings
Washington October 18. The Supreme Court refuses to review the conviction of the American Socialist Society of New York on Espionage Act violations. The group was fined 3000 dollars in lower courts for publishing Scott Nearing's pamphlet The Great Madness.
In Omaha Nebraska on Oct 18 the Omaha Bee printed a full first page by photo engraving typewritten copy while thirty printers staged an outlaw strike. The novel process produced the page as a proof of concept amid labor unrest.
City council sessions focused on street and sidewalk issues. F P McVay sought remedy for a cement sidewalk he built on High street under city authority after a grade change. The service director was empowered to act. Prof. Ash requested a grade on Watt Street for property improvements. The service department to handle. An ordinance amending D C Cornwell addition was adopted. $2750.08 withheld on Hast State street ordered paid to contractor F L Beckler.
Troy grange in Coolville announces the meeting program for October 25 at grange hall. The agenda notes officers to be elected and other typical grange business.
A vintage ad touts Danderine, claiming a few cents buys a bottle that after use restores fallen hair, adds vigor and brightness, and returns color, making each strand appear healthier and livelier.
Two suitors quarrel over who should escort and carry the books for a Sweet, curly-headed girl home from the Training School, a minor evening scuffle reported in local notes.
GROVE'S L. B. Q tablets are advertised as a tonic laxative and germ destroyer that relieves headaches caused by slight colds. The ad urges asking for GROVE'S L. B. Q tablets and notes a signature of K. W. Grove on the bottle.
A crash near Powell forced No 36 from Toledo into a ditch after hitting a switch. Four Columbus crew members were injured but expected to recover at Grant hospital. More than 400 passengers, including the Republican Glee Club, aboard were unharmed. The incident halted traffic with repairs continuing today.
Three Athens physicians received medical degrees at OSU's semi centennial celebration in Columbus. Doctors J M Higgins Henry M Taylor and J L Henry were conferred M D degrees. The event featured a lively program and reunions with former college chums.
Rochester police chief links immodest dress to male temptation. He says vamps arise from short skirts lace stockings and low necked waists and that women who appear in public in revealing clothes invite flirtation regardless of morals. He argues modesty removes fear and questions why women dress to attract men.
Mrs. Fred Penn of 221 Washington St. claims Doan’s Kidney Pills relieve kidney weakness and disordered kidneys after twenty years of use in her family. The ad touts the product price of 60 cents and urges customers to ask for Doan’s by name from Fost er Milburn Co. Buffalo New York.
Dr George Kahler known as Crum Kahler and former OSU football and baseball captain is praised by the St Louis Times for treating Cardinals pitcher Marvin Goodwin to relieve pitching arm kinks. Kahler gained prominence while at A S O Kirksville coaching and playing, with a career beginning in 1907 in Lima Ohio and including Cleveland Americans and Milwaukee.
Mrs Bessie Couze owner of a rooming house in Columbus was robbed of 3.75 dollars her life savings early today by three men who gained entry to the house posing as internal revenue agents.
Africa’s Ripon Falls, famed outlet from Victoria Nyanza to the Upper Nile, are planned for hydroelectric development to produce electricity. Plans involve redirecting water power to generate energy for regional use and development.
The Countess Jean de la Greze, daughter of Charles Steele and member of J. P. Morgan & Co., has obtained a divorce in French courts in Paris. She was well known in New York society as a popular young figure at the time of her marriage to a French nobleman a decade ago.
Disappointment and rain dampen hopes for the Republican rally set for October 20 in Jackson. Officials arranged shelter as residents wait for possible clearing weather and a dry ground to host hundreds gathered in Athens County.
Columbus reports a million dollar athletic stadium fund drive for Ohio State University began with 82900 raised on day one. Local businessmen led the subscriptions while students and faculty added more than 12000.
A roadside talk by a learned man extols black walnuts as food and notes thousands of bushels wasted in Athens county. He could have also highlighted rotting cider apples while vinegar buyers pay forty cents a quart. The community is urged to act on the save for the pleasure of saving slogan, but few seem to listen.
Warning about a rotten old wooden bridge on Carbondale road in Kimberly that will not survive winter. It urges York Township trustees to replace it this fall to prevent an accident and possible loss of life.
A motor truck designed to straddle a load can lift brick packed in crates and deposit it at the desired location. The machine moves over the load and places it precisely, enhancing handling efficiency.
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