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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1920
Page
6
Public health advertisement urges blood purity claiming 90 percent of ailments relate to blood condition. It promotes a proprietary product and claims benefits from cleansing the system, urging readers to buy at local stores.
Billy Joe bets on a hitching strap idea and ends up snagged by an elephant trunk. The crowd roars as he is launched into the air and lands on the beast’s back. Tom Treat yells his name and the scene erupts in comic pandemonium at Cloverleaf Farm.
A reader writes anxiously about a missing sailor fiancé and whether to continue waiting. Mrs Thompson counsels against hoping for letters, urging practical steps and no rushed marriage. Another young man seeks consent to marry amid parental opposition, advised to wait until he can support a proper home.
Governor Cox of Ohio faced a torrent of questions during a campaign stop in Providence on Wednesday. In a crowded public square he described the event as a town meeting and was asked about the league and Irish questions.
Sportsmen hunting on the Ohio River are required to obtain licenses, as announced in Columbus. The rules emphasize official permits for all anglers and boaters using the river for recreation this season.
Attorney General Price ruled that waters of the river bordering Ohio fall under Ohio jurisdiction and that hunters there must hold Ohio hunters and trappers licenses as required by the state fish and game bureau.
An old time recipe of Sage Tea and Sulphur returns as Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound. It darkens gray hair and gives a soft lustre with repeated use, and is now sold ready to apply in stores.
The note lists Sunday visits from the Plains J. G. Waymer and family to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Burchfield, Mrs. Will Whitlatch at Glouster, and others including Mrs. Mary Dukeman returning from New Jersey. It mentions Ida Campbell receiving a letter from Charles Campbell about moving to Lake Grand California and purchasing property, plus various local visits to Lancaster fair and plans of Mr. Moffett and daughter moving to a new home near Trimble. Abby Graves of Columbus visits the Graves family. George Matheny is improving after illness. Try a Messenger Want Ad.
Relief comes instantly with a dose every two hours up to three doses for severe colds. It opens congested airways stops a runny nose relieves headache feverishness sneezing and stiffness. Priced at only a few cents at any drug store with no quinine.
Brokers report thinner than usual betting on the upcoming election. W. L. Dartnell & Co. has 6 to 1 on Harding to place but no takers. Other brokers say Cox wagers are at 8 to 1 with little money available.
In Cleveland on October 22, Judge Levine orders lounging rooms for female jurors. The spaces will be redecorated with new furniture dressing tables and mirrors and women will not mingle with male jurors while waiting. The aim is to make jury service attractive to women.
John R. Flatron of Dayton was elected most worshipful grand master of the Grand Lodge of Ohio Free and Accepted Masons at the closing session of the 111th annual convention in Columbus. Cleveland was selected as the 1921 meeting place.
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