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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 01, 1920

Page

3

Goitre Testimony Boost for Sorbol Quadruple

Mrs. Nettie A. Montoney of 1541 E Oak St reports eight years of goitre relief after using Sorbol Quadruple. She notes improved breathing, ability to perform housework, and a 20 pound gain. Advertisement urges others to inquire at McKee Drug Co or Sorbol Company for information and availability.

Nettie A. Montoney E. Oak St Orbal Passimle McKeerug Co Athens Wlefever Pramary, Bouster Sorbol Company Mechanicsburg Ohio

Shoe Store Moves To New Location In Nelsonville

Mechem's shoe store relocates from Washington Street to a new room beside Mechem Dry Goods on Columbus Street. The move consolidates two leading establishments into a large department store for the area. Nelsonville Labor Day preparations promise the biggest crowds yet with all attractions advertised by the Elks Club.

Mechem’s Washington Street Mechem Dry oGods Company Columbus Street Nelsonville Labor Day Nelsonvill Elks Club

Nelsonville Labor Day Parade Route Announced

James Newman announces the Labor Day parade route forming on East Washington and Fort streets at 9 30 a m. The parade travels via Washington Madison Columbus Hocking Fayette Watkins Chestnut Harper Poplar and ends at the public square. Three judges will select the best float in a keen business competition.

Hocking Street James Newman Washington and Fort Streets Washington Street Madison Street Madison Columbus Street Columbus Hocking Fayette Watkins Chestnut Harper Poplar Public Square Fort Franklin Nelsonville Labor Day

Automobile accident proves fatal for Huntington visitor

The remains of Mrs. Rhoda Haynes, 62, arrived from Huntington Pa. where she died Monday in an automobile accident. She had been visiting her niece, Mrs. Richards, and lived in this city with her late husband Calvin Haynes. She died eight hours after the crash. No funeral plans yet. Several local residents are noted in brief items, including trips to Columbus and visits with relatives across the region.

Rhoda Haynes Huntington Haynes Sr. Richards Calvin Haynes

Past Chiefs To Meet Tonight At Mrs Farrow Home

Mrs Clarence Farrow will host tonight the past chiefs of the Pythian Sisters at 7:30. Several local families are visiting relatives in Buckeye Lake and Columbus. One resident, Earl Blackford, is seriously ill after a mine injury three months ago, at Grant Hospital, Columbus.

Clarence Farrow The Pythian Sisters Eph Stratton Grant Hospital Columbus Carl Allen Anderson Ind W. I. Jones Louise Ruth Buckeye Lake Chas. Woodyard Teressa Hopkins Chesterhill Ed Shafer Hazel Shafer Lawrence Schuler Fred Borer Adam Schuler

Five-room house for sale in Nelsonville at 440 West Washington

Special price for immediate sale. Bell Phone 472. Also notes on pianos for rent, stoves for sale, a four-room house at 761 Walnut with Bell 676, coal heating stove at 210 Columbus, and a Labor Day dance at K of P hall with a five-piece orchestra. Found purse offer from Cleveland, and old auto ads including 1918 Dodge and Oldsmobile listings.

West Washington Street Bell Phone Walnut Walnut Street Bell Columbus Street P. Hall Labor Day

Early Athens County Firsts Chronicle and Notes

Athens county history highlights a string of firsts from 1799 to 1810 including the last buffalo sighting on Raccoon Creek, the county's first grist mill on Margar et s Creek, and the first library known as Coonskin. The note also covers local politics, road detours, school certifications, staff additions at The Messenger, police docket hush days, a rat-killing campaign plan, and Professor Wilkinson arriving to teach French and Spanish at Ohio University.

Athens County Raccoon Athens Margarets Creek Weat State Street Rome Township Barrow Brothers Northwest Territory Amesville Aaron Burr South West Josiahiue Dover Township Messenger Clara Cropper Munn G. T. Wilkinson Columbia University Ohio University

Chamberlains Colie and Diarrhoea Remedy Praise in Michigan

Mrs. A H Hall of Caseville thanks the medicine as a grand remedy that saved their baby's life this summer. Mrs. Mary Carrington of Caseville says she has used Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for years and it has always given prompt relief.

Chamberlain Michigan A. H. Hall Caseville Mich Mary Carrington

St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Rheumatism Relief

An advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a safe liniment for rheumatic pain, soreness, stiffness, and sciatica. It claims most cases need no internal treatment and promises instant relief after applying to the tender spot. It asserts the product has cured millions over decades and suits neuralgia, lumbago, backache, sprains, and swelling.

St. Jacobs St. Jacobs Oi

Census figures boost Athens County population to 60430

The 1920 federal census shows Athens County at 60,430, up 2,682 from 1910. The rise increases county official salaries next term, based on 60,000 rather than 47,000 population, boosting pay for the county auditor and two top officials. Muskingum and Trumbull counties report 67,980 and 83,920 respectively.

Federal Census Bureau Athens County Ohio Muskingum County Trumbull County

The Best Advertisement From Guion Drug Store

A merchant's assurance by E. B. Milburn of Guion Drug Store in Guion Arkansas extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He credits longtime customer satisfaction and outstanding results as the best promotion for the product.

E. B. Milburn Prop Guion Drug Store Guion, Ark

Neighbors Visit and Family Gatherings Lie in Athens Area

New England visitors Annie Potter and son Benny spent the weekend near Canaanville with Mrs. R D Hughes. Ath ens couple Guy Secoy visited his sister Mrs. Josephine Wyatt. Belva Almasky stayed a few days with her parents in the area. John Smith and daughter from Newport Ky visited Amanda Chambers. Stanton James and L McDonald visited Nelson Colvin's family in Sand Rock. Joe Jackson of Canaanville visited Mrs James Summers. Several attended the funeral of Mrs Mattie DeWees in Amesville Saturday. John Phetteplace moved his family to the Wilson house. Mrs R 2 Hughes and children spent days in Athens with Mrs Elza Jones. Fair at Athens last week drew Arnold Smith and son from Circle Hill to visit Bertie Lewis. Norm Walraven and children from Canaanville spent the over Sunday with Mrs Elizabeth Bacon.

Annie Potter Benny Canaanville R. D. Hughes Guy Secoy Athens Josephine Wyatt Belva Almasky John Smith Newport, Ky Amanda Chambers Stanton James L. Mc Donald

Yesterday's Baseball Scores From National and Minor Leagues

Yesterday's results show Boston defeated Cincinnati 3 to 1 in ten innings while Pittsburgh edged New York 6 to 5 and Philadelphia shut out Chicago 2 to 0. Brooklyn topped St. Louis 6 to 2 with American League games and other top scores include Cleveland 7 Washington 1 and Detroit 8 Philadelphia 8 in the American Association. Louisville and Toledo split a doubleheader with 20 to 5 and 5 to 2, while St Paul swept Milwaukee 13 to 1 and 5 to 4. Kansas City won 16 to 4 and 9 to 2 against Minneapolis in the two games.

Les Lonews Brooklyn Cincinnati New York Chicago Pittsburgh Louis Eer Boston Philadelphia Cleveland Toledo National St. Louis Washington St. Louia Detroit American Association Indianapolis Columbus Louisville St. Paul Milwaukee Kansas City Minneapolis

Not Always True New York Gobbledygook

Patrolman John Geage suspects a husky youth, but the figure turns out to be a girl in disguise to avoid a persistent suitor. The anonymous encounter ends with the deception discovered and the suitor deterred.

New York John Geage

Best Money She Ever Spent on Dreco for Catarrh

Mrs. Milza Price of 6 Brown Ave Athens credits two bottles of Dreco with relief from fifteen years of catarrh and related ailments. The herbal remedy, free of iron mercury and acids, supposedly aids digestion liver function kidneys nerves and sleep while expelling nasal and stomach catarrh. Local Civic Pharmacy Co is promoting it in Athens. Other brief notes report visitors shoppers and local events including a cotton production initiative by Italian agriculturists and businessmen.

Creco Athens Civic Pharmacy Co

Modoc families attend county fair and Floodwood visit

Modoc Mr and Mrs Joe McLaughlin and their children attended the Athens fair in the latter part of last week. Mrs Ethel Hall and son Arthur visited Mrs T J Thomas in Floodwood on Sunday with Mrs William Shannon and her son.

Joe McLaughlin Ethel Hall Athens William Shannon Arthur T. J. Thomas Floodwood

Hartford City barber helps patrons amid flood chaos

Sparks donned his booze after the barber shop flooded by rain and carried waiting customers’ chairs to the barber chair and then to the stairway after being shaved.

Hartford City Sparks Raing

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