Blood Poisoning From Scratch Linked to Death
Special dispatch from Wheeling West Virginia reports the death of the college president from blood poisoning believed to have resulted from a minor scratch on his hand ten days earlier. The notice includes a promotional section for a household antiseptic and a patent medicine brand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Enquirer
Wheeling
W. Va
Cincinnati Enquirer
Jones
Dr. J. C. Jones Co
S. Charleston
Ohio
Blood Purifier Claim Boosts Vital Organ Health
An advertisement touts a blood purification product promising rich red blood, improved health, and younger appearance by cleansing toxins. It targets general readers with assertive benefits and broad health claims.
Local drug stores list Olata sales in Athens and surrounding towns
The text reports Olata being sold at E. R. Lash in Athens The Cline Pharmacy Co in Athens Taylor & on in Coolville Fountain Pharmacy in Nelsonville F W Gibson in Amesville EB B Drury in Glouster and Cline's Pharmacy in Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Lash
Athens
Cline Pharmacy Co
Taylor & On
Coolville
Fountain Pharmacy
Nelsonville
F. W. Gibson
Amesville
EB. B. Drury
Glouster
Cline’s Pharmacy
Abany
Want Sidewalk Put Back from Street
City council did not pass ordinances at the first September meeting due to two councilmen being away. First readings were given for a grade change on North Hill street and for a salary for the new assistant fire marshal Lawrence Davis. Mayor Woodworth’s August fines and taxi licenses totaled 105 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Fenzel
Gill
North Hill Street
Lawrence Davis
Woodworth
RK. A. Dalton
East State Street
Ohio River Stages Falling at Key Points Pittsburg Area
Ohio River stages show Point Bridge 6.2 feet and Herr's Island 6.3 feet and Davis Island 9.1 feet all falling. Beaver Dam and Parkersburg readings are stationary or falling with Point Pleasant at 8.8 feet also declining.
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Pittsburg
Ohio
Point Bridge
Herr’s Island
Davis Island
Beaver Dam
Parkersburg
Point Pleasant
Passengers Escape After Train Crashes Through Trestle at Leeds
The Seminole Limited of the Illinois Central from Jacksonville to Chicago plunged through a thirty foot trestle at Leeds Alabama eighteen miles from Birmingham. One killed four injured. The train had just left Leeds and was moving slowly, preventing a greater disaster.
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Leeds
Alabama
Illinois Central
Jacksonville
Florida
Chicago
Ala
Birmingham
Local Visits and Family Guests Across Athens and Ottawa
Brookville resident Miss Lina Loud visits Ottawa kin and others host relatives across Athens. Meals and calls mark a weekend of visits including Miss Agnes McBride with Thelma Thompson and Margaret Ellis returning from Clarion. Local residents attend funerals, travel for business, and welcome relatives from Smithville Columbus and St Louis.
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Lina Loud
Ottawa
W. Va
Lucile Risley
Cameron Crossen
Athens
George Beckto
Agnes McBride
Thelma Thompson
Margaret Ellis
Clarion
Robert Hutchingson
Fred Scott
Near Salem
T. A. Burkett
Frank Steinmeyer
Labbing
Selby Cox
Cleveland Almbuster
Santford Burkett
Grover Douglass
Joseph McBride
T A. Burkett
Hyle Seevers
Joseph Shepard
Ruth Peters
Hileen
William Sherman
Frank Risley
Gladys Risley
Eugene Thompson
Daniel Sherman
Williams
George
George Beckle
Hoffner
Luhrig
Robert Jackson
David and
Isaac
Robert Burkett Jr
Smithville
Charles Stokoe
Ruth Stokoe
Flint
Wich
Scouts Hold Semaphore Contest at Nelsonville Camp
The Nelsonville Boy Scouts held a semaphore contest and numerous prize events including races and a pie eating contest. Prizes funded by local merchants, with Private Reed leading cooking duties and praise for Scout masters A. P. Scott C. H. Roddabush and Walter Witlatch. Albert Metchem returned from Columbus and Miss Edna Mechem visits relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crouse
Haynes
Welling
Francis
Kely
Pugh
Rose
McCormick
Glouster
Jackson
Wood
Nelson
Hartley
Nelsonville
B. B
Coffey
Reynolds
Hopkins
Felton
Flash Liehr
Rose Glouster
Boys Watch
Carbon Hill
Scout
Reynold
McArthur
Push
Kelly
Hall
Jackson Nelsonville
Crawford
Reed
A. P. Scott
C. H. Roddabush
Walter Witlatch
Albert Metchem
Columbus
Edna Mechem
Rela
Freckle Cream From Lemon Juice and Orchard White
A vintage advertisement explains making a freckle and tan lotion by mixing three ounces of orchard white with lemon juice in a bottle, shaken well to yield a quarter pint. Use daily on face neck arms and hands for lighter skin and fewer blemishes at low cost. It claims the mix is harmless and non irritant.
Glouster Cubs Sweep Buckeye Trio In Weekend Series
Glouster won two of three against Columbus Buckeye in the city over Sunday and Labor Day. Sunday they took 5 to 4, Columbus won 4 to 3 Monday, and Glouster captured the afternoon game 2 to 0. George Morris pitched for Columbus in Sunday's game. Simpson of Chauncey hurled for Glouster in the doubleheader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Columbus Buckeye
Columbus
George Morris
Simpson
Chauncey
Morris
Cunningham
Auditor-elect Fred Cornwell to move to Athens
The city based in Akron for several years will relocate as auditor-elect Fred Cornwell and his family move to Athens this week. They will take furnished rooms at 3 West State street and plan to be settled by Thursday or Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Cornwell
Athens
Mr. Cornwell
Weat State Street
Athens Elks Drop Three Against Washington Athletics
The Athens Elks lost all three games to the Washington Athletics at Washington D. H. over Sunday and Monday. Sunday’s 7 8 game saw Barstow removed after a hard hit and Oldfield finish. In Monday’s double header the Elks fell 8 2 in eleven innings and 7 5 with Barstow delivering a late surge and Oldfield closing the final game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Elks
Washington Athletics
Washington D. H
Barstow
Oldfield
Elks
Fred G Baker Named Assistant in County Surveyor Office
Fred G Baker is named assistant in the county surveyor office while his father Fred R Baker recently took the post as county engineer on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred G. Baker
Fred R. Baker
Finney Fined On Drunk Charge At Union Station
C. W. Finney was arraigned Tuesday before Mayor Woodworth and fined five dollars plus costs for a drinking offense. He was arrested Saturday night by Officer Bolin at Union Station after a memory lapse about buying whiskey near the station and paying five dollars a pint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Finney
Woodworth
Finney
Bolin
Union Station
Tom Clark Granted Labor Day Pardon in Ohio
Guernsey county prisoner Tom Clark, serving five to thirty years for burglary, receives a Labor Day pardon from Governor Cox in Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Tom Clark
Guernsey County
Cox
Cardinal Mercier sails for America from Brest
Cardinal Mercier departed Brest for an Atlantic voyage to New York aboard the Agamemnon. He travels with Belgian Ambassador Baron Emil De Cartier De Marchienne.
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Paris
Cardinal Mercier
Brest
America
New York
Baron Emil de Cartier de Marchienne
Returns With Fame A War Hero's Gratitude to Judge
Thomas J Ford, once charged with grand larceny after taking cars for joyrides, told Superior Judge Frank lin Griffin he had made good after joining the Canadian Army. Ford rose to captain in France, earning bravery distinctions. The judge erased two charges and placed the probation on the remaining count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J A
Franklin Griffin
Sapere
France
Griffin
Ford
Jersey Man Unveils Red White and Blue Goldfish
Jersey City resident Frank Hedden, of the Hudson County Aquarium Society, crosses a Chinese Moor black goldfish with a red scaled Japanese and a brown transparent scaled Japanese to create a new goldfish with a red body white fins and sides and a blue back streak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Frank Hedden
Hudson County Aquarium, Society
Pulmotor Rescues Pigs in Brook Flood
Jacob Brook overflow sent two pigs belonging to Dr H J McNaughton drifting away. The village firemen rushed a pulmotor to the doctor’s home after he recalled its use in emergencies. Twenty minutes after the device began its treatment the pigs were able to sit up.
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Penn ¥An
N. Y
Jacob Brook
H. J. McNaughton
Bomb to Stop Rioting in New York Claim
Frank A. Gilcrest announces a bomb he says will quell rioting in New York. He describes mixing ether and alcohol to create a gaseous device as a remedy against disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank A. Gilcrest
Soldiers and Superstitions Among British Troops Frontline Weird Beliefs
Edward Lovett of the Imperial War Museum describes charms and mascots among British colonial troops and allies at the front. He notes a Fifth Regiment lucky badge, snakes of luck in numbers, and officers carrying symbols from swastikas to coal, with German and Italian talismans and a "Safety in storms" medal among the navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edward Lovett
Imperial War Museum
Morning Post
Belgium
New Zealand
Australia
France
Italy
Naples
Germany
Christ
Mount Tell Man Walks 78 Miles to Enlist in Marines
Richmond Va Tralph Walter Slater from Mount Tell West Virginia walked 26 miles to Charleston to join the marine corps after passing his exam. He then returned another 26 miles to tell his family and finally trekked back to the West Virginia hills. In total Slater walked 78 miles to enlist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Tralph
Walter Slater
Mount Tell
W. Va
Charleston
Marine Corps
West Virginia
Slater
Just What She Needed From Chamberlains Tablets
Mrs Volta Bankson of Chilicothe Missouri writes that a bottle of Chamberlains Tablets relieved indigestion toned up her liver and rid her of backache and dizziness. She says they did her a world of good and she will always speak a good word for them.
Seeing Without Eye Strain
To see plainly and normally you must have glasses that fit your particular needs, easing the delicate eye muscles and reducing strain.
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Brookville
L. Preston
New York City
W. W. Evans
Clarence Scott
Ret
Wilma
John Emish
Stanley Mech
Withem Albert
Jane Jackson
Sarah Durmont
St. Louie
Sleuster News
P. O
L. R. Steinmetz
FB. H. Taylor
Akron
Mr. Steinmetz
J. V. Stoecklein
Ogden’s Grocery and
Trimble, O. and
Glouster, O
Hamburger
Lash
G. W. Wyatt
Dayton
Oo Cornwell
Wyatt
D. Goldberg
A. Goldberg
Goldberg Bros. Store
Cincinnati
Ruth Miller
Sunda
Mrs
Thomas Clyne
Middletown
Rumer Yaw
Goodrich Rubber Co
J. V. Yaw
Frank Danford
Elizabeth
N. J
Cty
BE. F. Danford
Mr. Danford
Mee
Tom Davies
Trimble
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Lancaster
Opera House
Lottie Pickford
Lucky
Mount Vernon
San Francisco
James J. M’cabe
James J. McCabe
McCabe
Wilson
British War Museum
Marine Good Walker
What
Carpenters
H. P
H. P. Olds
Brooks
Progres
West End
O. G. Cot
W. E. Chaffin
Cor, Washington and
Cemeetry Streets
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