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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1918
Page
2
An advertisement touts Bio-feren as a quick path to strength and vigor for weak nervous women. It claims two weeks to better health, beauty, and poise, with a seven-day start of two tablets after each meal and one at night. It assures a refund if promised results aren’t met and lists the supplement’s ingredients.
The team aims for a world pennant with a mascot in the foreground. The caption lists players: Hendrix, Killifer, Carter, Snabe, Martin, Zieder, O'Farrell in the top row and Flack, Tyler, McCabe, Pick, Wortman, Vaughn Paskett in the second row, Bottore in the ground row with the mascot.
At a meeting last night the Glouster council agreed to accept the Oak Hill addition provided owners sign to open a street at their expense within two years. An ordinance for the addition will likely pass next meeting. Four hundred dollars moved from entry and general fund to water and light to cover obligations.
John Mandry Jr receives a message from the War Department yesterday stating his son John Jr has been missing since July 9 after being sent abroad following his draft into the service. The missing soldier had served overseas for several months.
Herman Skrotaky of the naval training school at Great Lakes Illinois takes a brief furlough with his mother Mrs. Harry Howes and relatives in Jacksonville. He leaves Tuesday to report back to Great Lakes and may be transferred soon to another training school.
In August the police justice remitted fines of 99.40 dollars to the city. September's first three days surpassed that, driven by an unusually large number of intoxicated visitors, mostly from arid regions.
The Opera House presents Love's Con quest tonight with a connected comedy show. Local cast performs in a lively program aimed at evening entertainment.
Tonight at the Original Theatre Carmel Myers appears in The Wine Girl as a Bluebird feature and promised to be good. Tuesday offers special attraction The Price of a Good Time with Mildred Harris and an all star cast.
Miss Agness Turner of Chicago Illinois describes her recovery from overwork irregular meals and poor health. She notes chronic headaches poor digestion constipation and sleeplessness improving after two months of Chamberlain's Tablets which she says cleansed her stomach invigorated her system and let her eat and sleep in comfort.
An 1890s ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a internal treatment that reaches the disease through the blood. It claims the formula uses strong tonics and consolidates ingredients, with a directive to send for a prospectus from Toledo Ohio. It also mentions a constipation remedy.
The ad extols liberty and opportunity for all and urges saving money. It promotes The Buckeye State Building and Loan Company in Columbus Ohio, listing Rankin Building and 22 West Gay Street with assets $14,900,000 and five percent paid on time deposits.
Athens readers endorse Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure for back pain and kidney trouble. L. Lt. McVey, barber at 120 W Union St, reports relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills, noting improved kidney function and overall health. Price 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A 1910s style note reports Berlin now has six matches per person per the latest census. Patent lighters flood the market from rag-tape igniters to petral tank designs, but most need a borrowed light to start.
A reformer persists in advocating his cause while maintaining confidence that ongoing collections support his effort. He remains convinced the movement’s goals are just as long as fundraising holds.
Miss Elizabeth Christman of Chicago arrived in Washington to lead a staff of women examiners for the National War Labor Board. She sits on the executive board of the Woman's Trade Union League of Chicago, and her appointment signals fresh emphasis on the government's policy toward women's labor.
Hazelton Pa a forestry department formed by major mining firms reforests Bear Creek watershed with 6000 white pine and 6000 Norway spruce trees. Another 30000 trees are being cultivated at Hugo Pa in Panther Creek valley to supply timber for mine pillars reduce wall instability and long hauls. More timber in the anthracite region would curb floods and droughts and boost output. Thousands of acres around mines are suitable for reforestation.
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania two men, Alexander Gormackl twenty eight and John Gorinski twenty three, enlisted in the U S Army to settle a ten dollar bet on who would kill the most Huns. They plan to mark notches on a stick for each enemy killed and the man with the most notches will win when the war ends.
A fifteen year old Negro boy named Gil bert E. Boyean writes from France to his parents in Steubenville that he sold his short pants at Newport News. He ran away from school to see soldiers depart and enlisted at Wheeling West Virginia, in the army.
Washington reports President Wilson will not undertake a national tour for the fourth Liberty Loan this month. Officials say pending revenue legislation and other important matters make a prolonged absence from Washington unwise.
An American naval officer in Ohio recounts kindness from strangers while assigned in the war zone. He recalls meeting Lady Curzon, Admiral Sims, Lloyd George, and John Burns, obtaining tickets to Parliament, and describes Gotha air raids over London with vivid detail and calm reflection. He spent four months in London with Vice Admiral Sims’ staff.
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