Local Notices Highlight Movements Of Residents In Columbus Athens
Miss Melba Harwick visits Columbus while Mrs. Parker visits Gallipolis. Miss Mabel Rose tours Chillicothe with Pearl Kale. Elizabeth Martin begins teaching in Millfield. Miss Jennie Price positions in Jacksonville schools. Numerous relatives visit Athens area for Labor Day and ongoing postings across Ohio towns.
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Mabel Rose
Chillicothe
Pearl Kale
Lucile
Alice Henry
Hamilton High School
Alice
Warren
C. L. Orr
Dorothy
Pratts Fork
Roscoe Orr
Athens
Columbus
Buckeye Lake
Social notes and travels across Athens and Chillicothe
Local society pages list visits by families and individuals from Athens to Columbus, Cleveland, and beyond. The mix includes soldiers on furlough, teaching assignments in Indiana and Puerto Rico, engagements and honeymoons in Niagara Falls, and weddings in Chillicothe with future homes in Chillicothe and Columbus.
Rejected Suitor Is Held in Murder
Daniel Leggate, arrested in Chicago, linked to the death of Iva Birdsall at Pentwater Michigan. Birdsall disappeared last Wednesday night after she had rejected Leggate as a suitor a year earlier. Lake shore residents reported screams and the body was recovered after lake dragging. Officials say the motive involved the prior rejection. A unrelated patent note about a milk pail is included in the report.
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Chicago
Daniel Leggate
Iva Birdsall
Pentwater
Mich
Eight Hundred Russian Children Sail to France From Exile
Eight hundred Russian children from Vladivostok, sent via San Francisco and the Panama Canal, will arrive in France soon after years in Siberia cared for by the American Red Cross. They were separated from families during Russian disorders and evacuated as fronts shifted, with only a portion surviving to tell their tale of hardship and endurance.
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Vladivostok
San Franc
Panama Canal
Petrograd
France
American Red Cross
Siberia
American Relief Organization
Russia
Hich
Great White Empire
Omsk
American Red Cross Commission
Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy Praised in Michigan
Mrs A H Hall Case Ié Michigan thanks for the grand good medicine noting it saved their baby's life this summer. Mrs Mary Carrington Caseville Michigan says she has used Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for years with prompt relief.
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Chamberlain
Michigan
A. H. Hall
Case#Ié
Mich
Mary Carrington
Caseville
Athens Sweet Victory Over Jacksonville Ends Season Dominant Nine
The Athens independent baseball team beat Jacksonville 6 to 2 in Saturday’s finale, sealing the series and avenging a prior loss. Gatchel delivered air tight pitching as Athens secured the win.
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Athens
Jacksonville
Gatchel
Free diet booklet and pink pills offered for stomach troubles
The Pr Williams Medicine Co of Schenectady New York offers a free booklet What to Eat and How to Eat for indigestion nervous dyspepsia and stomach trouble. They promote Dr Williams Pink Pills as a non alcoholic tonic that enriches the blood aids digestion and restores color and energy with a 60 cent box price and mail order options through the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Dr. Williams
Athens Dominates Jacksonville In Low Hit Game
Athens allowed only three hits in a tight contest as Kemp ton made a spectacular catch of Corbin’s line drive for Jacksonville. Athens played errorless defense behind Gatchel and Finsterwald with Cunningham and Stewart catching for Jacksonville. Anderson umpired the game.
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Athens
Kempton
Jacksonville
Corbin
Gatchel
Finsterwald
Cunningham
Stewart
Anderson
Athens Man Describes Kidney Pain Relief from Dean’s Pills
An Athens resident shares his experience with kidney miseries including back pain, frequent and colored secretions, and bladder burning. After using Dean’s Kidney Pills from Conner’s Drug Store, his kidneys improved and he was cured of the pains. The product is sold for 60 cents by Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Mr. Shelby
Dean
Conner’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Mfrs
Buffalo, N. Y
Freight Drive Shows Large Increases in Unloaded Cars
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad reports four weekend unloading drives from July 24 to August 15 produced 26,497 cars unloaded versus a normal 16,498 capacity. Each drive showed substantial gains from 47 to 67 percent, totaling a 60 percent increase.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
City Council Session Cancelled As Members Travel
City officials report no meeting Monday due to three members out of town on business or vacation. Next Monday’s first September session will proceed. Rain and campus absences hurt Sunday church and Sunday school turnout with 360 attendees at First M E.
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M. E
Copeland
Martzolff
Sams
Weaver
Porter
A Century Ago Prices and Odd Jobs in 1820
The article lists 1820 wages and living costs with a young worker earning 31 cents daily and 1.87 1 2 dollars after a Saturday payday of tea coffee and other goods. It notes teachers earning about 1.50 weekly and mail carriers at six dollars a month amid plentiful pork, tea, and imported goods. It also mentions rural trade via pack horses and local barter practices.
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England
Ohio
New Orleans
Poor Fellow Still Alone Seeks Young Companion
A man of 62 appeared at The Messenger office seeking a repeated personal notice. He explained his wife had wanted an ad, but the item was a genuine help story with no results. He describes himself as not good looking but with a warm heart and winter supplies, asking for a young, attractive woman who loves home life. Stand in line, girls.
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Messenger
New Zealand Reforestation Effort Since 1896
New Zealand has planted thousands of acres in reforestation efforts dating back to 1896 with ongoing plans to expand forest cover. The program marks a long-standing commitment to tree planting and environmental restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
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Akron
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Guy Spaulding
Gene Hunsicker
J. W. Finney
West Union Street
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Fauna Linscott
Richland Avenue
Mary Glancy
Muriel Wiley
Dairy Avenue
Roy L. Dupler
Logan
Luke Lehman
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Madeline Schaeffler
Coshocton
Chloe Stickney
Harry Thorp
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Court Street
Newport
Audrey Dickson
Dickson
Indiana
Clifton Pearman
Della Ator
Kern Street
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C. E. Markeson Jr
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Fred R. Baker
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Horace C. Palmer
Quantico Field
Washington, D. C
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J. B. Francis
Mayme Higgins
Smithfield
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Steubenville
Myrtle Breyfogle
Kenmore
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Jefferson Avenue
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