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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1919
Page
6
A historical classified style note from The Buckeye State Building and Loan Co. at 22 West Gay Street Columbus outlines monthly reminders about renting versus owning a home. It promotes savings accounts and loans for home purchases with mail openings for new accounts.
Mrs. Grace Detmering Schraisuhn, 31, a Canton operatic singer, is dead. The brief report notes her age and profession as a singer in Canton.
Brooklyn mother credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her 15 year old daughter's chronic backache dizziness and loss of appetite after three months of doctor care and five bottles of the remedy. She reports weight gain and recovery and urges other mothers to try it. Special advice is offered by the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
A home remedy teaches to squeeze two lemons into three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint of freckle and tan lotion. Grocers supply lemons and three ounces of orchard white for a few cents. Massage daily on face neck arms and hands to fade freckles and blemishes and brighten skin without irritation.
Annie, facing rising costs and scarce work, contemplates another baby while worrying how four mouths will be fed. She recalls slum life, judgment from well off neighbors, and the harsh reality of poverty that makes motherhood feel tragic. She wonders who truly understands East Side struggle.
A 25 year old writer seeks guidance after ending an engagement to a U S Army officer who kissed her sister and showed inconsistency about marriage She is advised the engagement was right to end and to wait a year or two before remarriage to ensure future stability and fidelity
Mrs. C. Smith of Ironton says Trutona cured years of stomach trouble and bloating. She reports improved appetite, relief from constipation and headaches, better sleep, and now enjoys meals without distress. Trutona touted at The Cline Pharmacy in Athens.
The quarterly meeting of the Free Methodist church at Stimpson and Campbell streets starts this evening and will continue through Sunday, after being moved from Saturday as announced in The Messenger.
Guion Drug Store owner K. B. Milburn commends Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for years of perfect satisfaction. The testimonial highlights loyal customer results and urges trust in the product.
John Myers of Custer City Oklahoma, aged 22, is noted as one of the county’s most substantial citizens and among the state’s biggest men, tipping the scales just over 400 pounds.
J. B. Parrish of South Columbus proclaims complete relief from rheumatism after using Dreco. He says the product cleanses the kidneys and liver, eases headaches and constipation, improves sleep, and boosts energy, with the druggists and The Cline Pharmacy Co. endorsing it in Athens.
Mr and Mrs Millard Bryan Sr visited from Friday to Tuesday at Portsmouth and Columbus. Frank Briley of Oklahoma and Mr and Mrs Joe Hutchins dined with Port Dicken family Wednesday. Maple of Factory sold his house to William Cail and will move to Athens while Mid Bryan and wife rent the vacated house. Alfred Wetklow family Mary Dowler and Fin Cook with son Frank and others motored to Athens Wednesday night. Merwin Stauffer was at Athens Thursday.
In Cleveland Ohio on September 12 an effort will be made to prove consumers were threatened with milk at twenty cents a quart during the trial of seven officials of the Ohio Farmer's Co operative Milk Company charged under the Valentine anti trust act.
The remains arrived from Columbus and were taken to the home of her sister Mrs J S Hall on Mill Street where friends may call Saturday afternoon. Funeral services will be Sunday at 11 at South Canaan Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Police in Chicago seek a man for the murder of Mrs Nelson J Brown widow of a retired Methodist clergyman. In Logan West Virginia George A Stephens on Covington Va has taken charge of the post office to finish Lon E Browning's term.
A reader describes severe dizziness from chronic stomach gas leading to a highway accident. After using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy the sufferer reports steady improvement and renewed health. The ad claims the product clears catarrhal mucus and inflammation causing stomach liver and intestinal ailments. Money back guarantee offered. McKee Drug Co. distributes.
United Press reports a race in the Senate to advance pet measures before the peace treaty dominates. Senator Lodge moves to take up the treaty, prompting urgency to pass the feed control act amid protests that government powers already cover profiteering. Lodge forecasts issue resolution with reservationists and radicals over article ten.
Forty nine Mace family members gathered at the old Moonville home of Hiram Mace on September 6. A midday dinner under an apple tree followed by a group photo marked the reunion. Distances covered by Marion Mace of Middleport Hubert Mace in the A E F Mrs Lee Mace of Lancaster Emma Six and sons Gerald Otto of Martins Ferry were among attendees. Nine brothers and two sisters attended. the youngest sister Mrs J Florence Hewitt had died the previous November.
Canton organizers announce a Friday night meeting for Canton's foreign population to discuss community matters at the Timken Roller Bearing plant. Local officials invite participation to foster dialogue and mutual understanding.
Eczema causes severe itching and burning. Local salves only ease pain briefly. The source is a blood infection. S. S. S. cleanses the blood for lasting relief. Get a bottle and see results. Free medical advice from Medical Director, 48 Swift Building, Atlanta, Ga.
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