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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1922
Page
6
The Neue Berliner notes American shipping ads offering $120 trips to the United States as a vacation option for Germans. It calls this ironic since $120 equals a lower end annual income in Germany and highlights how many Germans face poverty while Americans view a trip as affordable leisure.
Medical authorities note that most stomach trouble stems from excess hydrochloric acid. Do not rely on digestive aids. buy Bisurat Magnesia from a druggist and take four teaspoonfuls in water after meals to neutralize acid, reduce sourness, gas, and pain. It is cheap, safe, and used by thousands.
Paris shows a voting machine discussed in salons. Romanian inventor Russo says his device reveals election fraud, and thus Balkan adoption is unlikely. The machine is described as a pretty instrument requiring a button push.
Miss Martha Barnes twenty four fell from a second floor window at 247 East Fifty seventh street landing on the shoulders of Oliver Suber at 427 East Fifty seventh street. Suber braced the fall and possibly saved her from serious injury. both were taken to Flower Hospital with contusions and lacerations but later went home.
Southern Ohio farm youths earned top prizes across statewide boys and girls agricultural club exhibits at the State Fair. Washington county led with the grand champion home economics team, Belmont dairy judging champs, Greene livestock team, Hamilton food club, and Morgan clothing club. Grand champions included Russell Duval of Washington in Hereford and Gladys Korder of Pike in hogs, with Lake County canning and Union County livestock teams also victorious. Gordon Riley of Deming County claimed the grand Hereford in club classes.
Pattern offers a 7 size range 36 to 48 inches bust for a mature figure dress. It uses strip ed and plain ratine tub silk taffeta and crepe. For size 38 the material needs 6 yards 32 inch wide plus 2½ yards plain and 3½ yards striped for sleeves and front. Pattern mailed for 12 cents in stamps.
In Bucharest the White Pig I eons sect declares its aim to save the world if it gains 144000 true converts. The faith centers on continence and chastity and prompts concern from the Bucharest press over rapid growth of adherents.
Chicago birth rate declines while deaths rise in eight months of 1932. Vital statistics bureau reports births down 611 and deaths up 511.
An old advertisement touts Resinol Ointment as a simple fix for skin irritation blotches and pimples. It claims soothing balsams help maintain a good complexion and notes the product is flesh colored for discreet use on exposed skin.
Eleven U S farmers led by Harold Weber and Charles Heck arrive in Moscow to establish a demonstration farm in the Volga Valley. They bring 21 tractors 65 000 acres to be used for winter grain sowing with tents and six months of supplies. The mission by Friends of Soviet Russia costs 50000 dollars and includes motion pictures of the work.
In Youngstown Ohio Mayor William G Rees refused to present a city key to the convention of ministers meeting there. He said the key could imply concealment and instead pinned a white rose of purity to the presiding officer’s lapel as a welcoming emblem.
Sheriff Pat J. Hutchinson says the jail serves a thrice weekly Swedish stew made from beef cabbage potatoes onions carrots beans marrow bones and seasoning. It is the most popular dish among county prisoners and nearly impossible to meet demand.
Washington September 13 pressure was increased on the administration to oust E Mont Reily of Kansas City from the governorship of Porto Rico.
An advertisement notes a preventive kit for men labeled The Handy hylactic Kit for Men. It lists product claims and a seller location at 3 Heckman St New York.
John C Hewitt petitions Athens county common pleas to remove Charles Burt as trustee of the Hewitt estate alleging collusion with creditors fraud and negligence to mismanage rents and assets. He claims Burt blocked collection of claims and aided insolvencies involving Hewitt Boden Ford and the New Marshfield bank.
Apple field day is set for Friday September 16 at the Carpenter state experiment farm Carpent er. Speakers include Mr Ballou Mr Gourley Prof Paddock and Messrs Cruickshank and Beach. The event aims to share sprays disease and insect control insights and orchard management practices for local growers.
An Interstate Commerce Commission report states a high explosive destroyed a track section near Elwood New York on August 17 derailing a passenger train and injuring 21 passengers.
Preaching service moved to 7 o'clock Saturday night September 16 in South Canaan. Meeting starts earlier than planned with Sunday School on Sunday morning. One man's religion is another man's hypocrisy as a note in the brief notice.
Watertown press report from September details the Athens Presbytery meeting with 85 churches across six counties. Delegates discussed women eligible for deaconship, noted gifts totaling 101000 dollars for benevolent work, and honored Rev James Galbreath on the presbytery honorary roll while Dr Moses Breeze spoke at the close.
James Albert Cochran an 18 year old son of Mrs. Robert Cochran of Trinway near Zanesville is missing from West Point military academy. Burns detectives have been employed by his family to locate him after he disappeared from the summer camp on September 7 and has not been heard from since. He was appointed to the academy by Congressman Ellis Moore last spring and belongs to a prominent Muskingum county family.
Campaign expenses totaling 86 500 are listed in the final expense account filed by F C Edwards Huntington. He was defeated for the Republican nomination for the U S Senate in the recent primary. He hopes for better results in two years. The state law caps campaign spending at 125 per county and 4 125 for the state._EXPECT KING'S FLIGHT_.
Fighting broke out in Dublin as irregulars attempted to storm Mount Joy prison where Roderick O Connor and other irregular leaders are jailed. Citizens say no one seeks exact justice as many prefer staying out of jail.
Letters from Mrs. Elmer Heasney in Youngstown and Mrs. Elizabeth Reinbold in Indianapolis describe relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Other women from New Orleans and beyond share improved energy, sleep, and ability to work. Reader inquiries encouraged. private booklet offered.
UNIONVILLE New York September 12 Five cows all tied by cane chains were killed on Frank Fords farm near Unionville by a lightning bolt. A second bolt struck Grace Church steeple in Port Jervis ripping off shingles and scattering slate across about one hundred feet.
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