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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1922
Page
2
An ad promotes Moava Dental Cream from McKee Drug Co claiming it cures pyorrhea and gum disease with a simple home routine. The copy asserts long standing dental relief and offers a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
Mayor Sauvage announces the sole street between Pomeroy and Middleport will close from 7 A M to 3 30 P M for about ten days to allow street repairs. The K M rail line and local streetcar service have updated schedules to handle passenger traffic during the outage. Affected routes include Hobson Syracuse Racine and nine, with cars departing Hobson 4 40 A M and 9 40 P M latest trips, and Syracuse Hobson service resuming at 5 36 A M.
For the first time several barges are being loaded from Pomeroy Bend. On Tuesday the towboat Salt Marmet removed seven barges from the Charter Oak tipple. Mines at Pittsburgh and Minersville can load into barges via the Charter Oak, aiding river transport amid shortages.
Amesville residents hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Wagoner and family and Mrs Clifford Wagoner. Laurence Eckard and Clara Roberts visited John Eckard. Families of MacConnellsville and Willys family were guests Sunday. Farm bureau plans and school openings with listed teachers are reported.
Read a testimonial from Wm Starkey of Rock Creek Ohio praising Dr Orth s Stomach Remedy. He was sick for years, relieved under the doctor’s prescription, and says he is now perfectly well and works daily. The ad promises money back if expectations aren t met and notes the remedy is from a practicing physician with 60 years of use.
Roy B. Williams U S marshal at Corbin Ky reports a riot narrowly averted in Cincinnati Ohio after L N shops were bombarded with rocks. Guards fired into a neighboring cornfield where missiles came, striking homes. The marshal and twelve deputies disarmed both mob and guards and took charge.
The brokerage firm Hellwig and Reuter is expelled from the New York Stock Exchange. A member since May 1, 1914, the firm received the order when the exchange announced the action today.
A narrator wanders the East Side in deep misery seeking meaning amid poverty and hunger. He recalls a lack of love from Alec, questions existence, and ends at the Battery contemplating life as the city lights glow. (To be continued.)
Aubrey Manuel Gwinner, seven, is in critical condition at Deaconess hospital after a stone thrown by Lawrence Vanderyt, seven, struck him while they played near their home in Cincinnati. He initially seemed uninjured but later faded into unconsciousness.
A powerful bomb exploded under the veranda of a double house in Braddock, a Pittsburgh suburb, injuring fourteen Negro and Italian residents. The blast collapsed part of the building and showered plaster on sleepers, with several occupants knocked to the floor.
Two Free Staters were knocked cold in an ambush attack by irregulars during the first round of a lifelong scheduled bout.
Eamonn de Valera says he will not accept amnesty from the free state government and will continue opposition to the Anglo Irish treaty and Irish constitution. He accuses the pro treaty party of breaking a pledge with Republicans and warns of a dire situation following leaders Lloyd George and Winston Churchill.
Rev. L W Irwin, pastor at Thamelia Ohio, is to be arraigned for alleged paternity of a child six weeks old by his 11 year old stepdaughter Elizabeth Ladd. Police took him from his home to the jail after the girl admitted the relationship and tearfully said she had been intimate with her stepfather for over a year.
Excerpt previews neuritis as nerve inflammation with sharp pains in various body regions and claims quick relief from Tysmol cream sold by McKee Drug Co. The piece then notes WWII era bombing in London yielding under 100 wounded per aircraft.
Albany, Sept 14. The Wednesday Club met with Mrs. T. J. Barlow as hostess. Sixteen members heard Hazel Cline recount her extensive trip through Europe and the people she met. The next gathering is set for October 4 with Mrs. Earl Baughman.
The Athens county Commissioners meet in regular session and adopt a resolution to publish notices inviting sealed banking proposals for county funds. Sealed bids will be opened September 25, 1922, with the award going to the highest interest rate offered, for a depository term through September 26, 1924. The plan requires bank commitments and bond undertakings per Ohio law. All three commissioners vote yes.
The Athens County Commissioners invite sealed proposals to act as inactive depositories for county funds for two years. Bids must include sureties and interest terms. opening is Sept 25, 1922 at 2 p.m. The contract runs to Sept 25, 1924 with possible extension, and the Commissioners reserve the right to reject all bids.
Colonel Norman R. Thompson of Jamestown New York was elected national commander of the Union Veterans Legion at its 87th annual encampment. Next year's meeting will be held in Pittsburgh.
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