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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1921
Page
8
Road improvement work proceeds on the hill road to Middleport and toward Rutland. State and corporation approve a 10 percent basis for the project, aiming to provide a safe route from Middleport to the cement road at year's end.
Ter Romine of Rutland is charged with illicit relations in a case involving his 13 year old Inez. The accused is 36.
Frances Haley formerly of 4 now of Athens underwent a serious operation on March 21 at a hospital in Imbus. Her condition since the operation has caused alarm among relatives and friends.
Dr. Leland Welch of Pure, W. Va., spent days visiting this week. Chas A Dawson plans a week with his son and wife. M J Hamilton travels to Gaston for two weeks to visit daughter Mrs Ferry. B Raredin and son are guests in Toledo with C Welch. Mrs Chas Lasher, of ???
WY J Packard of Reedsville objects to actions by township trustees who cut down five of nine maple shade trees at the one acre school lot. He recalls ice cream festivals and meetings under the trees and claims malicious destruction of public property.
Pastor F G Strickland will preach at Cobia chapel Saturday and Sunday with topics including A Wider Sense of Guilt on Saturday evening Back to Galilee on Sunday morning and How shall We Use Power on Sunday evening The article also notes 85 divorce petitions filed in Meigs county since January 1 versus 47 marriages, echoing Judge Miller's alarm.
Miss Beatrice Roberts handles Water Works duties while mother away in Pittsburg for her brother’s illness. A. A. Schaeffer family travels to Louisville for Carrie Gardner funeral. William Burnell recovers from typhoid fever. Sugar Run PTA serves ice cream to pupils. Mrs. Frank Leifheit attends Plymouth party. Mrs. J. R. Elder and grandson visit Logan relatives. Mrs. Mason Williams heads to Buffalo to return home.
Banker James A. Stillman sues for divorce alleging Mrs Stillman was unduly intimate with Ford Beauvais and that their last child may belong to him. Beauvais admits a warm friendship but says it was platonic and Mrs Stillman says she is the victim of malicious lies.
Justice Martin fined Polly one thousand dollars and costs after a guilty plea to unlawful whisky possession. He paid 250 now and has a week to settle the balance. Officer Buck Moore captured him last Saturday evening. Polly remains jailed. His current price was 20 dollars per quart and he reportedly named bootlegging customers.
The Pomeroy Pythian Sisters held a Thursday evening celebration for the newly married Mrs. Wesley Koester formerly Miss Teresa Bahram. A mock wedding, a striking architecturally unique cake, refreshments, and lively felicitations characterized the event.
Amesville hosts include Mrs H S Linscott and daughters Grace and Mabel from Strouds Run visiting the Porters. Prof A D Selby from Wooster comments on late cherries and apple varieties. Local coal land prospects eyed by Blair Caslin Hollen den from Shawnee. G C Dyson resigns and moves to Athens with Mrs Dyson. The Buzzard Oil Co reports Well No 2 on F E Phillips farm near The Buzzard nest shows promise. Utley mine workers pumping. Black Diamond mine runs about 800 tons daily with plans to add 200 tons.
The board of education holds its regular monthly meeting Monday evening. A special meeting on March 25 paid teachers before Easter vacation. Superintendent C. E. Stailey will present the budget for the coming school year.
Detroit resident Mrs. L M Darras credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing years of ill health headaches and backaches. She says four bottles restored her energy and ability to work with renewed vigor and daily ease.
A National Geographic Society bulletin notes that weather remains the United States main import from abroad, with most disturbances originating in Alaska or the North Pacific. It explains low and high pressure dynamics, storm paths from the Aleutians, and typical routes across the continent via the Canadian border, Alberta, and the St. Lawrence valley.
The Opera House schedules two nights starting April 2 featuring Galvani, famed hypnotist and psychic demonstrator. Advertisers claim he is without equal in mind reading and hypnotic acts, with coast to coast fame and strong public anticipation for his local appearance. Hypnotism is presented as an art, science, or mystery.
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