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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1924

Page

2

Chauncey Social News and Local Visits Highlight Week

Mrs. Myrtle Pid atten Alma Bricker and others hosted an all day quilting event at Mrs. w home. Dinner guests included Mrs. D. P. Reese and Ruth Reese with Behovis Cleveland ties, plus Mrs Love Athens and several Misses Weiler and Marshal at Ohio University. Geraldine Phillips and family plan May relocation. Hugo Schroppe suffers mumps. Pythian Sisters to rehearse for upcoming play at the dancing pavilion in Chauncey.

Madies Aid Society of the M. E. T Huredey Mra Myrtle Pidatten Alma Bricker Lee Phafer I. N. France Mobell Homer Shields Croseeer Edward Minister Dorothy Minisy

Fire destroys home of Louis and wife on Bailey Run

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis ble on Bailey Run burned yesterday. The elderly Kimble couple were away. neighbors fought the blaze but it gained headway. The fire likely started from a defective flue and consumed the house and contents. Mrs. Kimble was visiting her daughter nearby.

Louis Ble Bailey Run Kimble Statow

Birds Return to Old Apple Tree in Lexington Avenue

Me and Mrs Hollas White report that Mr Cock Robin and his wife have arrived and are busy building a nest. They have used the old apple tree in the yard at our Lexington Avenue home for the season once again. Neighbors say the birds are friendly and welcome the renewed acquaintance. Other locals note guests from New York and nearby towns visiting relatives and returning to their homes after stays in Chauncey and Murray City.

Hollas White Mary Vail New York Chauncey Mrs. Nutt Bailey Run Red Fannieutzensch Bonnie

Bottle message crosses oceans from New Caledonia to Hawaii

A soda pop bottle launched last September near Honolulu by Hon Gerrit P Alder washed ashore with a note from Mr Wilder. The note from Jonston Noumea dated December explains the bottle drifted about 2500 miles across the Pacific in roughly three and a half years. The finder is a fisherman on Mate Island near New Caledonia.

Honolulu Gerrit P. Alder Territorial of Representatives Australia Wilder Obnston Noumea New Pf Mate Island New Caledonia

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Kahunas and Death Prayers Shape Hawaiian Beliefs

Aged kahunas on Molokai and Maui upheld the belief in anaana the death prayer. Historians recount kuni ceremonies to locate a guilty party. In Molokai a detective clash arose before the trial of Edward Duvauchelle and sons for the Wai Bow murder, with a star witness dying of tuberculosis and another witness, Suga, drafting a purported confession.

Honolulu Kekoowai Molokai David Malo Edward Duvauchelle Wai Bow Duvauchelle Duvauchele

Witnesses Fall Silent After Confession Then Suicide

A witness recounts a suspect's confession followed by suicide and notes other witnesses delayed in taking the stand as the case unfolded.

Textile price rise blamed on speculator in England

Gambling on cotton and wool exchanges is blamed for rapid price increases in cotton and woolen goods in England. Cotton fabrics have surged about 20 percent in months, while wool prices rose 60 to 7 percent in a year. further jumps are forecast for fall.

London England

Court of Appeals hears Red Jar Bus Line appeal

The Red Star Transportation company appeals a Nelsonville ordinance restricting passenger express routes. Judge Worstell denied relief in common pleas after a temporary injunction. the bus line will operate pending the appeals court decision. Judges Mauck Middleton and Sayre sat on the bench.

Red Star Transportation Company Court of Appeals Harold Ramsay Athens County Court of Common Pleas Nelsonville Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Ohio J. G. Worstell Common Pleas Court Worstell Kiven Mauck Gallipolis Middleton Waverly Sayre Athens

Glouster Mrs Robinett Undergoes Gallstone Operation

Mrs. William Robinett of Jacksonville underwent gallstone surgery at Grant Hospital in Columbus on Wednesday. Dr. von Scheele of Jacksonville assisted and reported she did well. Mr. Robinett accompanied her.

William Robinett Jacksonville Grant Hospital Columbus Robinett von Scheele Ralph Dinsmore Allens Stephen Gibbs

Young People’s Society to Lead Trimble Church Program

Sunday evening at 7 20 the Young People s B Society will lead the Trimble Christian church program. They met Wednesday night and planned special instrumental and vocal music. Next week the church will send a quarterly report to all members outlining the year s plan and pre Easter campaign progress.

Young People’s B Society Trimble

Community Council Opens Monthly Session At City Building

The council held its first session of the month at the city building this evening starting at 7 o'clock with routine business likely on the agenda. Mrs. Frank Craig of Corning visited Glouster on Thursday as did Will Davis of Wellston who stayed with Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Cavey. A Homer Grange meeting is set for Mountville Saturday at 1 PM with all members urged to attend due to important business. Mrs. Albert Smith and her three children left Thursday for Irwin to visit Mrs. Smith's mother, Mrs. Jane Spark.

Frank Craig Corning Homer Grange Mountville Order Albert Smith Irwin

First and Last of the Marriage Licenses

Athens county bureau issued March licenses to Ralph FE Calvert 21 of Columbus and Phyllis H Evans 17 of Nelsonville. The April first license went to Clifford Burton 21 of Chauncey and Majer Statten 18 of Mute field. Both marriages were performed by Athens magistrates C H Porter and E K Hedges.

Athens Ralph FE. Calvert Columbus Phyllis H. Evans Nelsonville Clifford Burton Chauncey Majer Statten Mutefield C. H. Porter K E. Hedges

Made Own Street Car Tickets With a Pencil

Cleveland April 4. Charged with making his own street car tickets with an indelible pencil Charles Shuttle 50 was to be arraigned in police court today. His arrest followed the continued appearance of the bogus tickers on one of the city lines.

Cleveland Charles Shuttle

New York Central Plans Elyria Depot and Power Plant

The New York Central Railroad will open bids in Cleveland next Wednesday for a $250,000 depot in Elyria described as the finest for a city of its size between New York and Chicago. Earlier, the railroad completed elevating lines, removing seven grade crossings at a cost over $2 million, and options are being taken on land west of Elyria for a large power plant to electrify operations.

Elyria Ohio New York Central Railroad Cleveland New York Chi Cago

Electrification of New York Central Lines Ahead by 1928

Unofficial reports indicate the New York Central Lines between here and the terminal at Collin gwood Cleveland will have electrification completed by 1928. A conference of cotton growers in Memphis Tennessee has begun discussions about boll weevils.

New York Central Collingwood Cleveland Memphis Tenn

Tanlac Called the Workingman's Friend by Canton Man

W A Crim of Canton Ohio praised Tanlac as the workingman's friend. He said it rebuilt his strength after quinsy operations and illness, restoring his weight and appetite and getting him back to work. Tanlac is sold by druggists with over 40 million bottles sold.

W. A. Crim Deuber Ave Canton Ohio Tanlac Akron

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