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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1924
Page
7
Mr and Mrs John Sweazy and Mrs L L Sweazy attended King meetings in Logan this week. Mr and Mrs Waller Spears traveled to Columbus to visit relatives. They were joined by Forest Spears and family who are locating there.
After a year of work led by County Farm Agent R M Pavey Athens county reports the largest ever enrollment in boys and girls club work with 145 members across 14 clubs. Four clothing clubs, three poultry clubs and three pig clubs show strong participation as organizers plan equal access to Winners Week trips and a county wide award for best attendance and exhibit at the county fair.
Chauncey residents Mr and Mrs Hubert Wise and Clara Schoonover return to Chauncey after months in Lorado West Virginia. The Wises visited last week and plan to ship household goods to Chauncey this week as they reestablish residence.
A large crowd attended a barn dance at the Harvey dancing pavilion in Chauncey hosted by the Big Three club. Gents wore overalls and ladies gingham with hair ribbons while a six piece orchestra played. demolition plans for the pavilion may begin soon as remodeling for business rooms is contemplated.
No new smallpox cases reported in Chauncey. The Fred Ross home was first quarantined and another case involved Mr and Mrs George Katzenback Jr in Mill Street. Mrs Ross and Mrs Katzenback are cousins.
Mr and Mrs Spears and their two daughters left for Columbus to establish a future home after shipping household goods the first of the week.
George Strausbaugh visited Chauncey this week while staying with Mrs. L. I. Sweazy. He is in Logans for a visit with his parents Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Strausbaugh and with Bert Sweazy and son Roland and daughter Margaret of Murray City.
A resident named Sweaty is in Columbus this week receiving treatment at a Radium hospital.
Mr and Mrs Robert Warner visit with Mr and Mrs Harry Andrews in Buchtel yesterday. Mrs Lillie Boling and Mr and Mrs Roy Vendergrass joined the gathering as the Andrews prepare to move to West Virginia.
Mr and Mrs B M Adams and family move to a Floodwood farm. Mr and Mrs James Dalton take over the former Adams residence on Mill Street.
Mrs. Myrtle Pidcock hosts at her Beaumoent home for members of the Ladies Aid society of the M. F. Church and the Ladies Aid of West Side Church in Athens.
Mr and Mrs Charles Weffler and daughters Mildred and Ruth visited the home of Mr and Mrs F M Adams in Floodwood last night.
Mr and Mrs Ray Gardner of Athens visited today the former s parents Mr and Mrs M J Gardner. The trip highlights a family gathering in the city.
Willis Figgins of Columbus visits Chauncey to spend time with his father A P Figgins and other relatives.
Mrs. Roy Pendergrass and Mrs. Glenn Robinson of this city visited Nelsonville yesterday as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Spring.
Nevada G B Courtney spoke at the Church of Christ in Arbiston last night during his scheduled appointment.
Mrs L C Dodson of Glouster underwent an appendicitis operation at Sheltering Arms hospital on Wednesday. Her condition is reported as favorable.
Chronic stomach or bowel trouble can cause inflammation that spreads to the appendix and leads to appendicitis. Ordinary bowel inflammation may be relieved with simple laxatives while Adlerika claims to act on both bowels and remove poisons. Also advertises relief from gas in ten minutes with Gibsons Pharmacy Athens and Polings Drug Store Murray.
Washington April 10 Attorney General Stone announced there would be no immediate housecleaning in the Justice Department despite the numerous charges in the Senate.
End Rheumatism With Buhler Oil promises quick relief within minutes of application. The German remedy claims to neutralize rheumatic pains and relieve neuritis neuralgia and lumbago with a genuine red seal and guaranteed back label. Sold by N. R. Lash Cline's Pharmacy Gibson Pharmacy and McKee Drug Co.
Akron Ohio April 10. A city health director D D Shira circulated a question inviting friends and clerks to list 250 famous people they would interview in Heaven. Most chose Adam the morgantic husband of Eve and snake charmer, hoping to ask about the origin of man and the Garden of Eden. Eve, Bona parte, and Lincoln were largely omitted. Cleopatra stood out as a strong favorite.
General Sir Ian Hamilton urges future British forces to adopt bullet proof armor and mechanized units. He envisions search through barrage at speed, with engineers as mainspring of a new model army and shared expertise with science.
Dr. G. W. Grant was elected president of the Coolidge For President Club of Bucyrus at its first meeting. The speakers warned that radicalism and the rise of communism and bolshevism will become national issues within ten years.
Peter J. Thomas, a Civil War veteran relying on his pension as his sole support, was robbed of 69 dollars today in Youngstown Ohio. The incident occurred on April 10.
An advertisement touts a free mailed Home System for rupture claiming instant and permanent relief without operation or trusses. It offers free trial treatments, requests only name and address, and asserts life changer benefits to justify immediate response.
Capt. W. A. Collings Inc of Watertown New York advertises a free test of a rupture system inviting readers to send their name and address for the demonstration.
A misleading ad claims a simple four daily tablet routine will reduce weight without dieting or exercise. It urges buying Marmola Prescription Tablets for one dollar and asserts the product is harmless, listing Detroit Michigan as the company address.
Leonard Mayle of Lathrop pleaded guilty to making menacing threats in a village incident that led to law enforcement intervention. He agreed to pay a $5 fine and costs.
The article extols Holy Week starting with Palm Sunday as the greatest period in Christian history. It links devotion to the Cross with patriotism, defending sacred symbols, and cautions against desecration of religious imagery as ingenuine. It calls crucifix and flag symbols alike objects of reverent respect.
The passage compares reverence for Christianity with patriotism and public monuments. It argues that both faith and national symbols shape communities and institutions. It notes even a detached student may acknowledge Christianity’s influence compared with other religious systems.
A prose meditation links northern lights to religious expression and the Cross of Jews Christ as a guiding light through history. It notes beauty and steadiness in faith while warning against erratic beliefs, previewing Holy Thursday and Good Friday themes for the next article.
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