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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1923
Page
7
An ad from Indianapolis, Indiana features a distressed woman seeking relief for a persistent water-related ailment. She describes prior medical concerns and mentions communicating with a medical provider about her situation.
Chicago clergy say traditional hellfire and harp in heaven no longer deter youth. Rev Ernest Tittle notes modern youth reject orthodox beliefs. Rev William Chalmers Covert and Rev Rufus White echo that fear in religion has faded and independent thinking trims hell and damnation as unscientific.
The Amesville high school sophomore class, under Miss Evans and Miss Sanborn, entertained the Freshmen in Science Hell Friday with games and refreshments. Thomas Bennett, now in the county auditor's office, visited Saturday to check local merchant scales and stayed Sunday with his parents, Mr and Mrs D B Bennett on their farm.
Garnett Linecott, daughter of Mr and Mrs A H R Linecott, married Homer Eckard son of Mr and Mrs John Eckard in Athens on Saturday. Eckard returns to Junction City Monday to start their home. The couple are wished the best. Local officials attended a Federal Valley railroad hearing in Columbus Monday. Rev Chapin and Mrs Chapin attended a Presbytery meeting in McConnelsville. Mrs C J Van Valey of Walton West Virginia visits her mother Mrs Hannah Glazier this week. Eli Williams of Athens was Sunday guest of John Eckard and family.
Mrs. L B Glazier reports the death of John Brawley a former well known citizen of the township at a Long Beach California hospital where he had gone for treatment from his Idaho home.
Miss Effie Glazier entertained Wednesday guests Mr and Mrs Walter Riddle of Marietta at her home.
Mrs Bell Sedwick, widow of the late Her ibert Sedwick, has rented and moved into a portion of the house owned by Frank Snith after her husband’s death.
After the Community Club banquet on next Monday evening members will move to larger quarters with public invitation. Prominent speakers include Lee Hall state president of UMWA William Roy state vice president of district 6 and Robert Marshall sub-district president.
Miss Dorothy Potts returned Tuesday from a week's visit with her parents at Hollister.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kachman formerly of The Plains moved this week into part of the M. E. parsonage with Rev. Haskins.
In Rice Lake Wisconsin Charles Mercier Jr reports he mixed Bull Durham tobacco with a .22 ammunition in a pocket to pack his pipe. A stray bullet tore through his boat causing him to reconsider smokeless powder claims.
A hospital superintendent reports a widow visited him and paid a debt she had contracted 12 years earlier during her husband's final illness. She had saved the money over a long period to settle the obligation.
The Athens National Bank invites the public to an informal reception on Saturday April 14 from noon to 9 p m to tour its new Athens banking home. The article notes the bank’s growth since its 1905 founding and assets reported to the comptroller of the currency exceeding two million dollars. The message emphasizes hospitality and personal service for all customers and Athens County residents.
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