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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1921

Page

5

Local Folks Have Short News Notes From Area

Mrs Alma Jones of Torch visits sister Mrs Eva Griffin at 92 East State Street. Mrs Eli Dunkle travels to Mc Arthur to visit relatives. Mr Jackey Sweeney plans a Sunday visit in New Lexington. Mr Frank R Gross returns from Bremen and New Lexington trip. Mr and Mrs Joe Blosser and daughter of Carbon Hill drive to Athens Friday.

Alma Jones Torch Eva Griffin East State Street Jackey Sweeney New Lexington Frank R. Gross Bremen Joe Blosser Carbon Hill Athens

Local Briefs From Athens and County

Mr. George H. Harper of Glouster was a business visitor in Athens today. Harper is the brother of Mrs. D. L. Moody. The many friends of County Superintendent Alex Root will be pleased to learn that he is improving though slowly. He is not able to be out yet.

George H. Harper Glouster Athens Harper D. L. Moody Alex Root

Supt Stailey and Prof Stewart Judge Nelsonville Oratorical Meet

Superintendent C. E. Stailey and Professor Fordyce Stewart visited Nelsonville last night to serve as judges in an oratorical contest.

C. E. Stailey Prof Fordyce Stewart Nelsonville

Archdeacon Dodshon Cancelled Episcopal Services

Archdeacon J. H. Dodshon will not conduct Sunday services in Athens due to illness. The illness prevents his travel to the city for the planned Episcopal Church worship.

J. H. Dodshon Episcopal Church Athens

Nelsonville Team to Lead Initiation Night at Womans Benefit Association

The Nelsonville team will perform the initiation Monday night at the meeting of the Womans Benefit Association of the Maccabees. The session starts at 7:30 with a lunch to follow.

Nelsonville Womans Benefit Association of the Maccabees

Bursons Plan Louisiana Visit from Sulphur Mines

Mr and Mrs 8 K Burson depart Sunday noon for Louisiana to visit son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Paul 8 Keever at Sulphur Mines. They will be away a month or six weeks and travel through Texas before returning home. Also Mr James Boden of Imperial Lumber Co from Columbus plans to move his family next Tuesday to Columbus office handles the firms sales and purchases now moved from Athens. Miss Beryl Moler home for weekend from Clarksburg W Va with teachers from Clarksburg schools as guests at the Moler residence.

K. Burson Louisiana Paul Keever Ethel Burson Texas James Boden Imperial Lumber Co Columbus Boden Athens Beryl Moler P. G. Moler North Congress Street Clarksburg W. Va Esther Wiest Mabel Cunningham Iren Leachman Edithoner Moler

Home Economics Club Dance Aids Istanbul Orphanage Funds

One hundred tickets sold for Ohio University girls to a program dance at the Armory this evening. Local orchestra provides music from seven thirty until eleven forty five. Proceeds go to the Constantinople College for Girls for the Home Economics department.

Ohio University Constantinople College For Girls

Queen Esther Circle Hosts Evening by Misses Dailey

Queen Esther Circle will host an evening program at 7 o clock on North Congress Street. Dorothy and Christine Dailey will entertain with a book review and vocal solos by Raith Henry Esther Herron Helen Laverty Angella Woods Grace Webb Frances Hatch. A social hour and refreshments conclude the event.

Queen Esther Dorothy Christine Dailey North Congress Street Raith Henry Esther Herron Nano Solo Helen Laverty Angella Woods Grace Webb Frances Hatch

Windsor tea room hosts Reading club christening event

Prof and Mrs B J Jefferson entertained Athens oldest literary Reading club at The Windsor tea room on Wayne Road South Court Street facing the college campus. The event highlighted blue rose ivory decor with fine cuisine and social offerings. Topic was Anarchy in Ireland with readers Mrs L G Worstell Prof Whitehouse and leaders Miss Helen Townsend Rev C L Strecker.

B. J. Jefferson Windsor Tea Room Athens Wayne Road South Court Street College Windsor Ireland L. G. Worstell Prof. Whitehouse Helen Townsend Rev C. L. Strecker

Birthday Party for Ann Beasley Turns Five

Twenty little playmates gathered at 123 Morris Avenue to celebrate Ann Beasley fifth birthday. The 3:30 to 5 o’clock party featured kindergarten games supervised by Miss Frances Carr. Pink decor and a prominent cake highlighted the reception hosted by Mrs. Carl Beasley with Mrs. F. J. Beasley and Mrs. T. N. Hoover aiding.

Ann Beasley Carl Beasley Morris Avenue Beasley Frances Carr Mises Carr F. J. Beasley T. N. Hoover

Hancock Beats Rutland In A High Scoring Baseball Game

Hancock defeated Rutland 16 to 11 after one big inning. Hancock pitcher Harris left in the third as Rutland scored six runs. Warner started for Rutland, Kennedy finished, and Brewer relieved for Hancock as Hancock took control with eleven runs in the fourth. The Athens game with Rutland was canceled by rain.

John Hancock Hi Rutland Hi Rutland Hancock Harris Warner Brewer Kennedy Athens Hi

City enforces three gasless days weekly during main repair

Sandusky city will have three gasless days each week while the main thoroughfare undergoes repairs. Officials urge residents to plan travel accordingly and conserve fuel amid work on the central avenue.

Sandusky

Milady’s Umbrella as Defense Tool Voiced by Actress

Miss Myrtle Tannehill, known for a secret service role on stage, demonstrates how an umbrella or parasol can be used to KO and incapacitate an attacker. The scene from The Broken Wing features Alphonz Fer as a bold footpad as the drama moves through New York’s season.

Myrtle Tannehill Secret Service Saan Wing New York Alphonz Fer He’s the Bold

Ohio University Skit Show Delights with Many Acts

The 1921 Ohio University Skit Show opened with Orchard of Girls and featured Miss Dorothy Kennedy and Miss Oramay Ballenger leading songs. Guest performances by Adelphi sororities staged Gypsy Camp and a puppet show while Theta Phi Alpha and Pi Beta Phi contributed notable scenes. Dean Irma Voigt praised for coordinating the program and Miss Annabel Alexander accompanied the piano.

Ohio University Girls Ewing Hall Dorothy Kennedy Miss Kennedy Oramay Ballenger Alice Stevenson Athens Adrianne Arthur Isabel Sherrard Vera Webster Elizabeth Garber Jeanette Brown Alpha Delta Pi Betty Camphausen Ohio O. U Cecelia Collins Mary Henderson Ruth Carson Miss Carson Regina Gross Evelyn Carrie Moriarity Rubylayat Chrestomathean Literary Society Omar Khayam Mary Tener Alpha Xi Delta Sara Fitten Cleopatra Janice Miller Fern Falloon Pi Beta Phi Irma Voigt Forol Strickland Hazel Post Annabel Alexander

Weigh More? Father John's Medicine Promises Gain

The ad warns that underweight people risk serious illness and insurance denial. It touts Father John's Medicine as a pure food tonic that strengthens thin, weak, and run-down individuals. It claims the old-fashioned prescription builds up by providing easily absorbed nutrition.

Father John

U S Exports to Germany Set to Break War-Era Records

The National City Bank of New York states that US exports to Germany in the fiscal year ending June will top all prewar years. Chief goods include wheat flour bacon lard condensed milk and cotton with copper and petroleum also rising. In eight months through February exports reached 282 million dollars and could hit about 440 million for the year.

United States Germany National City Bank of New York Great Britain France

Market Opens Higher With Broad Stock Increases

The New York market opened up with gains across many issues. Leaders included American Can up 29 percent Pan American Petroleum up 70 percent Northern Pacific up 73 percent Republic Iron and Steel up 15 percent Baldwin up 87 percent Asphalt up 24 percent U S Steel up 81 percent Studebaker up 78 percent Mexican Pete up 143 percent Penn 35 unchanged American Woolen up 72 percent Great Northern preferred up 70 percent Southern Pacific down 74 percent Norfolk and Western up 95 percent.

New York American Can Pan- American Petroleum Northern Pacific Republic Iron Steel Baldwin Asphalt U. 8 S. Steel Studebaker Mexican Pete Penna American Woolen Great Northern Pfd Southern Pacific Norfolk and Western

Queensland Population Density Estimate

Queensland is estimated to have a population of 700 000 about one person to the square mile, indicating a sparse distribution across its vast area.

Queensland

Local Music Committee Names and Ranks

The document lists P. B. Harner George Wi Marion Johnson and rank 1. The chairman of the music committee is Clarence Johnson.

P. B. Harner George Wi Marion Johnson Clarence Johnson

Camp Knox Chosen for Citizens' Military Training Camp 1921

The Fifth Corps Area at Fort Benjamin Harrison announces Camp Knox Kentucky as the site for this summer's citizens military training camp from July 21 to August 20. About 1500 government funded spots for Ohio Indiana Kentucky and West Virginia individuals will be provided with additional applicants paying their own way. The camp on a 32000 acre reservation offers extensive artillery training and modern battalion instruction in varied terrain described as an ideal training ground.

Fifth Corps Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana Camp Knox Kentucky Citizens Army Citizens’ Military Training Camps Association General Read Ohio West Virginia

Evangelistic Meetings Set for Hebbardsville Week

Special services begin tomorrow night at seven in the Methodist church with Evangelist Albert C. Hakim of Chicago delivering the first message Monday and each evening at seven o'clock. He closes weeks of meetings in Harrisonville prior to Hebbardsville engagement.

Hebbardsville Albert C. Hakim Chicago

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