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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 22, 1926

Page

5

Pythian Sisters Set Meeting and Inspection Schedule

Pythian Sisters will meet at 7 30 Friday evening with officers in white. Following initiation a social hour. Next week the annual inspection set for Wednesday evening after a 6 o clock dinner at the Christian church. Mrs Brandeberry and others visit Big Run. Mrs Nice and Mrs French guests. Mr Wilbur Carpenter of Amesville in Athens on business.

Pythian Sisters Degree S The Christian Church

Mrs Hobson Marks Ninetieth Birthday Quietly

Mrs. S. N. Hobson will celebrate her ninetieth birthday Friday April 23 at 16 West State Street with immediate family. The anniversary will be quieter this year as she slowly recovers from influenza.

Nintieth S. N. Hobson West State Street

Hobson Study Circle Elects Delegates to Springfield

Miss Paul Keever hosted the Hobson Study Circle at 1014 West State Street. Members proposed improvements and elected delegates to the Springfield convention in May: J. H. Gross as first delegate, Ralph Dalton as second delegate, Harry Cromley as first alternate, and Earl Marquis as second alternate. Mrs. Burson helped serve refreshments.

Paul Keever Hobson K. Burson West State Street Springfield J. H. Gross Ralph Dalton Harry Cromley Earl Marquis Burson

Higley Study Circle Observes Music Day at Linwood Home

Higley Study circle met yesterday at 35 Franklin Avenue to observe Music Day. Mrs. Wiley T. Sprague led the program with a MacDowell biography and notes on the Interboro artist colony while Miss Ruth Miller performed MacDowell piano selections. The group set the May 19 picnic at Mrs. W. L. Gard’s North Hill residence.

Higley Study Circle W. W. Ludwig Franklin Avenue Wiley T. Sprague MacDowell Interboro Ruth Miller W. L. Gard North Hill

Mrs Wolfe Returns Home After Visit to Parents in Coalwood

Mrs Scott Wolfe known as Mayme Eyens has returned to Coalwood West Virginia from a visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Doh Kerns at 193 West Washington Street. Mrs J S Jewell has gone to Stewart to visit her sister in law.

Scott Wolfe Mayme Eyens Coalwood W. Va Doh Kerns West Washington Street

Stouts Return to City In Sunnyside Drive Home

Mr and Mrs N C Stout formerly of Athens now living in St Clairsville for three years have moved back to this city and occupy their former Sunnyside drive house.

N. C. Stout Athens St. Clairsville Sunnyside Drive

Local Social Notes Highlight Cranmer and Hamilton Visits

Mr and Mrs J G Graham of Sunnyside drive hosted their daughter Mrs Ed Cranmer of Nelsonville yesterday. Mrs Celeste Phillips of West State street visited friends in New Marshfield today and plans to stay with her aunt Mrs Louisa Hamilton in Zaleski tonight.

Walter Hamilton Nelsonville W. L. French West State Street J. G. Graham Sunnyside Drive Ed. Cranmer Celeste Phillips New Marshfield Zaleski Louisa Hamilton

Mrs. Silvus Family Return from Florida Motor Trip

Mrs. E. G. Silvus and her son William Silvus completed a Florida motor trip to major resorts. They visited Mrs. Silvus’ sister Mrs. Horace Reed and daughter in Clearwater and Mrs. Charles Henry in Fort Lauderdale.

E. G. Silvus William Silvus Florida

Athens man welcomes friends after illness confinements

Mr. L. A. Sprague greets his many friends on the streets of Athens today after weeks of confinement to his home due to serious illness. He was cared for by his three sons Dr. Warren V. Sprague Chauncey and Dr. Wiley T. Sprague and Dr. John R. Sprague of Athens.

L. A. Sprague Athens Warren V. Sprague Chauncey Wiley T. Sprague John R. Sprague

Hutchinsons Host Hayes Guests at Park Place Home

Mr and Mrs F M Hutchinson of 11 Park Place welcomed as Wednesday guests Mr and Mrs W V Hayes of Marietta.

F. M. Hutchinson Park Place W. V. Hayes Marietta

Rotary convention visitors in transit through Athens and Columbus

Mrs Hayes were en route home from the Rotary convention in Springfield and stopped over here. Athens Home Telephone officers and employees in Columbus for the telephone convention are: Dr. C. N. Jones and Mrs. Jones, Mr. W. E. Moler and Mrs. Moler, Mr. H. S. Burson, Mr. Roland Jones, Mr. Dewey Laughlin, Mrs. Mary Cunningham, Mrs. Faye Burton, Miss Gertrude Buck, Miss Eva Hunter, Miss Mildred Liggett and Miss Mayme Mace. The convention is in session from April 21 to 23. The employees of the company will return home this evening.

Athens Columbus C. N. Jones Jones W. E. Moler Moler H. S. Burson Roland Jones Dewey Laughlin Mary Cunningham Faye Burton Gertrude Buck Eva Hunter Mildred Liggett Mayme Mace

Martzolff Class Social at First Methodist Church

The Martzolff class social will be held in the parlors of the First Methodist church at 7:30 Friday evening.

Martzolff First Methodist Church

Public Forum on Hocking Valley Destiny

Editor quotes leader John L. Lewis denying relief measures for the Hocking valley. A reader asks for reasons behind the committee’s query and urges clarification on the region’s perceived fate.

John L. Lewis Nelsonville Hocking Valley

Miners Question Leadership and Wages in Hocking Valley

A long letter from a veteran miner laments paying dues to leaders of a miners' organization while jobs and wages shrink. He details family hardship, asks for answers, questions why salaries remain high, and urges immediate action to secure work and fair pay in the Hocking Valley coal region. He cites a typical family total of 4.25 per week and operator profits as context.

Hocking Valley Jacksonville Hocks Valley

Fair or not the horse in harness becomes joke

A reader from Nelsonville on April 21 1926 questions delays in horse pulling discipline and suggests tougher measures including tying the whip and possibly selling the horse for junk, acknowledging potential criticism.

Hocking Valley Nelsonville

Thoxine Promises Quick Sore Throat Relief

A new prescription Thoxine guarantees relief from sore throat in 15 minutes or money back. It claims to attack the cause rather than just mask symptoms, stopping cough fever and aches with one swallow. Available at McKee Drug Co and other drug stores with prices 35c 60c and 1.00.

McKee Drug Co

Florist Delivers Carnation to Hero Dixon on Patrol

Traffic policeman Leo M. Dixon was praised for saving a fraternity member and an elderly woman from danger in Warren Ohio. A florist sent Dixon a carnation each morning as long as he and the rescued woman live, a standing order begun the day after the act.

Warren Leo M. Dixon Dixon

Farmer Deserves a Place in the Sun Says Times Star

A Cincinnati Times-Star remark asserts the American farmer deserves honor and fair conditions, noting haying season as evidence that farmers finally receive deserved recognition and support.

Cincinnati Times-Star

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New York Ohio S. E. Cor 42Nd Street 6Th Ave 47Th Street Broadway 42Nd St Grand Central Depot N. E 38Nd Street Schultz News Agency John Brandeberry Big Run C. H. Nice Wilbur Carpenter Amesville Hobson Study Circle OUR Services B. M. Covert Optometrist Irin Columbia Lee May Parkersburg Lon Chaney Utchinson Mrs Hayes Rotary Editor Messenger Zemo Preston Preston’s Gideon Matilda Stout Wooltex
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