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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1923
Page
2
While residents attended Sunday school, a barn on the Nickols farm burned completely. The alarm was raised but nearby houses were vacant as the community gathered at church.
Enid Bromley and Captain Hewitt conspire against the bandit Chat Hung on the island of Borneo. Dawson Pennington and Gwynne join the effort as Chard Bromley prepares for a grand housewarming amid tension with the Yellow Seven and local officials.
The Athens Rotary Club noon meeting honored Warren G. Harding with a memorial. Judge WT G Worstell joined as a new member and speakers including I D H Moore and Henry Zenner praised Harding's presidency, personal character, and peace efforts. Moore recalled their Ohio legislature days and Harding as a coming man.
Letters from Rock Island Allentown Hoosick Falls and others praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills as safe restoratives for new mothers restoring strength after childbirth. Testimonies claim renewed energy near housework childcare and nursing duties with continued use recommended by friends.
In Athens, Carlos White of Athens and Raymond Goodson of Chauncey were arraigned on speeding charges after a Lan caster Street crash involving Aaron Simmons. Aaron Fach pleaded guilty and was fined $5 with costs suspended. Police Chief Parker arrested them. Mayor Gill presided Tuesday night.
Athens County Fair set for August 21 to 24 will showcase bread exhibits by girls in a baking club emphasizing exact measurements. Club experts assert precise weighing of flour salt and ingredients yields perfect loaves and encourage sewing and canning displays as well as prizes to spur participation. boys and girls exhibits are planned across departments with generous awards and broad participation nationwide.
Chauncey Fin ed for intoxication. John Green and Charles Farms of Deanville were arrested Sunday by Constable I A Lieber and brought to the city. They pleaded guilty before Justice M B Tucker and were assessed fines plus costs totaling 34 dollars, which were paid.
Grover Lewis of Floodwood was brought in by Constable Sieber on intoxication charges. He pleaded not guilty before Justice B Tucker and his trial was set for Thursday evening.
A group of young people motored to Buckeye Lake on Sunday spending the day there. The outing is described with minimal readable detail and no further facts available from the fragment.
Beatrice Border, Kathryn Thomas, Ruth Wharton, Mildred Lands and Meagrs, Lloyd Wharton, Albert Jackson, Roland Figgins and Paul Hilarter appear in a community roster of residents or participants.
Mr and Mrs T Db Schoonover visited Nelsonville on Sunday to see Hiram Flowers who recently sustained a painful injury to his left foot.
Mr and Mrs Eric Bridgewater and their sons Eric Jr and Don England motored to Newark Ohio Saturday and spent the week end as guests of Mr and Mrs Frank Kelly in a brief social note.
Mrs. Lawrence Teasley of Nelsonville spent Sunday in Chauncey as a guest of Mrs. Ervin Karns and family.
The Wind Ales Ald of the Channely M F church will hold an all day picnic in Lewis grove near Circle Hill Thursday. If rain occurs the event will be postponed a week. Attendance expected around 2004 with a speaker and singing, all welcome.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Cramer of Columbus were the over Sunday guests of her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Ine Schoonover.
Paul Gilbert Clinton and Ford Courtney sons of Mr and Mrs Clarvey Courtney and Herbert Pendergrass left this morning for Meno on the Shade River in Mess Counts where they will spend a week camping and fishing.
David Kim and his family from Morrow stayed with Henry Oorborne in Chauncey last week. They traveled on to Tuppers, then to Liverpool, before returning home, visiting relatives along the way.
Mrs Henry Osborne visits Coolville briefly. Stewart hosts Aug 7. Mr and Mrs William Snyder held a weekend party at their country home east of Stewart for guests from Columbus including Mr and Mrs Elmer Bord and daughter Frances and Mr and Mrs Frank Wheeler and three children.
Miss Hazel Lahugh and Mrs George Straushaugh visit their grandmother Mrs uth James in Millfield. Mrs Willim Hutchinson leaves for Boomer West Virginia after a few days in the city with her brother-in-law D W Law and family.
A Sugar Creek group led by Mr and Mrs John Cowan with the Carrs of Athens and Allen Riley Jr of Nelsonville joined Mr and Mrs Garfield Grimes and daughter Ella of Chauncey for a Sunday outing at Buckeye Lake. George Williamson of Cannonsburg Pa visited Chauncey to see Miss Gladys Bradfield.
Charles White travels from Chauncey to Point Pleasant West Virginia after visiting his brother Marshal Hollis White and sister Mra. Charles Redmond in Chauncey.
Rev Dr Harter conducted the rites in The Plains on Tuesday for Mrs Hannah Brooks aged resident of the community. Burial followed at Brooks cemetery near Marshfield. Leslie Cruikshank, son of Mr and Mrs Luther Cruikshank, suffers an ulcer on the pupil of his left eye.
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