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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1920
Page
3
Advice column promotes liquid arvon as a cure for dandruff claiming four ounces applied at night dissolves all dandruff by morning with three to four follow up applications. It promises immediate relief from itching and visibly improved hair texture and shine and notes arvon is available at drug stores and inexpensive.
The Athens baseball nine meets Nelsonville at Ohio University field this afternoon at 3 o clock. Athens battery includes Bar stow and Finsterwald with White and Hartley on the mound and receiving for Nelsonville. Nelsonville beat Millfield 8 to 7 on August 8 and eyes another strong showing. Saturday Athens travels to Jacksonville to play the town independent squad with King likely to pitch for Athens while Kauffman of Buckeye Steel Castings starts for Jacksonville.
William P. Snowden states he was wrongly informed about charges in a divorce suit and now says the allegations against Lulu Snowden are false. The notice also mentions the English University of Birmingham awarding funds for motorcycle research.
A delegation of more than 100 Poles visited the White House to ask President Wilson for aid to Poland in its war against the Russian Soviets. Officials indicate the United States is working with allies to create a favorable situation for Poland, with direct armed aid limited without Congress. Diplomatic negotiations are viewed as ongoing to unite allied positions against Bolshevik gains and Russia’s dismemberment.
The Christian Sunday School schedules a picnic Thursday at Glen Brion on the New York farm for all school or church members. Streetcar service will convey the crowd from Public Square at 10 oclock to the grounds. Games and entertainment planned. attendees are asked to bring their dinner.
Mrs. Joshua Spicer and Mrs. C. E. Bennett hosted a Tuesday afternoon gathering from 3 to 5 on the Fayette Street lawn to entertain about forty children visiting Miss Jeanette Bartels. Guests enjoyed games contests and a luncheon at five with paper hats and whistles as favors.
Miss Mary Goodspeed visits her grandmother in Columbus. Mrs G A Hamm and son Paul plan a trip tomorrow to Williamsburg to visit her sister. Mrs Ernest Murray Jr has returned after a stay with Mrs Murray Sr in Murray City. Mrs Hannah Breckenridge and grandson go home to Oklahoma and bring her mother Mrs Riley who will spend winter there. D F Shafer of Columbus on business. Hubert Hyde of Cincinnati visiting his father Dr J M Hyde.
Thirty eight new Farm Bureau members are secured in Athens township under County Farm Agent Raymond with cleanup work ahead. Troy township leads with seventy two members. eight solicitors operate in Bern township as campaigns expand to Ames Waterloo Canaan and Rome townships. Membership costs ten dollars.
Local lumbermen planned to host Warren G. Harding at Lincoln Park today with no formal speech expected. A delegation from the Society of American Indians was to visit Harding on his front porch amid ongoing wrangle over the front porch campaign and whether he should stay in Marion or travel for further speeches.
Boston Aug 18 Henry T H Neilson of Cambridge one of Ponzi chief agents surrendered to police on a warrant charging larceny of 500 dollars. Neilson is described as Ponzi's next most important arrest after Ponzi himself. He allegedly earned large profits by investing with Ponzi and serving as his agent with substantial commissions.
A social at Bradbury church is planned for Thursday August 19 to benefit Miss Hatt Bolin, a blind girl. Cones savory dishes and ice cream end cake will be served. Proceeds support the cause and events are listed as a community fundraiser.
Last Friday evening a surprise party was held at Mrs. James Bland’s Fort Street home by neighbors and friends for her birthday. Games and socializing preceded light refreshments as Mrs. Bland received a leather hand bag. many local residents and visitors were listed as attendees and accompanying notes mention travelers and neighbors visiting town.
Several small ads list missing pocketbook reward for a woman in Nelsonville and goods for sale or events. Entries include a pocketbook reward for Mrs. Homer Wood, tent sale, farm animals, army surplus shoes, a platform dance in Deanville, a barn for sale, and various household furnishings plus contact details and dates in August 1883.
Cent guests of Mr and Mrs C 8 Tedrow. Phil Kelch spent Tuesday in Columbus on business. William Mills and son Ronald returned after a few days stay in Columbus. Mrs Charles Barron and daughter Edna spend two weeks in Columbus visiting the former's mother. Gene Shafer spent the first of the week in Cincinnati on business. John Baird was a Columbus business visitor Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Carl Hanning and two children of Columbus are guests of the Hanning family. Dr C W Cable is in Columbus today attending to business matters.
A group of Amelda Smiths friends gathered Friday evening August 13 at her home to honor her birthday with a surprise party. The attendees enjoyed games and music followed by refreshments for attendees including Annie Butts Edna Hawk Gertrude Roberts Faye Pettit Vandella Kelly Lucile Frank Evelyn Saddle Pearl Fiske Pauline Dawson Frances Sommers Ruth Price Lillian McKee Imelda Smith Neda Stoltz and Columbus guests. The gathering included a list of male attendees: Richard Coleman Jotcklin George Shirley Charles McKee Ralph Hartley Tom Newman Ralph Auflick Donald Dailey Leroy Klein Ralph Johnson Ralph Betts Cletus Mellinger Gerald Louis Walter Shields and Meade White.
All members must sign the application for Warren Whitmore of Buchtel as game protector. Meeting will be held Monday night August 23 1920 at the hall over Cox Brothers Grocery. Reports on hunting go to Secretary Joe Jondereda or E Scott. August 3 meeting will appoint several club game protectors. Members urged to secure their club pins for hunting territory access.
The annual picnic will be held Thursday at the New York farm at Glen Ebon with games and contests for children and prizes. Attendees should arrive at 12 30 with filled baskets. If it rains the event moves to the lodge room.
Mrs Carrie Fusner of Zanesville Ohio praises Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for fifteen years of use by her and her husband. She asserts it never fails to give relief for cholera morbus and other bowel troubles.
In a downtown uproar about six pm Monday two local girls Elsie Mariner and Eilen Murphy rode three horses from Sprague's Livery. The horses bolted down College street toward the barn causing the riders to cling on. Miss Murphy left for Cincinnati after the incident. A local justice commented on a growing ear puff epidemic observed the next morning. A noon crowd viewed a Ford grinder attachment sale claiming high output and low cost, with 32 sold at Lucasville fair. The Messenger received a letter from Mrs. Sarah Williams describing an Atlantic crossing on the Cunard liner Carolina with 1588 aboard. Two deaths occurred at sea and a Pole was buried. Mrs. John Klotz Jr. hosted relatives from Carbon Dale last week.
Jackson, Michigan reports Dalton's dance hall draws Athens youths amid lively evenings. Miss Coletta Klotz accompanies them home. Evener boot legging trial draws crowds in mayor's office as interest peaks. The railroad seeks to reduce a 300 percent rise in accidents in early 1920 versus 1919.
Athens county divorce cases rise alongside marriages amid reports of cruelty and non support charges. The Athens teachers’ institute at Ewing Hall, Ohio University, closed with 675 registered, praised as the most successful yet. Carbondale notes home repairs, new siding, roofs, and a redeveloped road to Teaspot Hill.
The Plains Miss Jennie Finney of Athens visited here recently. Herman Rorick and daughter Evelyn visited near Lubing and at Albany Sunny. Several families including Burenfields, Burchfields, Norths, Terrells, Hutchins, Moores, and Nidas shared Sundays and Mondays in Athens, Chauncey, Rutland, Nelsonville, Wheeling, and surrounding towns. Sugar Creek ball team to play here Sunday.
Mrs. Zine Courtney and Mr and Mrs Everett Smith of Circle Hill were guests of Mr and Mrs George Smith. Irene Gebriel visited Hope Kirk Inez Hannis rested in Glouster. Mike Gusty and family hosted Mr and Mrs Mike Krivesti Sr and family. Ruth, now of Union, visited grandmother Mrs Mary Dowler last week.
Four Methodist Episcopal churches in the Guysville circuit plus South Canaan Baptist held a union Sunday school and picnic at the Canaanville church grove on August 15. Attendance was high with songs, a health nurse talk by Miss Munn, and a sermon by Rev. Woodard. The event, aimed at funding next year’s church work, was declared a success with plans for an annual picnic at Stewart in August 1921.
A notice signed by Joseph Richards and James Brown calls a meeting of the newly elected democratic central committee for Saturday at 1 PM at the Cox Roosevelt club headquarters in Athens. County bids due by Monday Sept 6 seek channel changes on Sunday Creek to straighten roads and improve safety near a railroad.
Earl Thompson, the great Canadian hurdler, won the finals of the 110 meter hurdles at the Antwerp Olympic Games. He set a new world record with a time of 14.45 seconds, with H. E. B. Barron of Philadelphia finishing second.
One man was killed and four seriously injured at the Bruns wick Balke Collender Company plant in Mubregon Michigan when a dust drum exploded. Nine men were handling the drum at the time of the blast.
New Marshfield Aug 18 Summit grange will meet Saturday evening August 21 with initiation followed by refreshments and a social session for members and guests.
St. Louis reports Otto F. Stifel once owner of the Federal Base ball League Club and noted militiaman was found dead at his country home today. Authorities declared the death a probable natural case. no foul play has been reported.
In Columbus on August 18 Sister Makaria aged 78 died from injuries after falling from a second story window at St Vincent's Orphanage. She mistook a window for a door and plunged over twenty feet to the ground.
In San Antonio a Mexican newspaper La Prenza suggests the United States might seek the extradition of General Pershing Colonel George T Langhorne and other American officers over their actions in Mexico. It argues US- Villa related matters could justify crossing the border without Mexican consent if Villa’s attack on Columbus New Mexico was illegal.
Proposals will be received at the clerk's office in Ames Township Board of Education until noon August 21 for transportation of pupils from the Timber districts Heater Phillips Hixson Concord and Lark. Bond required as determined by the Board. Board reserves right to reject any bids. Contact J Feber for details.
In Central Ohio farmers are urged to invest in 5% certificates of the deposit offered by the Buckeye State Build & Loan Co. It emphasizes safety profit convenience and no depreciation below face value. Deposits are solicited and inquiries invited by mail.
In Boston on Aug 18 Judge James Morton of the U S district court was expected to name a receiver for the Charles Peabody, the so called bushel basket millionaire, amid ongoing legal action.
Governor James M. Cox responds as Tennessee completes ratification of the proposed amendment signaling progress in the broader civil rights effort. The statement frames the global march toward civilization as tied to such constitutional changes.
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