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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1919
Page
5
An advertisement hypes the Perfect Clothes Washer as a labor saver that anyone can sell after a five minute demonstration. It claims ablebodied men or those with limited strength can earn 12 to 15 dollars daily selling it rain or shine, with the washer handling washing, scalding and rinsing a tub full at once for bedding without damaging fabrics. Call or address for orders.
A stream of visitors and residents are noted at the Athens area fair and across nearby towns. W. E. Frost with son Hall of Pomeroy called on Betsy Frost. C. D. Dailey and family visited from Albany. many others from Nelsonville Chauncey Wellston and Columbus attended events and stayed with local hosts.
At 9 30 Saturday morning at the par sonage of the Central Avenue M E church the marriage of Zail H Kemp of Bridgeport Ohio and Gaynelle James of Nelsonville was performed by Rev Robert G Bowden. Kemp serves at Camp Sherman on the staff for discharging returning soldiers. They will live temporarily at Chillicothe then plan a Bridgeport residence.
Supt. Geoffrey Morgan will give an entertainment this evening at 7 30 at Ewing Auditorium. The affair is primarily for summer school students but an invitation is extended to the general public. There will be no admission charge.
Divorces dominate nine new cases in Athens County Common Pleas with petitions from Ray Elliott seeking relief after a wartime return and suspicions of wife Phyllis Elliott living with Samuel Culp in Columbus. Other filings include suits by Walter Graham against Aga Linton, Ralph Wood against Minnie Wood, and Floyd Bennett seeking custody reconsideration.
A series of marriage licenses are issued to young couples including Albert Sterer and Gladys Linton, Bauer Press and Francis Hanley, David Merwin Bryson and Norma Bean, George Barnes Porter and Abbie Kep lar, Allen Weatherby and Glenna Goldsberry, Earl Bolen and Gladys Kenney, William Shrieves and Dora Straton, Eli Grien and Nellie Ely, Gerald Blackford and Nellie Jones, Zail Kemp and Gaynelle James, Bowden and Alex Rets with Elpha Mingers listed as housekeeper. Rev. Arthur Mann and Rev. Taylor oversee ceremonies. Licenses issued across Murray City, Nelsonville, Glouster, Stewart, Guysville, Athens, The Plains, Buchtel, Mineral, Chauncey, Bridgeport and surrounding areas.
The Athens county teachers institute adopted resolutions seeking a state minimum salary schedule for eight months at $600 for inexperienced teachers, $680 for one year trained, and $800 for two year trained staff. Classed scales rise to $1,200 with increments, funded by a three mill state levy. The group urged support for the Smith-Towner bill and urged local boards to add funds, with protests against untrained or temporary certificated teachers. Officers for next year were elected, with W E Riley chosen president.
Marfa Texas Aug 23 United States cavalrymen kept scouring northern Mexico for the band said to hold Lieutenants Peterson and Davis for ransom Their incursion is the longest since the 1915 Pershing expedition Four outlaws were killed in one encounter and an aviator shot a sniper The expedition plans a base deeper south and more aircraft and supplies have been sent forward from Marfa
County Traffic Officer Elmer Butterfield was ticketed for speeding by a city officer using a hidden measurement tactic. He was fined with a $100 payoff noted in the report.
Miss Hattie Ritchey, corsetiere for the D. Zenner store, attends the Gossard School of Corsetry in Chicago this week. The school accepts only experienced saleswomen for post graduate work, elevating corsetry as a health and efficiency concern in modern retail.
Lieut. Pearson of the all American Pathfinder squadron landed at Pataskala to refuel and find the missing flyers. He contacted the Columbus Chamber of Commerce by telephone and reported losing contact with the rest of the squadron, which was due to arrive in Columbus days ago. The chamber had no word on their location.
Daventine and Ve lou r Beaver and Velvet hats on display. Mrs. Cecile Davis Williams, trimmer, returns from Gage Brothers in Chicago to serve you with authentic Fall and Winter millinery creations.
Toledo report says railroad police sergeant John Boss aged 43 from Graytown was severely wounded in Toledo hospital after being shot in the abdomen by a third bandit when he tailed two thieves into a boxcar and handcuffed them.
A machine has been constructed using shaping masts reaching up to 100 feet in length and three feet in diameter. The device demonstrates a scalable framework for large mast production, with implied industrial applications.
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