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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1919

Page

8

Buckeye State Building and Loan Ad During State Fair Week

Visitors in Columbus are invited to call on the Buckeye State Building and Loan Co to transact business or explore investments. The ad touts 5 percent certificates of deposit with semiannual interest by check, favorable first mortgage loan terms, prompt service, and a convenient Rankin Building location at 22 West Gay Street. Assets exceed 17.5 million.

Columbus Buckeye State Building and Loan Co Rankin Bidg West Gay St

Roy Bend for Sale and Local Notices

POM item notes a restaurant and six furnished rooms for sale with retirement after 11 years. Also reports the remains of Hile Seevers shipped to Hocking Valley after a mine accident left him an invalid. Racine dam scene over Sheridan Kirk Co boats ready to lock through with three wickets remaining.

Hobbs & Mitchell Middleport Ohio Hile Seevers Hocking Valley Seevers Thomas Fork Ford Union Ave Racine Dam Sheridan & Kirk Co

Minnie Steinbauer Buys Ellis Building in Pomeroy

Mrs. Minnie D. Steinbauer purchased the Ellis building at Main and Court in Pomeroy from the W. A. Ellis estate administrator for about $13,000. She acquired it as an investment and most tenants plan to stay onboard.

Minnie D. Steinbauer

Decree Granted in Adultery and Cruelty Case

Mrs Desta Perry obtained a decree in the common pleas court yesterday morning against Robert E Perry on charges of adultery and cruelty.

Desta Perry Common Pleas Court Robert E. Perry

Marriages and arrivals mark Pomeroy notices

Otto Kreinbihl has arrived from overseas and is stationed at Camp Merritt New Jersey. W S Goodin, 57, of Albany, and Exie Rawlings, 50, of Dyesville, were married here yesterday. The Laglies Bible Class plans a Lincoln Hill picnic at Mrs. Charles Ebersbach’s home Thursday. Marshal George Schaaf and his son John traveled to Cleveland due to the serious illness of George’s son.

Pomeroy Otto Kreinbihl Camp Merritt N. J W. S. Goodin Albany Exie Rawlings Dyesville Laglies Bible Class Methodist Sunday School Charles Ebersbach Lincoln Hill Marshal George Schaaf John Cleveland Schaaf George

Athens Messenger 1899 Items Glove Fight Democrats Sunday School Officers

A failed ten round glove bout at Cook's Crossing draws no bout, a Rome township arena, with Bob Swett and Dec Walker as contestants and Billy Watkins referee. Deputy Beasley serves a warrant. Democrats meet in Athens Court House to nominate a fall ticket headed by Gormley Myers and Glouster Press editor Craft. Athens County Sunday School Association holds ninth annual convention electing Kirkpatrick Saunders Lawrence Copeland Dixon Atkinson. Charles Grim begins a brick house on South Congress. Mrs Risengarter and Miss Corley visit Athens, tied to R W Corley and S Pickering era.

Athens Montgomery Cook’s Crossing Rome Township Bob Swett Dec Walker Billy Watkins Beasley Marietta Parkersburg Belpre Daleton Nelsonville Rome Court House Trimble Township Gormley John Myers Craft Glouster Press Athens County Sunday School Association Coolville Rey. J. H. Kirkpatrick Albany A. B. Saunders Guysville W. B. Lawrence C. H. Copeland Normal Department A. H. Dixon Home Department A. A. Atkinson Charles Grim Congress Street L. T. Rosengarter Corley New York J. B. Clayton Risengarter Anna Corley R. W. Corley Samuel Pickering National Bank Hocking Canal

Streetcar Strike Shuts Lines After Motorman Dismissal

Yesterday at 2 pm street cars were pulled to barns and service halted with no notice. Public assumes(receiver) ordered shutdown over daily losses, but dispute arose after Wallace Hill, motorman of car 380, was discharged without a hearing under union rules. Officials cite requirement for advance notice under the rules.

Wallace Hill

Cars Resumed Operations After Hours of Tugging

After about three hours of pulling and tugging, the cars resumed operations.

Athens officers arrest Davenport on Xenia robbery warrant

The Athens county Sheriff and Athens Chief of Police traced Davenport to the Arnott rooming house in Pomeroy on Monday night. They found him in bed and confirmed his identity when he woke. He was loaded into a car and taken toward Athens.

Athens County Athens Davenport Xenia Hartenbach Arnott Pomeroy

Drowning at Dam 20 Claims Babe Kibble’s Life

Babe Kibble 55 of Reedsville, son of Cin cinnatus Kibble, fell overboard from a boat at dam 20 and drowned yesterday. He was twice married. last wife survives with four grown children. Body not recovered at last report. County W C T U Convention slated for Aug 29 at Rutland M E Church in three sessions with devotionals by Mrs Ella Beeson and reports from officers including President Mrs Grave White and Secretary Mrs Bina Sanborn.

Babe Kibble Cincinnatus Kibble Reedsville Rutland M. E Ella Beeson Grave White Bina Sanborn

Crusaders and W C T U Meet in Meigs County

Reports of local unions and election of officers open the program. Noon picnic dinner followed by devotionals led by Miss Mabel Race. The Crusaders of ’74 and the W C T U in Meigs County present talks and an address by Lucy Van Kirk Granville Ohio and an evening devotion led by Mrs Ashton.

Hartley Russell Flower “Mission Anna Shott Mabel Race Florence Hartley Crusaders Meigs County Crusaders of B. H. Sanborn Lucy van Kirk Granville Ohio Ashton Morrell

Pearson's Silent Recovery After Vimy Ridge Gassing

London report recalls Private A. E. Pearson gassed at Vimy Ridge in March 1918 losing speech. While at home with his mother she pinched him and he cried out Dont recovering his speech thereafter.

London Vimy Ridge A. E. Pearson Pearson

Edith Maitland death noted original of Alice in Wonderland

Edith Alice Maitland dies in Cheltenham. She was the writer and traveler who inspired Lewis Carroll's character Alice. Her passing marks the loss of a literary figure linked to a famous fictional debut.

London Cheltenham Edith Alice Maitland Lewis Carroll Alice In Wonderland

Innocent Theft Accused Sentenced to Four Months

In London a man accused of theft handed a "statement" to the Lambert Magistrate declaring innocence. The court sentenced him to four months imprisonment.

London Lambert

London Bill Proposes Early Store Closings Four Nights

Parliament considers a measure mandating stores to close at 7 p m on four evenings weekly. A new sewer outlet cover prevents rat ingress while allowing sewage flow.

London

Conservation Message on Natural Gas Use and Future Supply

The speaker urges economical gas use and warns waste could erase natural gas as a resource for future generations. Emphasizing conservation, the text calls for cooperation to extend the gas supply and make preservation profitable for smaller consumers.

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Columbia the Net Opera House Lottie Pickford Reginald Wright Kauffman Startling Book ELKS Millfield Ohio University Barick Corbin Ellis, Barstow and Whitlock Roy Bend Alice Oison VICKS the Majestic Pure Atr Theatre Shirley Mason Red Book Magazine Kitty Gordon Thomas B. Gregory U. S. Fuel Administration Bureau of Natural Gas Washington, D. C United States The Athens Gas Light & Electric Co
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