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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1920
Page
6
The county deputy supervisors of election consider a recount and canvass of the August 10 sheriff primary ballots for six candidates including George R. Beards. Wilber A. Reeves won the primary by one vote. No fraud alleged. petition cites possible errors and seeks relief or court order if denied.
Grace Davies Hamilton of Ellsworth Pennsylvania died Thursday at home aged unknown. Survived by husband and sister Mrs Edith Vaughn. Interment in Pittsburgh cemetery. Also listed are Mrs William Kreider of Bowmans Run age 62 who died after hospital operation and a four year old child of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Van Metre who died at West Columbus with funeral held at home.
Adam Gloeckner appeared before Justice Stephen Martin on a guilty plea to assault and battery filed by his wife. He was fined 50 dollars plus 59.45 costs and received a suspended 60 day workhouse sentence. He plead not guilty to a charge of having stolen goods and was held on 600 dollars bond posted by his brother Frank.
Hubert Clinton Cozart aged 20 and Ruth Hilton aged 19 were married Saturday in the probate court room. Rev Hunziker performed the ceremony. They are from near Portland and near Long Bottom respectively, children of local residents Mr and Mrs J E Hilton.
William Smith was fined one dollar and costs totaling seven dollars and sixty cents after appearing before Justice Martin on a warrant sworn by Fred Petit.
A man from Middleport was charged with provocking a breach of the peace and arrested by Officer W. W. Thompson.
A birthday surprise honored Miss Clara Leifheit at her Rock Springs home last Thursday evening. Friends hosted the gathering with music, games, refreshments, and other diversions for a pleasant social occasion.
The column lists numerous residents and relatives visiting in Pomeroy from Athens Columbus Cincinnati Gallipolis Huntington and other cities. It notes travelers returning home after visits and several short trips including weddings and family gatherings.
J Conde Edith Price returned to Columbus after visiting Ethel and Clara Garland. Paul Grueser left Saturday for Cedar Point to attend the Jr O U A M convention and will visit relatives in Columbus. Misses Ida and Jennie Davies left for Pittsboro to attend the funeral of their niece Mrs Hamilton formerly Miss Grace Davies of Pomeroy.
Washington dispatch notes Cox's support for government ownership of public utilities but cites Jonathan Bourne Jr stating Warren G. Harding does not endorse it. Bourne contrasts Harding with Democratic party leaders and references Harding's acceptance speech opposition to government ownership of railroads.
The speech argues that necessary prosperity comes from individual effort and natural competition, criticizing government overreach under Wilson and Cox. It promotes thrift and limited federal power, contrasting Harding's free enterprise stance with Cox’s proposed government ownership of utilities and expanded federal control.
An old advertising passage touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women, claiming it restores health and relieves ailments specific to the female sex after extended periods of work and fatigue. The appeal emphasizes forty years of success and urges women to try the remedy.
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