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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1920
Page
3
A health guidance note promotes quitting tobacco use including cigarettes cigars and chewing with simple steps to reduce dependency and improve well being. It emphasizes gradual reduction support resources and motivation to stop.
No-To-Bac claims to end all tobacco cravings by placing a tablet in the mouth. It promises mental and physical improvement and a money back guarantee if cravings persist, noting it is made by Cascarets owners.
A group of Mrs Mary Young’s friends gathered at her Holiday home on August 29 to celebrate her 80th birthday with a picnic, songs, talks, and a birthday cake. Attendees from Albany Harrisonville Athens Beaver Pratts Fork and Norma Elizabeth Mabel etc. presented gifts and flowers.
A brief health note claims headaches biliousness constipation and indigestion ease when the liver and kidneys are stimulated and nerves strengthened. The remedy emphasizes systemic balance through targeted bodily support.
A large group gathered in New Marshfield on August 31 to celebrate Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Collins thirty third wedding anniversary. Guests included Z A Courtney The Plains Loren North Ruth Verity Nelsonville C A Hooper Thomas Bailes Elza McGraner Athens Charles Collins Helen Columbus Harry Hawk Austin Hawk and families.
Nelsonville notices call all Republican women to a Wednesday two o'clock meeting at the local Y M C A with Miss Clara Florida of Dayton to aid planning for the upcoming campaign. Also reported are social visits and travels of local residents to Columbus Sandusky and Cleveland.
On Wednesday September 1 the Christian church hosts the county convention of the Disciples of Christ. A thoughtful program promises good attendance. Practical questions will be discussed.
Last night a church year kickoff featured a practical prayer meeting at the Presbyterian church. The session will include a dozen three minute speeches from men and women on the topic Why Do Men Swear with Mrs J M Hyde leading the Wednesday service. Miss Carrie Stephens of Wilkes Barre is visiting Mrs N Hill and Mr and Mrs Harry Rodda.
Nelsonville hosts a Labor Day dance at the K of P hall with a five piece orchestra. Refreshments in hall and dancing from 1 to 5 PM and then 7 30 PM onward. Historical local notice lists attendance and schedule for the community event.
A. F. Crowe crown timber agent announces seventy five square miles of timber limits in Manitoba will be sold at auction at his office this fall. The land lies on both sides of Lake Winnipeg near the Bear and Maskwa rivers about ninety miles north, in three tracts of 26 square miles each.
Mrs. Martin Shuttleworth of a log cabin near Murray City speaks to the By-the-Way Man on her rounds about daily life and politics. She recounts thirty-one years in the cabin, ten children born since moving, sixteen grandsons, two granddaughters, one dead, and her stance against women voting.
Athens history notes four townships later divided in 1905 with survey dates and origins. Local topics include rising automobile travel, rail fare costs, and a push for front yard markets to sell farm produce. Updates cover Republican headquarters, bootlegger prosecutions, humane society work, Ohio University leader retirement, and tar road progress to Chauncey Glouster. University guests and weather anecdotes close with voting expectations this fall.
Columbus August 31 The records of Franklin county criminal courts show a real conspiracy to raise funds to re elect Cox governor through a three percent payroll levy on civil service workers. State officials and Democratic leaders were indicted. Finley pleaded guilty and was fined. the plot was uncovered and thwarted, disputing Cox’s current corruption fund claims.
Miss Fannie Bean resigns as stenographer for the Chamber of Commerce to become grade supervisor and special teacher at Coolville High School. She has one year supervision study at Teachers College Columbia University, a B.S. in education from Ohio University, and an A.M. from Columbia. She has served with the Chamber since last November.
A Massachusetts inventor receives a patent for a simple tool designed to tighten automobile wheels rapidly and precisely. The device aims to improve wheel mounting speed and alignment accuracy for automotive maintenance.
A Hot Springs lawyer creates a long acrostic using twenty nine state names to claim a Democratic victory, listing states like North Carolina Ohio California and New York. Dave Buswell counters with his own map listing many states and parties in a playful scramble.
Martha M Morrison daughter of Barnabus and Ellen Morrison was born May 14 1844 in Washington county Ohio. She married George W DeWees on September 27 1870 in Athens county and had two children who died in infancy. She died August 26 1920 at home near Amesville aged 76 years 3 months and 11 days. She was a devout Christian and loving wife. She leaves a husband and many relatives and friends.
Francis A. Biehl was granted a divorce on a cross petition from Fred W. Biehl after a two day trial. He was ordered to pay all costs. The plaintiff’s petition was dismissed after he admitted staying at a Stewart hotel with women for two nights in July 1919, refusing to name the party. Biehl testified of cohabiting with Mrs. Smith in the same house but in separate rooms. Mrs. Biehl recalled driving to Jerseyville when she learned of the Smith women and a garage confrontation where Biehl left with the Smith woman driving away. He claimed his wife threatened to kill him. The couple married in Shelbyville, Alabama in 1908 and again in 1910. The trial showed Biehl sought divorce from another woman with Mrs. Biehl unaware. Mrs. Biehl appeared distressed during testimony. A large audience attended the two-day hearing. Also granted in common pleas court Monday were three other divorces: Katherine McLean from Charles McLean, Nancy T. Van Dyke from George F. Van Dyke and ee M. Smith from Frank Mith. Census figures noted Maryland population 1,449,610 and Massachusetts state 3,851. Ashland County Ohio 24,627. Motion pictures have been made at speeds up to 15,000 seconds with a camera and lens invented by a French scientist.
In Benton Harbor on August 31 both champion Dempsey and challenger Miske appeared in fine condition with weights near 192 pounds. Managers ordered rest from heavy work to sharpen speed as rings were unsettled by outsiders. The bout was expected to showcase a closely matched contest when they step into the ring Monday.
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