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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1923
Page
6
Chauncey BU DLNESS. Burk Witham and Mrs. Goldsworthy were summoned to New West Virginia yesterday by the illness of their niece, daughter of Mr and Mrs Noah Stout, former local residents in Athens.
The Ladies Aid of Mr. E Calendar church holds a Christmas pagnar next Wednesday all day at the K of P Hall. The Foreign Missionary Society meets Friday evening at Mrs. C. P. Sweeney’s home with a business meeting of the Ladies Aid. The Standard Bearer Society meets Saturday evening with Mrs. Herter at the M E parsonage.
Mrs Dora Smith and Mrs Matil Southerton attended a relative funeral yesterday morning at the Au westine cemetery Sugar Creek. Miss Lena and Edith Wilson and Mr Max Wilson returned from a brief visit in Cincinnati. The Missionary Society of the ooef Christ will be entertained by Mrs Marvey Nye Thursday evening. Chauncey I O C F lodge plans officer elections this evening followed by supper. Mr and Mrs Guy Brookins visited Millfield yesterday with Mr and Mrs Mitton Brookins. Mrs L C Strausbaugh of Logan is spending Tue and Wed in Chauncey with son and daughter in law Gee Prausbaugh. W B Koons of Columbus was a visitor in Chauncey Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs John Shafer entertained a large group at The Plains Monday evening inviting Newton Downhour Portland Ind Ray Shafer and family Elden Hafer Mrs Nida and Mrs Marim and Floyd Shafer Athens David Shafer and Michele Nelsonville Elmer Bingman and daughter Fhelma Athens George Shafer Elfred Shafer and Charles Daugherty Beaumont Guy Brookins Charn coop Fray Channel and Walter Wharton Florida The Plains guests included numerous relatives from multiple towns.
Mr and Mrs James Thompson visited Columbus and returned to the Cochran home in uncey. Mr and Mrs Elmer Bingman of Athens were guests of Mr and Mrs Guy Brookins. Mr and Mrs G B Courting and daughter Betty Jane visited New Mansfield. Chauncey mine idle. Levi Sweazy reports slight improvement in Columbus Radium hospital. He is undergoing surgical opera.
The Washington and Jefferson College freshmen were reprimanded today after a dormitory fire at Girls Seminary Monday night celebrating the football victory over West Virginia University.
Columbus Ohio December 5 Attorney General General Crabbe and Attorney Griswold travel to Eaton Prebick county to urge an early date for the trial of William G Benham former president of the defunct R L Dollings Co of Ohio before the court this morning in a high profile corporate corruption case
Dayton police pursue two armed bandits who robbed a City National Bank branch in Dayton Ohio just before noon. One robber fired as the other gathered the cash, estimated at about $8000, before fleeing the scene.
A jury found Forest Koontz, 26, guilty of manslaughter after his automobile crash on the Lincoln highway near Wooster on May 13 killed two occupants, Mrs. Anna Zimmerman and Arthur Stough, as it struck four horses. Koontz testified he was intoxicated at the time of the 1 a.m. wreck.
A twenty year old asks if she should end her friendship with a man eleven years older who wants to marry. Annie Laurie suggests telling him she values the friendship but does not love him and continuing only if he can accept that.
The article discusses why people over forty often gain weight due to reduced activity and societal gluttony. It advocates eating less and exercising more, notes fat comes from food, and describes fasting plans such as short fasts followed by light eating to reduce body fat.
The Plains reports weekend and Sunday visits including Laura McCarkle guesting with Mr and Mrs Harry Davis and William Whitlatch and family visiting Frank Trimmer in Gigaster. Several relatives travel from Detroit and West Virginia to see relatives while others tour Ohio and West Virginia historical sites.
Thanksgiving week program showcases music recitals drills and plays by grades nine through twelve. The climactic victory over Stewart with girls 17 to 1 and boys 11 to 10 marks Plains High’s first win over Stewart, amid a highly enthusiastic audience of 66 to 700.
The local team held the visitors to two points in the second half as a large crowd watched. The evening featured two school stunts to entertain guests including a fake basketball game with staged injuries. The Board of Education met and approved routine bills while noting gym floor upkeep during Thanksgiving recess.
Three gunmen in a motor car crowded an other vehicle against the curb in Chicago today and robbed Joseph Quinn a department store collector of $2,200.
Joseph Johnson about 66 was seriously hurt in a slate fall at the Black Diamond mine in Lathrop Ohio early today. He was removed to his home then transported by ambulance to Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens. Doctors from Amesville treated him for a crushed leg and severe injuries.
An ad touts Joint-Ease as a skin penetrating remedy for stiff swollen joints caused by rheumatism or other issues. It claims rapid relief as it "goes right in through skin" to ease inflammation and swelling and offers Joint-Base as a universal joint remedy sold by live druggists at 60 cents per tube.
Milwaukee detective Malone traveled to Martins Ferry Ohio to fetch a man and ventured into the Eastern Ohio hills called Mountains by locals. After a tense trip via Smithfield pike to Steubenville he avoided repeating the journey and declined the return ride with thanks, insisting Chief Hyland accompany the party.
A state conference to reorganize Zionist branches in Ohio will meet in Cleveland on December 16. Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president of the World Zionist Organization, will visit Cleveland on January 7.
Scranton Pa December 6 after a seventeen month strike thousands of Delaware and Hudson railroad shopmen are returning to work under the same conditions that existed when they walked out on July 1 1922.
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