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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1919
Page
8
Eimer E. Pottorf, 59, was shot through the right lung at a Standard Oil filling station where he worked. Two robbers entered the station and demanded money, rifled the cash drawer for $60, then fled. Pottorf is expected to recover.
In Chicago on December 6 Prof George De Bothezat, a Russian aeronautical engineer, told the Western Society of Engineers that trips to Mars could be possible. He described a jet propelled plane that would ignore space and claimed to already have such a design in mind.
Edwin W. Hu j Ling er reports Belgium’s devastated landscape near Ypres where German prisoners rebuild slowly. Ruined towns, empty forests, and fields riddled with wreckage define the scene as the task of reclamation begins. Unexploded shells loom as a constant danger to workers.
Eleven American parents on the liner Lorraine said French officials refused requests to bring their sons’ bodies to the United States. Mrs. Valentine Hoffman of Evanston reported she must wait three years, though disinterment and reburial elsewhere was allowed.
Engineers digging for the Welland Ship canal in Thorold Ontario uncovered a prehistoric cataract footprint. The ledges form 25 feet of drop over 400 feet width with a 75 foot depth further back, suggesting a wider fall than modern Niagara Falls once connected Lake Erie to Lake Ontario.
The Pomeroy Bend calendar meeting on Thursday evening drew interest for its work and a total contribution of 106 dollars from committee workers. A noting attendee said very nice, thank you.
The Pomeroy Baptist Church will not hold preaching tomorrow due to the absence of Pastor J. C. Ford who, with Mrs. Ford, was called to Ashtabula after the death of their daughter-in-law Mrs. John Ford late Thursday. Sunday school services will be conducted.
Mr Stearns of Huntsville visiting his daughter Mrs W M Hyde left yesterday for Wilkesville on business. Co op store companies are organized with one in operation and others near completion in the Pomeroy Bend district. A wholesale co operation store movement is under way after a meeting held last evening with good prospects for success.
Alvadore R. Nelson petitions for divorce from Ora E. Nelson citing adultery with David Turner across Meigs county and others, domestic violence, and uttered threats of suicide. He seeks custody of their six year old daughter Mary M. Nelson and claims her unfit to raise the child.
Middleport Lodge 363 F A M held a Tuesday installation of officers followed by a banquet. Worshipful Master J C Fisher spoke, with officers J C Fisher W M R H Horden S W R B Laughead J W C H Odenbaugh Treas Joseph Brown Secy Fred W Russell S D Owen Rust J D Chas Watson Tyler G F Hoffman Chaplain Wm Cheatem S 8 John Smith J S.
A miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs D V and Mrs Elmer Ashworth at the guest of honor’s home on Butternut Avenue drew about thirty guests. Attendees enjoyed music and social conversation with recitations by Katherine Brandage and Edith Peoples. Gifts were presented to the bride and groom and refreshments were served late into the evening.
Grade school scholars have joined the seal sale campaign with active enthusiasm and steady progress. Each penny from purchases supports Red Cross aid to the needy, urging broad participation and liberal buying from the community.
Mrs. Thos Hart formerly of Mason City has returned to Fort Wayne Indiana after traveling to attend the funeral of her sister Mrs Anna McGukin in Fort Wayne.
The Cedar Creek Circle ladies of the G A R in Middleport elected officers for the coming year. Pres Mrs Lillian Steiff Senior Vice Mrs Martha Dunn Junior Vice Mr John McDonald Chaplain Ellen Reed Treasurer Emma Welsh Conductress Katherine Anderson Guard Mattie Springer Also present were Mrs Lillian Crawford department president and Mrs Nichols who chose Mrs Lillian Stiff as pianist for the Urichsville convention. They were entertained at the home of Mrs Clark Williams.
William P. Lynch of Middleport files suit for divorce from Beulah E. Lynch alleging extreme cruelty and neglect since their marriage on August 28, 1917. He cites name calling, accusations of infidelity, physical abuse, and estrangement as grounds. no children. Mrs. Lynch resides in Columbus. Lynch is a noted local figure. Separately, Homer Smith pilot Henry Holloway of Pt. Pleasant announces his marriage to Miss Luella Bird of Pittsburg on July 28 in that city after keeping it secret.
Mr and Mrs Fred Bauer of Nay lors Run announce the marriage of their daughter Margaret Kathrine Bauer to James G Lewis. The ceremony took place at Cattlestsburg Kentucky on December 3. The bride is their only daughter and a charming young lady. The groom is a son of Prof and Mrs J T Lewis of Milport and a well known young man.
Special services are scheduled at the New Jerusalem Church in Middlesport tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock. Rev. F. E. Waelchli of Cincinnati will conduct the service with the subject "Worshiping Strange Gods."
Mr and Mrs Sam Heaton of Pauca Nebraska arrive Thursday to visit their old home at Chester and to see their mother Mrs Bert Dean in Syracuse.
Miss Vergie Meyer of Middleport is summoned to her mother’s home in Alice due to the critical illness of her sister Mrs F C Enright. Enright’s condition is reported as very serious.
Much interest has been created by the arrival of about three car loads of oil well equipment at Cheshire near Middleport. The materials are claimed to be the property of the Ohio Fuel Supply Co. and are being hauled to the James Kale farm five miles back of Cheshire near the old lease holdings of the Ohio Valley Oil and Refining Co. Local people hold many interests in the latter company.
In the recent Grand Lodge of Ohio officers election L. O. O. F. C. H. candidate Chub Lyman, brother of city treasurer and county agriculture society secretary Jim Lyman, led by a wide margin. He totaled 680 votes to his nearest rival’s 294.
Julius Flieschmann, former Cincinnati mayor, is sued for divorce by Lily Ackerl. The petition cites abandonment and seeks to make him free to contract another marriage.
Cleveland, Dec 6. Fuel Administrator Garfield orders Cleveland public utilities to immediately discontinue furnishing power heat and light to non essential industries. Only coal is to be used for urgent public needs and hundreds of plants may close with thousands of workers laid off.
A man dies sue to compel Secretary Lans ing to show cause why the proclamation declaring enough states ratified prohibition should not be revoked was filed in the district court today by attorneys for Robert A. Widenmann of Stony Point New York.
An advert promotes a booklet from Currier & Company Kansas City offering an exhaustive analysis of the oil industry. It covers topics like the Mid-Continent Field oil operations capitalization value and factors driving petroleum use, urging careful investment analysis and informing interested readers to request the brochure.
In Chillicothe a military directive orders consolidation of troops at Camp Sherman barracks to conserve coal and resources amid wartime needs. The move affects formations stationed there and reduces housing and guard deployments accordingly.
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