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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1919
Page
10
Stark county operators in Canton Ohio say they are ready to reopen mines and pay the agreed scale. They will resume mining immediately upon telegraphic word from Indianapolis confirming acceptance of the proposal.
Mrs Ethel Fannin of 2117 Gallia Street Portsmouth Ohio says Nerv-Worth steadies the nerves aids digestion and builds up run-down systems after a long nervous condition. Her husband also reports relief and both endorse the tonic as one of the best yet. McKee Drug Store Athens sells Nerv-Worth with Nelsonville agents Hickman Pharmacy Gem Pharmacy.
A decree of divorce was granted in common pleas court on Monday forenoon releasing Freda M Greathouse from her husband Claude Greathouse on grounds of extreme cruelty. The plaintiff is a longtime news gatherer with the Pomeroy Daily News and is well known locally.
The funeral for Mrs Elsie Osborne age forty six will be at her Washington street home in Athens on Wednesday at two o clock. She is survived by her husband one daughter two sisters and two brothers.
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Mrs. Elsie Osborne's funeral in Athens prompts travel by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mullen. EF E Jones property in Syracuse is being improved for a home for A V Wadsworth of Pomeroy Machine Co. Don Carlos Gorby and Florence Margaret Goff wed in probate court. Charles L Hamilton and Bertha Margaret Longstaff receive a marriage license in Columbus and Middleport.
Charles W. Ward closes a deal with John W. Wood administrator of the Workes' estate for the old warehouse property once used by the American Steel Hoop Co on the Rolling Mill lot in the second ward. Ward gains a frontage of 341 feet on Main street.
At a Monday forenoon hearing before Squire Dan Diehl James Cornell received $800 bond for his January term appearance. He allegedly shot Clare Jones and his wife in a November incident after a dispute over a chicken, leaving Jones with chest stomach and face wounds and his wife injured.
J W Wood, administrator of the Austin W Vorhes estate, reports multiple sales including the transfer of timber on the sixty acre Breezy Heights tract behind the Vorhes residence. Buyers Victor W Leiselstein and J B Smith acquired the Picnic Grounds timber, with over 150000 feet of marketable timber including oaks, hickory, poplar, beech, ash, walnut, and linn. The sawmill’s hum signals imminent disruption of a city recreation spot.
Simon Luky a 54 year old farmer living near Shade river sought commitment to Athens hospital for the insane. He had been confined there from 1914 to 1916 and recently requested re commitment after stating he felt melancholy and feared harm. He was taken from the county jail to Athens by Sheriff Hartenbach following doctors advice.
Attorney F C Russell of Russell and Peoples sues John W Wood as administrator of the Vorhes estate for 975 dollars in six claims. The suit covers services in Austin W Vorhes vs Meigs County Agricultural Society, H H Bennett Treasurer cases, Ohio Fuel Supply Co, and S F Smith vs Union Printing Co with 6 percent interest from various dates.
In the W H Ringwalt & Sons versus Pomeroy case the court awarded $242.46 with interest from July 1915. The bid guarantee of $250, forfeited by the village, yielded $7.54 to be re-advertised and interest totaling about $60. Russell and Peoples represented the plaintiffs. H C Fish defended the village.
Mrs. Jesse Florence Grimes was granted the right by the court to file an amended petition in the suit against her husband J. Colby Grimes. The court refused to grant a divorce at this time.
Mrs Clarence Casto hosted a second ward birthday gathering Saturday afternoon for her daughter aged three. Guests included Virginia Kaspar Ruth Kaspar Meta Kaspar Martha Foulk Arlese Malone Elizabeth Burdette Virginia Burdette Mary Virginia Reibel Cora Joachim Mildred Joachim Edith Bowen Hazel Bowen Cleo Bentz Maroline Bentz Sarah Wildermuth William Steward Junior Webster Harold Casto and many friends. Presents were numerous pretty and useful and refreshments were served.
Arthur M. Gallahue a former Pom rey Bend resident died at his Cincinnati home Saturday morning at age 53 from lead poisoning from work in a white lead works. He was survived by his wife Hetty Hepp of the second ward and four children.
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