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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1922

Page

5

Kindergarten Club to Meet and Christmas Dance at Athens

The Kindergarten Mothers Association of Ohio University will meet on Wednesday December 13 at 2 30 PM in Ellis Hall to elect officers and discuss toys books and the Christmas spirit A social hour will follow. The Athens Country Club hosts a Christmas dinner and dance on December 2 with a five piece orchestra and dancing to 11 30 PM.

Mother’s Association of Ohio University Ellis Hall Wilkinson Rowland Miss Evans Santa Claus McLeod Country Club Athens Country Club

Pi Beta Phi Formal Doll Dance at Armory

A Pi Beta Phi formal doll dance lit the Armory floor with a Colonial theme. One hundred couples attended among Ohio State sorority sisters Dorotha Loomis Mercy Brooks Ruth Jones Louise Jones Ruth Harney Hilda Blouse and Marian Bush. Patronesses included Mrs. Alston Ellis Mrs. E. B Bryan Mrs. J. P. Wood and others.

Pi Beta Phi Armory Ohio State University Dorothy Loomis Mercy Brooks Ruth Jones Louise Jones Ruth Harney Hilda Blouse Marian Bush

Pallas Club Christmas Program and Local Notices

The Pallas club met Saturday afternoon at 238 South Congress street with Mrs E B Bryan as hostess and Mrs W A Matheny as leader. A Christmas program featured Miss Grace F Spring of Athens public schools. Mrs C D Hopkins presented Christmas Mythology with two readings by Mrs James Porter and Mrs David Putnam. Also noted are upcoming Tuesday needle club party at 2 pm hosted by Mrs Roy Pilcher at 19 East Union street, and the death of Mrs W D Mackinnon in Brockton Mass. The Standard Bearers will meet Tuesday at 5 30 pm with Misses Amy and Elizabeth Morgan at 127 East State street. Dues requested. Allan Sprague and family visited the Sprague home at 50 Morris avenue for a surgical operation.

Chillicothe St. Peter's Parsonage Louise Reider Pearl Porter Kreuzkamp Margaret Helen Rieder August Rieder North Hickory Street Florence Porter Athens South Hickory Street Pallas Club E. B. Bryan South Congress Street W. A. Matheny Grace F Athens Public Schools C. D. Hopkins James Porter David Putnam Tuesday Needle Club Roy Pilcher East Union Street Amy and Elizabeth Morgan East State Street

Madame Verneuil Enters Mythological One Act Play

Paris report says Madame Louis Verneuil completed a one act comedy titled L'Homme The Man for her renowned grandmother the Divine Sarah. The piece is described as a mythological scene set on Olympus.

Paris Madame Louis Verneuil Sarah Olympia

Martins Ferry Mayor Sends Captured Still to Lodge

Mayor Howard A. Duff ordered a large still seized in a booze raid sent to a local fraternal lodge. The group reportedly used the still in making coffee at a banquet.

Martins Ferry C. Dee Howard A. Duff

Fire department suspends three Lima firefighters

Lima fire chief Mack suspended three Lima fire department employees indefinitely for alleged disorderly conduct.

Lima Lima Fire Department Mack

Wet Christmas Promised for Dry Nation

Revenue officials said the Christmas turnover of whiskey and other liquors would be the largest since prohibition began three years ago. The United States holds the greatest stock of imported whiskey, wines and intoxicants since 1919 ready for sale, with much of it legally withdrawn and most of the rest smuggled via undisclosed routes.

Washington United States

Nant Magi to Talk Plan

All Masons in Athens are urged to attend a meeting at the old Masonic Temple on Fast Union street Wednesday at 7 pm. They will discuss the erection of a new temple on West Washington street and approve plans, select an architect, and start construction early in the spring as current buildings on the site are razed.

Athens

Iffigers Have No Clews Yet Clara Phillips Escape

Los Angeles authorities press renewed search for Clara Phillips the convicted hammer murderess as they pursue the theory her escape was an inside job. Deputy Sheriff Biscailuz questions prisoners and claims conclusive information ties the breakout to three famous underworld cliques planning her departure.

Los Angeles Clara Phillips Hammer Eugene Tiscailuz Jall Biscailuz

Auto Abandoned with Colorado Plate Found in Elyria

Police seize an unowned auto left on city streets for two days, displaying a Colorado license, as they investigate ownership.

Elyria Colorado

Simple Way to Take Off Fat Advertisement

An old promotional notice touts Marmela Drescription Tablets as a miraculous weight loss aid. It promises rapid fat reduction by taking four tablets daily and claims the product is harmless and universally priced. It instructs readers to purchase from a local dealer at 4612 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI.

Miarondia Py WoodWard Av Detroit Mit

War Declared by Two Washington Churches

A radio clash erupted between two prominent Washington churches, the Church of the Covenant and Vermont Avenue Church, as both broadcast sermons on similar power and time slots. The airwaves carried jumbled signals and language from both pulpits, signaling a so-called broadcasting war that left listeners unsure which program would prevail.

Washington, Dee Church of the Covenant Vermont Avenue Mach Washington

Whole Town Engaged in Hunt for Negro

STREATMAN Texas December 11 Posses scour the surrounding country today searching for a black man who early this morning assaulted a young woman at an outhouse near her home and bound her mouth with gags. All business houses and schools have closed and the entire population has joined the search. Bloodhounds sent from Huntsville. Lynching many expect.

Streatman Tex Huntsville

Storm Superstitions Tied to Fiber Machines In Luzon

Amid typhoons in the Luzon coast provinces the Nocano’s belief system links storms to divine punishment for modern tech. They view stripping machines from the International Harvester Co. as devilish and prefer traditional methods using bole and axe.

Manila Hocanes Malayan Oriain Luzon International Harvester Company Tocanos United States

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Athens Book & News Store R. L. Sanders West State Street W. H. Hampton South Cemetery Street Circleville P. B. Love Grover Graham Robert Columbus Graham Joseph Fort Maple Street W. W. Morris Albany A. L. Carpenter Lester Hayman Alice Margaret Morgantown W. Va Murray City Prof. Hayman E. H. Hayman D. R. Zenner Will M. Kurtz Harvey C. Baker South High Street Pleasantville G. W. Baker Henry Todd Haydenville Frank Hamilton Sadie Salters Helen Salters Wesley Harper C. B. Beverage Childs Conservation League John Ro Sprayne Morris Avenue Spendieltis Shelterine Arms Hospital Porter.Rieder W. D. Mackinnon Brockton Mass Allan Sprague Kansas City Wiley T Sprague Sprague NEW Bernhardt Underworld Help Swell the Elks’ Charity Fund Elks’ Charity Minstrels College Auditorium McKee Drug Store Capital City Maurice Dumesnil McKee's Woman's Music Club Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Carolina Lazzari Music Club McKee’s Miamba New York French Congo Tortois Shell the Cline Pharmacy Co Athens, Ohio McHenry & Sister Wooltex
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