Chamber of Commerce Calls for January 6 Meeting
The chamber schedules a regular meeting on January 6 with election of officers as the sole business at year end. All members are urged to attend and vote.
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Chamber
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1920
Page
3
Citizens' League Meets at YMCA Tonight
There will be a league meeting tonight at the YMCA at 7 o'clock.
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Citizens’ League
League
Athletic committee schedules two Yy team basketball games
The athletic committee lists two live games this week with the high school team and the Logan team facing the Yy team on Friday and Christmas night respectively. A boys meeting at the Y rooms occurs Sundays at 2 pm led by C A Dilcher. The schedule includes gym work plus scout groups and school leagues.
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C. A. Dilcher
Mission Study Class Meeting At Presbyterian Church
The Mission Study Class of the Presbyterian church gathers tonight for a congregation study session. Members are invited to participate in the instructional program and discussion.
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The
Presbyterian Church Meets
Women Class Led by Mrs Hyde and Mrs Sheppard
A large class of women joined the program led by Mrs J M Hyde with Mrs Maria Sheppard directing. The group features many members and a strong cooperative spirit.
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J. M. Hyde
Maria Sheppard
Special Meeting Covers Canal Paving And Storm Sewer Plans
Nelsonville council in special session with President McCune discusses paving and severing the Hocking canal through the city. Edington moves to have the service director prepare plans for a storm sewer along the canal line and paving with brick standards, plus grading Madison Street and related road work. Plans due for the next regular session.
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Council Council
B.s.mccune
Hocking Canal
Nelsonville
C. E. Welch
John Baird
Scott
Edington
Newman
Director of
Public Service
Furnish Council
West Canal
Madison St
Columbus St
Hocking River
Hocking Bridge
Ministers Meet of District Church Leaders
A group of Methodist ministers from Haydenville Buchtel Murray City Chauncey and Nelsonville met in this city Monday. Rev. Paul E. Kemper chaired the district and hosted the gathering. The discussion covered strengthening the work and aiding rural churches.
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M. E
Haydenville
Buchtel
Murray City
Chauncey
Nelsonville
Paul E. Kemper
Kemper
Worker Injured at Mine No 5 in New York Traction
Arthur Henry about 35 employed in New York traction mine No 5 was caught in the fan this morning. His left leg and arm were badly mangled. He was taken to Dr. Cable’s office and then removed to his home after medical care.
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Arthur Henry
New York Traction
Cable
Athens Woman Heads To Columbus For Husband's Funeral
Mrs John Gheer and her young son, of Athens, traveled to Columbus to arrange the funeral for her husband who died in an accident.
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John Gheer
Athens
Gheer
Columbus
Husand
Residents and visitors spend Monday in Columbus
Mr. and Mrs. Will Morgan and others visited Columbus on Monday. R. R. Stalder and several others conducted business in the capital. Nurses and local residents including Tessie Ervin, a Grant hospital nurse, returned home for a six weeks rest amid a nervous breakdown while others visited Columbus or nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Morgan
Columbus
R. R. Stalder
Capital City
Tom Evans
Tessie Ervin
Grant Hospital
Ervin
Burns Coakley
B. S. Sanders
Lancaster
C. D. Shafer
Ed Mills
Will Webb
Toledo
Paul Kemper
Charles Springer
Logan
Leonard Cooley
Charles Howe
Athens
J. B. Hanning
Carl Hanning
Will Needs
Pleasant City
Visit with Mrs. Wesley Hawk and Columbus trip
Mrs. Wesley Hawk hosts a visit while Mrs. Frank Cooley spends several days in Columbus as a guest of her sister.
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Witi
Wesley Hawk
Frank Cooley
Columbus
Mrs. Robert Leake 62 dies after operation in Columbus
Mrs. Robert Leake of Greens Run dies from peritonitis in a Columbus hospital after an operation last Friday. Funeral services will be held at Greens Run tomorrow at 1 p.m. Burial in Taylor Ridge cemetery. Survived by husband and six children. Pythian Sisters to select officers at Wednesday meeting. all members asked to attend.
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Robert Leake
Greens Run
Columbus
Pythian Sisters
Fire at Jones Home Damages Davenport
A small fire broke out yesterday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. EB. Jones near the Church of Christ. A nonworking grate caused the blaze as burning soot caked the back of a Davenport, which caught fire. The only damage was to the Davenport.
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P. EB. Jones
Church of Christ
Jones
Mrs Bryson Visits Columbus Guests of King Family
Mrs M M Bryson traveled to Columbus this morning to stay a couple of days with Mr and Mrs G A King as social guests.
Miners of Athens county vote on four union tickets
Election day sees ballots in four tickets across local unions for international officers state or district and subdistrict posts. A separate subdistrict ballot asks to establish a centralized headquarters with an estimated 5000 dollars needed. A check off for funding is before members today with results expected in days.
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Athens County
Death of Alfonzo Dean at age thirteen
Alfonzo Dean son of Mr and Mrs William Dean died suddenly yesterday after a brief illness He was about 13 years old Funeral services are set for tomorrow and interment will be in the city cemetery.
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Alfonzo Dean
William Dean
Chauncey Hi school social raises funds
Chauncey Dec 14 Chauncey High School held an entertainment and box social that boosted the school fund by 113.50 to support needed supplies. Performers included Eleanor Atkinson Beatrice Border Eleanor Hill Christine Courney Thelma Sams Helena Keck Orphy Sweazy Jeanett Palmer and a song Columbia the Gem of the Ocean. Boxes sold under Principal D O Chappel with bids up to 11.80 7.55 and a 14.80 guess cake.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Hi School
Eleanor Atkinson
Beatrice Border
Eleanor
Hill
Christine Courney
Thelma Sams
Helena Keck
Orphy Sweazy
Jeanett Palmer
Sonx
Columbia
D. O. Chappel
Philadelphia stars stun Brits with large nose guards
Members of the star Philadelphia hockey team, fresh from games against England’s top girls teams, surprised British players by arriving with oversized nose guards akin to those worn by gridiron players. The incident highlights the growing physical style in mixed gender matches.
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Philadelphia
England
Gridiron Warriors
Sone Stonst
Gona Bene
Pie social planned at White Hall schoolhouse
A pie social and entertainment at the White Hall schoolhouse is set for next Friday evening December 17. Miss Nelle Lawson visits friends in West Virginia. Mr and Mrs Floyd Nye and children of Chauncey visited C M Higgins and wife. Stewart of Athens was here Wednesday night. Mrs H M Tribe and Anna Ruth spent Saturday at Pleasanton. William Austin and family moved to Gloucester last week. William Hooper and wife from Richland Avenue spent a day with F J Hooper and family.
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White Hall School House
Nelle Lawson
West Virginia
Floyd Nye
Chauncey
C. M. Higgins
Mr. Stewart
Athens
H. M. Tribe
Anna Ruth
Pleasanton
William Austin
Glouster
William Hooper
Richland Avenue
F. J. Hooper
Wind Gusts Top 76 Mph in Toledo Stirs Damage
A 76 mile an hour wind struck Toledo Ohio overnight and today causing downed trees and poles hindering interurban service and telephone lines.
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Toledo
Farmer Blown From Bridge Drowns In Mud Creek
Port Clinton dispatch reports 51 year old farmer Her man Moerder was blown from a bridge into Mud Creek near Oak Harbor in early December. He appeared stunned by the fall and could not hold onto wet planks as high winds blew him into the water, drowning him.
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Port Clinton
Herman Moerder
Mud Creek
Oak Harbor
Moerder
Examination of 400 Nurses Begins in Columbus
In Columbus on December 14 the state medical board directs a 400-woman nurse certificate examination. The event marks a major testing of candidates seeking nursing credentials in the city.
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Columbus
State Medical Board
Funeral services set for John Gheer in Athens Thursday
Death notices report funeral services for John Gheer will be held in Athens on Thursday with arrangements pending. The item notes a patent case involving a device to hold six spools of cotton by separate slots to prevent tangling.
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John Gheer
Athens
Harriet Taylor Upton rejects cabinet post plan
Mrs Harriet Taylor Upton, noted suffrage leader, denied seeking a place in President-elect Harding's cabinet. She said she would not accept a portfolio and declined to head a proposed department of education, calling the idea too silly and claiming she is unqualified.
Bandits Rob Cincinnati Man Then He Smuggly Checks Hat Band
Frank Malley was approached by two armed robbers on a Cincinnati street. They demanded five dollars, then fled. He checked his hat band where he had hidden 300 dollars, and he left as well.
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Cincinnati
Frank Malley
Frank
JapoFear the Naval Plan Of United States
Geneva December 14 dispatch reports disarmament top topic at the League of Nations assembly. Japan declares it will not yield the former German cable around Yap under its mandate despite America considering cutting naval programs to fund cables. The Japanese press notes the Washington conference deadlocked on disposing of German cables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wood
United Press
Geneva
International Tribunal
League of Nations Assembly
Japan
Yap
America
Washington
Aged Woman Executed as Spy in Russia
Lorain Ohio December 14 H R Goldberg real estate dealer reports his 95 year old mother was executed in Russia by Polish soldiers charged as a spy. The event details a tragic wartime accusation and a death of an elderly woman with ties to the Goldberg family.
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Lorain
H. R. Goldberg
Russia
Vacations Begin as Santa Reads Christmas Break
The Athens schools announce a public vacation for students starting 8 15 Friday evening December 17 and ending 8 30 Monday January 8. The youngsters eagerly count the days until the break and Santa Claus visit.
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Athens
Santa Claus
Father and son killed as car hit by train near Columbus
Harry Carson, a contractor, and his son Edward were killed when their automobile attempted to beat a Pennsylvania flyer at a crossing near Columbus Ohio. The wreck occurred early today.
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Columbus
Harry Carson
Edward
Here
To Cure a Cold In One Do Take Grove's LAXATIVE MO
An old ad claims Grove's LAXATIVE MO QUININE tablets cure a cold with the genuine signature of B W Grove. The note markets a remedy tied to the Grove brand and its founder.
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Grove
B. W. Grove
Hog Market 19 Falls Across Middle West
Hogs declined across the Middle West as farmers sold heavily. A belief that corn prices would fall led to large shipments and exceptionally high receipts at nearly all yards. Prices dropped from 25 to 50 cents compared with four years ago.
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Chicago
Middle West
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