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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
3
Nelsonville notices appear in a special department on the regular classified page. The Messenger readers are urged to see "Jiggs" and "Gas Buggies" as strong local attractions.
Miss Dorothea Sass, an able reader, will appear in the regularly scheduled lecture course tonight at the high school auditorium.
The case against Ed Joy for failure to keep his daughter in school was continued. His daughter will be examined by another physician in the meantime.
At the city school board meeting last night Miss Effie Wolfe was elected to teach Latin and history in the high school.
A raid on the Bill Ma theny drinking establishment resulted in William Jenkins Clifford Smittle John Barron Robin Barron and John Smith pleading guilty before Mayor Barrows and each receiving a five dollar fine. Matheny faces a gambling house charge today.
At the invitation of J E Zellar the school board met at his residence for a business session. Afterward supper was served and guests, including Sup Ferree and Principal Skinner, enjoyed an elegant dinner. Zellar hosted a theatre party at the Pastime show for those in attendance.
The Elks lodge hosts its annual charity ball at their quarters with dancing at 8:30 and a select orchestra. Proceeds fund filling Xmas baskets. A large crowd is expected to attend.
Canton police hold William Duell who was arrested in Akron for burglaries here. He confessed after a suit check on an Akron cleaning establishment tied to a drug store burglary two weeks earlier led to his capture.
Miss Elsie Hodgman hosted a midweek surprise party honoring Mrs Stuart on her 43rd birthday. Guests included Cornelia Shaw Jennie Fisher Bessie Hick Bess Bland Susie Milligan Anna Coleman Anna Posphieal Mildred Shaw Blanche Butterworth Lulu Williams Clara Hazelton Edith Briggs Esther Young Nelle Lancaster Abbie Bobo Rebecca Hartley Virgie Hickman and others as ivory gift presenters.
The Christmas number of the Scarlet and Gray bi monthly publication of Nelsonville high school is off the press. It has six pages filled with Christmas ads from Nelsonville merchants and student written news items and stories. Harris Wood is editor in chief and John Jackson is business manager.
Attended funeral Will Tennihill traveled to St Louis on Thursday for the funeral of his son in law. Mrs L J Eberle spent Thursday in Logan. Martin Ohlinger was in Columbus on business Thursday. Clark Higgins visits Lancaster with family. Mrs Fred Mulligan staying a few days in Columbus. Mesdames Earl Weist Goldie Carter Milt Baylis and Marquis Wilkison shopped in Columbus Thursday. Mrs C A Stover spent Thursday in Columbus. P C Norris transacted business in Columbus Thursday. Mrs J M Hyde spent Thursday in Columbus. John Robison was a Columbus visitor Thursday. Mrs Lou Nixon spent Thursday.
An advertisement urges readers to mix Parmint double strength with hot water and sugar to treat catarrhal deafness and head noises. The remedy, taken by tablespoonful four times daily, claims to open clogged nostrils ease breathing and stop mucus drainage. It promotes quick relief and low cost.
In a Thursday sermon at First Christian Church Dr. Herbert Yeuell urged that regeneration of men, not reform, is the cure for modern ills. He warned rulers would sacrifice peasants for gains and called for bold gospel propaganda, saying Christ is coming again in tonight’s message.
A severe earthquake was registered by the St Ignatius college seismograph on Thursday with tremors first noticed at eight o clock. Indications pointed to disturbances originating somewhere in Central America.
Robbers using nitro glycerin blew the Junod Milling office safe and rifled the office. They damaged the safe but left cash and records untouched. authorities have no solid clue and suspect basement entry with no night watchman on site.
The Glen Valley Coal Company is formed in Nelsonville with capital of $25,000. D. N. Postlewaite J. W. Bricker and E. Hauck are among the incorporators listed in Columbus.
New Orleans December 17. Rebuilding began after a fire gutted the Jahncke dry dock and shipbuilding plant. A survey indicated total loss and damages to three ships may reach up to 2 million dollars. No deaths. One man severely injured. many others burned by oil from a tank explosion.
President Wilson has purchased the Henry P Fairbanks residence at 2340 H Street NW, announced by real estate man Randall H Hagner. The purchase confirms the new owner’s address in the nation’s capital.
Three naval airmen missing for nearly a hundred hours after a balloon flight in a snow storm near Lake Ontario could have landed in the water or woods. Lieut Walter Hinton piloted the N o 4 with Lieutenants Kloor and Farrell in charge as searches extended toward upper New York state and Canadian points.
Residents travel and visits across Columbus Athens Parkersburg New Straitsville Canaanville and Marshfield. People attend shows entertainments and church events while caring for relatives and hosting guests during a busy period.
Coach Butch Grover will teach the Mohican Sunday School class next Sunday while Principal Rupp is on Christmas vacation. Grover is popular with the boys, and many will greet him.
Hillsboro California reports A K McComber sealed his cellar with four inches of concrete before leaving for New York. Burglars tried to break in but abandoned the effort after hours.
The government of Uruguay has made metric weights and measures mandatory in all trade transactions, standardizing measurements nationwide.
Ohio University students packed up and left for home for the Christmas holiday. A special train carried many to Columbus at 10 50 as crowds filled trains in Athens and elsewhere. The week features travel and notes on the season as students depart for the holidays.
A new heating stove devised in France can burn almost all kinds of vegetable refuse satisfactorily, offering a versatile solution for waste disposal and household heating.
A Californian rents an artificial Christmas tree that proves functional beyond decor as the branches support a hat rack and other items, showing practical reuse during the season.
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