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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1922

Page

5

Christmas party and birthdays brighten Hobson circle news

Mrs Paul Keever and Mrs C A Daugherty hosted a Hobson Study Circle Christmas Party at 1015 West State with a gift exchange and prize contest. Guests included Mrs S K Burson and Miss Melba Woodworth. Also noted are birthday celebrations for Mrs Pearl Carr and visits by several locals before year end.

Paul Keever C. A. Daugherty Hobson Study Circle Keever West State Street C. G. Jordan Melba Woodworth Mary Helen Guthrie Clyde Featherstone Earl Marquis 8. K. Burson A. E. Guthrie

Stella Hazel Wilson Weds Morris Earl Webster

Wednesday morning at 10 o clock Miss Stella Hazel Wilson became the bride of Mr Morris Earl Webster. The service was read at the home of the officiating minister Rev M.

Rev. M

Nelsonville Couple Wedded Here at Christian Church Parsonage

Mr Carl Raymond Hartley and Miss Muriel Baugh of Nelsonville were wed in a quiet ceremony at 2 pm Tuesday at the Christian church parsonage 64 North Congress street Rev M E Chatley officiating Mrs Webster of Coolville and witnesses Damon Watkins New Marshfield and W S Bingman Athens. The Womans Bible class of the Presbyterian church plans a Christmas party Thursday at the manse hosted by Mrs A Wilcox. A daughter Mary Harriet born December 15 to Mr and Mrs Urbaan Baker Edinburg Texas granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Barker Union Ohio.

BE. Chailey North Congress Street Damon Watkins New Marshfield W. S. Bingman Athens Mrs. Webster Coolville Womans Bible Class The Presbyterian Church Mrs. A. Wilcox Nelsonville Carl Raymond Hartley Muriel Baugh M. E. Chatley T He Christian Church Urbaan Baker Dor. Barker Edinburg Texas Mary Harriet Joseph Barker Union

Marriage Announced in Athens for Fred Ford and Leroy Newman

Announcement states the marriage of Miss Fred Ford and Mr. Leroy Newman of Athens performed by Rev. Dr James A Miller at his home Monday afternoon. Out of town relatives listed attended the funeral of Mrs. Glenn FE Blackledge including H W Blackledge of Delaware and others from Wortsmouth and Lancaster. The piece ends with an advertisement for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.

Fred Ford Leroy Newman Athens James A Miller North College Street Glenn FE. Blackledge Iffte Silvus Blackledge H. W. Blackledge Delaware Helen Helt Wortsmouth Margaret Waters William Knor Lancaster

Divorce Trial Highlights Pastor’s Alleged Jealousy and Harem Claim

In Providence, Dr. Adolph Englehart of the Church of the Divine Science faces his wife Minnie Colweil Englehart in a divorce case. She accuses him of using hypnotic influence on female patients and turning their home into a harem, while he defends the jealousy accusation over his women patients aged from five to eighty-two.

Providence R. I Adolph Englehart Church of the Divine Science Minnie Colweil Englehart Englehart Mrs. Englehart

Chauncey In Brief Health and Christmas Notes

Chauncey updates report Chauncey resident Chauncey daughter Margaret Collins underwent a successful appendicitis operation Tuesday at Sheltering Arms hospital Athens performed by Dr Warren V Sprague Chauncey Mrs B S Stalder improving. First Christian church Christmas program planned next Sunday with songs recitations and special music to aid ministerial relief. Dr Lindsey V Sprague ill Detroit medical college may spend Christmas and New Year with his parents.

Margaret Collins William Collins Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens Warren V. Sprague Chauncey First Christian Sunday School Lindsey V. Sprague The Medical College Detroit Mich Warren Y. Sprague

Herrin massacre trial details shown by wounded guard

Mine guard Patrick Joseph O Rourke testified about the Herrin massacre on June 22 identifying Peter Hiller and describing the scenes of killings at the cemetery road and the powerhouse woods. Cairns also pointed out Hiller and Otis Clark as involved in the non union mine attack and murders of McDowell and others.

Evuard Herrin Cairns Williamson Peter Hiller Calis State’s Attorney Marion Ill Howard Hoffman Patrick Joseph O'Rourke Cemetery Road O'Rourke Powerhouse Powerhouse Woods William Cairns Hiller Sam Thaxton Eurlier Otis Clark Impb McDowell Clark

Tax Free Measure Withdrawn From House

The administration's proposal to amend the Constitution to bar tax exempt securities by federal state and municipal governments was withdrawn from House consideration this afternoon by Rep Mondell Republican leader of Wyoming.

Washington Representative Mondell Wyoming

Canaan School Parents Plan Evening Debate

The Canaan township PTA will meet at the school house on Thursday evening December 21 at 7. A debate between the alumni and high school teams centers on the resolution that freedom of speech and freedom of the press shall not be restricted in the United States. Refreshments will be served by association women.

Canaan Township Parent Teacher Association United States

Missing McCormick Daughter Reported in England

Friends say Dee McCormick is somewhere in England with no knowledge of her location. The note states the daughter of Har old McCormick is claimed to be in England while acquaintances deny knowing her whereabouts.

London Dee Misa Mathide McCormick Harold ¥. McCormick England

American public opinion sways against Ruhr invasion

London dispatch says Ambassador George Harvey advised the French that American opinion is opposed to invading the Ruhr. The information was learned today.

London George Harvey Ruhr

Fatty Arbuckle Gets Screen Comeback Chance

Will Hays head of the motion picture industry has given Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle a chance to return to the screen before the American public after the first of the New Year. Arbuckle, Falstaff of the movies, is slated for a comeback opportunity in early 1925.

Los Angeles Will K. Hays Roscoe Fatty” Arbuckle Falstaff Hays

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Hobson Circle Pearl Carr Richland Avenue Mabel Carr Mildred Mansfield Warren Dorothy Geraldine Izant Byron Danford Tte Cincinnati School of Medicine W.G. Danford Maplewood Drive William Droege Oakland, Md Womans Relief Corps Red Mens Hall Graham Noss Mary Noss California Noss Emma G. Scott Woman’s Benefit Association of the Maccabees Howard Bobo Bobo Athens Fleetric Company Hocking Power Plant Faut Chinson & Stickney Onest Hoes Athens, Ohio Ibat Yieo Cline Prarmagy Bo Edison Cornwell & Co Harry B. S. Stalder G. B. Courtney Glouster, Teasday D. J. King Columbus Cradea Sandy Claus Hearne Sears Canaan School Woodworth Fo Union St Harvey Fatty A Uta Ltd Sea Sas Ali Druggie Sane Beekrman St New York Chichester Chbchea Tors Dlarmon Fras Ville Best Logan Lostro Bldg Court St Athens, O Ind Seth Thomas Mantle Sheffield Big Ben Jacobs & Drake Jewelers Optometrists Swanson Furniture CO N. Court St
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