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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1926
Page
5
Readable fragment notes a sale event at Joseph's Confectionery on Union and Congress Streets near Court and State. Details are partial but indicate a special day and Sunday timing for pastries or kitchen items.
The Jolly Sewers club held a Christmas party at Mrs Herbert Kellys home on Mill Street with devotions and a $5 fund for groceries. Gifts were exchanged among members and a next meeting is set for January 3.
Mihers Jewelers will host a Christmas party at the First Methodist Church parish hall at 3 o clock on Wednesday afternoon. Mothers are invited to attend.
Mr and Mrs M. Lewis Woode return Sunday from a three weeks trip visiting Mrs Woode’s children in Kas Liverpool and Canonsburg Pennsylvania. East Liverpool was their home.
In a faulty reproduction a Math test lists questions on Pi two thirds of a value and other basics. It asks about the cube root of 27 square of six and relationships in triangles with missing or mis-typed phrases.
Miss Doris Henry supervisor of art in Madison schools has arrived home for the holiday recess and will return January 3. Mrs H D Henry who has been with her daughter during the school year came home earlier. Dr Virgene H Kahler of Detroit will visit Christmas with her mother and family at 6 South College Street. Edwin Chubb, Yale graduate student, is home for Christmas with his parents at 115 South Court Street. Richard Clark returned from Cambridge Mass to spend Christmas with his parents at 2 East Carpenter Street. he attends the Harvard School of Business Administration.
Mr George Mahl returns to Ironton after a week with sister Mrs Charles Howell on New Marsh field road. Miss Katherine McKee daughter of Mr and Mrs W H McKee of 44 University terrace is home for two weeks from Simmons college. Miss Charlotte Junod a Gibsonburg high school teacher is home for Christmas vacation. Junior department Christmas party at the Christian church on Thursday 7 to 9 PM. Mrs Anna White and daughter Melba White leave this noon by car.
The article follows the Derby motor for the former's nephew Roy White to Columbus to spend Christmas vacation with cousin Mrs. J. E. Cook. Mr and Mrs Daniel Davis on a honeymoon write they are leaving Cuba for Miami then heading to Ohio to be home by New Year’s Day.
Mrs 8 M Johnson entertained her bridge club at 54 Morris Avenue with a Christmas party after the game. Mrs E C Bibbee won the top score. Gifts were exchanged from an improvised indoor chimney where each member drew her own package.
The United States produced 75 million dollars in toys in 1925, more than twice Germany's output. The industry stands as a top American producer, surpassing prewar global leaders and remaining a major driver of national manufacturing.
Navy plans ten light cruisers at a total outlay of 105 million dollars not including armor or armament. The project proceeds independently of existing naval programs and funding channels.
A building program is presented in a House bill introduced by Representative Butler of Pennsylvania. The measure outlines funding and construction priorities within the state budget process. It specifies oversight and timelines for project approvals and emphasizes infrastructure upgrades statewide.
Horace J. Donnelly solicitor of the Post Office Department issues instructions to postmasters stressing uniform enforcement of laws denying the use of the mails to lotteries.
The Department of Commerce says Argentina is a major market for American automobiles with the number of autos rising 50 percent annually in the country.
Representatives from eleven countries will discuss a draft plan to eliminate double taxation of foreign business and investments at the League of Nations January session.
William I Cooper, American commercial attaché in London, says key British steel producers may form new combinations following the creation of the Continental steel entente. He predicts market realignments and potential mergers among leading makers.
Athens county Christmas seal committee led by chairman Ralph Barker announces voluntary purchase. Recipients may return unused seals in the self addressed envelope, and if more seals are needed they may be obtained from the committee. Barker calls the response to the seal appeal gratifying and notes the value of the seals.
Mr Barker says the local committee must account for all seals sent, tying the appeal to aiding relief and continuing the successful campaign against the great white plague. He urges return of seals or remittance to settle accounts.
Twenty two military convicts escaped from a prison in Algiers and fled into the interior, prompting a manhunt. Local authorities reported the escape and mobilized troops to recapture the fugitives.
Washington report says American children will play with American made toys this Christmas. The Department of Commerce announced that pre war German dominance in world toy markets has disappeared and the United States is now the largest toy manufacturer.
Washington December 31 U2 President Coolidge has joined the ranks of the late. He is not making the purchases himself but his military aide Col Sherwood A Cheney has been busy visiting local stores and bringing back armloads of books.
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