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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1921
Page
3
A Nelsonville Elks wrestling event drew a large crowd on Thursday. Monfort outweighed Sisson and the bout lasted over an hour in the first fall with intense hammerlock exchanges. Sisson fought back after rib injuries and won final exchanges, earning fans with his endurance and skill.
Flood stage inundated homes and camps along Ohio river towns including Cincinnati where the river rose 19 feet since Friday. Continuous rain in southern and southeastern Ohio drove the rise, with Cumminsville seeing water enter Garfield Hellman’s home washing away toys, candy, fruit and a Christmas tree kept in the cellar.
Mrs Carrie Davis aged 51 wife of Elmer Davis died at her home near Kimberly last evening after a lingering illness. Funeral services will be held at Connett church Monday afternoon at 2 o clock. She leaves her husband four daughters and one son.
Mrs Jane Carves aged 65 died Friday at her home near Doanville Funeral arrangements not yet made She leaves a daughter Mrs Asa Linton of this city.
The church announces Christmas services with special music. The pastor will preach at 10 30 on The New born King. At 7 P M Edward Arpee a Princeton senior will speak. Sunday school offering at 9 30 supports Foreign Missions. The En deavorers meet at 6 o clock.
Episcopalian church invites all parishioners and guests to Sunday school at 9 30 A M and an evening service at 7 P M with Rev Arthur Marshall preaching. Special Christmas hymns and solos featured. Warm welcome extended to all attendees.
The Sunday school presented its annual program amid heavy rain. The theme Substance Service and Self guided the service as White Gifts for the King were offered. Candles symbolized each class as offerings were distributed, totaling about $400 in food clothing and money to forty homes in Christ's name.
The Christian Church announces Bible school at 9:30 A M and morning service at 10:30 titled This Day. Evening worship follows at 7:00 with Crowded Out. The choir offers special Christmas music and junior and senior C E societies meet at 6:00 P M.
Nelsonville postoffice employees report current holiday business compares favorably with last year when records were broken. Two or three days this week matched last year’s volume, with a heavier last minute rush this year due to delays in sending packages. Overtime has kept up with the rush and only one extra man was hired for the busy season.
Mrs Krepple hosted a Christmas event for Home Guards last eve from 6 to 8 o clock. A beautifully decorated Christmas tree stood for guests at Giza a Cairo suburb. British troops were present and girls exchanged greetings as the scene drew a crowd.
Legion meeting Tuesday evening marks the last gathering of the year for Glenford Post. Adjutant will collect dues for the new year at post headquarters.
Marie Mooney unioned in marriage to William Barton at Pataskula Ohio on December 10. Rev Arthur M Mann performed the ceremony. Miss Mooney long served as principal of Union Furnace school and is highly regarded. Barton is a teacher at Adelphi and will visit for Christmas.
One of the finest displays of cakes ever seen in this city is arranged in Washburn and Gibson's bakery. All kinds and sizes beautifully iced and decorated.
Nelsonville girls defeated Corning 26 to 9 at the local Y last night. Nelsonville boys routed Corning 56 to 14 in the following game, extending the local victory.
Post office announces deliveries will be made Sunday only for city and rural mail with no deliveries Monday. Office opens Monday at 8 AM while Sunday handles mail receipts and dispatches and no other business.
The First M E Church schedules Sunday school at 9 30 A M and morning worship at 10 30 A M with the theme The First Christmas Morning A Christmas program by Sunday school children in the evening and a revival starting January 1 under Prof G W Wood directs singing. Last Sunday called great and organizers urge a record Christmas Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Gates Trout and son William of Marietta visit Mrs Trout’s parents Mr and Mrs Ed Crouse. Harris Wood a OSU student visits home for holidays. Charles Bartels of Totz Ky joins wife to spend Xmas with her parents Mr and Mrs Joshua Spencer. Mrs Edward Figgins and Columbus family visit Mr and Mrs Sam Robertson. C E Bennett did business in New Lexington Friday. Everett Skivers spends time in Detroit. Mr and Mrs E W Fisk and Mrs Harley Skivers visit Logan on Tuesday.
Glouster Calvary Baptist Church announces Sunday School at 9 15 a m Morning devotions at 10 16 a m and a Christmas program at 7 p m in the evening.
Athens high school soared to a historic 71 to 12 victory over Pomeroy high as Battin Brooks tandem led with eight field goals each and Kahler, a substitute, added seven. The Athens girls edged Pomeroy 8 to 4 as the feminine five fought hard.
The first boxing show in Athens will start Monday evening at 8 at the armory with eight contestants. Twenty four rounds of fast boxing are planned. Reserved seats remain at Josten's Cigar Store, and many general admission tickets have been sold.
The weather bureau forecast a cold wave across most of the east of the Mississippi including the south. Rain or snow was forecast for New York Pennsylvania New England Maryland and the north Atlantic states. Christmas looked cold with snow expected only in some spots.
Citizens crowd the post office daily with about 700 visitors, pushing a heavy revolving door seven feet open and generating enough cumulative force to move the door a mile each day. Observers note one person enters every minute during peak hours, while the door remains stubbornly in place.
Federal circles report the capture of Joe Urbaytis, the last of the trio who escaped from the county jail on Labor Day, is momentarily expected in Toledo.
John Hamilton 76 of Fultonham, a veteran circus performer with the P. T. Barnum and James A. Bailey shows, died in Zanesville today after two years of invalidity.
Mrs. Eugene V. Debs in Terre Haute decorates for Christmas while Gene Debs remains at Atlanta prison awaiting release until Christmas Day. She awaits his arrival with a goose for Christmas dinner and hope he reaches by Monday.
Secretary of State Hughes proposed to the disarmament committee that the United States and Great Britain cut their submarine fleet to a total of sixty thousand tons, leaving Japan France and Italy with their existing submarine tonnage.
Chicago reports quote Edwin Branstetter executive secretary of the Socialist Party saying Harding released Debs as a grudging concession to a demand growing too strong to resist. Debs release marked amid political prisoner discussions.
Huntington West Virginia December 24. Judge L D Newman ordered Chief Coon to release all prisoners early Christmas morning freeing twenty five inmates held in the city jail for the holiday.
Revival services closed Thursday night at Angel Ridge led by evangelist Rev. J. M. Moore of Glouster. The meetings drew solid local interest and were conducted under his guidance.
London reports a newly recovered Egyptian collection of vanity pots from a noblewoman's tomb. The glass containers show iridescent wear from preserved cosmetics used on eyelids and eyebrows. A henna pot retains faint traces of a thallus dye, reflecting ancient beauty practices aligned with contemporary fashion.
Liberty bonds listed with prices and yields in New York on December 24. Liberty 34s trade at 94.30, first 4 5 at 96.52, second 4 5 at 95.90, third 44s at 97.40, fourth 4 58 at 96.40. Victory 34s at 100.04 and Victory 44s at 100.00.
A scrambled stock table shows prices and company names including Prairie Oil and Gas Prairie Pipe Line Sinclair Oil Standard of Ohio and Inter. Pet. amid varied bid asks. Values appear fragmented with several entries noted by figures and percentage indicators.
Grain and produce prices listed from Cleveland and Chicago with unchanged general trends. Butter creamery and cheese quotes appear alongside various egg and live poultry prices, including numbers for standard, first, and ordinary grades.
The Toledo grain market reports mixed futures and cash prices on December 24 with wheat at 1.24 in cash and various futures, corn Nos 8 yellow 63 64 cents, oats 40 to 42 cents, rye 90 cents, barley 68 cents, and seed values for clover and timothy with several monthly quotes. Butter and eggs also noted at 45 to 46 cents and 62 cents respectively, with hay at 1.00.
In Cincinnati on December 4 the egg market remained steady with extra firsts at 68 cents, firsts at 49 cents, and ordinaries at 43 to 6 cents per dozen.
Chicago market notes hog receipts around 8000 with prices 10 cents higher. Top at 7.76, bulk sold near 7.45. Weights in the 260 to 320 pound range at 7.20 to 7.50, heavier hogs at 7.75. Sows and pigs also traded from 6.10 to 7.10 with rough packers’ sows around 6.80 to 7.10 and pigs near 7.75.
Cattle receipts around 2000 with prices from 2.75 to 9.75 for various grades. beef and veal figures include cows 3.25 6 and veal calves 6.75 6.50. Sheep receipts 4500 with lambs 10.25 11.40 and yearling wethers 7.50 10. ewes 1.60 2.75.
Cattle receipts light with a steady market. Best steers 7.60 to 8. Prime 7.40 to 7.60, common 7.25 to 7.36, veal calves 11 to 11.50. Sheep and lambs light receipts and steady. Prime wethers 4.75 to 5, good 4 to 4.50, yearling lambs 11 to 11.50. Hogs receipts 18 head, market slow. Prime heavy 7.45 to 7.56, mediums 7.80 to 7.90, heavy yorkers 7.90 to 8, light yorkers 8 to 8.25, pigs 8 to 8.25, roughs 5 to 5. ?
Cincinnati cattle market slow with receipts around 200. Steers bring 6 to 7.5 dollars, calves 19 to 11 dollars, hogs 8 to 8.15 dollars, sheep 3.50 to 4 dollars, and lambs 10 to 10.50 dollars.
New York markets will be shut on Monday due to the holiday observance, affecting all major exchanges and related financial activity.
A rifle and machine gun battle between steel workers and strike breakers in Newport Kentucky ended when state militia arrived to restore order. About 160 troops, many veterans, were deployed after a request from Newport and Covington citizens to Governor Morrow. The fighting ceased as troops moved from the railroad station and no renewed clashes followed.
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