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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
3
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A Nelsonville classified notice announces a coecial department head on the regular page. The ad features Jiggs and Gas Buggies as a strong draw for Messenger readers.
All the business houses of the city will be closed all day New Years.
One of the city s largest funerals was held Wednesday afternoon for Mrs Sarah McLaughlin. Pythian Sisters and Daughters of America members attended in full. Services by the Pythian Sisters at the church and by D A at the grave. Mother and daughter laid to rest at Greenlawn amid flowers from friends.
A list of visitors attending the funeral for Mrs Sarah McLaughlin includes the McAllisters of Carbon West Virginia Tom Groves of Flemington West Virginia Walter Sherman and daughter from Chicago Tom McAllister of Pineford Ohio Mrs George Winkhaus and family Mrs Tom McLaughlin Miss Stella and Eliza McLaughlin of Wellston and George Lyons of Carbon Hill Also relatives host guests in Columbus Elum Rock and Wellston with additional visitors from Columbus and Wellston further noted.
Relatives announce the marriage of Miss Freda Pyle daughter of Mr and Mrs Len Pyle to Mr Roger Hoisington son of Mrs J B Hoisington of Columbus in Logan on November 20. The bride is well known locally and receives many congratulations from friends.
Mrs Edith Stiers entertained holiday guests Mrs H W Stiers and Miss Margaret Stiers of Haydenville and Dr Fred Stiers of Columbus.
Bernard Lama, known as Cotton, died instantly when slate fell at the Evans-Wilson mine near Dorr Run this morning. A World War veteran aged 26, he was born and raised in the city and left behind his parents Mr and Mrs P E Lama and a brother Bazil. His mother is recovering from an operation in a Columbus hospital. No funeral arrangements have been made.
The Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual meeting at the Y M C A rooms on Friday evening December 31 at 7 30. Full attendance is requested by the officers.
The Y M C A All Star team defeated Logan in a volleyball match held last night at the local gymnasium. The contest showcased strong serving and quick net play from both sides with the Y team securing a decisive victory.
Epworth church invites all on Friday December 31 at 8 PM for a short devotional and program followed by a social in the lower rooms. Refreshments to be announced. Attend to welcome the old year out and the new year in.
On Wednesday forenoon Mr. Earl McDonald and Miss Ilo Lanning both of New Pittsburgh were married by Rev. C. L. Johnson at the study of the Christian church. They will reside in New Pittsburgh and the bride’s mother attended the ceremony.
The W. B. A. will meet Friday night at 7 o'clock. All members are requested to be present.
Mrs. Lewis Corwin and her son James returned from a visit with Findlay relatives. Miss Catherine Gassey of Murray City stays with her aunt Mrs. James Bland.
The Esther class invites guests to an oyster feed and watch party in the church social rooms Friday night beginning at an unspecified time.
C P Munson pastor invites all to a watch night gathering Friday evening at 8 30 o clock at the Independent Holiness Church with a warm welcome extended.
Local readers learn of an engagement between Rev. David Kerr and Miss Eitling. No further details on wedding date or住所 provided in the fragment.
North Baltimore Ohio reports Reverend Kerr who once conducted services at the local Presbyterian church made many friends. The wedding is scheduled for January 8 and will be a happy affair for those who know him.
Mrs. L. A. Whitmore hosted a theatre party on Tuesday afternoon at the Pastime. Chairmen of various committees, who sold Red Cross Xmas seals, attended. The guests enjoyed the motion picture The Branding Iron.
Nelsonville now has a cooperative store incorporated by local citizens. The store bought Cox Brothers grocery and meat market on Washington street and opened for business Tuesday with Ed Evans, former merchant, as manager.
Mrs. W. E. Fitzpatrick returns home to Zanesville after visiting her sister Mrs. Ralph Wallar. Families and visitors including Mrs. Edward Figgins and children in Columbus and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pastor of Cincinnati with David Harris. Several residents travel to Lancaster Haydenville Columbus Baltimore Athens and Toledo for visits business or shopping.
Washington telegraphed that Prohibition Commissioner Kramer will not permit any New Year’s Eve liquor indulgence. About 1400 federal agents plus local police will monitor towns and cities to enforce the Volstead Act, with cooperation reported in Boston Chicago New York and Cleveland.
Mrs. Alta Kohler of Warren Colorado is jailed on $10,000 bond awaiting grand jury action after pleading not guilty to second degree murder in the deaths of her five and three year old children. A coroner's inquest found the youngsters were shot and their bodies burned in a house fire. Kohler claimed a thief shot her and the children and set the blaze during a resistance to robbery.
Slipped under an interurban car in Lorain County today County Recorder Frank Irish sustained a severe foot injury likely requiring amputation or medical treatment as physicians respond to the accident reported December 30.
Constables Mariner Roach and Police Chief Graham uncovered Pearl Mester 23 and William Schrader 27 living in a dilapidated cottage near Canaanville. The two, not married, were jailed after rambling accounts. They faced arraignment as officials noted the rustic, bare surroundings and improvised living conditions.
Eight negroes were surrounded in a horse near Kurtsboro Alabama by a posse after a clash between whites and blacks in which several people were wounded some fatally according to early reports. Reinforcements have rushed to Kurtsboro and guns and ammunition are being sent from Columbus Georgia.
Cleveland officials warned New Year’s Eve revelers against alcohol. The city forbids whiskey in cafes and grills, allowing only grape juice, ice cream and near beer. Director Sprosty urged compliance or risk jail.
North Dakota has one automobile for every nine residents. This year's registrations reached 81,545, up from 40,446 in 1916, 62,993 in 1917, 71,687 in 1918, and 82,885 in 1919, per the state motor vehicles department.
On December 30 William G. McAdoo his wife and their two children will travel to the Pacific coast for a month long rest stay at Beverly Hills near Los Angeles confirming a family leisure trip away from New York duties and duties.
Chicago spotlighted a new American tenor, Charles Marshall, in Verdi's Othello at the big demonstration last night. Marshall, previously active in Italy under a Latinized name, hails from Philadelphia and was praised as a rising star akin to Galli-Calli Carci’s fame in 1916.
United Press report from Brussels describes Belgian courts pursuing wartime collaborators. Many who aided Germany face death or long sentences, with public executions in market places and broad investigations into traders, farmers, and iron-founders. Public opinion also shames lesser anti-patriots.
Dublin dispatch reports the armament surrender period expired and possession of weapons or harboring armed men becomes a death offense. Dublin Castle said the weapons collection campaign was largely successful as some hid or discarded rifles and revolvers rather than surrender them to priests or military authorities.
Nearly a hundred local patriotic societies nationwide are ferreting out and investigating treachery and trading with the enemy. The federation named Justice gathers preliminary evidence and presents it to courts to support prosecutions.
Ohio University defeated the American Legion team of Parkersburg 41 to 23 to start the 1921 basketball season. Davis led with 10 points as Ohio’s passing and shooting offset defensive lapses, with a return game planned at Ohio University gym Saturday against a strengthened Legions squad.
Twelve F-5 type seaplanes left North Island naval air station San Diego heading for the canal zone marking the start of a long navy flight mission.
British inventors have developed a substance that serves as an effective stand in for celluloid except in applications requiring extremely thin and transparent sheets.
Berlin dispatch reports a committee of 14 under the Reich economics council weighing a middle path between Lederer full socialization and Rathenau gradual plans. The miners show support for full socialization, with Horton proposing a nationwide plan linking coal, steel, and other industries into a large factory system overseen by the community. Big industrial groups like Stinnes, Thyssen, and Kloeckner push for capital concentration as Germany debates socialization strategies.
The pattern No 1 uses a yard of 36 inch material and No 2 requires 144 yard. Materials listed include lawn dotted Swiss dimity crepe and embroidery. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12 cents in one cent stamps.
A devastating Fairfield fire killed seven members of Felix Yakimovich and his family. The victims include the father aged 54 and his three sons Henry 3 Alice 9 George 4 and John 6 and three daughters Anna 14 Nora 10 months.
President Wilson sent to the Senate the nomination of Peter A. Jay of Rhode Island to be minister to Romania.
Col George Collins Rickards of Oil City Pennsylvania is appointed by President Wilson to head the militia bureau with the rank of major general. He is to oversee the militia forces at the national level.
Detroit’s auto factories, normally employing about 200,000, are largely idle as inventories halt operations. About 215,000 laid off since last April, with roughly 150,000 remaining in the city. Ford Motor Company closed indefinitely, impacting around 50,000 workers.
Loren Castle of Orange Meigs county died Wednesday at home after an illness with paralysis. He was 67 and survived by a widow and one son, two sisters and one brother. Funeral services arranged for Saturday morning at 10:80 at the Orange church. He was brother of Mrs. J E White and cousin of Isaac Castle of Fisher Station, who died Wednesday.
Funeral services for Albert Mingus will be held Friday afternoon at one o'clock at the Masonic Temple. Burial follows in West Union Street Cemetery.
Firemen fought a blaze that destroyed the Toledo Railway Light auxiliary heating plant in downtown Toledo at 3:30 am. Losses are expected to exceed 60 000 dollars. Crowds of women in nightgowns watched from limousines as flames swept the facility.
Free Methodist church holds a watch meeting to usher out the old year and welcome the new one with services beginning at 8 00 p m. The event marks year end and year start with communal prayer and reflection.
Circle Millman James Cane, charged with an incident with intent to commit a reported offense, appeared before Justice W. Helwig. Bound over to the common pleas court on an 800 bond. The girl, Margaret Lowery, ten, testified damagingly against Carr. the hearing included his two sons aiding his defense.
Alva Johnson of Athens county was bound over to the common pleas court on a charge of unlawfully torturing a horse by working it while crippled causing it great pain. The case followed a preliminary hearing before Justice P. W. Helwig. Humane Officer A. C. Roach filed the charges. Johnson is free on a $300 fine.
Chicago to appoint a commission of five aldermen and 15 citizens to study the unemployment crisis after a city council resolution. An estimated 100,000 to 120,000 residents are affected, with about half out of work and the rest on partial hours.
Enrico Caruso, who underwent an operation to relieve pleurisy, is resting easily and the ailment is said to be running its course. Five tanks of oxygen were delivered to his Vanderbilt Hotel apartment to ward off pneumonia as he recovers from the illness.
A Knights of Pythias lodge announces a special meeting on Friday evening to review a class of candidates for the rank of page. A second special meeting follows at 8 o clock Saturday for the rank of esquire. Refreshments are at 6 o'clock Saturday. All Knights are welcomed.
Miss Glenna Yocum hosted a day school class party on Broad Street Tuesday. Music and games entertained the students while dainty refreshments were served. The young attendees thoroughly enjoyed the cheerful gathering.
Mrs. Mac Haworth left yesterday for her home after a visit with her parents Mr and Mrs W Thomas. Dr George Franken of Pleasant City spent several days here with his father and relatives. Mr and Mrs James Carter and their son of Jacksonville are visiting relatives in Columbus Akron and Cambridge. Dr Roy Drury has returned to Akron after a week here with his parents Mr and Mrs EB Drury.
The article notes New Year's Day will be observed as a holiday in the community. It states mines take the day off, union stores in the city close at 9 AM, both banks close, and mail carriers receive a holiday.
Carr McDonald and Irenees of Evansville wed yesterday afternoon at the Church of Christ parsonage. Harry M. Wilson of McDonald, an employee at the Ford garage, will join his bride in Glouster.
The Gibbs car veered off the road and rammed into a house near the corner of two streets last night. The right front spindle broke, the tire carrier spared the car, and Gibbs ordered carpenters to repair the damage and send the bill to him.
Athens State hospital chief dairyman Gall notes a Holstein-Friesian cow record tied to the Sire of the Athens hospital bull. Prospect from Carnation Stock Farm Seattle produced 100 pounds daily for 355 days with a world total of 37,384.1 pounds milk and 1,445.9 pounds butter. Carl Cockerell, formerly of Onto, led Prospect’s test program across four tests, some six months post calving.
Chinese soldiers at Yochow mutinied against officers and roamed the area for two days in a wave of disturbances. The unrest stemmed from pay delays under the Hunan government, with authorities reporting widespread discontent among troops.
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