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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1920
Page
8
A converter burned out disrupted Bend street car service yesterday. Salt Association supplied limited power from 7 am to 9 am and after 3 pm, but Pittsburg Mining Co. used power during gaps. Normally the lines run on Forest Run plant power from the Great Lakes Co.
Dr. G H Lasher of Rutland plans a Farm Bureau drive in Darke County Ohio accompanied by John Carpenter of Columbus for assistance. Mrs Lasher remained home due to illness.
A Bible Institute will be held at the Middleport Presbyterian church starting next Wednesday evening and lasting through January 16. Dr Samuel Dodds who impressed the church last spring will lead the institute. Lectures are educational spiritual and evangelistic in two distinct courses one in the afternoons and one in the evenings. Each lecture stands alone and invites all Bible lovers to attend.
Mr and Mrs Cash Durst of Middleport return with their baby from Grant hospital after a peanut piece pierced the windpipe into the lung. The child’s condition was dire and an operation was performed at Columbus with a successful result, restoring hope for recovery.
Simpson M. E. church yesterday afternoon overflowed with relatives and friends paying last respects to Attorney M. S. Webster. Floral tributes testified to high esteem, pallbearers were Bar and Sunday School members, Dr. Ben L. McElroy of Ohio Wesleyan University gave the funeral oration, and remains were buried in Beech Grove Cemetery.
The county farm bureau plans to pool orders and buy feed clover seed and wire to start operations. Karl T. Woodward the new Meigs county agricultural agent says 35 members have joined and applications are still being received by township chairmen and the county agent.
A petition and necessary papers filed with Will Fisher, election board clerk, demand a referendum at the next regular election on rescision of a city franchise. The move, backed by the street railway company and allies, follows discovery by the Pomeroy council of issues in the original action.
Final tests complete on a radical tying machine with two pairs of horizontal blades that rotate in opposite directions. The craft, conceived by Herman Lebrwever and perfected by his three sons Victor Curtiss and William, is shown with propellers set for vertical ascent and claims potential horizontal control through air.
The council repealed the existing franchise citing lack of provisions to improve the property and service. The next step is to determine whether this reversal will stand and what follows for the franchise dispute.
The family of Councilman L. H. R. Foulk reports he has been in a Pittsburgh hospital for several weeks with pneumonia. He is expected to recover sufficiently to return home next week.
Headquarters directs completion of the cut off on the K. M. rail line between Hobson and Langsville. Work will resume next spring and finish before winter, shortening and straightening the route after it was discontinued about a year ago due to conditions.
Special cards issued to Middleport Camp Spanish American War Veterans announce a Sunday afternoon meeting in the village building. Activities include officer elections and a pension program outline.
Columbus officials announce a new plan for industrial commission claims. Medical and hospital fee claims will be handled the same day, while compensation claims go to the board. The change saves time and about $12,000 yearly, with 75 percent of claims covering medical fees alone.
Revival meetings begin Saturday night at 7 p m at Pleasant Hill M E Church. Everyone is welcome to attend and join the services.
An advertisement touts GROVE'S IRON TONIC SYRUP as a preventive for colds grip and influenza. It claims healthy blood and system protect children, and sells the tonic for 75 cents.
The first open hearth reverberatory steel furnace in Manitoba has begun operations at Selkirk signaling a new era in regional metal production. The facility starts work as local officials promote industrial growth and employment.
The Free Methodist Church led by Pastor E. D. Crane holds Sunday School at 9 A M with two services at 10 15 A M and 7 P M.
Rev H C Smith pastor of Music Hall invites Sunday school at 9 00 A M and morning worship at 10 30 A M The Man of Faith is the morning sermon subject He will preach this evening on The Devils Banquet Table and Saturday evening The Hell gate of the Soul events at 7 30 P M if announced locally
Friday evening from 7 to 8 P M a New Years Eve service includes a short children pageant. Those watching the old year out may join the First M E church. Sunday schedule features 9 A M Sunday school 10 A M junior church 10 20 Morning service sermon The Adequacy of Jesus 2 P M Junior League 6 P M Epworth League 7 P M first revival service with nightly services at 7 P M all week.
Abbott Y. Wilcox, minister, announces New Year worships with morning and evening services. Morning message draws from Robert Freman's The Great White House. Evening sermon discusses the Christian life lived joyfully for others. Sabbath School 9 to 10. Principal Rupp will be present to meet Mohican class boys.
W Ahlbrand lists church activities with Millfield Sunday school at 9 30 A M preaching 6 30 P M Epworth League events The Plains 9 30 A M Sunday school class meeting 6 30 P M Sugar Creek 9 30 A M Sunday school class meeting 6 30 P M revival services in the evenings
Pastor C Lloyd Strecker leads Sunday school at 9 A M and morning worship at 10 30 with the theme The Old Year and the New. Epworth League devotional at 6 P M and Thy Kingdom Come In My Heart. Evening service at 7 includes a Stereopticon Lecture Pioneer Trail on Methodism in Ohio and the far west with views of Oregon and Washington.
Amesville residents share Christmas visits with families in Athens Nelsonville Rushsylvania and Hazard Kentucky. Local social news notes Mrs Mary Phillips 81 injured hip in her room and in critical condition. John Balderson dies in Wamago Kan and kin travel there.
The Presbyterian church ladies and society plan an oyster supper at Mrs Florence Porter’s home Tuesday evening. Oysters and accompaniments will be served. Mr and Mrs R B Thompson hosted Earl Jones and Miss Bertha of Athens as guests. Christmas exercises were held at the church with Sunday school. A week of prayer begins next Sunday with daily services. The pastor Rev Chapin invites all.
Columbus reports that data from district and county experiment farms allow soil specialists to forecast economically effective fertilizers for crops. A reconnaissance soil survey maps texture and charge of soils across locations to support recommendations.
Mrs F L Newton of Irving New York writes that her eight year old daughter used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy during a whooping cough last spring and recovered quickly. The family has kept a bottle and found good results in prior use.
A new key design allows rapid flipping to the edge of a garment pocket for quick access and security. The mechanism enables fast deployment while keeping the key discreet when not in use.
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