St Agnes Guild Meets at Masonic Temple for Lunch and Contest
The St Agnes Guild ladies gathered at the Masonic Temple at one o'clock for an alphabetical contest and a delightful lunch hosted by Mrs Fred Wilds. Members included Mesdames Barbs Wilds Warrington Evans Linton Barber Hail Rodda Sayers McCarty Otis McKee Bryant and visitors Barber Sayers Barber Wilds Hall plus Mrs Charles McCarty Stocklin and Mrs James McKee. Rev Marshall and wife from Athens and Harry Rodda of Nelsonville plan to attend a Dayton church convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Agnes
Masonic Temple
Fred Wilds
W. M. St. John Street
Mesdames
Joe Barbs
Jim Wilds
John Warrington
Jim Evans
Charley Linton
Bill Barber
John Hail
Harry Rodda
John Say
Charles McCarty
John Stocklin
James McKee
Columbus
Marshall
Athens
Nelsonville
Dayton
Death Claims Elmer Coffey Aged 18 At Carbon Hill
The obituary notes Elmer Theodore Coffey born August 27 1903 in Carbon Hill Stocking County Ohio departed January 29 1922 aged 18 years 5 months and 2 days. He leaves his mother stepfather three brothers two sisters three stepbrothers two stepsisters and many relatives. The family laments a precious one gone and expresses faith in Jesus for eternal keeping.
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Grim Reaper
Death
Elmer Theodore Coffey
Carbon Hill
Stocking County
Ohio
Church of the Epiphany Sermon Urges Christian Support
Rev A H Marshall proclaims if Christianity wanes nations fail. He cites France's degeneration and Germany's Bernhardi gospel, urging parishioners to attend church and influence others to save the country through faith. Evening service follows a 7 PM sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF the Epiphany
A. H. Marshall
France
Germany
Bernhardi
Jesus Christ
Milk distribution aids underweight children in city schools
The fourth week of milk distribution in city schools reached 2023 bottles with all pupils weighed before and after to track underweight status. Most children who drink milk gained weight, from one to five pounds, as donations bolster the milk fund and the committee plans to continue until the spring ration on April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ldoren
C. H. Bartlett
Shelton Funeral Sunday at Christian Church
Reverend C L Johnson will conduct the funeral for Mr Thomas Shelton Sunday afternoon at 2 oclock at the Christian church. The service is under the auspices of the local Masonic order of which Shelton was a longtime member. Burial will be at Greenlawn Cemetery.
Masonic Funeral Service for Late Thomas W. Shelton
Special communication of Wodorian Lodge No. 157 FP will be held Sunday after for attending the funeral service of the late Thomas W. Shelton and paying a last tribute of respect to the memory of a departed brother. All Masons are directed to assemble.
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Wodorian Lodge
Fior
Thomas W. Shelton
Community thanks for support after loss of Elmer Coffey
Mr and Mrs G H Guess and Mr and Mrs C Coffey thank friends and neighbors for assistance after the death of their son and brother Elmer Coffey and for the beautiful floral offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Coffey
G. H. Guess
C. Coffey
Bible School Sparks Renewal at Nelsonville Church
Bible school at 9 30 a m aims to beat last year's record. Next Sunday men receive plans for father and son banquet set for next week. Morning worship at 10 30 features What Next. Evening service at 7 presents Prather and Son in harmony with father and son day. All fathers and sons invited. Junior and Senior C E at 6 plans for Endeavor week observance. If no church home in Nelsonville, you are invited to attend. Evening service in large auditorium.
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Bible School
Bereans
Nelsonville
Chamber Meets On Utilities, Roads And Rates
A chamber meeting discussed Ohio Telephone Company rate changes with a protest over high proposed charges. A Murray City committee seeks road improvements on Buchtel-Murray City road, with plans to involve Athens. The chamber asks Amesville aid for Sugar Creek to Marietta road, and launches a Nelsonville membership drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Directors
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Telephone Company
Murray City
Buchtel-Murray City
Athens
State Inspection Bureau
Sellers
Amesville
Sugar Creek
Marietta
Chamber
Nelsonville
Chamber of Commerce
International Holiness Church Service Schedule
Arthur H. Plunkett ministers the International Holiness Church with Sunday school at 9 30 AM preaching at 11 AM class meeting at 2 30 PM Young People 6 to 7 PM pivotal service at 7 PM on Unpardonable Sin Foreign Missionary Tuesday evening at church Wednesday prayer meeting Friday cottage meeting All are welcome to attend all services.
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Arthur H. Plunkett
First M E Church Evangelistic Services Continue
Sunday school 9 30 A M with a strong session last week Morning worship 10 30 A M sermon by the pastor on The Will of Christ Evening worship 7 P M with A Great Miracle subject and a long revival style service The revival has closed but the evangelistic church remains open inviting all to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
West End Parent-Teacher Association Meets For Fund Drive
The West End PTA held a regular session Friday afternoon with third grade pupils presenting Our First Flag. Members were urged to attend a benefit show at Stuarts Opera House next Thursday and Friday to raise funds for school activities. A home credit plan for the building was adopted and a committee was named to arrange suitable credit blanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Parent-Teacher Association
Stuarts Opera House
Cook
Baden
Hough
Griffin
Cooley Family Illness Draws NYC Visitor to Day's News
Day reports in brief as milk month results are noted with interest. Frank Cooley Jr. of New York City arrived yesterday due to his father F. G. Cooley Sr. being ill. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Roudebush spent Wednesday in Columbus.
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Frank Cooley Jr
New York City
F. G. Cooley Sr
C. H. Roudebush
Columbus
Fire crews quell chimney blaze at Mrs Maria Sheppard home
Fire department responded Friday around noon to the residence of Mrs Maria Sheppard to extinguish a chimney soot fire. Minor damage reported with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Sheppard
Standard Bearers Meet at Mrs Wilsons Home
The Standard Bearers of the Methodist Episcopal Church gathered Thursday at Miss Rachel Wilsons 262 West Washington street. Forty four members attended and welcomed Edna Barron Marzeliia Cheseman Edna Hawk Ivaline Huddy Mary Margaret Mitchell Eugenia Rosser as new members. Hostess led a brief program and refreshments followed. The next meeting will be at Miss Bessie Stephensons East Columbus street on Thursday evening March 2.
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The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Rachel Wilson
West
Washington Street
Edna Barron
Marzeliia Cheseman
Edna Hawk
Ivaline Huddy
Mary Margaret Mitchell
Eugenia Rosser
Bessie Stephenson
East Columbus Street
Notice to Red Men Kill Eagle Tribe meeting Friday February 10
All members of Kill Eagle Tribe Red Men are requested to be present on Friday February 10 at 7 oclock PM. Business of import ance by order of Sachem James Jones and C of R Fred Boring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kill Eagle Tribe
James Jones
Fred Boring
Presbyterian Sermons and Benevolence Drive
Services at 10 30 and 7 announced by the Presbyterian Church with sermons Life's discipline and Poor naked blind. Mr Weltzheimer will receive at any time contributions to benevolences. Subscriptions for the fiscal year urged to be paid in full by month end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Special Services At Cois Chapel By Rev Cecil Nender
Rev Cecil Nender conducts Sunday services at Cois Chapel following a long illness. Morning topic questions the existence of God while the evening sermon explores death and its shadows. Rev Nender and sister Marjorie will perform a special number at the evening service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil EF. Nender
Cois Chapel
Mendez
Majorie
Calvary Baptist Church Sunday schedule and city council action
Glouster Calvary Baptist Church sets Sunday school at 9 15 a m devotional 10 16 and preaching at 7 p m as revival closes with twenty two professions and twelve baptisms. City council discusses ordinances on card playing in soft drink venues and jitney licenses amid a debate over alleged slight to Councilman Richards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Baptist Church
Joseph Richards
Mr. Richards
Richards
Isaac Jones
Lewis Jones
Columbus
Gormley
High Street
Melligan
Shoe House
Wm. James
Front Street
Council
W. L. Slayton & Co
Toledo
Mike Daugherty
Famous Divorce Cases of 1921 22 Headlines
Socially famous figures head the lineup in 1921 22 divorce cases with Mrs Fifi Potter Stillman denying sensational charges from James A Stillman while Gonna Walska and Alexander Smith Cochran clash over alleged fires of passion. Geraldine Farrar disputes with Lou Tellegen as he accuses her while Helen Elwood Stokes fights charges from W E Stokes and Cordelia Biddle Duke secures a divorce from Angier Duke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifi” Potter Stillman
James A. Stillman
Gonna Walska
Alexander Smith Cochran
Geraldine Farrar
Lou Tellegen
Helen Elwood Stokes
W. E. D. Stokes
Cordelia Biddle Duke
Angier Duke
Cordelia Drexel Biddle Duke
Ganna Walska
Geraldine Farrar-Tellegen
Unusual Cash Deposit Case In City Property Status
The article notes a deviation in cash deposit practice for renters and owner Mr. Daugherty's property. Solicitor Rose was told to act promptly. Burns, who bought Front street property, asked council to vacate a former roadway. Council and mayor will decide possible action. Joseph Richards will attend a miners' convention in Indianapolis, so council adjourned to Friday night. Mrs. Thomas Humphrey of Shawnee visits Mr. and Mrs. Reese.
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Daugherty
Rose
Rank Burns
Front Street
Joseph Richards
Indianapolis
Death of Charles Batman in Columbus and Athens burial
Charles Batman 60, brother-in-law of Mrs. James Swett of Athens, died at his Columbus home on Monday. His body was brought to Athens Thursday and buried in West Union street cemetery beside his wife Sarah Bougher Batman, who died five years ago. He had been a blacksmith for many years at the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company.
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Charles Batman
James Swett
Athens
Columbus
West Union Street
Sarah Bougher Batman
Batman
Jeffrey Manufacturing Company
Corpse role used to trap bootleg impostor in Pittsburg
Arthur E. Kemmerling a quiet prohibition agent feigned death to trap William Penrod of Braddock who met him at a funeral chapel to pay hush money. Penrod faced federal charges for impersonating a federal agent and attempting extortion. Kemmerling described the ruse as funny yet effective.
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Arthur E. Kemmerling
Kemmerling
Prohibition
Fast Pittsburg
Prohibition Enforcement
William Penrod
Braddock
Penrod
Miss Phoebe Fairgrave Parachute Jump At Curtis Field
Miss Phoebe Fairgrave completed a 15 200 foot parachute descent at Curtis Field in Minnesota. The stunt lasted about 20 minutes and showcased her aerial skill before a gathered crowd.
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Phoebe Fairgrave
Curtis Field
Mindeosotae
Visiting Son Dr Higgins Leaves for Baltimore to Visit Hopkins
Public health commissioner Dr J M Higgins left Friday evening for Baltimore to visit his son Dr J Monroe Higgins an interne at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He will likely be away about a week.
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J. M. Higgins
Baltimore
J. Monroe Higgins
John Hopkins Hospital
Higgins
Giolitti Urged as Italian Premier by Party Leaders
In Rome on February 4 King Victor Emmanuel received the presidents of Italy’s senate and chamber of deputies and key party leaders in the Quirinal. They urged Gio litti be named premier after Bonomi resigned with his cabinet. A Giolitti Orlando coalition is possible as church state ties grow closer. Steamboats from St. Louis have navigated the Yellowstone to the Big Horn.
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Rome
Ialian Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Quirinal
Victor Emmanuel
Signore Giolitti
Bonomi
Giolitti Orlando
Vatican
Rufus the Hiker Arrives in City on Washington Trek
Rufus the Hiker arriving in Athens after traveling from Danville Illinois to deliver messages for President Harding and Uncle Joe Cannon. He recounts survival escapes and will give a Columbia theatre lecture on his return trip with another Athens stop planned Saturday.
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Rufus the Hixer
Washington
Danville
Harding
Joe Cannon
Athens
National Capital
Columbia Theatre
Athens tops Lancaster in 21 to 7 high school clash
Athens high school edged Lancaster 21 to 7 at Lancaster after a 4 to 4 first half tie. Muir scored four field goals and Battin added four in a quick second period surge as Athens pulled away.
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Athens High School
Lancaster High
Lancaster
Athens
Muir
Brooks
Battin
Shafer
Sharp
Torrance
Lancaster Brooks
Althauser
Worthy Work Is Done at Hooper Ridge Church
Hooper Ridge church and Sunday school ladies plan an all day meeting on February 8 at Mrs Spicer Keirns home. Each woman brings plaid gingham and sewing supplies for a day of sewing for worthy purposes, plus a business session on church and Sunday school topics. Men are urged to attend and assist with threading needles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hooper Ridge
Hungry Herron Faces Red and Black In Big Game
Coach Finsterwald assigns Hungry Herron to start at forward against Cincinnati high as Angus King watches ineligible from the sidelines. Eddie Coons of the visitors receives guard Barick’s tight coverage while Denison’s Dave Reese and Wesleyan’s Cordray officiate the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finsterwald
Herron
Angus King
Forward
Wesleyan
Pigbu
Alimony sought in case against Orval Ryan over land transfer
Elizabeth Ryan charges fraud and malice in a 1921 marriage to Orval Ryan claiming a deed to Charles Ryan was made to bar her rights. She seeks interim alimony, voiding of the deed, and a lien on her rightful real estate. A second cross petition in Lucas v Lucas accuses the wife of adultery and asks for dismissal and divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orval Ryan
Elizabeth Ryan
Charles Ryan
May Lucas
Charles Lucas
Cock Fight Crashed in Akron Garage Raid
Akron authorities raided an Akron garage housing fifteen game cocks with sharp spurs awaiting charges. Sheriff Pat Hutchinson led deputies who entered the barn as darkness fell and seized the birds after a scramble, arresting 23 early arrivals for arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Pat Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Stage Statistics Highlight Prodigy to Actor Transition
Stage statistics show that only a small fraction of child prodigies grow into talented actors, indicating the hurdle from early promise to sustained performance.
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Nelsonville News
Elmer
Jesus
Harley-Davidson
A. D. Farrow
B. M. Coakley
People's Bank
J. E. Zeller
Hyde
Milikar Optometrist
International Holiness Church
God
Glouster
Thomas Humphrey
Shawnee
T. R. Reese
Gorpse
International News Service
Pittsburg
Great
Giolitti
St. Louis
Yellowstone
Big Horn
Rufus
City
H. H. Rufus
Eieae Hee
Walford
Pickering
Astene Erat
Wilcox
Davis
Hughes
Algeo
Cowen
Hoopers
King
Pacific Coast
MEXIA
Texas
Western Investment Co
Stock Exchange
Los Angeles
Calif
Indian and Henderson Motorcycles
Mt AL
Nice Motor CO
E. State St
B. M. Covert
Cornwell
Asco
C. E. Norris
Carpenter ST
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