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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1919
Page
2
The article notes a local revival at Saints church led by Rev. D. T. Koch of Ravenna Ohio with the local pastor Rev. B F Timmons assisting. It invites attendance and records church community greetings amid illness and visits among residents.
Readable fragments describe social visits and gatherings hosted in the Millfield community, noting hospitality and cordial exchanges within private residences and among local families. The brief hints at weeknight hospitality and small group interactions reflect neighborhood life.
Mr and Mrs BE Adams and Mr and Mrs A L Preston with son Clark visited Mr and Mrs George Redd in Lancaster over the weekend. Fred Love and Arthur Lott are in Akron for employment opportunities.
Sunday services were held with morning and evening preaching and a 9 30 Sunday school. Attendance reached 201 with a $6 00 collection. Men were invited to join the men’s class and wives to help the women’s class.
Two sisters and cousin Miss Mary Hallett were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. B. Hey and relatives in Chauncey. Delmar Vanhorn has received an honorable discharge and returned home to Chauncey.
The Senate will hold a memorial session on Sunday in honor of the late Theodore Roosevelt. Ivy Senator Cabot Lodge will be the sole speaker, and the tribute will not be open to the public.
The New York City Federation of Women's Clubs passed a resolution condemning certain evening gowns as the extreme limit of indecency and demoralising to youth, urging dress makers to reform.
Kiel workers at the shipyard walked out to stop foodstuffs from reaching government authorities, a dispatch reported from Kiel on February 8. The action aims to disrupt supplies to officials as authorities oversee rationing and wartime provisioning.
London officials declared the claim that British warships off Oporto would stop Portuguese government vessels from bombarding the city is untrue. The statement clarified the misinformation circulating on February 8.
In Muskegon Michigan February 8 citizens crowded to join the jury pool. A judge rules jurors in whiskey smuggling cases must sample the evidence. A new sprung mounted fender for motor trucks aims to lessen damage from collisions.
In Chicago on February 8 three bystanders were shot during an incident tied to the band scene. Police reported a chaotic night with multiple shots fired. no details yet on suspects or victims' conditions.
In Lima Ohio on February 8 G March shows off a yard full of blooming cherry blossoms, claiming the display is in full bloom and visible on his property.
A sailor asked Walter Annis of Attleboro Massachusetts for his wife to lend him for a matinee. Annis agreed but the sailor did not return her. Police will investigate the incident and pursue the matter.
Portland Maine February 8 He is in again. Old H The price of creased from 50c to 75¢ for out of town prisoners.
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