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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1924
Page
13
A struggling musician sends a sheet of his song in her honor as a 60 year old deaf woman muses on a perfect union of two deaf people. Clergymen pursue her yet Miss Heckman, famed as one of America's prettiest young women, says wedding bells won’t ring for her and she is married to her career.
The funeral for Mrs Jennie Littlewood mother of Mrs Ray Ashby was held Thursday at 2 oclock in the Episcopal church with Archdeacon N of Zanesville presiding. Burial followed at Greenlawn cemetery. Relatives including Charley Walton from Wehrun and families from Toronto Pittsburg and Pittsburg Pa arrived for the service. Local events included a Sunday visit from John Houston and a girls class gathering at the M E Church with a pot luck supper and a playlet performed by several youths.
Doanville school invites parents and patrons to a 2 PM meeting on Friday March 14 at the Doanville school. Mrs J M Hyde will deliver an address.
The N H 8. girls defeated Somerset high school 14 to 2 while the N H 8. boys beat Somerset 31 to 24. Somerset's girls stifled scoring with tight defense and accurate passing. Campbell led the Somerset boys with 16 points as they stayed in front most of the game.
Mr and Mrs C A Schoonover hosted a Sunday gathering at Main street with guests from Beaumont The Plains Glouster and Chauncey including Mr Charles Shafer Mrs Abbie Schoonoover Mrs Bernice Keaton Beatrice Herdman Ellen Coffman and others Mrs Addie Leybourne of Athens who recently had tonsil removal surgery stayed with her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Thomas Hoffman in Chauncey Edith Bergoon of Athens called on Saturday
Mrs J M Hyde will address a new Floodwood school Parent Teachers meeting Thursday afternoon. Pocohontas notice calls all degree team members to meet at their hall Wednesday night for practice. Mr Virgil Brown returned home after a 20 week engagement with the Landis Mare Trio of the Chicago Lyceum Associated Bureau traveling through Illinois Missouri Iowa and Oklahoma.
Governor Donahey said the federal court case against William G. Benham and Dwight Harrison of the defunct R. L. Collings Co. will have a wholesome effect in Ohio and backed stronger blue sky laws to curb worthless securities. In Cincinnati, Harry Abrams said bootleg king George Lemus must serve a two year sentence in Atlanta and a one year Dayton jail term, with no parole possible barring presidential clemency.
Theodore Roosevelt, now leading the U S Navy, faces pressure over Edwin Denby's resignation. President Coolidge reviews records to choose a new naval chief amid Democratic Senate pressure. King Alfonso hosts banquet in Madrid for the Morland Consort.
President Coolidge sent a message to Congress urging an immediate separate resolution to cut federal income taxes by 25 percent for 1444 incomes. In Dublin a painter’s nude painting sparked protests as the gallery owner threatened to close the exhibit unless it was removed, with a compromise to allow it to stay pending public or police protest.
William Cooper Procter, once General Leonard Wood's 1920 campaign manager, declined comment after learning he would be subpoenaed in the Senate investigation of Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty.
Mrs F E Ruth former resident of Hockingport and grandmother of Mrs J E Bailey died in Pittsburg Pennsylvania where her sons Ashley Ruth and C V Ruth reside Funeral services will be held at Hockingport Wednesday afternoon at 2 30 oclock
A testimonial from Mrs Glenn Abbey of Painesville Ohio praises Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for restoring health after overexertion. She notes quick strength return and urges others to write for confidential medical advice, or send 10 cents for a trial package.
Rev John Rutledge, justice of the peace in Rocky River Ohio, imposed a jail term on Michael Daniels of Cleveland for a second offense of violating the state dry laws. Daniels fled, paying 4000 and coats to evade conviction. Rutledge said the aim was to remove profits from illegal sales by killing the profits of lawful business.
At Paris' Club du Faubourg Dr Madeline Pelletier argues women deserve military rights. She cites historical examples from the revolution and recent Moscow conflicts, saying courage and endurance match men and voting requires paying a price in blood. A spectator quips about fashion choices in response.
Old Dobbin holds the tractor plowing lead as Morristown, Ohio faces soggy fields delaying spring work. Two men planned to begin March 1 but found their tractors mired each attempt, even on sod ground, delaying preparations for field work.
Checked gingham in brown and white illustrated with white pique trim offers voile percale or tub silk as alternatives. Pattern sizes 34 to 44 bust. a 38 inch size uses 5% yards of 82 inch material and 2% yards at the skirt foot. trim requires % yard of 36 inch material. mailed for 12 cents in stamps.
Report notes protests in Edmonton and Alberta as locals resist federal and Canadian contentions about land permits. A Hungarian invention of a pocket phonograph, enabling small dances, is described alongside brief remarks on German settler pricing and prairie farm land access.
J. J. Murphy of Nelsonville will speak on The Clay Products of Southern Ohio at the Athens Chamber of Commerce forum luncheon on Wednesday noon. Murphy is manager of the Hocking Valley Brick Company with plants in Nelsonville and Lorain.
Tokyo announced it will request a written Tevamplog of the Gentlemen's Agreement with the United States regardless of the fate of the Johnson anti alien bill in Congress. Sources close to the government disclosed the plan today.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a premier cure for kidney liver and bladder issues. It describes the product as a gentle healing vegetable compound with fast effects and urges readers to buy bottles or request a sample by sending ten cents to Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York.
Jeff McDonald of Glouster pleaded guilty to cruelty to animals after Humane Officer A. C. Roach testified he kept horses without proper food or shelter. The case was before Magistrate Porter. McDonald paid a $25 fine and costs.
A damaged fragment promotes various medicines advertised at six cents each. The text is incomplete but suggests a medical product sales notice with bold price claims.
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