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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1920
Page
10
In Washington the former Secretary of State Robert Lansing appeared publicly for the first time since his resignation. The audience cheered him for several minutes as he entered the Washington theater.
Four year old daughter of Mrs. Ernest T. Smith died at her Poplar Ridge residence from influenza. Funeral services are announced for Thursday afternoon.
Wendell Kutz and Edith Mora united in marriage at Peace Evangelical church parsonage in a ring ceremony. Kautz, a prosperous South Dakota farmer, and Mora, daughter of Henry Mora of Pine Grove, plan an extended wedding trip after the ceremony.
The funeral for Mrs J W Dumble was held this afternoon from the Van Duyn home in Middleport with interment in Hill Cemetery.
The Loyal Order of Moose lodge has leased the Main street building recently bought by Nyman Zwifel from Downie and Atlo for five years with a ten year option. The Majestic theatre group holds a lease on the lower floor for over a year, and future plans for the building remain unsettled.
Mrs. Martin Devol died about 11 o'clock Tuesday night at her parents home on Butternut avenue after a weeks long meningitis illness. She was twenty six years old and is survived by her husband, her mother and father, and several brothers and sisters. Funeral arrangements had not been made at this writing.
Mrs Will Densmore of Pleasant Hill Middleport died Tuesday evening from influenza. In frail health she could not recover. Survived by her husband and three daughters Mrs Harley Russell of Middleport Mrs Perry Smith of Middleport and Mrs Henry Thomas of Dexter.
Jesse Qualls of Pomeroy and Miss Lueila Ransom of Middleport were married on a Wednesday afternoon in the probate court room by Squire Stephen Martin.
J A Fridley sues for divorce from Tina Fridley citing extreme cruelty. They married July 4 1906 at Point Pleasant no children. He says she absented herself over three years and in September 1915 shot him in the knee during intoxication at their Middleport home. He claims she spread false disease rumors at Gauley Bridge WV to hinder his help. Audrey S McKay also seeks divorce from Walter F McKay alleging wilful absence since 1916 marriage and asks custody and alimony for their child.
Local notes report multiple residents and visitors with brief health and travel updates. George B. Sayre and C. E. Sayre left for Clarksburg. influenza and other illnesses affect several residents. various trips to Gallipolis, Charleston, Parkersburg, Toledo, Columbus, and New York are noted. a hair dye ad closes the column.
W D Willock visited his wife at Holzer hospital in Gallipolis. Alvin Batey, attending Bliss Co, came home to visit his parents. The two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Newton Barnes died at their Cheshire area home. Mrs Roy Thompson visited Cheshire to see her mother Mrs Mel Cougenour. Mrs O F Stolzenburg and her young son went to Cleveland to visit relatives. Will Brandum traveled to Gallipolis to visit his wife at Holzer hospital.
County Superintendent of Schools Root promotes the War Department Come Back essay contest directing Athens County students to submit essays on the benefits of enlisting in the United States Army. Manuscripts may go to district officers or be sent to Root for forwarding. rules require originality, clear expression, and a 400 word limit with one-sided pages.
In each district one teacher acts as judge and district officers appoint boards of judges to pick the best district essay. Fifty six prize essays go to a national board with Secretary of War Baker General Pershing and General March to choose the top three. The winners will be announced April 19 1920 and prizes awarded in Washington May 5 by the Secretary of War as guests of The Come Back for Walter Reed Hospital patients.
Herbert Hoover, newly elected president of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, urged prompt ratification of the peace treaty and a federal budget system. He supported collective bargaining rights for workers and maintaining a large merchant fleet to safeguard overseas trade, while reserving railways for private control. He argued radicalism poses little danger due to a strong farmer population.
John P. Mulgrew and Donald H. Hester present a clean wholesome Katzenjammer Kids musical comedy at Athens Opera House on Friday February 20. Hans and Fritz lead two acts and seven scenes with a thirty member company of entertainers.
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