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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1921
Page
6
The Mercy Bend meeting of the County Commissioners and Taxpayers Committee at the courthouse yesterday resulted in a unanimous vote against reappraisal for 1921 22. Morning conferences and a committee report preceded the decision.
Readers are urged to notice that persistent squinting and forehead wrinkling stem from vision problems. The advice is to have eyes examined, since squinting is usually an effort to see when vision is abnormal.
The three-member group defeated a plan to deny the auditor findings on reappraisal and adjourned after a split over a road bond issue. They may reconvene to push a $200000 bond program with state aid possibly covering 75 percent, while a Tax Payers League in Melgs County is proposed.
Mrs Adeline Moore of Pomeroy Second Ward died Wednesday night from consumption Funeral services Sunday announced in local notices
The Local Council Boy Scouts of Middleport elected officers for the year led by President J. Fisher and Scout Commissioner Leon Z Davis. other posts include Vice President C. M. Hennessy Secretary H. R. Lewis Treasurer J. H. Grate Court of Honor R. A. Miller and others. The group aims for a active and successful year led by energetic local business leaders.
Mr and Mrs Lorenzo Scott purchase the Calhoun property on Third Street Middleport and will occupy it. Mrs Martha Shiveler of Bradberry buys the jd Bennett property on Pearl Street and plans to move there soon.
The Frost family home on the Dorsey Van Clieve farm in Orange Township burned Wednesday. Emmett Frost his wife and his father and step mother were in the house. the father was carried from the burning building as he neared death from dropsy. Most furniture saved though much canned fruit grain and feed in outbuildings were lost.
Mrs. Harrison Buck and her baby, once found in distress, have been moved from Red Cross care to the County Infirmary where they receive treatment. Her husband remains jailed, held for non-support.
Bits of news from scattered items relayed here with brief notes and partial details. The snippets touch on different topics and may include local events, society notices, or miscellaneous updates.
Mrs Louise Stoll of Philadelphia reports six years of monthly pain and spells finding relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She recommends the remedy to friends and daughters and urges others to write for health information.
William Smeek reports his gasoline ferry yacht broke from its moorings at Long Bottom and drifted away with no word received. Local notes mention Mr and Mrs John Stout planning to move to Kansas, farm sales, and civic notices including a doctor bid deadline of March 6 1921 for Salisbury township.
The divorce suit filed last December was heard in common pleas court with defendant Lucetta Spencer not appearing. Judge Miller took the case under advisement after a hearing on the charge of gross neglect of duty.
The Opera House presents Cheer-Up Mabel starring Nyra Brown and Johnnie Getz. Hy Bergman and Victor Herbert wrote the book and songs backed by a strong chorus, striking scenery, and balloons sent into the audience. Curtain at 8 30 to suit local merchants.
Charles E. Hughes, soon to be premier of the Harding cabinet, travels to St Augustine to discuss international policy and state department appointments with the president-elect. Four cabinet posts remain unfilled navy commerce labor and treasury with Mellon likely to head the treasury and Hert eyed for navy. Hoover may still join the cabinet and Thompson is considered for the Federal Reserve Board.
A Wool Grower argues farmers must unite to market wool through the Ohio Sheep and Wool Growers warehouse. He contrasts past prices with current lows, urges direct marketing to manufacturers, and cites ownership by growers as a guard against manipulation. He calls for better methods and less criticism.
Members of the Faith Rebekah lodge were invited to Athens on Thursday night for lodge activities and initiation of that chapter. Attendees included Mesdames Anna Morris Elizabeth Sweeny Marley Whitlatch Edna Lasch Amy Bobo Bessie Webster Blanche Cline Annie Snowden Geneva Searles Adria Goodwin Dawn Martin George Sweeny and Bertha Sweeny. Ed Lasch returned home Thursday night after the visit.
An advertisement touts Fatonic as a remedy for sourness belching and indigestion. It claims the product removes the cause of stomach trouble by acidity and paseo and asserts relief after taking Eatonic tablets after meals with a money back guarantee.
The article lists numerous visitors and travels tying to Wheeling W Va and nearby towns. It notes deaths and funerals including B F Knowlton and mentions residents visiting in Athens, Columbus, Urbana, Carbondale, and Edinburgh Texas. Several birthdays and social events are recorded, with church and club gatherings cited.
Merrill Kerr of Kerr Hardware Co reports the state hardware dealers' convention in Memorial Hall highlighted exhibits by Ray-Glo of Athens. Prices are said to be easing slowly as retailers aim to better meet patron needs.
Mr Kerr notes a gradual price decline since the start of the year. He says hardware production keeps pace and the market remains stable, with many hardware items not rising as sharply as other lines.
Sand Rock hosts visits from Glen Robinson and family while Mrs. Robert Roberts travels to Belpre for her sister’s illness. Isaac Cook of Chillicothe guests Chas. Moore. Nell sonville residents Mr and Mrs Carlos Ogg visit N H Colvin. Mrs Frank McCune returns from Athens. Frank Moore makes a Bartlett business call. Mrs Olive Morrison visits grandmother Mrs Sarah Copeland.
Social notices from Carbon Hill list Mrs John Dehman falling ill at home while Mrs Mary Parks visits Athens this week. Neighborly tan is noted as Hedley Lowes and Lora Jane shop in Logan on Monday. Birthday dinner hosted by Gusta Green for her husband. Weekend visitors include Mr and Mrs John Powers and Mr and Mrs Henry Wilkinson with Tommy Betty Louise and Aunt Side Martin celebrated her eighty fourth birthday with carnat ions. Mrs H B Lowell of Akron visits Carbon Hill and Nelsonville friends.
Frost Mrs L A Little visits her nice Miss Helen Russell in Columbus. Mrs Theodore Rowell was in Parkersburg recently. Mrs John Davin of Detroit came for her father’s death, leaving for Marietta. C W Rowell visited Athens Monday. Mrs Terisa Linton and daughter Mrs Dean Rachels of Beebe visited. Mildred Hatch spent a few days in Athens.
Representatives of 5,000,000 organized farmers in Washington went to the Capitol to urge swift passage of the farm protection plan before adjournment.
Spain seized Sardinia in 1717 triggering the Quadruple Alliance formed in 1718 and 1719 among Britain, France, Austria, and the Dutch Republic to oppose Bourbon influence in the Mediterranean.
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