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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1920
Page
8
In Pomeroy Ohio, five o clock Friday morning Clifford Eads awoke to smoke and helped his three younger sisters escape a blazing home. The children climbed to the porch then to ground level as the building and belongings were destroyed with only partial insurance to cover debts.
Editor and Mrs. W G Sibley left Gallipolis for Omaha Nebraska where Mr Sibley will take the editorial desk at the Omaha Daily Bee for several months He will still contribute editorials to the Gallipolis Daily Tribune while his son handles business management of the paper.
Members of Pomeroy Lodge K of P will attend a group service at Simpson M E church next Sunday evening. A special sermon is planned with several musical selections and the lodge will meet at 6 30 at the hall before proceeding to the church.
A 60 year old man and a 20 year old woman from Thomas Fork were married in probate court after a paternity charge led to a warrant for Charles Lathey. Lathey was arrested, jailed, and the couple wed in the probate court rooms by the same justice who issued the warrant.
Tom Popp of Charleston West Virginia planned sending a ham and groceries to his 80 year old mother in Germany. He prepared a box with oats sugar flour eggs and a salt filled bucket. A miscreant stole the ham and other items, but his mother later received the box via Holland.
The report notes contents left in the box remained intact in perfect order, but the same low down miscreant had stolen the ham. No further details on location or suspects are provided.
Funeral services for Mrs Isiah Rum mell who died Thursday at her son Jesse Rummell's Kerrs Run home will be held Sunday at 2 PM at the Minersville Methodist church. Interment will follow at Beech Grove cemetery.
Pomeroy grades and high school will be closed Monday as Washington's Birthday is observed as a legal holiday.
Fire destroyed the Middleport Home Laundry around midnight, totaling over 10 000 in machinery loss with 4500 coverage. Paul French spotted the blaze in the rear of the frame structure and firefighters limited damage to the building with nearby properties narrowly spared. The laundry was owned by the heirs of Henry Koehler, with property held by Edward French and R F Russell.
Middleport Lodge No. 363 F and A M will confer the Master degree on seven candidates Tuesday February 24 with work at 2 30 pm. A banquet will follow the same evening starting at 6 o'clock.
When the U S submarine R-13 and the mother ship Savannah were placed in drydock at Boston they were covered with ice. To minimize danger a life net like circus style was stretched under the submarine. A slip on the tiny deck or sloping sides became a high dive into the net. A three inch gun mounted on the sub. Savannah to receive modern equipment.
Postmaster H. J. Blackmore of Pomeroy ranked second among Ohio second class post offices in January war savings sales. With a 25 quota he sold 234 certificates totaling 23500, earning a place on the Ohio honor roll to be sent to the White House. He will receive a medal for his achievement.
G A Ferguson returned to Columbus yesterday after a business call. Mrs Andrew Sarnet left for a short visit in Akron. Tracy Burns left to visit his mother in Cincinnati. Virgil Campbell family improving. Buccie of Stand ard Oil was a Gallipolis visitor. Josie Garland is critically ill in Munnersville. Anna Apple to be out again after confinement. August Brakis improving after serious illness. Mrs A Miller sick. Warren Johnson able to be out after grip. Addie Schoenlein on sick list. Adda Wolfe returned to Columbus employment. Martin Woothe slightly improved after paralysis. Mrs C Listag hosted by grandmother Simmons in Middport. Will Stevers at Athens for political meeting. H H Blackmore able to be out again. Ray Sherman visited parents in Athens. Fred Russell from Charleston attended sister Will Densmore’s funeral. Vesta Swisher spent day with parents in Cheshire. Grace Brown visiting Columbus. Adolph Wandall left for Columbus to see eye specialist. Olga Roush left for Marion to visit relatives. M G White and Mary Healy ill but improving.
Maurice Colbert aged 42 died of influenza at the State Hospital last night. The remains prepared for burial by the Newsom-Walburn Company were shipped today to Hobson for interment.
All members of Troop Two Boy Scouts of Athens who plan to remain active are asked to attend a scout meeting on Monday evening February 23 at the Presbyterian church. Bring 25 cents for 1920 registration dues. Roy L. Dupler, S.M.
Instructions claim Vicks VapoRub eases inflamed air passages by melting a small amount in a spoon and inhaling vapors night and morning. Apply near nostrils several times daily, especially before crowd exposure.
A North Carolina druggist introduced Vicks VapoRub as an external cold treatment. The salve combines camphor menthol eucalyptus and thyme to release vapors when warmed on the body. The method claims to ease congestion and aid recovery, with widespread sales reaching over 17 million jars annually. Vicks is sold in 30c 60c and 1.20 sizes.
E A Roberts secretary of the Builders Exchange warned Cleveland faces a chronic housing crisis with about 30 000 homes short. He cited high building prices rents and labor shortages as factors delaying recovery despite late 1919 building record highs.
Mrs. W. H. Harris died February 14 at her Fostoria home at 84. Survived by a husband and daughter Mrs. T. T. Rosendale. The Fostoria Daily Review called her brilliant physically mentally and spiritually. She was noted for educational ability and a recollection of a spelling school in the Presbyterian church in the early seventies. Her family resided here years ago when Mr. Harris was clerk at the Hocking Valley freight office.
Washington Feb 20 Secretary Meredith urges farmers to file voluntary Agriculture Census returns as snow and cold slow the counting.
J. W. Gabriel Internal Revenue Collector will return to Athens at the post office during the first week of March to help with income returns and provide blanks for those who did not receive them.
A New Hampshire woman develops a mattress enabling insomniacs to lie face down with the forehead on a raised ledge to drain blood pressure from the brain and induce sleep, presenting a novel sleep aid concept for rest.
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