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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1921
Page
8
Lost sheepskin coat reported between Pride's Livery Stable and Wolf Pen on Harrisonville road. Finder to return to Pride's Stable or to Tom Musser's store. Earl Lee. February 22.
Announcement confirms Edwin Cook & Sons take over controlling stake in Talbott Wholesale Co of Midd leport. Headquarters will move to the Rutland and Second streets corner. Retiring owner B F E Talbott exits due to ill health after building a leading Ohio Valley business.
Manager Homer Shanks reports a burglary at the New York Clothing House in Ashland. Intruders took 5 suits 5 overcoats and furnishings worth over $100, insured. Bloodhounds traced the trail to Huntington but failed to locate the burglars.
Adolph Ebersbach suffered a severe arm injury when slate fell in the Scott mine near Beech Grove Cemetery just before noon. He was rushed to Gallipolis hospital where doctors fear amputation may be necessary. he is brother of Walter Ebersbach, mine boss.
Mrs Elizabeth J Lyle aged 85 died in Rutland township. She is survived by three daughters Mrs Seth Thomas of Kyger, Mrs Perry Rupe of Kyger, and Mrs Mary Stevens of Kenton Ohio, and a son Emmett Lyle of Cheshire. Funeral will be held at Kyger church Tuesday with burial at Gravel Hill cemetery.
Otis Clark of Wyllis Hill, described as a novelty drunk, staggered in opposite directions after drinking hoof-oil or other strong liquor. He spent a night in jail, Justice Martin ruled him plain drunk, and assessed a fine of five dollars plus costs totaling 10.65 dollars, which Clark paid with a puzzled look at his feet.
Jack Globe was brought to Rutland Township Monday to answer a charge of disturbing Pleasant Valley School. After his daughter was sent home by teacher Mrs. W. C. Merritt he became abusive at the school. Globe pleaded guilty. fine and costs totaled $58.80.
S H R Foulk left Wednesday on a business trip covering Cincinnati Toledo Detroit Cleveland and Wheeling. He travels with Mrs Foulk to Columbus for Buckeye Press Association sessions and to attend the Alma Gluck Zimbalist concert at Memorial Hall Wednesday evening.
The Syracuse M E church schedules the second quarterly gathering at Minersville with a Saturday business meeting and Sunday sacramental service and preaching. Rev Sayre ends a revival at Minersville and will commence another in Syracuse on March 6.
The Middleport Literary Club held a regular Wednesday meeting led by Mrs. O. H. Stewart. The topic was Van Dyke and the event marked Mrs. Stewart’s first social gathering as a recent bride and a skilled hostess.
The Order of Railway Conductors held a dance at Coe's Opera House last evening. The hall was tastefully decorated in national colors and order colors, and revelry continued from early until late with rare pleasure.
Announcement states Mrs. Erlie Lyons of Middleport received a $5000 award from the state industrial commission. The award follows the death of her husband who fell from a building in Akron several months earlier.
Miss Margaret Riley hosted a Tuesday evening party at her Middleport home in honor of Miss Bernice Russell who will move to a new home near Parkersburg. About twenty six attendees enjoyed Washington Birthday decorations games and a dessert course of ice cream and cake.
Councilman Charles Ebersbach and Curtis Gilmore asked county commissioners at their Monday session to take over Main street Pome roy to obtain state repair aid. The commissioners declined saying they already have funds for repairs.
The article notes relatives visiting Beebe on Monday night and Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Clarence Moore spent over Sunday with the former's parents at Frost.
Warning about genuine Aspirin from Bayer. Only buy if the Bayer name appears on package or tablets for safe use prescribed for twenty one years. For colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache and pain. Available in small tins of twelve and larger packages from druggists.
Reverend Taylor preached on Sunday and visited the sick. Mrs. Nell Carpenter of Columbus, who had been helping care for her brother Robert Gilmore, returned home Sunday.
Mrs. Eugene V. Debs, aged and frail, has waited two weeks for news from her husband. A government order now allows Debs held in Atlanta prison to communicate with the outside world under Espionage Act provisions.
President elect Harding dispatched Sumner Welles, head of the Latin American Bureau in Washington, to Havana for a conference with General Enoch Crowder. Cuban leaders hope Harding will send General Wood or consult him on Cuban affairs.
Outside the county seat residents await a decision as the board of commissioners considers initiating the road building program and moving toward concrete action.
Mrs J R Elder of Logan arrived to visit daughter Mrs Roy Tracy and family. W F M S ladies of Simpson M E church plan a pot luck supper Friday evening. Elmer Goodwin and family left for Columbus where Mrs Goodwin will aid her sister after a severe operation. James Batey took his mother home from Gallipolis hospital after several weeks of surgical care.
A boy was badly burned about the face when a bottle exploded on arrival. He was rushed to the hospital for examination and treatment. It was believed his eyes were affected, but this was not the case. The lad is improving at this time.
Mrs Phil Tschappat returned from Bremen where she was the guest for a few days of her mother Mrs W R McCandlish.
The district court of appeals met in Logan with Judges Sayre Mauck and Middleton presiding. Judge Mauck has joined the bench replacing Walters. Many county cases settled or dismissed. others postponed due to absent attorneys Pettit in Florida and Ricketts in Congress. one case ready for trial.
Miss Olive Higgy of Columbus Ohio State University serves as treasurer and director of the Girls Glee Club at OSU. She is daughter of O T Higgy a traveling tray salesman of North Walnut Street and is regarded as an excellent musician.
Readers awoke to five inches of snow and a sunlit day that melted much of the white coating. The piece notes the groundhog’s misjudgment as springlike warmth from morning to evening altered the wintry scene.
Frieda Kleinschmidt daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Kleinschmidt of Zanesville avenue is seriously ill in a Columbus hospital after adenoid surgery. She has suffered several hemorrhages and other complications since the operation. J L Tyber of Pt Pleasant West Virginia visited Logan on business noting quiet conditions and limited activity for the K and M railroad in his area.
Walter Harned and his wife describe a winter vacation around Bardentown Florida. They visited St Petersburg Tampa and the South Florida fair at Tampa. He notes 3300 tourists in St Petersburg and praises Black Aberdeen cattle hogs poultry and Canadian exhibits. Temperatures ranged from 44 to 85 degrees. The couple is enamored with that region.
Mrs. S. P. D. Walker returns to her Des Moines home after a several week visit with her son Elmer, an employee of the Riley Shoe Company.
Overland Oil & Gas Company settles with J. W. Olive in two actions. One replevin case and a second action for money and fore closure of a chattel mortgage are both settled with costs paid.
State vs. John Graham reassigns two indictments for receiving stolen property to March 7 and March 8. Court records show the cases moved to new dates for proceedings.
Eight year old Charley Lytle Jr. was badly burned in a peculiar accident Saturday afternoon near the jail alley. The boy watched two youths playing with a juvenile furnace and corked water bottles on the firepot. When heated, the bottles exploded blowing corks free and scalding him.
Stewart Copeland and L H Smith were in town on short business and family visits. George Hawk and Kyle McAfee spent time with relatives, while Charles Norris is improving after an injury. Revival services at the M F E Church welcomed all as schools had Washington's Birthday vacation.
In Mexico City on February 23 General railway workers threaten a nationwide action to test President Obregon's government. Troops occupy railway offices and stations as damage increases with rails torn up on Colima Road. Radicals, financed from abroad, press for broader protests across labor sectors.
Angie Clark and her daughter from Pomeroy visit friends in town. A town hall trial Tuesday evening led to Wayne Chase paying a fine and costs about twenty dollars after striking Howard Clark on school grounds. Residents attended the Mud Fork sale of Miss Rett Forrests personal property. Prof Merrit of Rutland visited the local school on Thursday. William Graves traveled to Gallipolis and back with his daughter Mary from the hospital. Col Brooks attended the good roads meeting in Pomeroy. E L Jewell was a Galipolis business visitor. Elza Howell returns from Thomas Ford mine to visit family before starting work in Illinois handling horses. Grange meeting drew a light crowd due to bad roads sickness and the sale but featured an engaging program.
The article highlights Sweden’s Danny More mines as sources of the world’s finest iron. It emphasizes ore quality and mining prominence in the region.
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