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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1920
Page
4
Relatives announce they will challenge the will of Mrs Bes sie White Burgess in Paris Kentucky which leaves one thousand dollars for the support of her dog Dick. The document requires Dick to have three meals daily and a bed in the house.
Washington February 24 Authorities report rival camps over Theodore Roosevelt legacy in the Republican nomination fight. Hiram Johnson cites a 1916 Roosevelt letter praising Johnson, while Leonard Wood supporters challenge the relevance of an old quote and stress evolving political conditions. Johnson campaigns through the Dakotas, signaling withdrawal from the League of Nations as key plank.
Miss Gladys Higley left for Los Angeles to enter college and seek better health after leaving Ohio University. Miss Viola Bobo, a former Red Cross nurse, lies in an Illinois hospital with tetanus, with family traveling to her bedside. Mrs Boatman of Ryger and a Columbia sibling head to Illinois. Miss Esther Hysell visits from Logan, Salem school resumes, health improves, and Dr. Leo Bean treats Mrs. G. W. Jackson. Sam Bryant sold property near the depot to Dwight Kennedy.
Notices list several real estate transactions including E Roy Love to Asa Dille for 42 acres at 1000 dollars, D M Beasley to T M Fleming for 115.15 acres at 6196 dollars, Chauncey Corporation Cornelius Williams to Ora Dell Williams lots 58 and 64 for 1 dollar, Morris Henshaw by sheriff to Margaret Williams lot 226 for 1683 dollars, and John Dayka to Dayka et al for a lot in Nelsonville.
Lot 23 and tract 2 acres transfer with consideration listed. Samantha Dixon sells to Nancy E. Perkins lots 30 and 31 for 2000 dollars. Trimble Township F Hauck conveys 4 acres to David Roberts for 1000 dollars.
In Memphis a corpulent Black woman told Judge McNamara in police court that Henry Ford kicked her and suggested she visit a garage. She identified herself as Lizzie, nicknamed Tin, and claimed Ford was her husband rather than an automobile.
Government agents report arrest of J. W. Warren and Milton Menifer in Huntington West Virginia for running a moonshine still on a shanty boat in the Big Sandy River. Agents say much water has been found in whisky recently, but this is the first discovery on water.
Dr. Geo B Parker of Athens Ohio promotes a digestive remedy claiming most diseases originate from indigestion and constipation. He argues food rots in the stomach, causing fevered mucous membranes and absorption of toxins into blood. The ad promises a guaranteed treatment for 1.25 at local druggists.
W Marks a London tinplate factory worker speaks twenty two languages and uses spare time to teach fellow workers French learned during travels across Europe.
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