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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1920
Page
3
ZEMO promotes a claim to clear disfiguring eruptions and eczema using a clean liquid wash. The advertisement asserts effectiveness against tetter blotches and various skin troubles with a trial size and a one dollar regular bottle offered by The L. W. Rose Co. Cleveland.
L. D. Martin was in Logan on business Tuesday. Mrs. C. A. Shockley spent Tuesday in Logan. Mrs. C. W. Hoodlett and her daughter returned Tuesday to Columbus after visiting Ed. Fluke's family. Miss Mattie Denney visited Union Furnace friends. Mrs. Phil Kelch visiting relatives in Columbus.
Mrs Mary Daugherty a longtime city resident died Monday in Grafton West Virginia after a two week pneumonia illness. She had traveled there to care for her ill daughter in law. Her body was brought back to the city and taken to her Ca nal street home. Funeral services were held at St Andrews church at 9 o clock this morning. She leaves five sons.
Miss Esther Wallace returns to Columbus after vacation with her brother and wife Arthur Wallace. Mrs. Martin Halliday and daughter Anna depart for Syracuse to visit relatives before returning to Kenmore. Leta Green and Bess Lutz resume studies at Delaware after holidays with parents. Mrs. A. C. Anderson visits Logan friends.
Starting Sunday January 11 services will be held at the Presbyterian church each night for three weeks with Saturdays off. Rev Arpee will lead on all nights except Saturdays and a large attendance is anticipated nightly.
A Bohemian lunch will follow installation exercises at the K of P hall Thursday night. Members are urged to attend and bring something for the lunch.
Lost Saturday on a Hocking Valley train at 3 30 an octagon shaped Swiss movement wrist watch Reward offered at local depot Conover Piano in good condition for sale Call Bell Phone 977 1 7 3p
All Odd Fellows of Hocking Lodge No 339 and transient Nelsonville members are asked to attend Thursday night for important business. K of P Hall hosts Showalter's Jazz Orchestra Friday night January 9.
The ad from Sauter’s Studio in Nelsonville touts the Grandanola phonograph with wood fibre repro ducer Violin tone chamber and all steel motor. It claims higher volume and better tone than competitors at a great saving and urges customers to act quickly.
Carpenter T. M. Price and daughters from Dyesville visit LeRoy Thorne. Albany visitors Ernest Martin and Howard Lowther stop here. New Year dinner at K of P Hall in Dyesville enjoyed by many locals. Walter Jordan family with Salem relatives. Miss Hazel Marshall spends New Year with Aunt A. L. Tewksbury. returns with nephew Dwight Seiples. Irma Romine returns to Norfolk Va duties. Ernest Schwan hosts Sunday school class watch meeting. Harold Romine returns to Columbus. Worley Jordan and Harold Caster accompany him. Carpenter Church to sponsor five Lyceum numbers starting January 16 at 7 PM to support a good cause. J H Denbar reported poorly and unable to work.
Paul S. Keever field supervisor of Sulpher Mine Louisiana and Ethel S Burson Athens teacher are listed with Dr Strecker Elvey J Jackson colored miner and Sierra Nevada Heiskell colored both of Lathrop justice Wells Richard Uinmick miner of Murray and Sylvia Pratt of Orbiston Justice Helwig.
Transactions show multiple land deals including Alexander Township parcels 2.78 and 2.25 acres for 300 dollars, Athens City lots 71.5 by 51 for 1 dollar, 1532 lot for 400 dollars, and various transfers in Bern Canaan and Rome townships. Notable entries involve Whaley to Bean on 113.77 acres for 3000 dollars and Baird Bros Co transferring 2.35 acres to Hocking Valley Railway Co for 1 dollar.
Judge Worstell issues TRO against Athens county commissioners to stop closing the road in Ames and Bern townships amid the Edoley case in court. Julian Gift sues Clarenoe Johnson and the Alexander township School No 12 board claiming Johnson was told not to teach Gift children and seeks rescission, Johnson’s removal, and orders to enroll Gift children at School No 11, which allegedly has under ten attendees, and to close that school.
Albert Love sues in a partition action against his two children Aldon and Alfrd seeking sale of his Iowa property and division of the half share. He asks dower of 400 dollars plus accrued interest 149 dollars and taxes 56 dollars 54 cents which he says he paid. He requests that the children receive one quarter interest each in the premises.
Clarence S. Cox sues Hiram S. Stright for judgment of $155.38 plus interest, claiming the amount is due under a contract tied to the will of Janette S. Barker, deceased.
The A. L. Witham vs Sun Insurance case scheduled for Wednesday hearing has been settled. Mrs Witham will receive 800 dollars from the company as requested in her petition.
A spontaneous combustion blast at the DuPont Powder Works Fairchance plant near Uniontown PA Injured one person and caused about 10000 in damage. Windows shattered and beds disturbed as a ten mile blast radius spread fear while company officials denied any large loss of life and reported damage confined to a single building.
Detroit officials work on Mayor Couzens plan to switch street railways to gasoline power with a $15,000,000 bond. If approved at the April 5 election, construction begins and 400 gasoline motor street cars will be ordered, designed and tested by Henry Ford, the mayor said.
Paris reports M Descampy manager for Georges Carpentier denies accepting James Coffroth terms for a bout between Carpentier and Jack Dempsey at Tia Juana Lower California. No agreement reported and no venue confirmed.
A Dayton business representative testifies Dreco restored his nerves and kidneys after a serious accident. He says the herbal remedy improves appetite digestion sleep and overall vitality, noting better stomach liver and blood function and strong nerves. Athens reports Cline Pharmacy Co endorses Draco.
Hamilton County Democrats rally behind Governor James M. Cox following the Jackson Day banquet in Cincinnati. Cox spoke at the event and the county party is expected to endorse him unanimously as the Democratic presidential candidate.
A new desk design allows money and papers to move through while blocking intruders from reaching inside. The device prevents hand insertion and weapon use, enhancing security for bank employees.
Baal Glouster Ohio reports a boxing match at the local Opera House Friday night featuring Matty Matsuda of Athens County facing Waldeck Johnson of Cleveland. Matsuda is noted for speed and technical skill while Johnson is a tough challenger with a history of rough tactics. Detailed information will appear in The McBeenger tomorrow.
The U S Department of Justice issued a warrant for the deportation of L C A Martens self styled Soviet ambassador to the United States Officials said they would serve it when found Martens was said to be at the Lafayette Hotel A No 1 rally in Detroit urged communist action as Attorney General Palmer described a Detroit district message from the Communist Party executive committee calling comrades to mobilize under a revolutionary plan
Drs Henry and Biddle presented a paper on the flu epidemic to the Athens County Medical Society meeting at Copeland hospital. They traced the illness from la grippe to modern flu, noting a cycle of epidemics every two to three years and predicting a milder wave may linger the country for another year. Out of town physicians Dr Pritchard and Dr Berry attended.
O D Eddy becomes president G C Fawcett vice president and E Duncan secretary and cashier as Glouster stock buyers consolidate ownership of the bank once led by BE A Lewis of Sabina. Lewis, long active in coal brick and Sabina plant holdings, sells his interest due to age and other duties. Jacksonville K of P lodge installs officers with a banquet. fifteen Glouster members attend.
J. F. Oldfield Jr. of Akron has purchased the Stag Restaurant from L. W. Ley and now runs the business. Oldfield is a former Athens resident who recently relocated to Akron, while Ley plans to stay in Glouster until spring, possibly longer.
Ray Shaner of Bowling Green spends the week in the city staying with Mr. and Mrs. Charles James and Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Davis.
L. W. Ley and his young daughter Margaret traveled to Columbus yesterday to spend several days with Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Skinner.
Mrs George Morris and her two sons concluded a week long stay with relatives in this city and left yesterday for their home in Columbus.
A morning scene on Gilouster warns pedestrians without chains face slips as overnight rain froze on brick surfaces. Street conditions worsen with slick patches and water freezing upon contact, creating hazardous travel.
An inventive device integrates a chair and dam to be placed inside a bath tub. It allows water to be confined to one end when needed, improving bath use and water management.
Washington January 17 The American Federation of Labor endorses cooperative manufacturing and buying as a new policy. Secretary Frank Morrison states John Walker is appointed to educate unions in cooperative buying from an AFL base in Springfield Illinois. Rail workers and related unions lead the push with plans to buy controlling stakes in factories and sell goods to members at 25 to 60 percent discounts. An all American farmer labor cooperative commission is formed with C H Gustafson announcing offices in Washington to link producers with city and farm consumers.
A retired Norwegian army officer develops a versatile wheel using steel springs placed inside an outer rim to absorb shocks for various vehicles. The device aims to provide improved ride comfort and durability across road and field use.
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