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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1921
Page
2
A reader named G O Johnson extols a remedy named Eatonic for heartburn relief. The ad claims the product removes excess acid and restores digestion after meals and promises low cost with a guaranty.
Mrs Emma Battin hosted the initial gathering of the Current Club with 85 in attendance. President Mrs Anna te chaired as Mrs Gross led the program focusing on timely topics. Speakers included Mrs Thor Olson on The Readjustant and Mrs Brailey on the prime Wave. Miss Helen Bowles provided vocals.
Following the program the hostess served elegant refreshments to the members and several guests, who appeared enthusiastic about the event and its afterglow.
Margaret Jones hosted the South class of the M. E. Sunday school at her West Washington street home. Teacher Miss Hester South led 25 little girls in music, games and recitations with refreshments of ice cream and cake served at eight.
Ohio University sorority Alpha Sigma Alpha serves as hostesses for a wintertime dance from seven to eleven forty five this evening in the Masonic Temple ballroom. The large hall features floral decorations and the event is expected to be very enjoyable.
Compliments flowed as Miss Mary J. Brison sails to France on February 8. Miss Constance McLeod Miss Helen Reynolds and Miss Maud Crossett hosted a 3 to 6 tea at Mrs. Lena Slattery’s home 99 South Court Street with four art students assisting in service. Brison plans art study in Paris during a leave. Rosemond of Columbus was to join but was ill and detained at home.
Mrs. C. Millikan, director of the church choir, was surprised at her North High Street home. The First Christian Church choir presented an electric toaster and featured performances by Mrs. Millikan, Jes Peckham, Bernice Roach, and others with Prof. Treadley and Rev. E. D. Murch speaking. A luncheon followed for forty eight attendees.
Mrs W W Ackley hosted a tea at Park Place for Mrs William C Munds of Cleveland before her Monday departure after visiting her parents Dr and Mrs Edwin W Chubb. Miss Ann Pickering led the urn with Marian Bush and Katherine McKee assisting. a select guest list included several local ladies.
Miss Grace Bean of 66 North Lancaster Street married Robert Jackson of 17 First Street at the First M. E. parsonage with Rev. C. L. Strecker officiating. The couple will reside at home after a Columbus honeymoon and were hosted by relatives in Columbus before returning to Athens.
Alpha Xi Delta members held a surprise shower for Mrs A B Mackie Ruth Law at the Colonial hotel apartment Friday evening. A pretty basket of miscellaneous gifts was presented and a late supper was served after a pleasant program.
Thelma Miller, bride of Herbert Cox, was honored with a surprise shower by Alpha Xi Delta members. The event was held in the sorority rooms on Thursday evening and featured a kewpie bride, cake, and a spread of kitchen useful gifts and refreshments.
Mrs. Lester Hayman and Mrs. Dollie Gheer traveled to Pt. Pleasant and Morgantown respectively. The parties visited relatives including Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lawrence and Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Bennett, with stays lasting weeks through Christmas and a return home.
Dr. P. E. Hixson left this morning for Cambridge to stay until Monday with his brother Dr. G. W. Hixson who has been seriously ill but is improving slowly.
The Plains George Gabriel and daughter Irene attended his uncle's funeral at Logan Monday. Several locals including Joe Gelsicke of Athens, Lon Humphrey and Sam George, and Mr. and Mrs. Rob Hawk hosted or visited friends in Athens and nearby areas. Pearl Cook visited Fin Cook after twenty years, now in Columbus to see his brother.
Bob Hilliard died last night in a Chillicothe hospital at age 34 after illness from quinsy and pneumonia. He was a traveling salesman for Gunning Cigar Co. of Chillicothe and lived in Athens for twelve years. He attended the Harwick August wedding January 6 and is survived by his mother, an invalid father, and two sisters. Funeral arrangements were not announced.
Franklin Fulton 73 a longtime Athens and vicinity resident and Civil War veteran died last night at the Soldiers Home hospital Dayton He was a bachelor son of the late Robert Fulton and survived by brother J B Fulton and three sisters Mrs George Kaler Martha Fulton and Mrs Hill The body will be returned to Athens for burial at Clarks Chapel Funeral arrangements are pending Fulton joined as a boy in Company K 126th Ohio Regiment was later wounded and transferred before mustering out He spent his postwar years around Athens and was well known among longtime residents.
A daughter Evelyn was born to Mr and Mrs Edward Mc Quade on December. Mrs McQuade is at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Watkins 212 West.
Warren Clements an Ohio University student reports two weeks of threatening notices by an unknown caller. He is a witness in a case against John Sewell and William Bean of Guysville tied to auto casings for Vang Construction.
Milk prices will drop one cent in Toledo on Monday. Current rates are 14 cents per quart and eight cents per pint. new prices become 13 cents and seven cents. Cream, at 14 cents a half pint, will fall to 18 cents.
Political students contend that despite the decennial census expansion a larger Congress would alter little. They argue both chambers are run by small leadership cores a dozen senators and about 80 representatives directing moves while others remain largely unseen. Current leaders in the Senate include Charles Curtis James Wadsworth Frank B Brandages William E Borah Reed Pert Ed Warren and Cabot Lodge. In the House the floor is led by W Mondell with officials like Kohlan Le Longworth James W Good F H Gillette Julius Kahn and James R Mann.
Benny Leonard narrowly defeats Richie Mitchell by a knockout score in the sixth round before a 15,000 strong crowd at Madison Square Garden. Mitchell falls three times, Leonard hits a final shot that leaves Mitchell unable to continue, and Leonard retains his lightweight dominance. In Atlantic City, Joseph Staub, believed dead, surprisingly revives on arrival after a suspected heart attack.
Miss Mary Garden newly named executive and artistic director of the Chicago Opera Association declares aims to balance repertoire with equal French and Italian operas plus at least one American opera per year. She would place business duties with American managers and honor every artist. She promises to manage temperamental performers without jealousy.
Four prisoners plotted a jail delivery last night in Columbus Ohio. They had sawn through bars in a window and planned to escape during an entertainment for the inmates. Sheriff Holycross announced the thwarted scheme and said authorities discovered the plan in time.
The Chickamauga Tribe No. 44 officers are summoned to a Saturday January 15 degree work at 7 PM conferred by Kill Eagle Tribe of Nelsonville. Also reports Finley Ferguson of Hunterdon sustained a broken back from a 50 pound coal lump at work and was treated at Grant hospital Columbus before returning home.
A morning fire at 6 15 in Murray City damaged the second floor residence above Julia Nida millinery store on Main Street. The blaze, kept from spreading, threatened nearby shops and could have caused major loss in the business district opposite the Eagle Hotel.
The M. E. church ladies started a member canvass Tuesday to raise 372.05 dollars for church debt. By last night the amount was raised and the indebtedness is cleared. The group thanks contributors and invites nonmembers to worship with them.
Walter Hayden traveled to Columbus this morning to spend a couple of days with relatives, planning a brief visit.
Mrs H Taylor and her daughter Miss Frances traveled to Akron to stay with friends for several days.
Mr and Mrs William Welsch of Columbus were guests of Mr and Mrs Bruno Holstein. The social visit highlighted cordial exchanges and local hospitality during the season.
Miss Harriet Kavanaugh, 86, a nurse at the naval hospital in Annapolis, Md., died after being beaten with a lead pipe and thrown into a roadside gully last night.
The King James Bible used for President elect Warren G. Harding's oath sits in the Supreme Court safe. Clerk James D. Maher bought the gilt edge leather edition and inscribed the inauguration date and oath inside it as a precaution.
A vintage advertisement touts Grove's LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE as a one day cure for colds. It features the line The genuine goo signature of E. W. Grove and promotes a single dose remedy.
Constantinople reports Mustapha Kemal has departed for the front where Turkish nationalists defend Eskiskehr amid ongoing conflict.
Hagel Thompson filed for divorce from Arthur Thompson in common pleas court claiming extreme cruelty and that she was forced to leave home. They wed in December 1912 and have a 3 year old daughter Mary Lou. She seeks alimony and custody as of June last when she says he beat her and later drove her from 308 W Franklin St. A second petition, Arthur B. Conkey vs Clarence Pinkley, claims $160.40 for labor due.
In preparation for the union evangelistic services beginning Sunday January 30, a series of cottage meetings will be held Monday evening January 17 at seven o'clock in Presbyterian and Methodist homes around the city. Participants include F. J. Beasley, Prof. Cooper, J D Cooper, T M Pickering, O E Liggett, Moser, Dickson, A C Hackey, the University Pastor Alfred Black, and others at listed addresses. The aim is a brief hour of conference and prayer in each neighborhood.
Sheriff Herb Parker Deputy P H McKinley Justice Helwig and Henry Guthrie returned from Columbus after testifying before the grand jury on the capture of Slim Cooper charged with murdering a Columbus detective. The Columbus city council offered 500 dollars for the capture, but the local men have not yet received the reward. Chief of Police Lewis Graham was present when Cooper was taken at Fisher Station after a gun battle.
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