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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1925
Page
5
The country club hosts an informal dance week starting at 8 PM each night. The social calendar features a pirate dance as the centerpiece of a clever, lighthearted program planned by the organizing committee.
Mr and Mrs C H Horn with Mrs Charles H Harris arrived home Wednesday evening from Columbus where they visited the Hartman and attended the Ziegfeld Follies on Tuesday.
Mrs. J. A. Palmer of 28 North College Street will host the Sunnyside Needle Club at 2 o clock Friday afternoon.
Mr. Dean Stickney has been visiting his family and then departed for Newark.
Mrs E B Foraker of South Charleston arrives for a visit until Saturday with her mother Mrs J C Robinson and brother Mr Phil Robinson at 143 Grosvenor Street. She has been in Caldwell since last Saturday with her aunt Mrs Mollie Burnham who is ill but improving.
The Pythian Sisters will gather at seven o clock on Friday for the installation of officers and initiation. A social period and refreshments will conclude the meeting.
The Friendly and Missionary societies of the Presbyterian church hold an all day sewing at the church Friday beginning at 9 in the morning. Each woman is to bring her own lunch. Mrs. W. L lard will meet the women of her group.
The Woman's Relief Corps will meet at 7 o'clock Friday evening in the Red Men's hall. Mr A B Roe has left for Miami Florida on a two month sojourn. Division at 2 o'clock the sewing is for overseas work.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the First M E church holds its annual guest day at 2 PM Friday in church parlors. Mrs Julius Fischer of Nelsonville will speak, with special music. All women interested are invited.
Mr. Foster Crawford departed Wednesday for Columbus on a business trip, traveling for professional engagements and meetings.
Dr Daniel McGuirk arrived home at noon after three days in Chillicothe attending the Ohio Conference Evangelistic Institute at Walnut Street Church He led the closing session on Wednesday night with the program.
Mr and Mrs C C Peugh of 61 North High Street announce the birth of a son on Tuesday January 13.
Carl Homer claims ownership of 5 360 pipes, possibly the world’s largest collection. He has smoked each pipe and highlights include pieces from ancient Chinese history and a pipe once owned by Sir Walter Raleigh.
Kenneth C. Farnsworth has taken over as general manager of J. H. Grayson Manufacturing. He is a World War II veteran who previously led the Roberts & Mander Stove plant in Hartsboro Pennsylvania. Farnsworth was born in Waterloo New York and is unmarried.
In Columbus Ohio the penny drop in milk prices was observed across major retailers and many smaller firms. The new price is eleven cents a quart with five pints of cream lowered to twenty two cents from twenty four and half pints of single cream down to eleven from twelve. Milk per pint stays seven cents. Officials cited unusually large milk supply from farmers as the reason for the reductions.
Washington January 14 1925 President Coolidges special commission on agriculture released its first in a series of reports detailing the farming industry condition and proposing emergency relief measures for farmers nationwide.
Athens county welcomed twenty one new American citizens after a naturalization ceremony led by Federal Examiner Edward J. Kennedy and Judge Worstell. A dozen names from Millfield, Glouster, Hollister and nearby towns appear in the final list, with three advised to study more and two instructed to bring witnesses.
An older advertisement touts Bowles Red Pepper Rub as the fastest remedy for chest tightness congestion and aches. It claims immediate tingling warmth within minutes and advises buying at drug stores with the brand name Rowles emphasized for credibility.
William Cavalier, 14, convicted of first degree murder in the September killing of his grandmother Catherine Cavalier, 64, in her home, waited for the appeal decision today after a hearty meal he asked for more picture books.
Five weeks after escaping a village jail in Alger Sayler ville area Hamilton Barnett a wife slayer indicted by Saylerville Ky authorities was recaptured near the Ohio River hills. Saylerville Marshal Jack Cochran carried a $500 reward as he tracked Barnett from Alger to the hills then seized him days later returning him to lockup.
In Columbus on January 14 two bandits one white and one colored assaulted Harry L. Gurevitz a North High street clothing merchant and fled. One robber held a gun while the other struck him with a gas pipe.
McKee Drug Co and Cline Pharmacy Co advertise Dare's Mentha Pepsin as a fast acting remedy for chronic indigestion and stomach distress. The elixir combines pepsin with menthol and other agents to relieve gas, bloating, heartburn, and related symptoms, with a money back guarantee. It is touted as improving sleep, digestion, and overall well being.
Thomas Foley a Tammany leader and local political figure for Governor Al Smith died early today at Rockefeller Institute. Death was due to pneumonia.
Health notice claims people over forty are more susceptible to colds influenza and pneumonia as well as indigestion and weak kidneys. It asserts Bulgarian Herb Tea keeps bowels open improves blood and when taken hot helps break up a cold quickly with physician and druggist endorsements.
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