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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1923
Page
3
Nelsonville reports strong early turnout for the Pilgrim Holiness Church revival at Chestnut and Harper. Evangelists Rev. Jack Lynn and wife host brief stopovers, preaching and singing last night and set for an address by Rev. J. B. McBride tonight.
Miss Greer representing Wayne P. Sewell Company of Atlanta arrives in Nelsonville. Rehearsals begin immediately for the three act musical comedy The Microbe of Love to be staged by the Eastern Star at Stuart's Opera House Friday. Miss Greer meets the cast tonight at 8 o'clock.
The local post office introduced a new Ford parcel post truck to its equipment. The vehicle has arrived and been placed into service.
Lucius Fiske was fined $50 and costs for intoxication in Mayor McCune's court on Tuesday. Jack Ashton and Jim Tom were arrested the same day for permitting slot machines in their businesses and the machines were destroyed. fines for them have not yet been assessed.
Two Red Star Line drivers were arrested yesterday for operating a paid bus through Nelsonville without a license. They face hearings Thursday and were released on 900 bonds each, delaying service through Nelsonville at least until the end of the week.
Glenford Dugan Post No 229 American Legion held a well attended smoker evening with nearly 69 ex servicemen. Captain Lauer from Togan spoke on national Legion efforts including hospitalization. Mayor McCune praised the post for aiding disabled veterans. Monthly feeds and smokers were announced. Regular meeting set for next Tuesday with substantial business expected.
The Wommans Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church will meet Thursday afternoon at 2 o clock at 41 West Franklin Street, the home of Mrs Charles Vorhes. A good attendance is desired.
Funeral services for Charles Smith will be held Thursday at 2 PM at the Walnut Street residence. Rev. Spears of Logan will officiate. Burial follows at Greenlawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Lettice Lewis aged 80 died early this morning at her daughter Mrs. Frank Johnson's home on Jackson Street. No funeral arrangements are made pending the arrival of a son from Pennsylvania.
A P Scott of Columbus was a business visitor here on Monday and Tuesday.
A check for 100 dollars from the local Elks lodge supports milk distribution in Nelsonville public schools. The donation, described as timely, will help ensure children who might otherwise go without receive milk daily at school. The Elks are noted for extensive charitable work in the Nelsonville area.
The text invites all chamber members to attend Thursday evening to discuss the year 1923 work scope and influence. It notes a referendum in U S Chambers of Commerce over the Towner Sterling bill affecting public schools with potential vote. Board of Directors will report at the regular Thursday meeting.
The first game of the state wide Y M C A basketball tournament will be played in the Y gym Saturday evening this week. The series decides the southeastern division champion with two games against each opponent—home and away. The opener features Columbus as the first opponent.
Weather could not dampen attendance as speakers present The Soul's Pre-occupation and The Challenge of Christ to Youth. William Leigh, singing evangelist, captivates with Nobody Told Me of Jesus and It Pays To Serve Jesus. Tonight is youth night with Rev. Johnson speaking and Mr. Leigh performing.
Glouster councilmen Lewis Jones and Isaac Jones met with Athens county commissioners to address maintenance of county roads through the city including routes toward Oakdale and Hollister. The commissioners ordered temporary repairs by Trimble township trustees and promised a spring look at permanent road and bridge improvements with a formal program. A long standing verbal pact with a former board tied county road work to village contributions, a deal not documented and disputed since the prior board left office.
Gertrude Doudy seven died from diphtheria at the J. M. Drake farm near Maplewood. Private funeral at home Thursday afternoon with interment in Maplewood cemetery. W G Allen relief agent for the New York Central lines visited friends in town. Mr and Mrs Achauer left for Toledo to visit sister Mrs I D Sines. Dan McBride spends the day in Columbus.
Mrs J E Pickering of Athens organized a Standard Bearers Society at Mrs C I Palmer’s Urbancrest home. The group aligns with the Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church. Pickering heads the Marietta district society with officers Helen Smith president Mabel Le Fever vice president Phyllis Craft secretary and Sarah Stiff treasurer.
Miss Olive Beard of Mountville was in town Tuesday en route to Columbus called by illness of her sister Mrs. Cari Price.
If your stomach is upset or distressed Mi O Na stomach tablets will give instant relief in case of indigestion acute or chronic or money back. Guaranteed by Mre Kee Drug Co.
A fire at 2:30 a.m. completely wiped out the G. A. Swineford & Sons agricultural implement plant in Canton Or. with losses about 125000 partly insured. Firemen battled through a raging blizzard and many were iced over and forced to retreat due to exhaustion.
Fire at Wellston Antrea destroyed Bains Hardware Store Hotchkiss Furniture Store and Elks lodge rooms plus offices in the same building. Estimated damage 206 009 dollars with no insurance. Fire started overnight in the Elks rooms during an event. Fire still burning at noon but under control. A B C Leach undertaking saved.
A nostalgic plea for home harmony links a healthy wife to a happy home and cites common female ailments from backache to dis placement. The advertisement promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy, claiming eight out of a hundred women benefit from its use.
The Dinevor Welsh Concert Company highlighted by soprano Jeannette Christine heads to Athens on January 27 with Gwillym Jones tenor and Llewellyn Edwards pianist. Sponsored by the Athens Kiwanis Club, proceeds benefit Sheltering Arms hospital charity ward.
Augusta. Judge Albert M. Spear ruled for Mrs. Luella H. Dunton in her suit to recover fifty $1,000 bonds from her husband Ralph. He denounced Dunton for accepting hush money from John S. Hyde, Bath shipbuilder, whom Dunton accused of dishonoring his wife after finding them together in a Portland hotel.
In Harrison Arkansas the citizens committee rounds up alleged plotters to disrupt the Missouri and North Arkansas railroad. FE C. Gregor was hanged on a railroad trestle and George W. O'Neal whipped for resisting. The home guard maintains order as union headquarters provide incriminating evidence.
A testimonial claims Mayr's Wonderful Remedy cleans the body and improves health, saying it renews energy and relieves stomach bloating and pains. It asserts the product removes catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and calms inflammation linked to stomach and liver ailments, with a money back guarantee.
Athens High School reports an average attendance of 94.95 percent this semester the highest in the school's history. Principal Rupp announces no school Friday with personal conferences Monday and Saturday to set next half year schedules as 59 new students enter from eighth grade.
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