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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1922
Page
7
A Columbus based savings institution promotes savings accounts and certificates of deposit that remain at par with liberal interest. The Buckeye State Building and Loan Co. advertises its strong position and ongoing service at 22 West Gay Street in Central Ohio.
We make a speciality of correcting optical defects with properly adjusted glasses as well as prompt optical repairing. Broken lenses replaced quickly and accurately. No charge for straightening and adjusting your glasses. Consultation free.
New Marshfield Class Number Two of the M. P. Sunday school met Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred McLeod after business, then lunch was served. Various residents and visitors were noted including Arch Knowlton visiting at the Sickles in Mineral, Mina Baker from Albany visiting L. Hawk, and others in Athens and Columbus. The item also mentions a hospital appendicitis operation for C. L. Young and reminders of upcoming grange meeting Saturday afternoon.
Washington January 20 two black men allegedly hanged at Mouiteur France in August 1918 report claims by the Watson investigating committee of the senate. The incident is not shown in war department records and is being challenged as not appearing in official files.
The Columbian Pacific coast flyer on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad was derailed three and a half miles west of Milwaukee. One hundred twenty five passengers were endangered by the incident reported today.
In 1571 Queen Elizabeth received a richly jewelled wrist watch as a gift from the Earl of Leicester, showing wrist timepieces existed long before modern use.
The Kiwanis weekly meeting at the Methodist church celebrated seven years of the club. Lieutenant Governor T E McElhiney could not attend due to his father’s death. Mr McCoy substituted with a pleasing address. Miss Henderson sang several solos and the Kiwanian quartet Hoover DeMolet Schmidt and Helwig performed. President Stanley spoke on past and future club plans.
Seven members and one visitor gathered for the Lottridge U Ladies Aid Society meeting at Mrs. J. W. Davis’ Van derhoof home despite cold roads. Nora Kincade was chosen secretary to replace Mrs. Rice with the next gathering set for February 9 at Mrs. Frank Caldwell’s.
Floyd Everett Bolin born Athens September 23 1895 died in France January 22 1918 at age 22. He married Marie Calvert of Columbus July 9 1917 and lived in Athens before joining Camp Perry in August. He served in the Machine Gun Company Ohio National Guard then Rainbow Division. He died after illness from pneumonia in a hospital. He leaves a wife and parents and is honored for his sacrifice.
A home made lemon lotion recipe uses juice of two lemons mixed with three ounces of Orchard White to yield a quarter pint of gentle hand bleach. The mixture softens and whitens rough or chapped hands with less irritation than glycerine and rose water, a popular tip among stage beauties.
The article notes Mrs. Kirby as the only woman in the state to hold the assessor position, replacing the former assessor and drawing attention from taxpayers who previously visited for argument. Campbell County is described as the size of another area, with local interest in the new duties.
The column notes the start of Union Winter, social visits by Mrs. N. B. Saylor and baby Gladys, Frank Stienmeyer returning to work after illness, and mine activity at Luhrig where a leopard scare turned out to be a dog. It mentions tax tags, war talk, Ellsworth Pierce and Alva Chesser in town, and a Luhrig high school entertainment at the Christian church following a brief mine incident.
We thank friends and neighbors who assisted us in our sorrow including the American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars ex-soldiers singers the Minister and those who sent floral expressions. Gratitude to Mr Baughman for kindness and to those who provided automobiles Mr and Mrs R I Bolin and Mrs Marie Bolin and family. Sneeze wood is a product of South African forests named for the dust that causes coughing.
Mrs. Rebecca Linscott of Sand Rock died at 82 at the home of her daughter Mrs. Isaac Price in Canaanville after infirmities of age. Funeral services set for Sunday at noon at Sand Rock church with cortege departing Canaanville at 9 AM. Survived by daughters Mrs. C. W. James Cleveland and Mrs. M. W. Balderson Marta and Mrs Dora Robinson Athens and Mrs Isaac Price of Canaanville. husband and two sons Frank and Noah and a daughter Mary died earlier. The Linscott family long lived in Ohio with civil war veteran husband.
Richard Peterson a rancher near Lister in British Columbia shot the largest white tail deer ever killed in the Kootenay region. In drizzle he crouched along a pine hillside when the buck appeared, then leapt away as the shot rang out. The gunfire startled twenty other deer into the brush.
Miss Sonoki Matsumoto is acclaimed as a notable figure of the island empire and is visiting London with her father H Matsumoto, a member of the Japanese trade delegation. The pair travel amid diplomatic and cultural exchanges in the city.
An Ohio State University farm accounts specialist urges practical steps for farm inventories. He recommends two people for locating and listing property and measuring yields, lists appraisal timing, and stresses using fair real estate values and proper depreciation for machinery.
Homer Lowery has left Sheltering Arms hospital after a serious operation last month and is staying with his brother C. O. Lowery on Richland avenue with his mother and sister for the winter. The item notes other local health updates and social visits among Athens residents.
Monsignor Bonzano the papal delegate to the United States expressed shock upon seeing International News Service dispatches detailing Pope Benedicts near death. He said the illness was known but not its severity.
James A. Miller is pastor at Albany Church with service at 10 30. Hebbardsville holds Sunday school at 6 o clock and preaching at 2 pm. Guysville chapel serves at 7 pm. New England dedicates Sunday school at 9 30. Christian Endeavor at 6 30. Carthage and Wingett Chapel have no meetings this Sunday.
New York January 20. The proposed plan for drafting players from non draft baseball leagues faced early opposition from the three major minor leagues indicating likely rejection.
Federal investigators will be sent to the coal fields of West Virginia to determine the truth of charges by a miners' delegation that men no longer on the company payroll are being evicted from their homes. Secretary of Labor Davis announced today. the charges were made to President Harding and denied by the operators.
On next Sunday First M. B. Church will host Rev. F. E. Ross D D of Columbus to tile the pulpit during both morning and evening services. Dr Ross is noted as one of the Conference’s strongest preachers and has served major churches. during the war he aided as a chaplain to the army.
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