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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1920
Page
12
A New Yorker creates skates with multiple rollers placed between plates to act as tuners for ice skating without ice. The device aims to provide a smooth glide on non frozen surfaces and could impact future skating gear development.
Glenn Chase of Chase Electric Shop went to Gallipolis on Wednesday to install a Willys light plant. Local No. 742 of the international union of steam and operating engineers will hold an important meeting. Mrs. Ma Crooks is convalescing after illness. O R Faris is home from a business trip to Youngstown. Miss Anna Parkes left for Malden West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. C F Tedrow left for Huntington West Virginia. Miss Hazel Lowe was a Gallipolis visitor. Mrs. Ina Myers and her three children left for Columbus for a visit before returning to Plain City. An afternoon prayer meeting was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed win Cook for the Middleport M B church meetings. Miss Orious Lyons hosted a pot luck dinner for friends at her Middleport home.
Dr G W Lather announces that the Meigs county American Red Cross executive committee has secured a new room for the chapter. The headquarters will move from the former location to the Reed dre stores area with access via stairs behind the Pirot City Bank on Second Street.
H. A. Savre brother of C. F. Savre and George R Favre of Middlenart lands a three year contract with the Stewart Silk company of Covington Kentucky and is stationed at Nanver Colorado in charge of five western states. He rooms at the Savoy hotel in Denver.
Wil Merrayv hosted a home gathering for his Sunday school class, of which Miss Florenelle Talbott is the teacher, at his parents’ residence. The event featured a social visit and light entertainment for attendees.
Local reports say the Bend electric street car line is operating under court orders until midnight January 24. Receiver Harry Hartwell suggested bondholders may seek a further continuance, making a stop unlikely for now. The final outcome remains uncertain.
Those summoned for petit jury service are directed to appear on Monday February 2 Ground Hog Day instead of Monday January 26 as previously announced.
Funeral services for Carl Cook a prominent farmer were held Wednesday at Hemlock Grove at the family home. Rev W F Wilson of Chester officiated. Cook age seventy is survived by his wife one brother Hugh Cook and two sisters.
Mrs Albert Curtis who had been in declining health for months died Tuesday evening at her mother Mrs P A Billey’s home in Rock Springs. She was in her thirties and survived by her husband, mother and stepfather.
Reverend Bauman of Marietta, a noted speaker, will address Bethany M E church in Pomerov on Thursday evening and Forest Run M E church on Friday evening drawing large audiences.
A meeting of the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society is scheduled for this Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Maynard Davis in Middleport.
The Shakespeare club elected officers at its annual meeting held at Mrs. C. E. B. Smith's Mulberry avenue home. New president is Mrs. H. C. Pownall, with First VP Mrs. C. E. W. Downie and Second VP Mrs. Maynard Davis. Recording Secretary is Geo. H. Parker. Corresponding Secretary Miss Rose Clifton. Treasurer Mrs. Dana Lloyd. Executives include Mrs. Ralston Russell as chairman, with Mrs. Albert Beagle and Mrs. J. C. Ford. A social meeting will be held next Tuesday at Mrs. Wright McCroba's Lincoln Hill home. The next business meeting is set for February 3 at Miss Pearl Clifton's.
The Meigs Water Co received an apparatus to distribute a chemical water treatment in river water. The device, about the size of a cheese box, cost over $400 and took long to reach Pomeroy. It will be installed once the necessary chemicals arrive, expected within a month.
Rev Kelbaugh of the Mason City Methodist church uses hand bills to publicize sermons and announces his Sunday topic The Unpardonable Sin at 2 30 pm. His efforts aim to attract sinners and spread his message through printed notices.
Glen R. Chase of the Chase Electric shop served as an electrician on the government transport Powhattan during the war. He joined as electrician second class and was soon advanced.
A testimonial letter claims improved appetite and energy after using Beef and Cod Liver Peptones. The letter asserts the product contains vindlee ne t by ae and hosphites and is a famous bed maker and nerve builder.
United Press report from Essen details Krupp gradually converting from cannons and shells to peacetime goods. Coal supply and railway disruption slow progress though officials expect improvement with food distribution and coal output. Krupp develops crucible steel allowing locomotive boiler repairs and better metal for engines amid credit to the railway crisis.
Krupps converts from munitions to civilian production after armistice. Locomotive and rail car output aims at daily trains, with diesel motors and bolts from former gun shops. The plant repurposes halls for locomotives, plate making, and ship propulsion for civil use while selling idle lathes and equipment.
Doctors say the famed contralto Mme Ernestine Schumann-Heink in San Diego shows improving signs after a pneumonia illness at her home. The report notes her condition was serious earlier, with her remains shipped today for burial by the Newsom Warburton Co. undertakers.
Stephen Jackson, colored man aged 69, died at Athens State Hospital. A record note mentions a motor driven pump for removing water from submerged ships, noting its depth capability beyond steam pumps.
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