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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1921
Page
2
A series of incendiary fires in E. Kentucky ravages burley tobacco barns, including Foxell farm two miles from here where E. P. Woolridge and De Brothers lost about two thousand pounds of tobacco in a blaze last night.
An old newspaper clipping exposes a broad sweepstakes scam offering a Ford Touring Car and prizes in exchange for participation. It entices readers with cash rewards and votes, asks to mail missing letters identifying rivers, and directs responses to a contest manager in Spencer, Indiana.
Miss Louesa K. Fast of the Ohio League of Women Voters spoke to a group of Ath ens women about forming a local league. The nonpartisan aim is voter education and civic responsibility, with a mass meeting to gauge interest and establish a Athens branch.
Mrs Leanore Smith of Athens visited with her son L H Smith and family. Iry Leeper and Edna Dunfee were Athens visitors. Nate Sutton and Charles Wilson swapped properties. Dodd and Barrows spent Sunday with family. Biddison visited Athens last Saturday. Services planned at the M B H church next Sunday. L H Smith sale drew a large crowd. I O O F held an oyster banquet. Bricks unloaded for new school building. Frank Burke family visited relatives near here. David Sutton attended Athens business visit. John Balderson spent Sunday with a convalescing wife in Parkersburg hospital. James Russell returned to work in Lawrenceburg Ind. John and Mrs John Pickett of Athens visited relatives here. Mrs Arthur Vorhes visited Parkersburg.
An advertisement touts Bulgarian Blood Tea as a natural herbal cure to fight colds flush kidneys sweeten the stomach and purify the blood. It claims availability from druggists and grocers nationwide.
The Sugar Creek Girls Sewing Club of the M. E. church met at Mrs Elma Cowan s home for a post holiday gathering. Hostess offered homemade candy and apples. Attendees included Catheryn Jefferies Marie Handley Cleo Cowan Jewel Engle Fay Southerton Mildred Coulson Evelyn Hutchinson Rhoda Cowan Ida Kutta Ethel Cowan Elizabeth Taylor Louise Colly Elsie Rankin Monett Moody Wilma Voido Mrs Jessie Cowan and Mrs Freda Augustine. Next meeting set for January 29 at Miss Monett Moody s home with the girls in stitch. Mr and Mrs John Cowan entertained Sunday with Rhoda Augustine Freda Augustine Katheryn and Cleo Cowan and Elsie Rankin. Sugar Creek residents praise their roads likened to riding the Ocean Wave.
President elect Harding enjoys a last vacation aboard the Victoria with Senator Frelinghuysen as host on the Indian River near St Augustine Florida. The trip serves to avoid the job seekers while he finalizes cabinet choices before returning to Washington in mid February for inauguration planning.
W. L. Geppert editor and Wilbur Swiger acting city editor of the Clarksburg Telegram were jailed for refusing to reveal sources and editorial processes. The men were recalled after City Attorney advised release, as they testified in a robbery case involving poker players in the city building.
Sand displacements along the Jersey Coast were believed to have caused earth tremors felt in Philadelphia and within a 60 mile radius of the coast.
An advertisement touts The Williams Treatment for excessive uric acid including kidney and bladder disorders, rheumatism, and pain. It offers a free 75 cent bottle with proof of notice and a 10 cent postage payment, sent to The Dr. D A Williams Rey Dept T-918 P CO East Hampton Connecticut.
New York announces a city championship battle front spanning 1500 miles. Beginning March 12 the Yankees will play 33 games, 17 versus the Brooklyn Dodgers, along a route from Baton Rouge to New York.
Sidney Brooks guiding the Waldorf Astoria beauty parlor reports a growing trend of men enhancing their appearance. He notes twenty percent of patrons are men, with practices including facial roughing, makeup, reshaping hair, corsets, and body decorations. Brooks cites past Russian nobility and a nationwide spread.
The Loyal Young Men's Class and the Esther Class of First Christian church conclude a nine Sunday contest on January 30. The Loyal class has grown from five to forty members and seeks a banquet prize if victorious. A class picture is planned for next Sunday with about fifty men expected.
The public utilities commission and Attorney General Price were restrained from interfering with new intra state railroad passenger and freight rates fixed by the interstate commerce commission in an injunction issued Thursday by Federal Judge Sater in Columbus Ohio.
The state department said on January 27 that recognizing Latvia and Estonia as border states on the Baltic by the allied supreme council conflicts with American policy toward Russia.
Chicago January 27 A labor committee of the American Railway executives will meet in Chicago to discuss wage cuts for railway workers. The talks aim to determine how large a decrease to ask the United States railroad board. Executives note wages rose 120 percent since the 1914 Adamson law.
In Los Angeles Rev. Baker P. Lee was charged with violating ecclesiastical law for performing the marriage of multimillionaire Alfred I. Du Pont and divorced Miss Jessie D Ball. In Washington Secretary Daniels warned that disarmament failure could spark a naval arms race.
The Plains residents share visits and hospital updates with relatives in Athens Chillicothe and Chauncey. Karl Roush injured at a mine visit to Athens. Sergeant Thorne critically ill in Chillicothe hospital. Others host and travel for family or shopping. McHarg and Thorn family updates noted.
A newly patented electrical device allows a bedbound person to close room windows. It can operate in conjunction with an alarm clock if desired, providing automated control for convenience and safety.
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