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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1923
Page
2
Redpath Chautauqua Week Set For Athens July
Redpath Chautauqua opens in Athens with a weeklong program July 11 to 17. Local churches and groups mobilize support and season tickets are selling well. The lineup includes top speakers, music, comedy, a popular gang, and added children’s attractions including a Junior Town with elections and daily activities led by the star hour girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Athens hospital expands farms and new ward for tuberculosis patients
The facility reports 2570 pounds monthly butter valued at 1028 dollars and yearly butter output of 76,674 pounds. State-owned land supports extensive crops and orchards with patient labor driving cultivation and harvest. A new tubercular ward and a women’s section, built by patients, rise on the hill with a completed half of the hospital and ongoing men’s ward construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Speedy Remedy for Common Ailments
The advertisement touts a fast acting remedy for constipation biliousness colds headaches and malaria fever. It presents a single product claim without medical guidance or sourcing.
Social News Briefs From Lancaster to Athens Gathers Relatives
New Marshield hosts Mr and Mrs Frank Shauns and guests including Kuhn family from Lancaster and King family from Logan. Noble Collins and family visited Nelsonville. Beatrice Rains of Columbus stays with grandparents in Athens. W M Nanna family and others visited Zona Kyle in Athens. Ethel Dorn of Sedalia visits brother R H Dorn. E L Rhorick visits Athens. Vann Cox and children of Nelsonville visit Russell and Smith households. Ermil Stevens of Logan stays with W S Ferguson. J Chas Shaffer and Sarah Huhr visit Hulbert home. Locals travel to Cincinnati. Dixon McNeal Burkett Hoo ler and others attend. Martha and Sara Traphagen of London visiting Wilson sisters. Naoma Evener returns home to Nelsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Shauns
Thomas
A Kuhn
Earl
Mary Elen
Doris
Lancaster
Will King
Robert
Logan
Noble Collins and
Nelsonville
Beatrice Rains
Columbus
Wm. Nanna
W. M. Nanna
P. Jones
Alonzo
Ermil Stevens
Ogan
W. S. Ferguson
J. Chas. Shaffer
Sarah Huhr
Chillicothe
H. H. Hulbert
Cincinnati
W. M. Dixon
Clarence McNeal
Guy Burkett
Fred Hoo~ler
Everett Baughman
John Price
Martha
Sara Traphagen
London
Elenore
Catherine Wilson
Naoma Evener
Nelsors
Local Social Notes Mention Ohio and Delaware Visits
Mr and Mrs J W Perkins are listed with acquaintances. Mr and Mrs Leslie O Dabritz are in Delaware with the husband attending school there. Mr and Mrs John Mauss of Columbus visit relatives here. Mr and Mrs Donald Clutter of Chauncey spend Wednesday with the Clutter family in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Perkins
Leslie O. Dabritz
Delaware
John Mauss
Olumbus
Donald Clutter
Chauncey
John Smith
Porter to Address Sunday Meeting on Family Topic
Dr Porter of the Ohio university psychology department will speak to the young people of the Presbyterian church at 6 39 Sunday July standard His subject is The Family at the Center An invitation goes to all Athens residents or summer school attendees not affiliated with another church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter
Ohio University
Tr Presbyterian
Reh
Athens
Children's Day exercises at Methodist church successful
Events include Mrs. William Messenger hosting Sunday dinner for Mrs. Otho Elliott and Mary A. Stone. Mrs. Lydia Baker of Scio visited her sister and aunt Mrs. Samantha Mickle of Torch. Bertha Gillian left for Bridgeport then New York. Roy Anderson returned to Akron. Claude Anderson and Richard visited Ravenswood. The government boat Gerard sank on the Ohio at Harriskerry opposite Tok ingport. Men bought overalls after losing clothing. James Melauren and Alfred Pennebaker drove to Parkersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
William Messenger
Otho Elliott
Mary A. Stone
Lydia Baker
Scio
Samantha Mickle
Torch
Bertha Gillian
Bridgeport
New York
Roy Anderson
Ben Anderson
Akron
Claude Anderson
Richard
Ravenswood
Gerard
Ohio River
Harriskerry
Tockingport
James Melauren
Alfred Pennebaker
Parkersburg
Radcliff Chautauqua set to visit Amesville for three days
Amesville hosts advance agent Mrs. Thomas from Marion and the Radcliff Chautauqua company for a three day run starting July 12. They promise a strong program for all ages and Rev. Charles Bond of Ohio University headlines a lecture at the Presbyterian church next Sunday. Local events include gypsy visitors causing bustle but no thefts, and neighbors hosting picnics with W. R. Wells and Clyde Gibson in attendance.
Mechanicsburg Nine Hears Poor Hit Night In Fourth
The frame with the Mechanicsburg nine on Fourth was one sided as visitors failed to get hits. The visitors scored one in the first, while the home team totaled eight. Heber Henry announced the Dempsey Gibbons bout results as it occurred. A ten percent wage raise for hot mill workers at American Sheets and Tin Plate Co. will take effect July 1, benefiting about fifteen hundred local workers. The increase applies only to that class of workers and ties to tin plate selling price per the agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Frank Gifford
Wilber Henry
Charles Gardner
Errol Evans
Gibson
Fred Shoop
Bill
Harry
Marshal Fox
Mechanicsburg
Bob Tinker
Heber Henry
Dempsey-Gibbons
American Sheets& Tin Plate Co
Red Cross official praises Athens county chapter
Representative Sarah E Coates of the Washington Division of the American Red Cross visited Athens Friday. She praised the Athens county chapter as highly efficient among Ohio’s 162 active chapters and commended secretary Miss Stanfield. National Roll Call dates are set for November 11 to 25, with a September conference in Columbus and a Washington meeting the week of September 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah E Coates
Washington
American Red Cross
Athens
Athens County
Miss Coates
Ohio
Miss Stanfield
Columbus
School Teacher’s Friends Praise Mayr Remedy
A local teacher named Elen, said to have suffered from stomach and liver trouble and lost over forty pounds, recovered after using Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy. The testimonial claims the remedy clears catarrhal mucus and inflammation of the intestinal tract and mentions a money back guarantee at local druggists in Athens and Nelsonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elen
Mayr
MehtKee Drug Co
Athens
Gem Pharmacy Co
Nelsoville
Mrs Edward Pinson praises Dr Pierce remedy in Wheelersburg cough tale
A Wheelersburg man recounts his wife’s long pneumonia related cough and weakness. After trying many doctors, she reportedly improved after taking Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, claiming the cough stopped and her weight increased by twenty nine pounds. He urges others to visit local drugstores for the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheelersburg
Ohio
Dr. Pierce
Pinson
Pope Plans Encyclical to End Warfare Forever
London reports Pope Pius XI plans to issue an encyclical letter threatening excommunication for any Catholic soldier who bears arms beyond his homeland frontiers. The article appears in the News Leader dated July 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pius XI
Tin Mill Men Given An Increase In Pay
NEWCASTLE Pa July 6 A brief news item notes that tin mill workers have been granted a raise in wages. Details on the amount or effective date are not provided in the readable text.
Education students lead Arts students in Ohio University counts
The Messenger article claimed Arts Students of Ohio University outnumbered College of Education students this summer. The report is contradicted here, noting Education students are actually in the majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenger
Ohio University
College of Education
FINA Play by Devereux Company At Ewing Hall
Clifford Devereux and his company stage Magic at Ewing Hall with Zinita Graf and Edmund Forde in a tasteful satire on spiritualism. The cast received strong support and the storm scene drew praise for lighting and scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Devereux
Zinita Graf
Ewing Hall
Patricia Carlon
Edmund Forde
Devereux
Jose Echegaray
Galeoto
Madrid
Three Estates Face Inheritance Tax Hearings in Athens
In Athens county probate court three estates seek inheritance tax determinations. Each estate involves real estate to be appraised by the county auditor. Hester C. Blackstone of Athens died intestate December 22, 1922, with property valued at 16782.50. Jennie B. Burnham of Columbus is the sole heir. Robert Dunlap of Canaan township is valued at 6697.37. Thomas B. Sheridan of Canaan township died June 2, with estate valued at 4600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Hester C. Blackstone
Athens
Jennie B. Burnham
Columbus
Robert Dunlap
Canaan Township
Thomas B. Sheridan
Crazed Heat-Fueled Incident Ends With Subdued Arrest
In Lima Ohio, 35 year old Preston Gladwell, a cook, became violent at home amid extreme heat. He frightened relatives, fought police, and twice attempted to leap from a patrol wagon. After two hours’ rest he recovered enough to be released into his brother in law’s custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima. O
Preston Gladwell
Cook
probate petition seeks new stock certificate for loss shares
Henry Zenner filed in Athens County Probate Court on July 3 1925 a petition against The Fulton Grocery Company asking for an order to issue a new stock certificate. He states ownership of three shares par value 100 each dating June 1914 and that on June 6 1922 the certificate was stolen and since then lost. Hearing set for August 3 1923 at 9 A M with Woolley and Rowland representing the petitioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Zenner
Athens County
Ohio
Fulton Grocery Company, 4 Corporation
Fulton Grocery Company
Woolley & Rowland
Julia Friday
D. Zenner Company In Corporation
Julia
Athens
County
PD. Zenner Company
Probate
Solna
Petitio Woolley & Rowland
Eimai
Julia Friday petition for lost stock certificates in Athens County
Julia Friday filed in the Probate Court of Athens County Ohio a petition claiming ownership of 2000 shares of The D Zenner Company stock lost since June 6 1923. Certificates No 8 for 190 shares and No 4 for 1006 shares were lost and she seeks new certificates issued. The hearing is set for Friday August 3 1923 and lawyers Woolley Rowland represent the petitioner.
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Westfall & Slaughter
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Magnesia
Gibson’s Pharmacy
The
Prescription Store
Unerwriters’ Laboratories
National Board of Fire Underwriters
New Marshield
Dr. Porter
Amesville
Charles Sands Gad
Corning
John Ileming
Sands
Ralph Beasley
Sadie Wilson
Paul Warnekros
Eileen Box
WIEN
Red Cross
Edward Pinson
Pope
Newcastle
George M. Bake
Are Nal Ou Et i
South
George M. Baker
Lafayette
J. W. Morten
Ralph
Tennessee
Waiyst
Georgia
Wange
Ills Electric Company
Nelson Ville
Gvgle Fruay
Devereux Company
Lash
Central Ohio
Buckeye State Building & Loan C. Rankin Bidg
Gay St
Cincinnati Enquirer
Athens County Savings & Loan Co
Lostro Bldg
Sunkist
Union Grocery Co
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