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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1923
Page
7
Coolville and Athens residents hosted gatherings including the Daughertys, the Kampf and Rowland families, and birthday celebrations for Mrs. Barr and Mrs. Larson. Main street paving is complete, and the community hautauqa plan with July dates is promoted. Several families and visitors from Detroit, Weston, Belpre, Urbana, and Marton joined outings at the Gibbs and camp grounds with ice cream and cottage gatherings.
The W. C. T. U. held a regular meeting last week with Mrs. Draper Davis. Mr. J. M. Junken of Indianapolis, millwright with the Anglo American Milling Co., is installing machinery in the new Coolville Flouring Mill rebuilt by Aiken and Bardin on the site of the old mill which burned on February 13.
Mrs William Cushing Higley announces the marriage of her daughter Margaret to Mr Wilford Marquiz on Saturday July 21 1923 in New Vienna Ohio The bridegrooms friends send best wishes Also Troy Grange schedules a July 28 meeting at Grange Hall with talks on domestic hiring practices and cold pack canning methods by Mrs W Fr Kampf and Mrs Den Davis respectively.
A reader asks about methods used by the South for boll weevil control. The response cites compound calcium arsenate containing about 40 percent white arsenic as the most effective current agency. The Department of Agriculture estimates about 56,900.
Ton W Va visitors and residents frequent gatherings at homes of local families. Names include Will Cable Frank Kenney Chauncey Lawson Herb Moore and sons Allen and Harold Leland Cole Charles Dent Lutie Hunter and George Hamilton family welcomed a daughter born July 20.
Albany residents gathered for a Sunday picnic at the old farm place with Mrs Mary Baker and relatives enjoying baskets and companionship. Attendees included Miss Faye Maker, Mr Everett Cline, grand-daughters Faye and Hazel Cline, Mr A G Cotton of Nelsonville, Dr Henry and family, Emmett Cotton and son Paul of Athens, Marjorie Dowds, and Vernon among others.
A mixed reading of questions covers boll weevils in the South, opening in poker, sprayed rubber production, languages in Belgium, London building height limits, removing leather stains from stockings, bull fighting trends, California kindergartens, marines on warships, number of Philippine islands, and identifying pests in birds under federal permits.
Advertisement offers a sewing pattern with six sizes 34, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inch bust measures. A 38 inch size uses 4% yards of 36 inch material for the dress and 2% yards for panels, with foot width about 2 yards. Post pattern to any address on receipt of 10 cents in one cent stamps.
Washington July 25 Congress will be asked to raise the army air service appropriation by about 100 percent. Major General Mason M. Patrick approved estimates totaling 25 million dollars for the next fiscal year and a broader fight to secure similar sums in the future. The plan envisions 2,500 planes 4,000 officers 2,500 flying cadets and 25,000 enlisted men as the ultimate force with a continuing 25.9 million dollar annual appropriation to build and maintain it.
Ireland Mr and Mrs W FE Dunfee and family spent Sunday with Miss Debbie Dunfee of Toreh Mr and Mrs Kart Clark entertained for dinner Sunday Mr and Mrs B FF Clark of Rockland were guests.
A jumble of household visits and family mentions including Mr F Rogers and families in Belpre, Viola Daugherty honoring Frances Tipton of Preano California, and Dr. Silaya Cubbison seeking Athens medical care. A disturbance on an Athens road involved gunfire causing interior damage. driver not identified. Also reports M Rineman visiting relatives, local road and apple crop notes, and a new brick road in Ceoolville praised.
The report describes a pleasant quarter with autos in use and expectations of a new arrival in three weeks. A Thursday meeting on August 2 is planned to organize improvements at the place. Mr and Mrs Burns and Mr and Mrs George A Harris visited Amesville Friday evening to attend a Ku Klux meeting.
Mr and Mrs C T Strode visited Millfield as guests of Mre Red Saunders sister Mrs Lida Lovell of Zanesville. Homer Lovell joined his mother visiting sister Mrs Bart Dickson and brother C T Strode. A J Selby is visiting at his fruit farm. Mr and Mrs Cartos Lovell spent Sunday at Mr Aga Dilles home.
A state examiner who recently examined Nelmont county affairs says divorces would cost more if the $8 filing deposit is raised to at least $10. The deposit is required to secure costs for divorce petitions.
A classical reference notes Hymen as the god of marriage with the original meaning of the term bridal song.
James Allen bought a wig after balding but tried Kotalko as advised. He claims his hair grew back and he discarded the wig, with readers urged to obtain Kotalko from druggists or a Proof Box at Hotaling in New York.
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