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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1923

Page

2

Logan Open Sunday Assembles New Ball Club

Manager Russell James prepares the Logan baseball team for its first public appearance this Sunday against the Millfield lineup includes Thomas 33 J Adams c Altfater 2b Smith rf Mowery or Huffman ef T Adams If Bauman 3b Gets 1b Peterson or Dougherty p officials report a strong schedule of games ahead. A Tuesday incident sent Mrs Bertha Noel to a Columbus tuberculosis hospital and her granddaughter Rheinscheid to a children's home for care abandoned by her grandmother.

Russell James Hera Millfield James Thomas J. Adams C. Altfater Smith Mowery Huffman T. Adams Bauman Gets Peterson Dougherty Bertha Noel Union Furnace Columbus Rheinscheid

Real Estate Ad from J W Gabriel in Logan Ohio

J W Gabriel real estate and insurance agent offers homes priced from 1700 to 12000 dollars and building lots across the city. He invites showings anytime and offers to sell your property. He notes 300 properties sold in the past three years.

J. W. Gabriel Logan Ohio

Miss Irma Hall Dominates Program Contests

A program featured multiple contests with Miss Irma Hall proving most proficient. The article notes a resistant committee aiding families of needy soldiers and mentions the Nelsonville unit visiting Fairfield county in two weeks. Rev. W. A. Roush to preach at Carbonhill on June 17 with morning and evening services. Three locals, H O Tom, Walt Smith, and Stanley Baker, enjoyed two days fishing at Farewell Lake Michigan, reporting bluegill, catfish, trout, and bass, a 549 mile trip home with no mishap.

H. O. Tom Walt Smith Stanley Baker Farewell Lake Michigan Lake Erie

Miss Velma Rainer Joins Farm Bureau Stenography Staff

Velma Rainer begins duties as stenographer at the local farm bureau office replacing Mrs Floyd Loomis who has served there for over a year. Rainer previously worked as a Candyland clerk and is a Logan High graduate.

Velma Rainer Farm Bureau Miss Rainer Candyland Logan High Floyd Loomis

Pottery Plant Injury Sidelines Workman with Broken Finger

Charles Bright of Logan Pottery suffered a fractured finger on his right hand after a fall at the plant Monday evening. He will be off duty for several days while recovering.

Charles Bright Logan Pottery Company

Marriage License for Koscinako Kitchen and Lucile Keynes

A marriage license was issued for Koscinako W. Kitchen 23 a law student of Cleveland and Lucile W. Keynes 22 an instructor of Logan. The filing records show both parties are seeking to wed.

Koscinako W. Kitchen Cleveland Lucile W. Keynes Logan

Figgins Birthday Celebration Noted in Converse Street

At home on Converse street on Sunday the sixty first birthday of Mr A P Figgins was celebrated as a surprise by his children and their families A large birthday cake with sixty one candles and Dad inscribed served as the centerpiece Miss Gall Figgins and Mrs Roy Pendergress organized a sumptuous noonday dinner Gershon Figgins of Nelsonville sent regrets due to illness A later M E church social is planned for Rev and Mrs W V Harter Friday evening at the church

Logan Charles Gabelin Junction City Mr. Gabelin George Risley Gabelin Janction City Rs. Thomas Connor North Orchard Street Converse Street A. P. Figgins Miss Gall Figgins Roy Pendergress

Pound party invitation by M. E. church members

The notice invites community members to a pound party format with donations requested. It encourages attendance by M. E. church members and welcomes others who are interested to join.

Chauncey News Missed In Tuesday Messenger

Readers ask where Chauncey news and a dinner party report appeared. The item notes Mr. and Mrs. Leon Fencemeier and son from Columbus visiting Mrs. Fencemeier’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Shields on Mill Street.

Leon Fencemeier Leon Columbus

Pythian Sisters Lodge Calls Special Meeting

A special meeting of the Pythian Sisters lodge is scheduled at their hall Friday at 1 oclock. Members, especially those of the degree staff, are urged to attend.

Pythian Sisters Lodge

Children’s Day program set by Church of Christ Bible School

The Church of Christ Bible School will present a Children’s Day program Sunday evening June 17 at 7 with a missionary playlet by Pendergrass class girls and songs by Nida Wharton Bradfield teachers. An offering for foreign missions will be taken. Virginia Love is ill with measles. Mrs. J W Longstaff visited Chauncey en route from Columbus. Everett Bingman and family returned to their Coolville home after a few days in Chauncey with the Osborns.

Church of Christ Bible School Pendergrass Nida Ruth Wharton Bradfield J. W. Longstaff Charles Bradfield Middleport Columbus Everett Bingman Coolville Chauncey Henry Osborne

Aid Society to Hold All Day Meeting at Mrs Crosser’s

The Ladies Aid of the M. E. church meets Thursday at Mrs Lafe Crosser’s home on Lexington avenue. Morning quilting followed by noon lunch and an afternoon business session. Officers to be elected and Mrs Harter requests full attendance.

M. E. Aid Society Ladies Aid M. E. Church Lafe Crosser Lexington Avenue Harter

Girls Baseball Teams Set To Play At Local Park

The Newark Pure Oli will visit the local park on Sunday and the American Athletics Girls Ball Club of Chicago comes on the following Thursday. The season’s standout attraction features competitive play and a strong effort to win. A real battle is anticipated in both games.

Newark

Local News and Injuries at Derthick Mine and Community Notices

Glouster Ernest Evans 24 was injured at mine 10 when caught between a car and a rib. He was taken to Dr. Crawford's office for examination and survived. Mrs. T A R Lewis travels to Roseville for the serious condition of Mrs. Curtis Wakely who suffered a stroke and is near death. Walter Jennings visits Columbus, Frank Gardner to Springfield for work, and others travel or visit relatives in Cincinnati and Joliet. Trimble schools to hire teachers next Tuesday. Friendship Circle meets at the Methodist church Thursday. Chas White and Lenora White visit Niagara Falls. Missionary Society holds its last meeting of the year at the Church of Christ Thursday night.

Ernest Evans Derthick Dr. Crawford T. A. R. Lewis Roseville Curtis Wakely Wakely Missionary Society Church of Christ

East Side Playgrounds Set Summer Programs and Leagues

Miss Peoples to direct East side School Playgrounds with older boys at Mill Street. Pools, shelters, and showers ready. swimming hours daily with supervision. Summer schedule outlines morning exercises, free play, sand piles, and basketball, tennis, and baseball activities. Baseball leagues form for juniors and seniors with teams from University urged to join.

Central School Mill Street Wise Cunningham East Side

Prophets Loom to Start Home

The Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm holds its supreme council in Cleveland with no major business beyond selecting a 1924 convention city. Cities bidding include Indianapolis Los Angeles Brooklyn Boston and Atlantic City. The day featured a colorful downtown pageant as fans jammed streets for a prize competition closing the sessions.

Cleveland Mystic Order of Blue Lodge Supreme Council Indianapolis Los Angeles Brooklyn Boston Atlantic City

City Opens Three Play Grounds This Summer

Three city playgrounds will be supervised this summer with openings planned for Saturday morning. L. L. Cunningham leads as supervisor with directors including Alva Jones a science teacher from Michigan in charge of Mill Street grounds and Jn Wise director for Central School grounds. Wise is a star Ohio University athlete noted for his work on the playground project.

L. L. Cunningham Alva Jones Michigan Mill St Jn Wise Central School Wise Ohio University

Local residents attend Eastern Star inspection and visits

Sunday visitations include Mrs Cynthia Smallwood ill at home in Ray and several neighbors to Wellston for Eastern Star inspection. The group also notes trips to Columbus, Lewisburg, Middletown, and Dundas for family and social events.

Cynthia Smallwood Ray Margaret Calvin Eye. Ray J. L Howell Clara Merrill Clarence McKinniss D. C. Thomas Wellston

Miss Virginia Smiley’s Eighth Birthday Surprise Party

Twenty guests gathered at Miss Virginia Smileys home on South Liam Street Saturday afternoon to celebrate her eighth birthday anniversary with games and refreshments of ices and baked treats.

Virginia Smiley South Liam

Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy Promises Quick Relief

A 75 year old man credits Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy with ending jaundice and restoring appetite after ten days without food. The ad claims the preparation clears catarrhal mucus and inflammation in the digestive tract and treats stomach liver and intestinal ailments including appendicitis. One dose proves it or money back. McKee Drug Co Athens Gein Pharmacy Nelsonville are named outlets.

Mayr McKee Drug Co Athens Gein Pharmacy Nelsonville

Fruit Coop to Sell More Through Cooperative Channels

Columbus Ohio June 13 More than double the amount of fruit cooperatively marketed last year will go through cooperative channels this season if the current crop is harvested. C W Wald of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation notes two Washington county groups and another in Columbus county are arranging to pack fruit at a central point. Additional groups in Meigs Coshoc ton Delaware and others are considering cooperative selling now.

Columbus C. W. Wald Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Washington County Columbiana County Meigs Coshocton Delaware

Deaths Funerals Abram Gifford

Abram Gifford aged 93 died June 11 after old age infirmities with a minor stroke two weeks earlier. Survived by his second wife and ten children. Private funeral at 1 PM Thursday at the residence. Friends may call Thursday from 10 AM to 12 PM.

Sharpsburg Abram Gifford

Stepped on gas in Medina thwarting armed robbery

A would be bandit challenged a car carrying Mrs. Howard Ryan and Miss Jessie Wallace. The driver, Mrs. Ryan, pressed the accelerator and sped away, failing to intimidate them as the assailant tried to halt the vehicle.

Medina Howard Ryan Jessie Wallace

German Marks Hit New Low on Foreign Exchange

New York June 13 German marks set a fresh low in the foreign exchange market trading at 95 000 for one United States dollar.

New York United States

No Kansas Wheat Outlook Hampers Harvest Hope

Southwestern Kansas reports little chance of a wheat crop this year due to a prolonged winter drought and unprecedented rainfall over the past week, with farmers and grain men sounding the assessment.

Kansas Hutchinson Kas

Wig Miracle Prompts Are You Bald No More

A man named James B Allen nearly bald bought a wig. A friend suggested Kotalko. After using Kotalko his hair grew back and he discarded the wig. The ad promises many similar cases and offers a proof box from Kotalka Office New York with address 46 A Station L.

James B.allen Kotalko Kotalka Station L New York

Majestic Passengers Place Few Orders for Liquor

Only thirty of the three hundred first class passengers sailing for New York today on the White Star liner Majestic placed orders for liquor before the vessel departed from Southampton England.

Southampton England New York Majestic

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