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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1919
Page
7
Mrs Josephine McDonald files for divorce from John Mac Donald claiming he misrepresented good health, cites the death of their child from the disease, and requests alimony and restoration of her maiden name Josephine Exenkamper.
County Auditor Riley says the tax revision board continues its work revising tax returns and calling out delinquents who have not filed. Letters have been sent to most delinquents and many missing returns have now been supplied.
C E Stack will travel to Milford Center on Saturday with his cousin Jack Gault. The pair aims to fly to Millfield in an airplane. Gault is an Army Air Service veteran and expert pilot. They plan to land south of the fair ground and drive to Stack’s home for dinner before returning home in the evening.
Adjutant General Layton in Columbus reports two officers from the federal militia bureau will inspect Ohio National Guard units organized here. The message came from the central army department in Chicago.
A church notes Sunday school lesson on love from 1 Corinthians 13 and Luke 10 27 25 35 34 39. Missionary focus Christian ity and the Toilers of India. Isaiah 40 18 31. Dr Wilcox preaches morning What Think Ye of Christ and evening The Hebrew Captives Ought We to be Like them. Summer Sabbath classes for students to attract many from the Summer term.
College and Church Streets announces Sunday school at 9 A M with Ray mond M Slutz as superintendent. Morning worship at 10 30 A M with a sermon The Value of a Penny. Epworth League at 6 30 P M topic The Art of Building Character. Evening service at 7 30 P M. Children’s Day program directed by Miss Frances Carr. Cordial invitation to all services.
The Sunday service at 10:45 A M asks attendees to ponder Is the Universe including Man Evolved by Atomic Force with Psalms 145 10 12 as golden text. Sunday school 9:30 A M and Wednesday meeting 7:30 A M invite participation.
E D Murch hosts morning worship at 9 00 with sermon Organized for Service and evening worship at 7 30 with sermon Saved to Serve J H Burt leads Christian Endeavor at 6 30 focusing on Christianity and the Toilers of India Edna Williamson leads the junior group and J F Robinson leads mid week prayer on The Blood of Sprinkling Bible classes welcome all.
The Baptist church will not hold preaching this Sunday. Sunday school begins at 9 A M and is open to all attendees.
Cor Stimpson Ave and Campbell St hosts Sunny Side Church with O M Shaw pastor and Albert Frost superintendent. Sunday school 9 A M preaching 10 A M praise 7 30 P M preaching 8 P M Thursday prayer meeting. Also Church of the Good Shepherd at Corner State and Carpenter streets with Rev C B Pummer rector Sunday 10 45 A M service. All welcome.
CHURCH OF GOD on Hocking Street holds Sunday school at 9:00 with preaching at 10:00 by Pastor B F Timmons. Children's meeting at 5:30 and devotional service at 7:30. CENTRAL AVE MU E CHURCH offers Sunday school 9:00, public worship 10:15, Epworth League 6:30, and evening service 7:30 led by Rev R G Bowden. all are cordial invitees.
Pastor L Roberts invites worshippers to Sunday school at 1 30 PM preaching at 2 30 PM and evening service at 7 30 PM Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 00 PM All are urged to worship the Lord together with Bible verse guidance.
New York customs officials attempted to auction off 30000 dollars worth of gin but received no bids. The empty auction underscores stricter enforcement and questions about demand for liquor in that period.
The Catholic Columbian rebukes Senator Sherman of Illinois for claiming the Vatican could dominate the League of Nations. It argues the pope seeks peace and neutrality during World War I and denies any effort to control nations or the United States. It labels Sherman’s charge as insulting to Catholics and unworthy of a Senate seat.
Mrs Grove Nagle and children of Athens visited with Mr and Mrs Zine Courtney. Mrs Graves and Mr Campbell and baby were Athens visitors Tuesday. Jake James and John Matheny and Irvin motored to Athens Tuesday. Dade Nagle and family were at Athens Monday. Clarence Matheney visits his mother and sister here. Jeff Harrison and baby with Mrs Aleshire and daughters were Athens shoppers. Tell Mr Foster to vote repeal of daylight saving law as The Plains support it for longer rest.
Walter E Musgrave 27 pharmacist of Cline s drug store and Della Olive Ze 23 both of Athens. Rev Bow en Burns Brenham 53 coal miner and Lizzie Hashman 38 domestic both of Sugar Creek Justice Helwig. Reese Ltewart Dinsmoore 21 clerk and Ruth Vivian Llewellyn 21 teacher both of New Marshfield. Rev Murch Edward Cavert 45 miner and Eliz beth Searls 29 both of Athens R D G Murel F Weymuller 23 salesman of Columbus and Harriet Gibson 21 of Glouster. Rev C L Strecker. Economy reaches its highest state if the family practice it.
In Columbus Ohio Day kicked off at the Methodist Centenary exposition with former Governor James E Campbell chairing the ceremonies in the coliseum at 11 am. Chief Justice Hugh L Nichols spoke to a large Ohio contingent while Governor Cox missed the event due to illness.
In St Louis Missouri Mrs Theodore Glucker mislaid a diamond salitaire. A stranger returned the piece after she paid five dollars. The jeweler called it glass.
Berlin reports a looming war era project by engineer Harold Wolff a giant aircraft nearly 165 feet across and over 28 feet high. It features six motors 1 800 horsepower four propellers with two forward and two aft and can stop two motors without hindering others. The craft reportedly includes instruments to show altitude elevation and direction enabling night and fog flight.
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