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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1920
Page
3
The state board of health condemns Nelsonville city water works and water quality as unfit. The railroad orders cessation of using Nelson water for drinking on passenger trains amid slow progress on improvements.
Community notice invites all to a Rebekah social at Owls Hall on Tuesday with dancing and music. A prize waltz is planned for Saturday night in Owl Hall with light refreshments and socializing. Includes local contact details and scheduling notes.
Ambiguous tea tape around the improvement project leaves observers unsure if the situation is being unwound or tightened. The ongoing watchful waiting policy provokes frustration among residents and officials alike.
The Lewis family thanks neighbors and friends of Buchtel and Nelsonville for kindness during Chester A. Lewis illness and death. They praise Mrs Monroe Cuttker and choir for consoling songs, Mrs Olive Dix for a solo, readers and friends for flowers, and Mr Stout for guiding the funeral.
With the arrival of Oonell Layman first advance man for Redpath Chautauqua the outdoor ad campaign began and season tickets went on sale. Opening day is Thursday July 15 and the six day program features It Pays to Advertise the White Hussars Beil ringers Harold Procter and Ada Roach Joy Night plus lectures by York Jones Lauler Ward and Hivals. A dramatic Mister Antonio by Beryle Buckley and a junior leader with daily activities for children conclude the slate.
On Tuesday June 22 the W C T U marked Flower Mission Day at Mrs A G Mechem’s Washington street home. The afternoon began with the hymn America and a prayer by Mrs Mechem, followed by scripture reading by Mrs Barker and Spencer. A brief program and business session closed the gathering.
Mrs Barker reports a recital by Miss Nellie Stratton featuring An Appreciation of Our Translated Comrades and A Dream of Heaven. Mrs Laura Spencer sang the latter and the event included flowers for the sick and light refreshments. The Tatting Club hosted a shower for Miss Nelle Reuter at Miss Hattie Cooley’s on Washington Street.
William Robinett of Jacksonville Robert Marshall and Conrad Wein of Murray head to Cleveland with Ohio district officials to seek a uniform powder price across district 6. The aim is fairness as past prices varied by locality. Also in probate court at New Lexington James Fierce of Trimble filed a cross petition in his divorce case alleging infidelity by co respondent Albert Ray of Hemlock.
In San Francisco on June 24 1924 the ante convention scene outlined Palmer using foot ball style tactics to capture the first ballot with roughly 500 votes while Cox Edwards Davis Owen McAdoo Marshall Glass Colby and other names vied for delegates and late breaking dry Bryan looms as key sentiment in the race for the Democratic nomination.
Drilled this morning on the Niggemeyer farm near White Hall, a strong gas flow was struck while oil was not observed. The well reached the target sand around 1250 feet, with initial indications of about 250000 feet of gas. Fred Gunther reported the hole dry, and authorities planned to gauge and conserve the gas. No immediate shotting arrangements noted.
County Engineer reports State Highway Commissioner Tay lor names a new inter-county highway from McConnelsville to Glouster affecting two counties. A hearing held at Morgan county seat followed by hundreds of residents. The Athens section improved through Bishopville. Morgan section must traverse much of Morgan county to reach the seat.
Mrs Mila McBride died this morning at Mt. Carmel hospital after a surgical operation for chronic trouble. She had been in failing health for two years and was taken to Columbus last Thursday. Survived by six daughters and one son, funeral arrangements to be announced later.
Business in Eats Th dormitories during summer school at the university are turning away applicants for places at the tables, and every table is crowded to the limit. The cafeteria is doing enormous business also, serving about 1000 meals each day, practically all of the boarders being students. In an English motor driven street sprinkler the engine operates one pump to fill the tank and another to percad the water.
Attorney General Price issued an opinion to the state bureau of inspection and supervision of public schools. It states city superintendents may be paid actual expenses for searching for teachers and a board member can draw such expenses if authorized when the superintendent cannot act.
The budget committee of council with department heads and city officials met in the waterworks office last evening to review financial needs and proposed allocations for the coming year.
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