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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1919
Page
8
Mr and Mrs Abe Kautz longtime residents of Pomeroy celebrated their golden wedding Friday Their six living children joined from across the country including three from Charleston West Virginia A festive dinner and photographs followed the ceremony with music.
A cloudburst struck Sutton township in Meigs County Thursday night washing out bridges on Bowman's Run and Horse Cave Creeks. Crops were nearly ruined in sections and infrastructure sustained damage.
Heavily rained week floods the Ohio River, submerging thousands of acres of truck patches from the water’s edge for miles. Crops lost or delayed as freshets rise over ten feet, washing out gardens and cornfields well into late June with little chance to replant.
The Syracuse incorporation debate before the county commissioners revealed a split between automobile owners and non owners. Sixty cars exist in the village and all owners supported incorporation except one, who opposed it citing tax funds as a concern.
The text notes that owning a car motivates people to back road improvements, implying widespread experience that automobiles encourage advocacy for good streets and infrastructure.
Philip Meier a second street shoe cobbler in Pomeroy faces mortgage on his home to feed fourteen dogs he keeps on the premises for children's amusement. A recent addition of twelve more dogs without his consent leaves him with the largest dog family in Meigs County.
Postmaster Blackmore faces carrier shortages after free delivery began on April 1. Two carriers and two substitutes proved insufficient as the town’s long routes made twice daily rounds hard. A new examination is set for July 26 at the Pomeroy post office to fill the depleted eligible list.
Farm wagons fill Vomeroy streets with calves and crates of poultry daily as traders ship produce to the markets. Dozens of wagon loads arrive each day and even family autos are used to haul in goods.
Miss Josephine Fleming of Portland Oregon married Kid ward J Hepp at 10 30 yesterday morning at the groom s father Wendel Hlpp s home on Naylors Run in Pomeroy The groom went to the
A former navy man who served two years in the late war married Miss Fleming in a ceremony conducted by Rev. L. G. Weber of Peace Evangelical Church. The couple, after a month here, plan to move to Portland for their future home.
Prediction once gave little hope of recovery for Jasper Whaley a Rutland soldier at Camp Sherman who died in the base hospital Friday morning after months of gas exposure from the Argonne Woods. He served in five major battles and rode to war from the Mexican border to the Western front. Aged four he was the son of Mr and Mrs Frank Whaley of Rutland and leaves a young wife. Burial is planned in Rutland.
At a Thursday night meeting Ohio Valley Commandery No. 24 Knight Templars elected officers including J. W. Wolf as commander Alvin W. Vale generalissimo Wyatt G Plantz captain George Howell senior warden KE Hi Groot junior warden C N Wagner prelate George H Parker treasurer J K Carlton recorder W F Scheelein st bearer Jacob Eilberfeld st bearer John Hitchens warden Curtis Gilmore sentinel P L Clifton first guard H B Smith second guard H C Fish third guard
William Bartles of Minersville sustained back injuries from a fall of stone at Kerr's Run Dark Hollow mine on Friday. No bones were broken. he supports a family.
Virginia showed great interest in the setting of duck eggs and visited her aunt soon after. Her aunt asked if she had any little ducks yet she replied no but noted they had many planted.
The Plains community page reports guests of Mrs Scott of Salem and sister Mrs Fletch Hawk, visiting relatives in town. Shoppers from Athens include Mrs George Ball and Ethel, Alvin and Cliff. Jeff Harrison visited Athens, and a son was born to Mr and Mrs Jake Anderson. Port Dicken hosted Jessie Ruth’s tenth birthday party with fifteen friends. Hazel Geisicke returned from a trip to Logan.
Marines aboard the U S S Pennsylvania report the ship is persistently dusty. Corporal William H. Allen explains salt air crystals on decks and bulkheads wash down but reappear after cleaning.
The Presbyterian church in Athens will hold services at the University auditorium tomorrow during extensive repairs. Work includes roof, kitchen rebuild, new windows, updated lighting, tile vestibules, brick cleaning, new cement walk, and interior repainting to present a civic center image. The Ohio Synod will meet in Athens in October, with Dr. Wilcox leading the program and national church leaders invited.
Washington June 28 the house Friday passed the conference report on the bill returning the telegraph and telephone lines to their owners.
The body of Mrs. Florence Counts wife of U S deputy marshal Fred Counts was found in an isolated lake at Chesterland after she disappeared Thursday night. She had been in poor health and reportedly attempted suicide weeks ago. the body will be sent to Cincinnati today.
Open bogs on Hawaii’s high mountain ridges host a unique flora. Hemispherical tussocks rise above bog levels and include a showy lobelia with cream colored flowers up to 3.5 inches, plus peculiar violets and a sundew.
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