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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1920
Page
3
The nine‑month‑old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hunter died Saturday at the Bagley home. She is survived by her parents one sister and one brother. Funeral services were held at the Bagley home this afternoon and burial was at Greenlawn.
An Eastern Star service Sunday at the Masonic Temple honored departed members. Music by Mrs. C. H Terry Mrs. Clarence Farrow and Mrs. Wit Pleck accompanied at the piano. Rev. A M Mann delivered a heartfelt tribute noting the members’ church ties and personal acquaintance.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cole hosted a Friday evening gathering at their Poplar Street home in honor of daughter Edna’s fifteenth birthday. Edna received a ruby ring and gifts as guests enjoyed games, music, and late refreshments. Attendees included Athylyn McManaway Henrietta Kidd Gertrude Clarke Beatrice Clarke Ruth Price Burl O Mara Edna Patton Pearl Tiske Lillien McKee Regina White Mable Snowden Faith Patton Nell Shutes Ruth Edna Cole Paul Coleman from Cincinnati Ernest Keplar Martin Hubert Will Hall Tom Joyce Franklin Sharp Wesley Wolf Frank Spray Almace Brown Raymond Scott John Brooks Loren Warner Austin Evans Tom Newman Mead White Tom Cole Frank Hitching Mrs Lowell Augley and son Johnnie Mr and Mrs Carl Fisher and son Rex.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Enos Star ke on June 24. The child will be named Frances.
About 160 members of the J O U A M joined an excursion to T fourin on Saturday. A special seven coach train carried the order with stops at Haydenville and Logan after departing the city.
Yesterday the Methodist Episcopal church held fine services. Rev. A. M. Mann introduced Rev. Barnhart from the Ohio Sunday School Association who spoke on the new Sunday school vision and modern methods in religious education. Dr. Mann concluded with What Would the World Be Without Jesus, urging a return to Christ for guidance and renewed resolve.
Mrs W. O. Shaw and her son of Besemer Alabama visit aunt Mrs B E LeLever. Dr J M Hyde travels to Columbus on business. Donald Betts leaves for Iowa to visit relatives for several weeks. Mrs Jack Crouse returns to Detroit after visiting her aunt Mrs Clarence Farrow.
Miss Kate Newman hosted a weekend house party at her Buckeye Lake cottage with guests including Mr and Mrs Donald Lowden Mrs Stella Reigle and Misses Pauline Donley Martha Keister Ethel Rosser Tom Lax Orlie Hoch and L J Murphy.
If you enjoy dancing come to Red Men’s Hall Tuesday June 29 to hear a saxophone orchestra and enjoy electric fans. Questionable parties are not admitted and the notice is issued by the order of committee on 6-26-3p.
Hudson truck listed for sale in Nelsonville Ohio by D Shafer and Co. in mid year notice. Good condition and cheap price implied.
Lost black pocketbook containing money reported on Nelsonville streets. Reward offered upon return to 26 Fulton Street office. Also notices of a Rebekah social, a sugar sale with Fourth of July fireworks, and a watch found at Majestic Restaurant urging owners to reclaim from Roy Loff.
W H Parks spent Sunday and today in Columbus. Mrs Alex Nelson and daughter and son are guests of relatives at Westerville and Columbus. Mrs C D Shafer spent Friday at Athens. H A Sines left for Columbus to be with his son during an operation at Grant hospital. Mrs Lucy Moore of Berkley Calif was weekend guest of Mr and Mrs F M Moore. Miss Mary Howe returned after visiting friends at Connet. Ben Smith of Lancaster spent weekend visiting his wife. Mrs George Schwinke and children returned home to Logan. Dr A L Pritchard spent Sunday and today in Columbus. Chris Evans, United Mine Workers secretary of Indianapolis, is visiting his home city. Mr and Mrs Clyde Littler moved from Athens to pack goods for Athens. Miss Hazel Auldine Dorst visited friends at Murray City over Sunday.
The tentative two day program for the Democratic convention in San Francisco lists June 28 with noon opening led by J. Bruce and a keynote by Homer S. Cummings, followed by committee roll calls. June 29 features prayers, committee reports on credentials and permanent organization, and the permanent chairman’s address.
Warren G. Harding the Republican presidential nominee enjoyed his first day of rest since nomination at the country home of Senator Joseph R. Freylinghuysen in Raritan New Jersey. He is fatigued after months of senate work and preconvention campaigning. He has canceled political calls and will not resume drafting his acceptance speech until returning to Washington.
The piece urges households to store Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy to treat sudden bowel complaints. It warns of danger when medicine is unavailable and cites cholera morbus deaths as evidence. A bottle costs five cents and can be obtained locally.
The body of Serefino Principato, a World War II veteran, was found in a thick brush along the Steubenville Pike near Pittsburg on Sunday. He had been shot five times, based on marks on his body.
Three divorces awarded this morning in common pleas court as other matters awaited. Patrick Minnis of Nelsonville separated from wife Katie for desertion with custody of two children awarded to him. Mary West of Oakdale divorced Clark West and restored to Gillespie name. Mary Frazier of Sugar Creek granted divorce from Walter Frazier for extreme cruelty with custody of their two year old and $40 monthly alimony ordered. proceedings noted by Judge Worstell and Attorney Russell Finsterwald.
In Ellwood City on Lawrence avenue seven people perished when a blaze consumed the Kraus block. A mother Mrs James Carlin and her six children aged 11 down to five weeks were killed on the third floor as the fire cut off all escape. Mrs J C Conners on the second floor escaped by leaping from a window. the husband was away. Damage is estimated at 35000 and the origin is unknown.
Ten people were killed and nine injured when a truck carrying 21 picnic participants was struck by a passenger train one mile west of Huntingburg Indiana on Sunday. The injured were taken to Evansville hospitals. The Woodmen of the World lodge organizing the outing said the truck halted on the tracks before the collision. Several children were among the dead and wounded.
Ohio tax duplicate totals 9 602 153 664 as shown by the tax commissioners report for 1919. The gain reaches 553 990 624 second only to 1917. Real estate 244 191 424 and personal property 289 799 200. Public utilities 43 139 466 railroads up 15 000 000 street and interurban roads over 12 000 000 and natural gas eight million. Public utilities total 1 340 458 070 with railroads credited 782 435 220.
British soldiers raided Fermoy destroying shops after the capture of Brigadier General Lucas by Sinn Feiners. The steamer Clare Casme at Dublin Harbor was seized for arms. Bantry remained quiet as Sinn Fein volunteers patrolled streets and Crosshaven police barracks burned. Railways saw many dismissals for resisting troop moves.
Secretary Payne revoked interior department rules capping oil leases at 4800 acres on land in Oklahoma held by five civilized tribes but under government control. The move broadens lease possibilities for tribal lands in Oklahoma.
The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce employs airplanes to conduct climatic surveys intended to benefit fruit growers.
The widow Mrs Axcie K Rathburn of Broadwell Athens county is allowed a pension of 25 per month from August 22 1919 and 380 per month from May 1 1920 with payment of valid accrued pension to date of death of John R Rathburn ordered.
Local showers are expected in the first half of the week for the Ohio Valley and Tennessee region, with generally fair weather in the second half. Normal temperatures will prevail throughout the period June 28 to July 3, 1920.
U S Civil Service Commission announces an examination in Athens Ohio on July 24 1920 to certify candidates for the position of fourth class postmaster at Carbondale and other vacancies. Compensation last year was 804 dollars. Applicants must be 21 on exam date, or 18 if state statute allows. Residency within the post office territory is required.
Sam Tucker of Nelsonville, who shot neighbor Jack Corwin, will plead in common pleas court to an indictment for shooting to kill. Tucker has been jailed as Corwin fights for life, while Mayor Pete Barrows reports Corwin is recovering, his will to live shaping possible murder or intent to kill charges.
A state touring salesman recounted an unusual sight in northern Ohio. He saw four section gang workers ride in their cars to a railroad crossing and wait for the other two crew members with a handcar and tools. He notes this auto practice is new to his travels.
Heavy coal movement to the north from the Hocking valley field is observed these days with hundreds of filled and empty cars along the main line of the Hocking Valley and K. M. railroads. Columbus yards show heaps of coal awaiting claim. Miners and operators say most coal has been mined for rail lines themselves.
Farmers face near harvest with questions of help and pay as wheat and hay ripen. Wheat fields look golden but thinning due to a harsh winter. Young men from Akron and Michigan return home seeking work, while transportation problems worsen conditions.
Athens workers in Akron and other cities report railroads cannot handle raw and finished materials, slowing production. Akron's tire industry faces impacts as workers leave Rubber City seeking other jobs. Trucks move some freight, but shipments stall even for short distances. Traffic managers say government supervision erodes discipline, increasing turmoil across railways and industries.
An official Warsaw communique reports Polish forces broke enemy resistance on the River Pripet to Czerzyn. It says the enemy suffered heavy losses and that 2000 Reds were killed, with considerable material captured.
Miss Lenore Van Dyke of this city, a student at Ohio University, underwent a successful tonsil removal at C Copeland Howe hospital this morning and is making a good recovery.
In San Francisco the Democratic national convention begins with 1,092 delegates aiming for a two thirds vote to choose the presidential candidate. The platform is expected to mirror Wilsonian policies as outlined by Chairman Cummings, with Warren G. Harding seeking the Republican nomination in Chicago.
Ralph D. Cole, Republican candidate for governor, denounces the Woodrow Wilson internationalism and argues the League of Nations covenant would transfer American sovereignty. He contends US treaty making power, the President, and the Senate must not cede any incident of sovereignty to an international body. He warns against war powers being ceded to a seven member council including only one American.
Miss Bessie Baptie aged 40, a teacher at Brett Memorial school, was killed in a crash between an automobile driven by a woman and a runaway motor truck on a steep grade near Gaes Mills. A second woman was fatally injured, witnesses said the light car was ascending the grade when the truck struck it at high speed.
An inventor patents men s shoes with cuffs folded down at the tops to allow easy addition of advertising or branding. The design aims to reveal the advertisement when worn, enabling visible messaging on footwear.
A Smyrna dispatch to the Greek legation in London reports continued Greek progress in Asia Minor. Turkish populations in Philadelphia Todag and Al-Hissar welcomed Greek troops who expelled Mustapha Kemal Pasha followers. A separate report says Greeks landed at Panderma near Constantinople. Turks in Thrace threaten to attack Adrianople.
Alfred Rubeno, 28, was shot and killed in Sandusky early today. Julian Schade, 20, son of a local businessman, was held for investigation after claiming he fired two shots at two men trying to break into his garage. Rubeno died from two bullets to the back.
Martial law was proclaimed in Hamburg today after food riots left 80 people severely wounded. Authorities warned rioters would be shot immediately if caught.
Samuel Gompers arrives in San Francisco to press for labor planks in the Democratic platform. He urges anti strike legislation rejection, approval of collective bargaining, a minimum wage, eight hour day, and child labor laws.
The Texas delegation at the Democratic national convention adopted a resolution stating Postmaster General Burleson’s remarks endorsing light wine and beer reflect his personal views, not the delegation’s position, in San Francisco on June 28.
Constantinople June 28 Allied forces have completed destruction of all fortifications on both sides of the Dardanelles under the peace treaty terms. Official announcement states the fortifications are removed and the area is cleared.
The committee on teachers and salaries of Ohio university appointed W. W. McIntire principal of Norwood high school Cincinnati as dean of the State Normal College to succeed Dean J. J. Richeson. McIntire is Wooster graduate and holds an MA from Columbia. He was president of the Cincinnati School Masters' Club and was elected as Ohio teachers representative on the Teachers Retirement Board succeeding H. B. Hotchkiss.
In San Francisco on June 28 the unit rule debate shapes up as New York fights to abolish a system tying 90 votes to one delegation. Mayor George Lunn and Franklin D. Roosevelt back abolition, with Bryan and campaign managers weighing in. The 1916 convention previously restored the rule.
In Cleveland last week representatives of the operators association and miners district officers failed to agree on a uniform powder price for Ohio mines. Miners insist on 2.40 per keg, while operators offer 2.50. The meeting adjourned unsettled with potential district actions expected.
Millfield routed Glouster 7 0 yesterday afternoon. Millfield scored seven runs in two innings, four in one and three in the other, as Simpson pitched shutout innings. Cunningham pitched well for Glouster but lacked run support in key moments.
William Ellis of the United Mine Workers of America with Birmingham headquarters stays in town with his family until after the Fourth. Local residents hosting relatives include Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dunnett and family from Toledo, and Mrs. S. D. Spero who returned from five weeks in Kansas City. George M. Williams left Saturday for West Frankfort to visit his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Williams.
The brick plant here, idle for several years, is now owned by Hisylvania Coal Co. Machinery is ready, boilers fired, and a workforce secured. Active brick manufacture expected within a few days.
Umpire Bill Kiem was fined 100 dollars by NL President Heydler for alleged offensive language toward Reds pitcher Luque in a Cincinnati game last Saturday. Luque was fined 100 dollars after striking Klem, catcher Wingo received an indefinite suspension for protest, and outfielder Leborveau of the Phillies was suspended for taking part in a demonstration against umpires.
Posses aided by police dogs hunted thick woods around North Haledon New Jersey seeking three year old Adam Schmidt Jr who had wandered into the area while attending a picnic and was missing since yesterday.
Edward H Wyatt died in Adrian Missouri after a long life in Amesville and Adrian born near Amesville grew to manhood married Hattie Brown moved to Adrian in 1883. His brother W P Wyatt and family learned of the death and traveled to attend funeral services with Charles Wyatt of Amesville.
First page notice calls a special Masonic meeting Tuesday at 7 30 PM. Members are urged to attend for degree work in the A and A chapter.
Attendance rose at churches and schools driven by summer school and good weather. First M E church recorded 886 in attendance with 753 scholars, 216 men and 408 women. Largest classes led by Prof Cope land 216 and Mrs Noss 200, total offerings $23.50 with several classes contributing portions.
A quirky English item is a shopping basket fixed to a pair of wheels, turning an ordinary basket into a portable shopping cart. The device blends practicality with whimsy and reflects retro design humor.
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