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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1921

Page

3

Typographical error overstates Nelsonville sports group

The Messenger corrects a Tuesday error claiming the Nelsonville Sports Men's Association was the most inactive of Athens county groups. The paper notes the Nelsonville unit has long carried extensive work and many news items about its activity.

Nelsonville Sportsmen’s Association Athens County Nelsonville Nelsonville News The Messenger Game and Fish Protective Association

Watts Fined for Assault and Battery in Mayor’s Court

D. W. Watts of Buchtel was fined $50 and costs for assault and battery before Mayor McCune on Tuesday. The charge stemmed from an incident in which Watts allegedly took his wife to a “good cleaning.”

D. W. Watts Buchtel McCune Watts

Chautauqua Opens July 8 With Weeklong Programs

Chautauqua week runs July 8 to 12 with events on the Central School grounds. The tent will be set on school property. Children’s hours are 9 A M and 3 30 P M. Afternoon and night entertainments start promptly at 2 and 8.

Friday Chautauqua Day nears with ticket sales

Friday marks Chautauqua Day with tickets available in local businesses and on the streets by twenty captains. Mrs. Waldo Chute supervises this year’s ticket sales.

Waldo Chute

Farewell Surprise for Mrs Anna Coleman at Maccabee Hall

Mrs Anna Coleman was surprised by 60 ladies at a farewell party at Maccabee hall. She leaves soon for St David Illinois to make her future home and received a Maccabee pin as a keepsake. A bountiful picnic followed the gathering with well wishes for her new home.

Anna Coleman Coleman St. David Ill

Social gathering honors out of town guests

Mrs Edward C Cooley entertained Tuesday with guests including her mother Mrs R D McManigal and Mrs H R Harrington and daughter Jeanette of Logan, plus daughter Mrs E R Raymond of Athens and her house guest Mrs Luck C Wilson of Toledo.

Edward C. Cooley R. D. McManigal H. R. Harrington Jeanette Logan E. R. Raymond Athens Luck C., Wilson Toledo

Local Guests Visit Johnsons Hyde Stratton Family

Miss Ruth Eberle visits grandparents Mr and Mrs L J Johnson in Logan. Mr Israel Putnam from Baltimore Md visits his aunt Mrs J M Hyde. Miss Marann Young of China stays with Mrs Elizabeth Stratton and daughter Miss Nelle. Mr C G Sheppard spends Tuesday and today in Columbus.

Ruth Eberle L. J. Johnson Logan Israel Putnam Baltimore J. M. Hyde Marann Young China Elizabeth Stratton Nelle C. G. Sheppard Columbus

Watch Dog booster praises Messenger ads and Want Ad page

Dan Rardin hails the Watch Dog column and the Messenger Want Ad department. He plans three ads for today and encourages readers to place ads on the Want page. The Nelsonville column is growing and invites more notices today.

Rardin Watch Dog Dan Rardin Nelsonville

Notice D of A Special Meeting

A special meeting is scheduled at their hall on Friday July 1. All members and the degree staff must be present. Installation and big cats program will start at seven o'clock sharp.

Kill Eagle Tribe No 179 Install Officers Friday

Kill Eagle Tribe No 179 to install officers on Friday July 1. All Red Men invited. Also announced a birth, a daughter named Alice born to Mr and Mrs Burt Hanning, eight pounds.

Kill Eagle Tribe No Burt Hanning Alice

Mr and Mrs Stillwell Return From Weekend Visit

Mr and Mrs James Stillwell return to their Middleport home after a weekend visit with Mrs Martha Stillwell. Miss Ruth Newton accompanied them home.

James Stillwell Middleport Martha Stillwell Ruth Newton

Eudora Chapter Holds Final Meeting of Summer

Fifty members attended the regular meeting of the Eudora chapter last evening. A social hour followed the initiation and refreshments were served before adjourning for the summer.

Eudora Chapter

Foreign Missionary Society to Meet at Mrs Stratton Home

The regular meeting of the Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. church will be entertained Friday at 2 o'clock at 32 East Franklin Street. Mr and Mrs Bert Young have returned from Pomeroy where they were guests of Mr and Mrs Ray Young.

Foreign Missionary Society Foreign Missionery Society M. E. Church Elizabeth Stratton E. Franklin Street Mrs Bert Young Pomeroy Ray Young

Logan Beats Nelsonville Sox In Skying 6-5 Sunday Showdown

Logan defeated the Nelsonville White Sox 6 to 5 on Sunday in a game noted as one of the season’s best. Both teams had ten hits with strong pitching. Brad Field had two triples for Nelsonville and Rutherford starred for Logan. Knox earned fielding honors for Nelsonville and Mowery caught for Logan.

SOX Logan Nelsonville White Sox Bradfield Rutherford Knox Mowery

Autoists Warned On State Road Between Sugar Creek and Chauncey

Signs warn drivers to slow down on the state road between Sugar Creek and Chauncey where extensive repairs tighten the roadway. Careless driving has caused several wrecks recently, and there is not room for fast moving vehicles on the constricted stretch.

Sugar Creek Chauncey

Birthday party at Dunnett home honors Thelma

Thelma Dunnett is celebrated at her parents home as friends gathered for games and refreshments. Attendees include Connie Jewitt Regina Corbin Evelyn Bower Leola Walker Eva Raber Lucile Jewitt Elizabeth Dunnett Thelma Robison Flora Walker Olive Raney and many others. Ambrose Gibbs of Columbus, a former Middleport resident, dies at 1:30 PM in Middleport after living with relatives. Funeral at New Straitsville Thursday at 1 PM with interment there. Gibbs was uncle to Ambrose Gibbs of the city and had worked in coal before retiring to Columbus. Survived by four children.

James Dunnett Miss Thelma Connie Jewitt Regina Corbin Evelyn Bower Leola Walker Eva Raber Lucile Jewitt Thelma Dunnett Edith Wolfe Hazel Raber Hazel Cole William Sharp Dehmann Davis Eunice Grandy Billa Chaffin Read Grandy Edra Lantz Sarah Kempton Flora Walker Elizabeth Dunnett Olive Raney Thelma Robison Nellie Reader Lee Henderson Clyde Walker Eber Vess Harold Phillips Roy Bowers Elden Skinner Frank Smith Ernest Dehmann Orval Copenhaver Rudolph Douglas George Grandy Howard Miner Frank Young Wilber Drake Harry Jonas John Exenkemper Helen Vess Dorothy Walker Anna Dunnett Ambrose Gibbs Columbus Middleport New Straitsville Gibbs Pomeroy Bend

Harold Winefordner Undergoes Tonsil Adenoid Removal

Harold, 13, son of Mr and Mrs William Winefordner, had tonsil and adenoids removed at a Columbus hospital. He was taken to the hospital Sunday with his parents. Mr Winefordner returned home last night and Mrs Winefordner and Harold will come home later this week.

Harold Wm. Winefordner Columbus Mr. Winefordner

Fourth of July Picnics Planned in Bishopville and Oakdale

A joint Fourth of July picnic will be held in Bishop Grove at Bishopville with Sunday schools from the Church of Christ M. and church and Calvary Baptist church participating. Oakdale also hosts a picnic under the Oakdale Sunday school with broad public invitation.

Bishop Grove Bishopville Church of Christ, M. &. Church Calvary Baptist Church Oakdale

For Sale Multiple Properties on Public Square and Surrounding Streets

Sale notice lists a block on Public Square and several dwellings including a six and a four room house, a double dwelling on Sheppard Street, 12 acres in section 18, a dwelling with three lots at Hocking and Myers, a 40 by 170 vacant Fayette Street lot priced at 3000 dollars, three-three and three-four room houses in Hyde Martin addition to Nelsonville, and an extra good house with vacant adjoining lot on Jackson Street priced at 2500 dollars.

Public Square Sheppard St Hyde Martin Nelsonville Jackson Street

Mrs Will Johnson Heads Home After Visit

Mrs Will Johnson left this morning for her home in Columbus after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Trimmer for a few days in town.

Will Johnson Columbus Frank Trimmer

Friendship Circle to Meet at Methodist Church Tomorrow

The regular meeting of the Friendship Circle will be held at the Methodist church tomorrow evening with Mrs. Palmer's class in charge of the program.

Friendship Circle Methodist Church

Pastor Harry M. Wilson to Return from Tennessee Visit

Harry M. Wilson pastor of the Church of Christ will return this week from Tennessee where he and his family have spent several weeks with relatives.

Harry M. Wilson Church of Christ Tennessee

Divorce suit filed by Hazel Poston against Don ald Poston

Hazel W. Poston sues for divorce and alimony from Don ald R. Poston of Floodwood alleging years of cruel treatment since their 1918 marriage. She cites choking in 1919 near Nelsonville, repeated beating in 1919 1920 and 1921, a gun threat in October 1919, and a staged confinement to force sign away property. She seeks divorce and temporary alimony plus division of his alleged mine machinery assets.

Hazel W. Poston Donald R. Poston Floodwood Nelsonville Columbus

Sleepy Athens Night Brings Cool Temperatures

At the country club the fairways show fresh grass from newly planted seed praised as timely. Last night was the coolest in Athens for weeks, lifting moods as residents enjoyed unusually cheerful faces.

Athens

Moose delegates clash over Blease remark at session

At a Loyal Order of Moose executive session in Toledo on Tuesday a delegate moved to strike from record a statement by Cole L. Blease former South Carolina governor. Parliamentarians ruled the convention not yet formally opened so the remark was not included. Blease refused to retract his comment about the present administration.

Toledo Poltical Oraters Loyal Order of Moose Cole L. Blease South Carolina Biease God Help America Blease

McKee Drug Hypes Eitro-Phosphate for Weight Gain

An advertisement for McKee Drug Company promotes Eitro-Phosphate as a guaranteed remedy to increase weight and strength and restore energy vigor and nerve force. It targets weak and nervous individuals with bold claims of rapid results and vitality.

McKee Drug Company

Jack Johnson to be released from Leavenworth prison

Johnson will be released on July 9 after his wife pays a $1,000 fine attached to his sentence. The payment saves him from serving an additional 30 days in federal prison, authorities said.

Leavenworth Kas Jack Johnson

Cactus Blossom Lights Up Home on Mound Street

Charlie and Belle B operate a flower specialty and raise blooms for shut ins. A four by three foot cactus plant on Mound Street now bears 104 red flowers, six years old, with last year’s 35 blooms the previous peak. The plant rests in the basement in winter. mild weather this season spurred the profuse bloom.

Charlie Belle B Mound Street

Rainy spell aids crops. Wheat harvest near completion

Farmers and gardeners report timely rains boosting growth as most wheat has been cut and stacked. Widespread heavy rainfall hits regions with Sharpsburg receiving another small flood causing ongoing repair work.

Sharpsburg

Brazil Size Compared to Europe

Economic and geographic comparison notes Brazil as expansive as the entire European continent. The statement emphasizes Brazil’s vast land area in relation to Europe, highlighting scale without citing specific measurements or sources.

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Ted Public Co-Operative NEW Edison Cherie Devils’ Garden Eros Grasselli Explosives GABEL Winchester Glouster Hocking and Myers Streets Fayette St J. E. Zeller O. Hyde Don Poston Here Moose Record Cole Blease Brazil Europe Barron’s Bakery Ohio Hudson
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