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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1920
Page
3
Over a hundred tickets were distributed for a father and son banquet. Tickets cost 50 cents per plate, with sales closing Saturday evening. Dr. Moses Breeze of Columbus will speak on patriotism and humor, and the event welcomes all men and boys, not just scouts and Y members.
All scout troops are summoned to a special meeting at the YMCA on Saturday at 7 p.m. Attendees should be prepared to present a full report on ticket sales.
The Y M C A board votes to declare Booster Week from March 29 to mobilize volunteers. Directors urge all members to contribute time, with committees handling finances and other business and a ladies committee to be formed. Weekday luncheons will convene at noon as plans unfold.
Mr. E. B. Beard's Sunday school class celebrated Miss Cassie Fay's birthday anniversary with a social afternoon. A lunch of sandwiches pickles cake and cocoa was served at four o'clock to many guests who presented her with several useful and pretty gifts.
Troop 3 of the Boy Scouts hosted a mothers banquet in the Christian church social rooms last evening. A 7 pm buffet supper for sixty five guests was followed by a program led by W. L. Hudson. Jeff Barrows sang a corner solo as the boys performed drills stunts and games, thanking the church for the use of rooms.
Mr and Mrs Bliss McNamee announce twin boys while Mr and Mrs Frank Brown welcome twin boys born Thursday. Mrs Walter Howe visits Granville with Dr and Mrs H L Heck. Guests include Mrs Lawrence Young and Mrs Clarence Wemsley with Betty Jane at Pomeroy. Mrs Martin Pierce returns to Radcliffe after visiting relatives. Miss Anna Price returns to Ashland after a week with her sister Mrs Clarence Farrow following the death of her father N M Price. Mr and Mrs Walter Wolfe attend Thursday funeral of Mrs Shaw in Logan. Shaw was Wolfe's grandmother.
Vital statistics report births in Nelsonville city and Yoek township for February 1920. Boys born to Edgar and Edna Deford Cas-sius and Rosa Dexter Alpha and Sarah Goff Jas. and Mary Hick-
The ad says fatigue and low spirits come from blood weakness and low red blood cell count. It promotes Gude's Pepto Mangan as a standard iron tonic to restore strength, alertness, and health, claiming physician endorsement and availability in liquid or tablet form.
The text lists numerous couples including Jas Pickett and Violet Pickett Roy and Edna Barron John and Nora Shepherd Girls To Forney and Fern Pyle Chas North Martha North Walter McKibben Willis Wolf Carl Martin Joe Wallace John Long Eva Long John Auflick Murriel Morrison Jake Gleason Henry Russell Edna Russell as addressees or recipients likely in a notice or acknowledgment.
Classified notices list piano tuner services at Green's Music Store with E M Norris, a woolens sale by Chas Wright at 78 W Columbus St, two furnished rooms for rent on Short Street, a K P Hall jazz dance Friday, and a Majestic restaurant dining room position available.
Mrs. William Johnson and family thank Nelsonville friends for kindness and sympathy at the death of Mr. Johnson.
For sale a five room house with electric light gas and water service located near East End school at 717 High.
Help wanted for house cleaning and washings. See Mrs Atwood at 394 Chestnut Street or call Citizens. Also notice of special bargains in smoked and salted meats and groceries at M Shamansky's new grocery with Bell Phone 376. Saturday sale announced.
A sudden near cyclone hit Nelsonville around 11 after noon injuring no one but causing extensive damage. Half of Stuart's opera house roof collapsed and wrapped around a tree while the main schoolhouse windows shattered. Cars overturned and trees toppled as several residences suffered broken windows and other wreckage.
Testimonial describes four years of stomach catarrh and colic pain ending after using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. Claims the product removes intestinal mucus and inflammation, alleviating stomach liver and intestinal ailments including appendicitis. States one dose convinces and money is refunded. McKee Drug Co. and druggists carry it.
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles. Stops irritation soothes and heals. You can get restful sleep after the first application. Price 60c.
Parkersburg, McArthur and Chillicothe plan to send senior and junior squads to the Athens schools tournament on March 19 and 20. Two divisions may be used by age or weight to group smaller boys, with Athens troops entering one or two teams each. No word yet from Nelsonville or Logan.
George F. Daniels of Hardwick VI, proprietor of the Hardwick Inn, praises Chamberlains Tablets as the best laxative after trying many options. His sedentary life led to occasional use, and he endorses the remedy as superior among his experiences.
A Columbus police veteran J. M. Wood touts Earle's Hypo-Cod as boosting appetite and nerves. The advertisement urges readers to buy from McKee Drug Co. and other local druggists at 1.25 dollars plus war tax.
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