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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1920

Page

7

Ladies Aid Day Social in Ireland Country Setting

The March 11 meeting of the Ladies Aid, hosted by Mrs. Lizzie Clark, gathered nineteen farmers wives and friends for an all day event. Two comforts and a quilt were finished for Nestor largely, with a noon feast and afternoon piano selections.

Ireland Ladies Aid Lizzie Clark Nestor Esdames Trena Blizzard Minta Hornsby Effie Dunfee Minda Rogers Gladys Daugherty Ella Clark Norma Brandeberry Barbara Brandeberry Ella Bingman Clara Clark May Frost Esther Dodd Ethel Dodd Ida Cubbison Ona Russell Susie Shafer Athent Miss Mable Hornsby Lowe Daugherty

Revival Services Draw Sugar Creek Faithful to Methodist Church

Sugar Creek Valley residents packed the old Methodist church for a Sunday evening revival aimed at putting Sugar Creek on the Christian map. Meetings continue daily this week at 6 30 led by Rev Ahlibrand.

Sugar Creek Old Methodist Church Ahlibrand

Cotton Demand Up From Last February Figures

United States cotton consumption for February excluding linters rose to 516,594 bales from 433,295 bales a year earlier, per Census Bureau data released in Washington.

Washington United Press Census Bureau

Final Athens High varsity alumni basketball game Tuesday

Athens High prepares for its final court appearance of the season with a varsity alumni showdown at the armory Tuesday at 7 30. The Red and Black, 15 and 5, meet a star alumni lineup including Jube Finsterwald Davis Earich Wil Starr Roach Pickering Nye in a high drama finale to a strong season.

Armory Athens High Southcentral Ohio Athens Collins Littler Conner Kircher Wise Battin Hall Sharp Basom Daggett Davis All-Ohio Earich O. U Wil Starr Roach Pickering Nye

New Jersey Granted Access to Challenge Federal Prohibition

The Supreme Court permitted New Jersey to file a bill of complaint attacking national prohibition. The action targets federal enforcement officials and mirrors Rhode Island’s earlier suit awaiting the court’s final decision.

Washington Mar Supreme Court Inv!cation of New Jersey High Tribunal Rhode Island

Supreme court asked to advance two prohibition cases

The Supreme Court was asked to hear arguments on two more cases challenging the constitutional prohibition. Christian Felgensen, a New Jersey brewer represented by Elihu Root, and the San Francisco test case by J. J. Dillon seek arrest for violating prohibition laws to test their validity. Both lower courts ruled against the wets.

Washington,ar Supreme Court Christian Felgenspan New Jersey Representy Elihu Root San Francisco J. J. Dillon

Stivers High Crowned State Champion in Delaware Tourney

Stivers High of Dayton won the state title by defeating Akron in the Delaware tournament finals. Akron had beaten Canton in the semifinals, while Stivers had eliminated Cambridge in the southern division, drawing a large, raucous crowd to the final.

Stivers High Dayton Akron Delaware Canton Stivers Cambridge

Dayton Team Triumphs In Final Showdown

The Dayton team won the final match with a 28 to 19 score, completing a dramatic red fitting climax.

Pro Athletic Dayton

Water From Mine Safe For River If High Water Noted

Athens Fish and Game Protective Association members learned the Johnson Mine at Hocking may reopen. Game Protector Hibbard collected a water sample before pumping began and handed it to the association for analysis. He noted the water should reach the river only at high water when floods cover low ground and the old canal.

Athens Fish and Game Protective Association Johnson Hocking Hibbard Association For Chemical Analysis Ebbard

Accused of Busing Pony Before Magistrate

A charge filed by County Humane Officer alleging cruelty to animals brings before Magistrate Helwig the case of a pony abused at a Bish coal mine. A complaint details injuries including a severe abscess. The hearing is set for today or tomorrow.

Jobb Smart Helwig County Humane Bish

Undefined financial notes and figures in scattered OCR

A garbled OCR snippet lists monetary figures such as 14.15 16.70 and a 6.00 debt note. It references bulk costs and fees but provides no clear context, dates, or named entities. The readable parts suggest minor accounting items without identifiable people or organizations.

Sale Enters Market with Mixed Beef Prices

Fragmentary market notes show cattle and meat prices with figures like 10.06 for steer, 16.75 for butcher, and top bids around 11.60 to 19.00. Mentions Lammarke and various price points, but details are incomplete and interpretations are limited by OCR quality.

Saleen Sartee Mrlgher Butchers Lammarke

Cincinnati Produce Prices and Dairy Goods Report

Santa clara market notes show March 15 figures with eggs steady at 44 cents for firsts 40, ordinary 41, butter and dairy items listed. Live poultry prices include fowls at 34 to 40 cents per pound, springers over two pounds 40 cents, under two pounds 60, and roosters 25 to 30 cents.

Cincinnat

Chicago Grocery Prices Open With Varied Dairy and Poultry Rates

The listing shows Butter-Cream at 68c with 67c and 68c notes, Dairy Tubs at 46c, 7 inch items at 9s, 41% and 42c, Cheese-Twins 25c, Young American 30c, and Live Poultry priced at 890 units, reflecting mixed market rates in Chicago.

Chicago

Toledo Grain Prices and Market Quotes Report

Toledo Ohio March 15 Grain prices list cash and futures for corn oats rye and barley with cash and March and April settlements. Clover seed Timothy butter Higgs and May prices noted in the market summary.

Toledo Higgs

Obituary notice for Mrs Wilsa beth Lowther in Albany

Mrs Wilsa beth Lowther, 78, widow of William Lowther, died after long illness at her farm home four miles east of Albany. Funeral at Bardsville Church at 8 o clock Tuesday. She leaves a brother and other relatives.

Buck Albany Wilsabeth Lowther Wm. Lowther Ferate Brother “Wiltaea Bardsville

Clothes don’t make the man the hat does not fit

Fragmentary text mentions clothing items and headwear in a cryptic phrase about appearance without clear events, names, or locations. The readable bits suggest a humorous or ironic note on attire but lack concrete details to identify persons or places.

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