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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1920
Page
10
Salisbury township faces a vacancy in its three justice of the peace offices after the death of J. H. Ewing, who was elected last November. The township trustees may fill the vacancy.
Married Saturday by a Justice of the Peace Steve Martin officiated for Newhouser 21 of Forest Run and Mamie Sattler 18 of Pomeroy. The pair left for a wedding trip visiting the groom's relatives in West Virginia.
Relatives gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs Louis Reibel on Union avenue Friday night to celebrate Mr Reibel s thirtieth birthday anniversary The evening included games and music with refreshments served Those in attendance included Mr and Mrs Harve Pierce Bertha and Louise Reibel Miss Helen Hoffner and the fost and family
Mrs. Julia Milne Thomas aged 29 died at her Racine home Sunday morning shortly after giving birth to a son. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs J C Hayman and wife of D S Thomas married October 13 1918. Funeral arrangements were not yet set.
Debating teams from Pomeroy high school competed in a triangular meet with Athens Lancaster and Pomeroy as principals. The topic urged corporate employee board representation with three directors from within. Pomeroy beat Hancock high in Athens on the negative side by unanimous judges. At home Pomeroy defeated Lancaster two to one on the same issue.
A notice corrects an earlier error stating Lancaster won over Pomeroy. A Pomeroy high school team travels to Marietta on March 25 to duel the Marietta high school team on the same question.
Ss F. Dean through counsel sues Ambrose Gibbs for four thousand dollars claiming balance of commission on a fifty thousand dollar Mason county West Virginia coal land sale. Dean alleges a March 1 1916 verbal agreement to sell the A Gibbs Company coal mine buildings and equipment for fifty thousand with a five thousand dollar fee and says Hallwood Coal Company purchased the property around April 1 1916 with Gibbs paying one thousand dollars as partial payment. He seeks judgment plus interest from April 1 1916 on the remaining four thousand dollars.
Frank Amberger of Middleport spent the weekend with his wife at Holzer hospital. Several residents attended a funeral in Letart for their aunt Mrs. McClain. Various residents made trips to Columbus Cleveland Wellsville and Cincinnati for visits and duties. A armory dance was planned to aid the American Legion.
The Plains residents Will and Less Davis were in Athens Friday. Mrs Cain Conner shopped in Athens Friday. Mrs Will Whitlatch and her granddaughter visited Athens on Friday. Mr and Mrs Walter Gelsicke and daughter Hilda of Logan stayed with Lon Humphrey and family Sunday. They were joined home by Hazel Gelsicke. Mr and Mrs Joe Hutchins spent Saturday night and Sunday with her mother Mrs Seth Robinson in Logan.
The couple marked twenty years with many gifts and a generous meal. Mrs. Hazel Shields Wolfe of Beaumont joined Sunday supper with Mr. and Mrs. Rosco Shields. Millard Bryan Jr. visited Nelsonville with plans to buy John Gabriel's house from Mr. Stout. Ed Anderson and son Jake visited Wellston Saturday. A Friday wind storm toppled Lon Humphrey’s garage and damaged George Ball’s garage roof.
Lovana Burch Bean, born August 30 1829 near Canaanville Ohio, died March 3 1920 at her daughter Matilda Bakers home near Guysville Ohio at age 90 years 6 months and 3 days. She married Robert Bean in 1849 and had five children Frank Herbert Samantha Rosa and Matilda. Survived by two sons and one daughter ten grandchildren thirteen great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren. She joined the M E church at Guysville and lived a devout life as a neighbor and friend to all.
The family expresses heartfelt gratitude to all who aided during the illness and death of their mother and grandmother Lovana Bean. They thank the singers, Rev Woodard for comforting words, and Mr Finsterwald for directing the funeral. Children and grandchildren.
New York shows six thousand longshoremen out as coastwise steamship lines between Boston and Savannah join the wage strike begun Saturday by the Internal Continent Association. ILA vice president Joseph D. Ryan calls 350 strike breakers by a river line bad business and warns of a general navigation tie up. Local action hinges on the arrival of ILA president T. W. O Conner before next steps.
A surprise party was held at William Shannon's home in Modoc on March 15 to honor Arthur Shannon's tenth birthday. Guests included Mrs. Edward Vore and others who enjoyed supper games and music with the celebrant.
Idabell Bay along with A Silkoski Cheetra Swendrych Garnett Tenan Edith Te Sylvia Tenan Nellig Renes and Iia Swendrych and Mesars Harve Reeves Russell Vore Chas Maleski John Reeves Joseph Yankoski John Washwater Joseph Washwater Carl Ray Henry Yankoski Leo Silkoski Adolph Silkoski Willard McLaughlin and Mr and Mrs William Shannon and their son Rufus appear in a string of names in a community notice sequence.
Columbus Ohio March 16 Sunlight poured into the state senate chamber for the first time in about fifty years as four truckloads of dirt were removed revealing an apparently opaque ceiling material. Cole S Briant ordered the cleaning and said electric lighting savings will be substantial.
Former President William Howard Taft says Germany's revolution was hastened by the Senate's failure to pass the peace treaty. He calls moderates under Ebert and Noske republicans at heart needing U.S. moral support from treaty passage.
Moscow dispatch reports General Bredow who led pogroms in South Russia was shot and killed by his own attendants in the capital. The claim links him to anti Jewish violence and notes the report arrives in London.
John Call of Route 6 Athens recounts relief from backache indigestion and constipation after trying Dreco the herbal tonic. He notes improved kidney function sleep appetite and regular bowels and credits local The Cline Pharmacy Co with promoting the medicine.
Rev Campbell conducts an at the VU B Church with several accessions and con versions noted. Ben Bess shows improvement after three weeks of serious illness at his home. Mr Brown, janitor of the M E church, is ill with pneumonia on Hack St. Mrs S J Bishop returns from a two week visit with relatives in Chillicothe and Frankfort.
A widow recalls severe stomach weakness from illness and credits Mayr's Wonderful Remedy with restoring health. The ad claims the preparation removes catarrhal mucus and reduces intestinal inflammation, including appendicitis. One dose is refundable, with McKee Drug Co. and other druggists selling it.
Six ships are held up in the Panama Canal due to a landslide at Caucaracha. Reports in the past week note continued earth movement at that point.
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