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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1922
Page
6
Local items chronicle visitors and relatives in Coolville and nearby towns Athens Parkersburg Marietta and Belpre. News covers illnesses deaths and family travel plus social notes from Gratton to the Embroidery club and garden visits, with posts on recent grip illnesses a grocery sale and community happenings.
Mrs M H Allen and children spent Thursday in Parkersburg. Dr A M Frame was a business visitor at Parkersburg Tuesday. Miss Mabel Walden was a Parkersburg visitor Thursday. The Messenger boy is on the sick list with others in his family. Sunday school attendance last Sunday was 100, the smallest in four months.
Mrs David Griffin passed away Thursday morning at the residence of Herbert, with funerary arrangements to be announced. The obituary notes family details and local ties.
Dr C H Brookover, Ohio University graduate of 1894 and 1898, died in Louisville Kentucky and will be buried in Morrison Tennessee. He formerly assisted in Ohio University biology under Dr Chapin and headed the anatomy department at the Medical College of Louisville. A daughter Mary Ruth survives.
Clarence Sumner Johnson aged 36 died March 12 1922 after a life of teaching music and service to his church. He left a widow Gladys Koons and parents Isaiah and Ida Moore Johnson with a brother Marion John son and many relatives. He joined the church at age 11 and was known as a beloved teacher and organist who played at a child's funeral. He prepared others for heaven with Christian faith as his final message to friends urged Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth.
The M. FE. Ladies Aid met Thursday at Mrs. Geo. Green’s Mill Street home. Mr. Harvey Ferrel and son Lawrence and Mr. Neal Helt sel with Mrs. Helt sel, of Athens, visited for the Sunday school social.
We express heartfelt thanks to neighbors and friends who assisted during our husband and son's illness and death. Grateful for floral offerings, Rev Timmons for consoling words, Mr Walburn for services, and those who furnished music. Mrs Gladys Johnson and Mr and Mrs Isaiah Johnson.
Earl Stevens aged 17 died after a several days illness from pneumonia at his Bailey Run home. Funeral services were held at the residence by Rev. Simpkins. Due to high water, the burial was carried from Bailey Run on a hand car. He leaves his parents Green and Mrs Green Stevens and several brothers and sisters.
More than 150 attended the First Christian Sunday School social at the church on Thursday evening. The event featured a program of songs readings and talks led by Charles Bradfield and included guests Miss Edith Ford and Mrs. Young of Charleston. Local residents reported illness travel and revival activities in Doanville and surrounding areas with community groups like the Ladies Aid continuing monthly meetings.
A vintage advertisement extols Vicks VapoRule for colds and chest relief with both topical and inhaled vapors. It claims widespread use, offers a money back guarantee, and provides detailed usage for children, croup, and various throat and lung conditions.
Glen Ebon residents plus Miss Goldie Windle and Mildred Windle and others attended a pie supper at Hamley Run on Friday night. The group listed names and nearby trips included Chauncey Athens Floodwood Logan Nelsonville New Floodwood.
Stewart visited Saturday to see her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Day. Ed Rowan returned from Chesapeake Ohio to his farm Wednesday evening. Mrs Rowan and their infant son will arrive around March 15. Rev McCandieish preached at Lawrence Chapel Sunday and will return here in two weeks at 2:30. Miss Erma Ackley had Sunday dinner with the Day family.
James A. Taint aged 60 stage manager of the Imperial Masre and his wife Lulu aged 45 were burned to death when a fire destroyed the Grand Theatre in Augusta Georgia.
Political focus in Washington centers on Maine as the Harding administration faces trial on Monday in a regular election, signaling the start of a notable political contest.
A Wheeling newspaper ad in the wants column reads Must have work or steal will sell body and soul one year $90 per month Address A777. The advertiser’s identity is not yet revealed. The note ends with an unrelated line about Zulu chiefs and eagle feathers.
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