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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1921
Page
5
Washington March 23 The formal call for an extraordinary session of Congress to meet at noon April 11 was issued by President Harding today.
El Paso reports S. E. Beckett and Arch Wood were killed while sealing a suspected whiskey shipment at the Harman ranch near El Paso on Tuesday.
Cincinnati health board reports three deaths from sleeping sickness in the past 48 hours. Local officials urge vigilance as cases appear in the city.
William Leeds defied his mother Ana stasia in Paris today by resuming a Nice to Athens flight. He ignored her warning sent by wire as she lay ill, continuing the journey to see her.
Athens residents may attend an Archdeacon lecture at the Episcopal Mission this week. Tonight at 7 30 the subject is Monument Building with a solo by Mrs L V Brown O Love that Will Not Let Me Go. A special feature tomorrow evening includes a sale by Mrs Brown Miss Hawkins and Mr Grayson. Sermon topic Enemies of the American Home. Public invited.
Ten thousand cutaways designed for Easter wear became fadeaways today as two thousand tailors began a strike. The stoppage halted tailoring work in New York shops and disrupted holiday orders.
Community items list meetings and social calls including a Woman's Benefit Association meeting at 2 PM Wednesday and Troop III Girl Scouts gathering at 6 30 PM. Local residents travel for Easter visits, family updates, and a birth announced at Protestant hospital.
The Delta Tau Delta fraternity hosts an informal dinner dance at the Masonic Temple Friday evening. An out of town orchestra will provide music for the annual spring event.
The East Side school Parent-Teacher Association will meet Wednesday with health program to be led by Mrs Dixon. Two traveling pictures will be awarded to the two grades with the most mothers present, in a lively discussion ahead.
The Order of Eastern Star held its annual open session with more than 100 attendees. Mrs Samuel Siegel presided as the evening progressed with entertainment and remarks reflecting the organization’s activities.
Ohio University graduate Mr. J C Flegal will wed Ruth Wegmiller daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfred Wegmiller of 411 Ira Avenue Akron Trinity Lutheran church witnesses include Mac Slater Bethel Cleveland and others. The couple will reside at 609 Marview Avenue Akron after a trip to New York and Washington. Flegal works as cost accountant at Whitman Barnes Mfg Co where he has been private secretary to A D Armitage.
A New York specialist urges readers to try Bitro-Phosphate described as a nerve and brain cell builder. He claims weak, nervous, anaemic or run-down individuals can gain nerve strength and body vigor using this pure organic phosphate as prescribed by physicians.
Three well known Athenians have been promoted to permanent captaincy in the U S regular army. James B Golden son of W B Golden of the Bank of Athens earned a permanent captaincy at Camp Benning Ga after two years overseas in World War I. Lawrence Germany Shafer of Athens joined the cavalry and secured permanent rank. Wilbur, a former resident of Athens, also attained the officer’s status in the regular army.
From the Shubert Theatre Kansas City comes a first hand comedy featuring Tarkington and James T. Tyler in a lively stage pairing. The vaudeville style act promises humor and guaranteed laughs for theatergoers.
Washington reports a meeting of manufacturing druggists and pharmaceutical chemists appealing to Prohibition Commissioner Kramer. They aim to distinguish legitimate manufacture and sale from sale of medicinal preparations designed to evade the Volstead act. B L Maltbie warns beer could turn drugstores into saloons.
The Clarence comedy by Booth Tarkington, a winter New York and Chicago hit, comes to Athens Opera House for march 23 engagements. George C. Tyler presents and guarantees the New York company, fresh from the Pacific coast triumph, endorsed by theatre patrons.
A reader notes eggs selling for about thirty cents at multiple retail stores. The item reflects a lower consumer price point and suggests inexpensive grocery options during the period.
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