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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1919
Page
3
On Saturday evening Mr and Mrs Walter Mechem entertained with an oyster fry at their Fort street home. Guests included Mr and Mrs Stanley Mechem Misses Minnie Merz Velma Dowler Mary Howe and Bernice Bennett.
The Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church will convene Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. L. Hudson on West Washington Street.
A Monday evening birthday party was held at Mr. and Mrs. Peter Barrows home for Pearl Barrows thirteenth birthday. Florence Wood won the peanut hunt prize and fourteen girls attended including Ruth Evans Helen McLaughlin and Kathleen Barrows. Mrs Chas Ervin reported via telegram that her son Norman arrived safely from overseas.
Myra Higgins entertained at her Mill street home Monday evening in honor of Nell Mathews Ethel Bagley and Mary Lane of Hiram College. Guests included Grace Kinney Sigrid Love Ruth Love Royal Linscott Pauline Donley Verna Hand Margaret Lewis Hazel Bagley. The guests of honor and the hostess attended.
The column lists residents and visitors including Mrs. J. M. Arthur in Akron with her parents, Miss Sue Woodruff in Logan, and many others in Nelsonville. A soldier, Private Frank E. Webb, writes from Vielbach Germany detailing Army life and combat experiences in WWI.
Hocking Valley Kraut is sold in the Hocking Valley than all other brands put together. FOR MONUMENTS, see D. N. Gor such, Nelsonville, representing Wy man & Gorsuch Monumental Works, of McArthur, Ohio. 1Mo
Box supper and social in the Junior Hall on Saturday night March 29 admission ten cents all welcome music by a good violinist ladies ree 22 7
The Buckeye State Building and Loan Co at Rankin Building Columbus announces funds available for lending on Columbus homes and Central Ohio farms. They also offer loans on doubles and apartments in Columbus, promising low interest, liberal terms, and prompt service.
A pay envelope worth 75 dollars vanished on Monday night between Beasleys garage and John Owens cigar store. Finder may return it at Beasleys garage for a reward of 24 dollars.
The ad offers a 1918 Ford Touring Car in good condition for sale. Inquiries directed to Raymond Somers by home phone AE 3 26 3. Also notes opening of a blacksmith and repair shop at the old Haythorne stand by J T Johnson with a prompt shop invitation.
Delegates at the National Petroleum Congress in Chicago discussed plans to keep the oil business out of government hands. A merger between the Independent Oil Men's Association and the American Petroleum League was considered likely to present a united front on any forthcoming propositions.
Delegates from forty states at the Modern Woodmen of America session in Chicago forecast premium hikes of fifty to sixty percent as part of the convention’s forenoon agenda.
Nelsonville Colorado March 26 A Mrs Lizzie Miller and William Perkins were arrested by police and held as witnesses in the death of James P Cassidy whose body was found in the river near the brick plant. A postmortem found drowning unlikely. Cassidy last seen with Miller near the brick plant, $60 drawn from bank yesterday, only $16 found near body.
Lillian Bardin reports items missing in transit from here to Athens and notes spring in bloom. Farmers sow oats and plant potatoes while fields are plowed. Mt. Hermon endures flu with most recovering. Frank Bardin and G W Fawcett visits noted. Floyd Fawcett to Omaha for a new job. Bertha Wagoner Leyda dies near Cutler Ohio. funeral crowded. former O A student and teacher.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr was urged by Washington and New York figures to run for vice president. A telegram from War Parents Association supporters asked for his personal view on a national movement to back his candidacy. Roosevelt Jr said there was nothing to say yet and would comment when a telegram arrived after his return from Europe.
Senator William Agnew testifies before the bribe probes in Columbus Ohio recounting allegations against State Senator Howell Wright and State Representative Frank Delahanty. Citing chiropractor lobbyist Russell Skeels, Agnew says Nate Cook sought ten thousand dollars for a favorable report and Wright’s removal from opposition. Burr Gongwer confirms Skeels and Delahanty in a room. Delahanty says chiropractors entangled him.
Miss Zelpha Boudinot spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents. Sam Sayre called on W. M. Howard Monday. A pie social drew residents to Hooper Ridge Saturday evening. Elpha Russell visited Erma Thomas. Mrs. Riley Lewis of Ferndale visited Mr. and Mrs. William Antlo Monday. Clarence Wolfe of Camp Sherman stayed with his parents. W. M. Howard, Newton Russell and Elmer attended a Mountstown sale Saturday. Lillian Slisher visited Ephram Sayre Sunday.
Two year old Margaret Cowen daughter of Mr and Mrs Ivan Cowen was struck and killed by a Chevrolet touring car on Richland Avenue. The car owned by Mrs Russell Davie Jacksonville was driven by a 16 year old girl with four women passengers. The mother rushed to Doctor Henry's office but the child was dead, believed to have died at the scene.
Washington March 26 The war department reports deaths in the ADBF for the week ending March 6 totaled 453 the lowest since August 1918 Seventy three were from injuries and 297 from pneumonia
Washington March 36 The Red Cross will supervise teaching of first aid to the injured in public schools nationwide. Many city school superintendents have endorsed the plan, according to reports from Red Cross headquarters today.
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