Nelsonville Elks Meet Tuesday Night
Elks hold regular meeting Tuesday night with important business to be transacted. All members urged to attend.
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ELKS
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1921
Page
3
Church Crowded with Holiness Sermon on Hell
The International Holiness Church drew a full house for Rev Miss Bradshaw who delivered a stirring sermon on Hell. Services continue tonight and tomorrow with additional addresses by young ladies advocating for the Samaria Rescue Home of Springfield Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Holiness Church
Miss Bradshaw
Hell
Young Lady Preachers
Samaria Rescue Home
Springfield
Lawrence Davis Arrested by City Chief After Escape
Lawrence Davis was arrested Saturday night by Chief Pearson. He had earlier been charged with robbery at Cable's hardware store and was taken to Athens by a juvenile officer, but escaped en route. Davis was returned to the county jail this morning by Pearson. John Mooney spent Sunday at Logan with his son L. P. Mooney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Davis
Chief Pearson
Davis
Cable
Athens
Pearson
Local Esther Class Leads in Athens Meet
The Nelsonville Esthers scored 605 points to Athens Esthers 381, giving the local Esthers a 229 point lead with eight Sundays remaining. Mr. R A Doan delivered a fine address to the group yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
Athens
Nelsonville
R. A. Doan
Columbus visitors and local weekend guests
T. F. Pritchard of Columbus was the weekend guest of his son Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Pritchard. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Spencer and Cray Spencer of Logan were Sunday guests of relatives here. Mrs. Stanley Dew is the guest of her sister in Columbus. Miss Mary Williams of Columbus was the guest of relatives here from Thursday to Sunday evening. Miss Mae Beard of Columbus spent the weekend here with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Pritchard
Columbus
A. L. Pritchard
Ernest Spencer
Cray Spencer
Logan
Stanley Dew
Mary Williams
Mae Beard
Howe Hosts 6 O'clock Dinner Party
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Howe entertained with a six oclock dinner Friday evening. Covers were laid for Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson, Howe Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Geo Johnson, Miss Margaret Johnson and Fred Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Howe
Elizabeth Patterson
Howe Patterson
Geo. Johnson
Margaret Johnson
Fred Johnson
Death of Richard Dow Aged 10 Months In Columbus
Mrs. Phil Kelch learned Sunday of the death in Columbus Saturday night at 10 oclock of her little nephew Richard Dow age 10 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Kelch
Columbus
Richard Dow
Circle of Ruth Meets at Presbyterian Church Tonight
The Circle of Ruth of the Presbyterian church will meet in the church parlors this evening promptly at 7 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
The
Presbyterian Church
Women Voters Address City Management Question in Nelsonville
The Woman's Community Club invites all women to a meeting at the high school auditorium Tuesday evening. Dr. C. E. Welch and other men from the chamber of commerce will discuss city government ahead of the June vote. Mrs. Mary Selby visits Nelsonville with cousin Mrs. Patrick Bargins on Green Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Community Club
Nelsonville
C. E. Welch
Chamber of Commerce
Mary Selby
Patrick Bargins
Green Street
Selby
Parkersburg
Parkerburg WV Sentinel Notes Long Absence
The Parkersburg CW Virginia Sentinel notes that someone has not been seen in twenty years, reflecting on a long absence and recalling past presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
Va. Sentinel
Seniors Entertain Juniors At Elks House Dance
The Elks hosted a social evening Friday featuring both senior and junior students. Spring flowers and class colors decorated the rooms. A program of dancing followed by social time and a dainty lunch concluded the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks
Funeral for J W Miskell Held at Methodist Church
The funeral party arrived from Columbus and attended services at 10 o'clock in the Methodist church. Masons of New Straits ville led the ceremony. Mr Miskell, well known in Athens county and this city, was buried beside his wife who died nearly three years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Miskell
Columbus
Methodist Church
Masons of
New Straitsville
Miskell
Athens County
Body of Glenford Dugan Arrives in New York City
Corporal Glenford Dugan, son of Mr. and Mrs. E C Dugan, will have his body arrive in New York City on May 7. He enlisted May 19, 1917, served at Ath ens, went overseas late May 1918, and was killed in action November 3, 1918. The local American Legion post was named in his honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenford Dugan
New York City
E. C. Dugan
Dugan
Athens
Don
Alabama
Glenford
American Legion
May Day Passes Quietly in Athens County
May Day in Athens County passed without trouble as authorities watched for unrest. Sheriff Herb Parker stood ready to deploy a posse, with Deputy P. H. McKinley aiding Sunday Creek Valley. A Field meet by foreigners drew a large crowd at Red Town, with no incidents. Armory guards and confiscation of red literature were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Herb Parker
Parker
P. H. McKinley
Sunday Creek Valley
Redtown
William Walsh
Co. L
Beasley Buys Wheaton Home on Morris Avenue
Fred Beasley of Nelsonville purchased the Morris avenue home of Fred Wheaton. Beasley will move from Nelsonville to Athens and take possession soon. Wheaton sold the brick residence to Will Wyatt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Beasley
Nelsonville
Fred Wheaton
Morris Avenue
Mr. Beasley
Athens
Mr. Wheaton
Will Wyatt
Japanese to Link Diaren and Port Arthur Ports by Road
Japan plans a road connection between Diaren and Port Arthur limited to automobiles and other rubber tired vehicles. The project aims to improve transport links and traffic flow between the two port areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diaren
Port Arthur
Chicago woman leads factory in Constantinople
Miss Florence Myers of Chicago, forced to flee Amenia after threats from Bolsheviks, now runs a Constantinople factory overseeing production for its gal ins women and children in the Near East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amenia
Florence Myers
Chicago
Constantinople
Near East
Actress Carrol McComas Inherits Flannery Millions
Pittsburg steel man H. J. Flannery died recently leaving his fortune to Miss Carrol McComas actress and long time acquaintance. The pair met after Yale and were once engaged though the engagement ended months ago keeping them close friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Flannery
Pittsburg
Carrol McComas
Yale
Miners Deny Ties to Red Poster Spread
congressman I M Foster cites a constituent letter describing anarchist posters circulated to unemployed miners in Athens and southern Ohio. John Moore and unions condemn the material as unAmerican and vow no affiliation while investigators pursue results.
Perjury Case Trial Date Set in Cleveland
Trial of former Judge William H. McGannon on perjury charges is set for next Monday by Judge Florence Allen. McGannon is linked to testimony at his murder trial of Harold C. Kagy, with relatives noting illness may delay readiness for at least two weeks. William L. David, for the Cleveland Bar Association, seeks updates on the illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
William H. McGannon
Florence Allen
Common Pleas Court
McGannon
Harold C. Kagy
William L. David
Cleveland Bar Association
Allen
McGannnn
Dr Von Scheele Plans European Trip For Postwar Study
Dr. C. Von Scheele of Jacksonville leaves Tuesday for New York and sails with friends for Europe. He will be absent six to eight weeks during which Dr. L. E. Parks of Columbus, his brother in law, will handle his practice. He intends to visit Russia, Britain, Germany, Essen and Vienna to complete post graduate work begun before World War I. He plans to land at Rotterdam aboard the Noordam and visit his three sisters in Essen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
C. von Scheele
New York
Europe
L. E. Parks
Columbus
Warren Sprague
Chauncey
van Scheele
Noordam
Rotterdam
Holland
Russia
British Isles
Germany
Essen
Vienna
Barbers Strike Over Wages in Warre O May Day
Barbers in Warre Ohio strike seeking 70 percent of earnings and a $30 weekly guarantee. Employers counter with 65 percent of take and a $25 weekly guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warre
Printers Walk Out in Rochester Over 44-Hour Week
About 175 to 200 commercial printers walked out in Rochester New York today demanding a 44 hour work week. I T U officials report only two or three small shops signed up for the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Marriage Licenses Reported for Kasler Glouser and Brown McAllister
Marriage licenses issued with pairs Miles Kasler and Edna Phillips. Shade R. D. No. 1 farmer and Viola Robinson. Justice P. W. Helwig and Sarah McAllister with clerical noting by Richard A. Brown in Jacksonville. Rev. C. L. Strecker and Rev. Shaffer referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Kasler
Street car seats hinge to ease unloading passengers
Street car seats have been invented to lift upright like theatre seats to save time when unloading passengers.
Garden ends era as Broadway hotspot closes its doors
New York reports The Garden on Broadway closing after 15 years as a noted club in the white light district. Charlie a top waiter said the end came Sunday morning. The Rosenthal murder plot was tied to this venue with a planned confrontation at its entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rounders
Garden
New York Broadway
Broadway
Rosenthal
J. Rosenthal
Mendels Defeat Glouster In Local Bout 6 to 4
The Columbus Mendels edged Glouster 6 to 4 on the local grounds yesterday afternoon. Glouster led 3 to 1 after the first inning, but a disastrous sixth inning by Glouster allowed four runs for Columbus. Matt Cunningham hit the game’s lone homer as Glouster prepares to host Shawnee next Sunday at 2:30 with Cunningham and White behind the dish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Mendels
Glouster
Columbus
Mendels
Matt Cunningham
Cunningham
White
Shawnee
Peart
Wolf
Miss Amelia Creachbaum Returns From Columbus
Miss Amelia Creachbaum returns tonight from Columbus after an operation at a city hospital about three weeks ago. Her brother George Creachbaum went to Columbus this morning to accompany her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Creachbaum
Columbus
George Creachbaum
Moore Couple Welcome Daughter Near Jacksonville
Mr and Mrs Chris Moore of near Jacksonville announce the birth of a daughter born Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Moore
Jacksonville
Railroad merger approved for Evansville line stake
May 2 The Interstate Commerce Commission today granted permission to the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Railroad Company to buy control of the Evansville Indianapolis and Terre Haute Railroad Company for 1,000,000 dollars. Payment will be made with long term funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and
Corning Family Guests At Mrs Tinklet’s Home
Mrs. Fred Wagner and two children of Corning visited Sunday and Monday with Mrs. Wagner’s mother Mrs. John W. Tinklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Wagner
Corning
Wagner
John W. Tinklet
Birth of Daughter to Mr and Mrs Andrew Viney
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Viney on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Thomas of Naisonville visited yesterday with Mayor and Mrs. C F Wallace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Viney
Alfred Thomas
Naisonville
C. F. Wallace
Tinkler Visits Logan Amid Local Mining Idle Period
John W. Tinkler is in Logan visiting his son in law and daughter the Rev and Mrs Fred Brown. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the M B church will meet at Mrs R J Thompson's home Wednesday afternoon. Work is expected to resume at Mine 281 at Modoc tomorrow after about three weeks of idleness. Only two Ohio collieries mines in this vicinity are working today. Mine 22 of the Hisylvania Coal Co is idle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Tinkler
Logan
Rev
Fred Brown
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the
M. B. Church
R. J. Thompson
Modoc
Ohio
Hisylvania Coal Co
Lost Airedale Pup Reported Missing
Lost dog alert for a Airedale terrier. Finder urged to contact William James Jr at CitiZen phone to reunite with owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Airdale Pup
Wm, James Jr
Citizen Phone
Madison woods moonshine operation demolished after vigil
After a still was found Thursday in Strouds Run Madison woods police gave up hope of any claimant. Chief Graham and Constable Mariner destroyed the contrivance Sunday evening. A ten gallon coffee urn cooked mash with three barrels found one full of fresh product. A furnace and cooling water were installed. Officials watched the site and no operators appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Woods
Strouds Run
Graham
Edgar Mariner
Athens High to meet John Hancock High in three game series
Athens High faces John Hancock High at Ohio Field tomorrow afternoon at 3:30. The clash opens a three game series to decide which team holds supremacy for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens High
John Hancock High
Ohio Field
Legislature clears department in Emery fishing license probe
The legislative probe into alleged black mail charges in the Emery fishing license bill cleared the state fish and game department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, CO
General Assembly
Emery
State Fish and Game Department
Wages Discussed by Steel Subsidiaries in New York
Heads of U S Steel subsidiaries met with Judge Gary at the corporation's office to discuss wage questions. the conference occurred in New York on May 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.S. Steel
Gary
Ohio designates May 8 as Mother’s Day by proclamation
Governor Davis issues a proclamation designating Sunday May 8 as Mother’s Day in Ohio. The order calls for observances in churches and public places, the display of the American flag, and wearing one’s mother’s favorite flower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Davis
Ohio
Reunion plans for 37th division veterans in Montgomery
At the American Legion meeting Tuesday a discussion will cover the 37th division reunion in Montgomery Alabama set for June 2025. A special railroad fare has been arranged with Captain Walsh handling details as Montgomery residents plan a big event for Ohio veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
37Th
Montgomery
Ala
Captain Walsh
Ohio Veterans
Englishman claims cobalt enhances steel hardness to rival high speed steel
An Englishman asserts he has produced tool steel with hardness comparable to high speed steel by adding cobalt to chromium carbon steel. He suggests cobalt alloying increases wear resistance and toughness, enabling similar performance at lower cost and with different processing.
New Formal Frocks Merge Old Fashion Charm
The newest guwne for formal wear features quaint designs inspired by old fashioned gardens and delicate romance. One gown showcases taffeta with an embroidered bodice yoke and tiny ruffled sleeves on a single shoulder style.
McDermott Backed by Senator Elkins for Internal Revenue Post
Joseph H. McDermott of Morgantown West Virginia is said to enjoy Senator Elkins backing for commissioner of internal revenue. McDermott, in the company of Elkins, recently had an hour's conference with President Harding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. McDermott
Morgantown
W. Va
Senator Elkins
Internal Revenue
McDermott
Elkins
Harding
Local visitors drop in from Nelsonville Columbus and Byenville
Logan locals report Mr and Mrs Nelson Dowler of Nelsonville visited Mr and Mrs Fred Stracke over Sunday. Miss Ruth Shriver of Columbus stayed with her mother Mrs Dug Shriver. Grover Turner of Byenville visited sister Mrs George Burgess. Ben Tritsch of Columbus visited his parents Mr and Mrs Ed Tritech Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Dowler
Nelsonville
Fred Stracke
Ruth Shriver
Columbus
Dug Shriver
Gallagher Avenue
Grover Turner
Byenville
Mrs
George Burgess
City
Ben Tritsch
Ed Tritech
Social visitors drop in from California and Gallagher Avenue
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Brown recently back from California visited his mother in Lancaster on Sunday. Mr. Paul Everest of Gallagher Avenue was a social caller in Lancaster on Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Brown
California
Lancaster
Paul Everst
Gallagher Avenue
Infant Buried in Oak Grove Cemetery Saturday
Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morrison Brown buried in Oak Grove Cemetery on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrison Brown
Oak Grove Cemetery
Sailor on destroyer Goldsboro on 20 day furlough
Homer EB Petty machinist mate second class U S N is spending a 20 day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs W B Petty He is on duty on the destroyer Goldsboro which has just returned to Philadelphia for spring target practice at Guantanamo When his furlough ends he will report at Norfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer EB. Petty
W. B. Petty
Goldsboro
Philadelphia
Guantanamo
Norfolk
Athens County Farm Bureau Moves to New Office
The Athens County Farm Bureau relocates from the Chamber of Commerce to the Alderman Building at 11 East Washington Street opposite the City Building. The new two office space, phone 863, aims to better serve about 690 enrolled members and to improve meeting arrangements for farmers visiting town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
S‘arm Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Athens National Bank
Alderman
East Washington Street
City
BE. R. Raymond
Athens
Farm Bureau
Athens C Farm Bureau
Fireman dies after shooting at Clay Products plant
Irvin Gort, a fireman at the Clay Products pony plant in Logan, died in a local hospital after being shot in the abdomen last week. William Na is held for murder, with authorities stating the assailant attacked his target in his pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Logan
Irvin Gort
Clay Products Pony
William Na
Gordon
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Mooney
L. P. Mooney
Bennet
Beasley
Americ
Whistler
Flannery
Miss Flannery
I. M. Foster
Congress
Hocking
Lee Hall
John Moore
United Mine Workers
State of
Ohio Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers of America
Moore
Washington Star
Bureau of Investigation
Dr. von Scheele
Old World
Taffeta
Ian Plie
Alderman Building
Florence
Giouster
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