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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1920
Page
6
Real estate transfers involve Coal and Dock Co and Mining Co with multiple parcels totaling 1631.99 acres. The listing includes numerous tract sizes such as 62.60, 230.58, 92, 20.0, 14.55, 11.5, 0.50, 1.83, 30.24, 3, 5, 87, 1, 41.69, 63.25, 61.60, 70.60, 106.04, 5.68, 8.13, 119.93, 81.11, 63, 69.08, 0.12, 25.60, 10.84, 65, 59.64, 18.40, 68.31 acres.
Blanched children need food medicine beyond basic nourishment. Father John's Medicine is presented as a natural, drug free builder for kids and adults, claimed to strengthen digestion, sleep, and resistance to disease. The ad highlights sixty years of use and emphasizes prevention over cure.
A lengthy list of land transfers and deeds including Renadles Lenigar to J E Steele for 9.51 acres at 1000 dollars, Wm Blackwood to Fred Linscott 23.46 acres for 1 dollar, and many other quitclaim and conveyance entries across Athens City Carthage Dover Troy townships with multiple plots, tracts, and prices noted, ranging from $1 to 375 dollars.
The report lists residents and visitors from Latrobe and nearby towns like Parkersburg Fairview and Coolville. Names include Bertha and Norma Keller T. E. Fitch Clifford Warren Charley Smith Everett Bingman James Thompson Mable Hornsby C. E. White Frank Arnold E. Morrison S. D. Morrison and Alfred Rogers. Activities feature visits, weekend trips, and farming efforts while noting a well attended eighth grade commencement and a community rain blessing.
Pleasanton residents including Miss Mabel Kenney and Lora Kenney, Lisbon teachers, are at home. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Arnett and daughter Edythe Pauline visit Akron. John Haning and Virgil Gilkey drove to Detroit on business. Cecil Cooley moves to Columbus to work for John Harner. Miss Gussie Arnett visited friends in Athens. Members attended a league meeting at Jerseyville. Bettina Martin stayed home over weekend. Morris Parker visited his parents. Virgil Gilkey and Miss Gussie Arnett called on Mr. and Mrs. George Gilkey. Wayne Kenney visited relatives in Columbus.
Coolville residents hosted relatives from Shade and Athens over the weekend. A car accident near Lancaster injured Charles Koker and his three children, while his son Thomas suffered a fractured ear as the others escaped unharmed.
A testimonial advert claims Milks Emulsion rapidly restores health after pneumonia and chronic illness. It highlights renewed appetite, sleep, and energy, plus non wearing formula, easy spoon serve, and a six bottle guarantee with refund if unsatisfied. Sold by druggists nationwide with guarantees from local pharmacies.
Miss Fred Sinclair of Canaanville spent the weekend with friends and relatives in town.
President Wilson was consulted by Secretary Daniels before making public the president's secret cablegrams and confidential talks from the war era. The briefing disclosed Wilson sharply criticized British navy policy in those communications.
Woman writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills helped her childbirth with a healthy eight pound baby and minimal pain. She endorses the medicine as safe and non narcotic, inviting others to seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts, answered by women.
Sunday school lesson outlines qualifiers for leadership with general title Victory Under Samuel. Scriptural references Exodus 18 21 Joshua 1 7 8 1 Samuel 7 3 12 Acts 6 3 and golden text Direct your hearts unto Jehovah and serve him only. Lipworth League and Christian Endeavor topics noted with Bible verses included.
In the morning service Abbott Y Wilcox the minister will deliver the first of three sermons to Spring term students. In the evening Dean Voigt of the University will speak on Everybody's World. Sabbath school classes meet at nine, and the Young Peoples gathering is set for six thirty.
The Church of God on Hocking Street announces Sunday school at 9 00 A M devotional service at 10 00 A M and a long service starting 7 00 P M with a sermon by Pastor B F Timmons at 7 30 P M on the topic Personal Acquaintance with the Divine A Thursday evening service is scheduled for 7 00 P M.
Car state and Carpenter streets services Sunday evening at 7:00, morning omitted. Rev C B Plummer rector. Christian Science Society Masonic Temple holds 10:45 A M service on Mortals and Immortals with Romans 8:21 as golden text. Sunday school 9:30 A M and Wednesday meeting 7:30 P M. You are invited.
Ki D Murch leads morning worship with a sermon Getting Our Bearings as the first in a 19 part Bible Study series. Evening service features Learning to Pray. Junior Endeavor and mid week prayer follow with topics on Cherishing Anger. Orchestra concert next Thursday at 7:30. Open to OU students.
Pastor C Lloyd Strecker leads a Sunday schedule with Sunday school at 9 A M and morning worship at 10 30 A M sermon The Mystery of Pain Epworth League at 6 30 P M topic To Our Institute Forward Evening service 7 30 P M includes Men s Chorus concert and brief address on Influence Junior League Monday 3 30 P M for youths Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 P M Social evening Thursday with music and speaking all welcome.
Church listings for Millfield Sugar Creek and The Plains show Sunday schools at 9:30 A M with class meetings and evening Epworth or preaching services at 7 o clock MT Zion Baptist Church on Congress and Carpenter Streets lists sermon at 10 45 A M The B Y P U meets at 6 30 P M with Geoffrey I Morgan speaking at 7 45 P M about the new school law.
Beging Ltt priority term reports Henry Layer the North Dakota farmer sentenced to life for the murders of neighbor Jacob Wolf his wife six children and the hired man. Layer confessed to authorities that the killings were planned.
The Athens Opera House packed for the initial showing of The Mormon Maid, a film exposing alleged secret evils of Mormonism and polygamy. Mae Murray and Hobart Bosworth lead a notable cast with Dr. J A Blackburn delivering lectures on Mormon practices between showings. Tonight is the last showing.
An argument over a wolf's cog biting a cow led to Wolf threatening Layer. Layer wrestled the gun away and killed Wolf, his family, and others in the aftermath, ending in multiple fatalities.
A new machine cuts cylindrical samples from pavements to measure durability. Time per core indicates material strength and wear resistance, aiding assessment of road surfaces.
The Prince of Wales had a narrow escape while motoring through Buller Gorge New Zealand. The roadway crumbled and the Prince's car skidded with one wheel over the edge of a precipice according to a dispatch from Auckland today.
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