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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1921

Page

3

Nalsonville LINES COURT Fines for Liquor Possession

In Justice Lines court Harry Sapp Orve Wallace Frank Deer and Ash Webb were fined $100 and costs for possessing intoxicating liquor. Arrests were by Delong and Baynham. Miss Altha Richards and Miss Lucile Somers visited Miss Edna Spencer and motored to Athens with Jas. Weaver. Thomas Spencer returned to Pomeroy to work after a weekend with his family. Donna Ridgeway of Ashland Ky visits sister Mrs Hattie Shafer. Mr and Mrs Manson Shafer spend a few days in Albany with Charles Dilcher.

Altha Richards Lucile Somers Edna Spencer Jas. Weaver Athens Thomas Spencer Pomeroy Donna Ridgeway Ashland Hattie Shafer Manson Shafer Albany Charles Dilcher

Dirt needed for cemetery final grading request

Mrs. F. G. Cooley chairs the Fort Street Cemetery Committee of the Woman's Community Club and asks for twenty loads of dirt to finish filling in and complete grading.

F. G. Cooley Fort Street The Woman’s Community Club

Weekend visitors and funeral guests noted in Athens

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ashworth of Athens were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Cush and attended the Dugan funeral. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Stillwell returned from Clarion Ohio where they were guests for a week of the latter's father Edward Thacker. Mrs. William Roege was called to Haydenville Monday by the serious illness of her nephew Bernard Patton.

Harry Ashworth Athens Mike Cush Dugan Adam Stillwell Clarion, O Edward Thacker William Roege Haydenville Bernard Patton

Boy Hurt By Fence Prong In Nebraska Injury

Paul Weltzheimer, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Weltzheimer, suffered a deep leg wound Saturday afternoon when a prong of an iron fence punctured his upper leg. Dr Hill treated the boy.

Paul Weltzheimer Charles Weltzheimer

R O Chambers Visits Mrs Maude Smith This Weekend

R O Chambers of Maysville Kentucky spent the weekend with Mrs Maude Smith.

R. O. Chambers Maysville, Ky Mrs. Maude Smith

Mrs Gene Shafer Hosts Birthday Party for Her Son Joe

Mrs Gene Shafer entertained Monday afternoon from 3 to 5 for her son Joe who was five. Guests enjoyed lawn games and a playette by Louise Kennard. A delicious lunch was served. Seventy five guests attended and roses and balloons with Joe s name and age were favors.

Gene Shafer Joe Louise Kennard

Degree work at their hall Friday night

Notice invites all members to attend a hall gathering Friday night with big eats.

D. OF A

May Chamber of Commerce Meeting News

The chamber of commerce will hold its second May meeting on Thursday at the usual time and place. The Christian church ladies will serve a 6 15 dinner. A good program is planned and the gathering should be worthwhile. Two regular meetings are set for June with the dinner meeting suspended until September.

Chamber OF Commerce

Chautauqua Committee Sets Season Ticket Drive

The woman s community club names a committee led by Mrs. Waldo Chute to sell season tickets for the Chautauqua July 8 to 14. Proceeds from single admissions go to the Redpath Company. The local committee earns half after guarantees, needing 600 season tickets to break even.

Chautauqua the Woman's Community Club Waldo Chute Redpath Company Mde

Public School Track Meet Set At Central

The public school track meet will be at Central school on Wednesday at 3 30. East school West school and Central will send teams. East won the pennant last year but this race should be close. Individual scoring will be used in all events.

Central East School West School East

Geneva Chapman Fourth Birthday Party at Fort Street Home

Mrs. Charles Chapman hosted Geneva Chapman’s fourth birthday with twenty guests on Saturday afternoon at her Fort street home. Guests enjoyed games and a luncheon, and Geneva received many pretty gifts.

Charles Chapman Fort Street Geneva

Funeral attendance noted from Bucyrus to Columbus

Charles Stevenson and families from Bucyrus and Columbus attended the funeral service for J B Stevenson last week and were guests of W J Sanders over Sunday C J Sanders is spending a few days in Akron

Charles Stevenson C. L. Stevenson Bucyrus Arthur Stamper W. H. Rible C. W. Sanders Columbus J. B. Stevenson W. J. Sanders C. J. Sanders Akron

Sportsmen Notes Hatch Pheasant Eggs for Members

Our pheasant eggs are here and if you or your friends wish to try your luck at hatching them for us now is the time to make a noise. Dr. Joe H. Inderroden has several settings and we are anxious to have our former friends to secure theirs first. John Culp near Cawthorne.

Joe H. Inderroden John Culp Cawthorne

Fishermen Seek Setting Hens For Bass Haul

A plea from Warren Whitmore and others in Besemer asks for setting hens to aid fishing as a fish car with A. C. Baxter arrives. They urge lenders or sellers to respond to C. A. Scntt Morris Wilson or Joel Inderoden.

Warren Whitmore Besemer A. C. Baxter Ohios C. A. Scntt Morris Wilson Joel Inderroden

Famous Land Mar Be Preserved Fort Laurens Park

NEW PHILADELPHIA May 17 Fort Laurens in this county will be preserved in natural beauty after a 3000 appropriation to improve grounds around the historical structure. Fort Laurens, a famed revolutionary and Indian fort in Ohio, was the first fort west of the Ohio river, erected in 1778 by 1000 men under Gen. McIntosh to curb hostile tribes. Twenty eight acres comprise the state park purchased last year.

New Philadelphia Laurens Fort Laurens Ohio Ohio River McIntosh Ft. Pitt

Too Much of a Good Thing

Six years of stomach trouble ended when the narrator tried Mayr's Wonderful Remedy on a doctor's and druggist's advice. The simple preparation claims to remove catarrhal mucus and inflammation causing stomach liver and intestinal ailments including appendicitis. One dose proven or money refunded. McKee Drug Co Athens Gems Pharmacy Nelsonville druggists everywhere.

Mayr McKee Drug Co Athens Gems Pharmacy Nelsonville

Rome township school closing day promises great interest

May 20 closing day exercises at Stewart for Rome township schools feature an 8:15 assembly, a 8:30 parade led by a fife and drum corps, and contests for all ages. Events include running, jumping, ball throwing, horse shoe pitching, baseball, basketball, and planned girls’ sports with later speaker announcements. Basket lunches encouraged.

Stewart Rome Township Baker

Bandit Raid Foiled at Navarre Bank by Alarm

Three would be robbers attempted a noon burglary at the Navarre Deposit and Banking Company in Navarre Ohio. Assistant cashier Frank Zintmaster triggered the burglar alarm while peering down the muzzle of an automatic weapon, preventing the theft.

Navarre. O Navarre Frank Zintmaster

Brazil Ambassador Warns of Tariff Retaliation

Ambassador De Alencar of Brazil warned American businessmen that restrictive tariff legislation in the United States will almost inevitably provoke retaliatory measures by other nations. The warning came in New York on May 17.

America New York United States de Alencar Brazil

Apple corer resembles a corkscrew with a detachable core

A German invention features a long handled apple cover that withdraws an already cut loose core, resembling a corkscrew in form and action.

New Pittsburgh Mine No 9 At Circle Hill Reopens

New Pittsburgh Mine No 9 at Circle Hill resumed full operation Tuesday after a lengthy idle period. The restart signals renewed prosperity for Athens county miners and suggests a quick return to normalcy for local business groups.

Pittsburgh Circle Hill Athens County

Businessmen urge policies to boost domestic prosperity

In New York on May 17, the National Association of Manufacturers called for a constructive international policy, repeal of the excess profits tax, a direct sales tax, railroads restored to normal employment, open shop adoption, fewer strikes, employer cooperation, thrift, and a stronger national effort. President Stephen C. Mason of Pittsburgh delivered the annual address.

New York National Association of Manufacturers Stephen C. Mason Pittsburgh

Thrillers Exhibited by Ari o Company in Chicago Heist

The S. Film Company placarded Chicago offering to rent six reel thrillers from 25 cents to $1 a day, film stock usually costing $500 daily. Leo Kardleasinski aged 11, president of the company, confessed that he and other youths stole celluloids from a film house and rented them at professional rates. The films were stolen from L. E. Herman's concern, who offered Kardlesinski a job, which he declined.

Chicago S. Film Company Leo Kardleasinski L. E. Herman Kardlesinski

Surprise party honors Floyd Russell on twenty first birthday

Mr and Mrs G P Russell of Harmony Hill hosted a surprise party Saturday evening for their son Floyd in his twenty first birthday celebration. About sixty friends attended and enjoyed games and refreshments marked the end of a social event with many remembrances.

G. P. Russell Harmony Hill Floyd

Funeral Held for Mrs. Daniel J. Mahoney in Dayton

The funeral for Mrs. Daniel J. Mahoney aged 26, daughter of former Ohio Governor James M. Cox, and Democratic presidential nominee, was held today at 2 p.m. from the family home in Oakwood, Dayton suburb.

Dayton Daniel J. Mahoney James M. Cox Ohio Oakwood

Sociologists Debate Focus on Delinquent Parents

Sociologists argue that research time should target delinquent parents rather than their children, shifting emphasis from youth misbehavior to parental factors influencing juvenile delinquency.

Mason City men held at Union Station over board bill

Harry Phillips and Frank Whitlock arrived from Mason City West Virginia and met Sheriff Herb Parker who handcuffed them at Union Station. They were jailed and today sent back to Mason City to answer a charge of taking the French leave without settling the board bill.

Union Station Harry Phillips Frank Whitlock Mason City W. Va Herb Parker

Chamber of Commerce Luncheon Features Two Speakers

The noon program will feature W. T. Copeland and Hon. C. C. Crabbe. Copeland, known in Athens county for federal farm loan work, will discuss the land bank law's constitutionality per a U S Supreme Court decision. Crabbe, a leading U S House member and former Madison County prosecutor, hails from London.

Chamber of Commerce W. T. Copeland C. C. Crabbe Copeland Athens County United States Supreme Court Crabbe House of Representatives London Madison

Crabbe Seen as Suitably Qualified for Attorney General

County political leaders familiar with the state capital legislative scene propose Mr Crabbe as a strong attorney general candidate. The meeting will include a luncheon at 12 o'clock sharp to accommodate a large attendance and to adjourn at the usual hour.

House Crabbe

Mitchell Meeting at Millfield Continues Through Sunday

The Church of Christ in Millfield hosts the Mitchell evangelistic meeting, the largest attendance in years, with seventy seven confessions so far and Roy Patterson winning a prize box of chocolates from W. E. Fulton for the most children at Sunday school. Dr. Mitchell’s sermons praised for oratorical力 impact. A banquet is planned later this week.

Millfield Mitchell Church of Christ Dr. Mitchell Roy Patterson W. E. Fulton

Thompson Refuses to Alter Call for Federal Troops

Major C F Thompson, war department representative in Williamson West Virginia, today refused to change his recommendations against ordering federal troops into Mingo County to quell industrial warfare.

Civil War Veteran Glouster Kempton Dies at Urban Crest

Glouster D. M. Kempton, 73, Civil War veteran, died at home in Urban Crest about 10:30 last night after months of poor health. Survived by wife, four children James Dexter Nelle and Chas Kempton, and brother George. Funeral arrangements not completed this morning.

D. M. Kempton Urbancrest Mr. Kempton James Dexter Nelle Kempton Oneida Kas Chas. Kempton Trimble George Kempton

Oldfield Fined In Mayor Court On Liquor Charge

Barney Oldfield paid 400 dollars and costs after being found guilty of furnishing intoxicating liquor to Arthur Henshaw. The case was appealed and will go to the Athens common pleas court. William Jewell Jr faces manufacturing liquor charges and will be tried in Mayor Wallace's court tonight. Alumni banquet tickets must be bought by Wednesday noon from Gladys Danford or R B Williams.

Barney Oldfield Wallace Arthur Henshaw Oldfield Common Pleas Court Athens William Jewell Jr Gladys Danford R. BH. Williams Williams

Dads Lead Evening Program at First Baptist on Father’s Day

A Sunday program at First Baptist church honors Dear Old Dad with a full event by fathers and prospective fathers. The community is urged to attend to show appreciation.

First Baptist Church

Funeral Held For Overseas Veteran Elza Cunningham

The funeral of Elza Cunningham a World War veteran who died in France was held yesterday afternoon at Chauncey Attending were Mr and Mrs Grant Wallace Mr and Mrs Zern Cunningham Mrs Sam Dunnett Mrs Sadie Williams Harry M Wilson Miss Eata Cunningham and John Cook The latter belonged to the same company as Pingrtes Sateen in the overseas service.

Elza Cunningham France Chauncey Grant Wallace Zern Cunningham Sam Dunnett Sadie Williams Harry M. Wilson Eata Cunningham John Cook Pingrtes Sateen

Local travelers and business visits noted

Mr and Mrs Jay Gosspell left yesterday for El Paso Texas They will also spend time in Ali pone and Montana before returning F P Kientz is in Columbus on business today Jacob Paul is spending the day in Columbus 8 D Spero left yesterday for Cleveland to spend a week at his old home

Jay Gosspell el Paso Texas Alipone Montana F. P. Kientz Columbus Business Today Jacob Paul D. Spero Cleveland

Freezone Promises Pain Free Corn Removal

Freezone offers quick relief for aching corns with a few drops. A tiny bottle sold by druggists claims to remove hard and soft corns and toe corn without any pain, letting you lift the corn off with fingers.

Athens storage demand remains high amid building boom

Despite rapid new home construction in Athens about thirty five homes were under way a month ago and eighty families stored goods in a city warehouse. Today storage numbers stay steady even as more homes rise. Furniture sales rise as new homeowners add pieces, perhaps reducing old goods storage.

Athens

Bill cuts half from many department estimates

Washington May 17. A deficiency appropriation bill slashing more than fifty percent from departmental estimates was reported by the house appropriations committee today.

Washington House Appropriations Committee

Optimist's creed on turning cheeks invites silence

A lighthearted line suggests an optimist believes turning the other cheek ensures no one retaliates and no one hits back. The remark frames pacifist patience as a rule of personal conduct rather than a guarantee.

Senior Day at Ohio University Planned for May 18

Senior Day on Wednesday May 18 at Ohio University with 9 10 dismissal for classes. An academic recognition will occur at 9 20 followed by a roll call and exercises led by seniors. The remainder of the day is a holiday with seniors and faculty forming a procession from Ellis Hall to Alumni Gateway then to Ewing Hall.

Ohio Ellis Hall McGuffe Alumni Gateway Ewing Hall

Clarks Chapel Preaching on Trinity Evening

At Clarks Chapel a preaching service is scheduled Wednesday May 18 at 7 30 p m The sermon title is Thoughts on the Trinity delivered by the pastor or guest speaker.

Clarks Chapel Wednesda Selmon

New Steaming Device Opens Battery Sealing And Distills Water

A new steaming device is designed to open the sealing of storage batteries while also distilling water for use in the batteries, aiming to improve maintenance and efficiency in battery operation.

Growing Deaf With Head Noises? A Home Remedy

If you are dealing with deafness or roaring noises in the ears, try a simple home remedy. Dissolve 1 ounce of double strength in hot water with a pinch of sugar and take 1 tablespoon four times daily. Relief may come as nasal passages clear and throat drainage improves.

Nerv-Worth Ends Three Years of Nervous Misery

A woman plagued by years of extreme nervousness and stomach pains finds relief after using Nerv-Worth. She credits the product with stabilizing her nerves and restoring strength, noting she no longer suffers as before. The account presents a personal testimonial of the remedy’s effectiveness.

Kor

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