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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1922
Page
3
The Nelsonville chamber will hold its second May meeting Friday instead of Thursday. The Methodist church ladies will serve supper at 6 15 PM. An open forum on What Can We Do for Nelsonville invites remedies and suggestions from all, including non members and visitors, with no soliciting.
The city league games run Thursday and Saturday afternoons. Intermediates play Tuesday and Friday, Juniors on Monday and Wednesday. The intermediates open May 26, the juniors May 29. Valley Lodge 169 Knights of Pythias meets tonight at 7 30 for Esquire rank work. good attendance urged.
The article extols using whitewash to enhance outdoor spaces as Mother Nature’s season blooms. It emphasizes green and white harmonize well, offering eye appeal with minimal labor time and cost. It urges transforming yards, outbuildings, trees, and fences to improve appearance.
A report mixes a do it yourself whitewash formula for outdoor use with a Mayors Court note. Ash Webb and Chas Kentner faced intoxication charges with Webb fined ten dollars and costs and Kentner fined ten dollars plus one hundred fifty dollars and costs and detained in the Dayton workhouse until payment.
Trustees conducted a morning sale to dispose of the personal property of Dave Chute who has been committed to the county infirmary. He occupied a shack along the canal strip near the depot for months and accumulated varied old items. A fire marshal order had forced cleanup and a large quantity of rubbish and carpenter tools were found.
Mrs Julius Fischer entertained the Needle Club ladies Tuesday afternoon at 38 East Franklin Street. Enjoyable needle work and social time filled the day with a luncheon at five. Mrs R C West has returned from Columbus after an operation at Protestant Hospital and is recovering nicely. Central P T A plans regular session Friday at Central School with new officers to be elected. Dr and Mrs J M Hyde and Mrs G D Putman of Athens drove to Newark to meet Rev and Mrs Alexander Lamb and daughter Catherine to host them for several weeks.
Friends of L. F. Carpenter formerly of Nelsonville now in Washington D C report she is recovering after a very serious operation at Grant Hospital in Columbus.
In Peekskill New York a collision near Map 17 killed one man and led to the believed death of about two thousand chickens as tow freights collided.
An ad promises a free trial of a breathing method at the advertiser's expense for asthma or hay fever sufferers. It targets long standing and new cases, claims relief from wheezing and paroxysms, and urges immediate action with a no cost coupon and no postage.
Numerous local residents visit relatives and attend events in Stewart and nearby towns. Guests include Misses Alice and Mary Brandeberry of Athens and Mrs. Alex Parsons of Frost, with extended family gatherings and a class play at the IOOF hall. The community notes funerals, baptisms, and upcoming school commencements as local life continues.
Alabama Democrat Senator Hinderwood denounces the new Republican tariff bill in a Senate speech, claiming Congress would tax to aid the communists of Russia. The remarks come as debate intensifies on tariff policy and wartime era economic strains.
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