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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1921
Page
5
Miss Laura Lorinda Reading and Edgar Forest Sells of Columbus wed at the Reading home with 40 relatives. Anastasia Collins and Omer Daugherty wed at St. Pauls Church, with a large ceremony plus breakfasts, as both couples begin new lives in Kentucky and West Virginia.
Prince Hirohito of Japan becomes the first Japanese royal to travel abroad visiting England. The heir to the throne arrived as part of a historic international tour.
The Pythian Sisters plan a Friday 7 80 oclock meeting with initiation and a picnic supper. Miss Laura Dowd of Petersburg Ind visits at Mrs J H Dickson 14 North Cemetery Street.
Marion based composer Earl H. Coffey visits his brother Fred Coffey of West Union street during a local stay. Both are known for several song hits and their meeting was noted in a brief community item.
Mrs. F. S. Crooks has returned to her home in Columbus and will spend a week with her parents Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Murphey at 216 East State Street.
Mr and Mrs Louis I Brown of Detroit arrived for a few days visit as house guests of Mr and Mrs L V Brown at 2 University Terrace.
Dr. G. W. Gabriel and his grandson George Notes from Parsons Kansas are visiting his sister Mrs James Dixon at 88 Richland Avenue.
Mrs. Alex Nelson and Mrs. EF M Enlow host a meeting of the Art and Thimple club at 21 Elmwood Place Friday at two. Beta Theta Pi auxiliary meets at the chapter house Friday at 3 30. William Fenzel leaves Friday for Raleigh to help install Sigma Pi at North Carolina State College. The W A s march with G A R to a memorial sermon Sunday at 10. J D Brown and companions depart for Toledo Cincinnati with visits to Lima and Cincinnati after guesting Dr For dyce at Toledo state hospital.
Mrs. Conrad Josten, 65, died at her home on East State Street after years of poor health and an earlier pneumonia. Funeral services are set for 9 AM Saturday at St. Paul’s Catholic Church with burial in Lancaster Street Cemetery. She leaves a husband four sons James Walter Fred Martin and daughter Marie.
H A Dykeman says 85 percent of Ohio fires stem from carelessness and defects. The program will give fire prevention textbooks to about 1,000,000 school children and organize lectures and drills to cut fires and deaths, noting many old school buildings are in poor condition and prone to fires.
Mrs Mary Throckmorten Carpenter aged 87 died Tuesday night at 9 at the home of her daughter Mrs Miles Sisson where she resided. Ill for some time with age related infirmities she will be buried in the Cross Roads church cemetery after funeral services at 10 the following morning at the Cross Roads church.
Last night in Glouster outside a bootlegging incident led to John Stewart of Corning being jailed after 18 quarts and a pint were found in an Oakland touring car. A second man fled, while Stewart refused to surrender as officers tracked him near Joe Cheney’s residence and the Athens Lumber Company. Two loaded revolvers were seized with the booze and a lodge receipt found in a coat. Stewart faces arraignment today. Gus Leadinghaus was charged with drunken and disorderly conduct. Several unrelated items include Wales-bound passport applications for David Herbert and daughter Mary, a D of Veterans meeting, and a surprise party for Marie Matheny in Trimble.
G A R announces a regular meeting this Saturday at 1 o'clock at the Armory. Attendees are to meet at the hall promptly to attend memorial services at a Christian church. Eli Roush. P. O. Box OO.
The county common pleas court received two appeals from justices of the peace. Vern Scott versus Ben Prose seeks $48.60 for room rent and related charges. Francis Maxwell as guardian of Caroline Wilson challenges money was due from a prior decision.
A Californian inventor proposes a low trailer system allowing tractors to be loaded and hauled by motor trucks to avoid concerns over driving tractors over improved roads. This design aims to ease transport and comply with state objections.
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