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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1919
Page
5
Social News Highlights From City Events And Visits
Mrs. Anna Tinker returns tonight from New York with her son Fred and sisters Mrs. Welch and Mrs. Eagan. Dr and Mrs. Taylor host Miss Larson and Miss Lewis of Columbus after a two week trip. Eastern Star plans a Monday 7 PM meeting with officer elections. Mrs. Louis Humphrey of Hockingport attends Maud Powell concert with daughter Edith. A group visits Zaleski for Mr Johnson’s 80th birthday. Optician C C Millikan returns from Columbus lectures and will sit state exam next Tuesday. Mrs. C L Strecker hosts a Hotel Berry dinner for Rev Dr Strecker’s natal day with guests from Portsmouth Columbus and local couples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Tinker
New York City
Fred Tinker
John J. Welch
W. H. Eagan
H. M. Taylor
Ethelyn Larson
Edith Lewis
Columbus
Mrs. Taylor
Louis Humphrey
Hockingport
A. W. Allom
Maud Powell
Edith
John Hancock School
Hera Berry
C. L. Strecker
Hotel Berry
Dr. Strecker
Robert C. Hess
Portsmouth
J. C. Briggs
F. J. Beasley
Carl Beasley
Otha Beasley
Norris Beasley
Strecker
Surprise Party For Pastor V Ahlbrand At Athens
Chauncey M H Church members gave pastor Rev V Ahlbrand and Mrs Ahlbrand a surprise party at their Athens home Friday evening. Visitors arrived with laughing faces and later revealed bags of food. After a social time the group returned to Chauncey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey M. H. Church
V. Ahlbrand
Ahlbrand
Athens
Chauncey
Shields Burson Alignat wedding announcement
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Mildred Opal Shields to Mr. Lucius Coe Burson on a Saturday morning in November at the First Methodist Episcopal Church officiated by Rev. C. Lloyd Strecker. The couple left for a short wedding trip after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Opal Shields
Lucius Coe
Burson
C. Lloyd Strecker
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Couple Plans Home Visit After Wedding at 94 Grosvenor Street
The couple will entertain guests at their home after the ceremony held at 94 Grosvenor Street. The groom is a sales manager at Moler Auto Sales in town. The bride has served as a nurse at McMillen Sanatorium in East Columbus for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grosvenor Street
Burson
Moler Auto Sales Company
McMillen Sanatorium
East Columbus
Athens Tire owner weds Parkersburg native in 1917 frontier tale
Miss Pearl Francis and Herbert L Kelley wed in Parkersburg West Virginia with Rev R T Webb officiating. The couple, now in Athens, plan to live at 119 Mill Street. Kelley served in World War I with Company L 166th Infantry 42nd Rainbow Division, saw action at Alsace Lorraine Champagne and Argonne, and was discharged March 7 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Francis
Luhrig
McBee Bridery
Eber Fulton
Mill Street
166Th Infantry
42Nd
Rainbow Division
Fulton
Alsace Lorraine
Champagne
Chatteau- Thierry
Argonne Forest
Camp Sherman
Enthusiastic Central PTA Meeting Highlights Dickens Talk
The Central Parent Teacher Association met Thursday in the Central building with a piano solo by Miss Edith Checkline and Supt. Morgan presenting stereoptical views of Charles Dickens. A social hour followed as forty attendees engaged in the lively event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central School
Parent-Teacher Association
Edith Checkline
Morgan
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Supt. Morgan
Maude Powell
College
Central Parent Teacher Association
Miners Unite Behind Cleveland Demands in Hefton District
Twelve local coal miners unions in the district report 100 percent approval of the Cleveland September convention demands. Mass meeting at Heemlock confirms resolutions. unions from Arrington Congo Ludington Renovie Buckingham Shawnee Brakes Hemlock concur in backing the settlement until a satisfactory agreement is reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemlock, CO
Cleveland
Arrington
Congo
Ludington
Renavie
Buckingham
Shawnee
Brakes
Hemiocx
Russian Workers Union Prepares for Revolution in United States
Justice officials disclosed that the Union of Russian Workers, led by William Szatow, planned to overthrow the American government. Police seized arms and a counterfeiting plant in Newark, with 7000 members ready to establish their own regime and finance it with banknotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Union of Russian Workers
William Szakow
Petrograd
Department of Justice
United States
Newark
N. J
New York
William Szatow
Romen Mosichok
Trenton
Pemberton Street
Union Convention Broadcasts Early 1914 Russian Worker Links
The 1914 Detroit convention drew delegates from major U S and Canadian cities. Emfart Viazoff, a key Russian Workers Union figure, is jailed in New York on suspected anti government ties. Adolph Schnabel, secretary, awaits deportation at Ellis Island. Peter Bianki, successor, is free on bond. Officials plan to publish a full arrested list later today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
United States
Canada
Emfart
Viazoff
Justice Department
Newark
New York
Adolph Schnabel
Lillis Island
Peter Bianki
Schnabel
Senate probes blame radical steel leaders
The Senate labor committee warned labor to drop ultra radical leadership to regain public trust and shaping a reform agenda to curb strikes. It backed collective bargaining, English literacy, home ownership aid, and stricter anti anarchist laws while faulting AFL leaders and noting wages averaged 6.27 a day in July 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
War Labor Board
Altho
Local People and Visit Notes from New Marshfield Area
Mrs. Frank Hamilton of Athens visits relatives in the area. Ed Davis of Grand Rapids, Mich., stays with his parents in New Marshfield. Dr. Harper and Coolville friends attend Mrs. Sarah Hewitt funeral. Mrs. Sarah DeWees tours Athens. Mrs. J. W. Gilbert visits her daughter in Athens. Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Hunter travel to Columbus. Mrs. Gus Townsend returns to Athens after time with the Dixons. Mrs. Rissie Rhorick of New Plymouth visits J. E. Ross and family in the area. M. Cavey revisits Glouster. Dr. L. G. Bean to Cleveland for a post graduate course in anesthesia. One of Philadelphia’s telephone firms to install automatic equipment citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hamilton
Athens
Ed. Davis
Grand Rapids
Mich
Wesley Davis
Harper and
Fany
Coolville
Sarah Hewitt
Sarah DeWees
J. W. Gilbert
Glen Romine
W. V. Hunter
Columbus
Gus Townsend
W. M. Dixon
Rissie Rhorick
New Plymouth
J. E. Ross
Emerson Collins
Garret
Gore
M. Cavey
Glouster
Arthur Phillips
Princeton Battles Harvard In Big Three Clash At Palmer Stadium
Princeton limps to a 7 0 lead over Harvard in the first quarter at Princeton New Jersey as part of a set of football results across campuses. The report lists scores for multiple games including Dartmouth 7 Pennsylvania 6 and Syracuse 6 Bucknell 0 among others with various second and first quarter tallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Farrell
United Press
Palmer Stadium
Princeton
N. J
Crimson
Harvard
New York
Dartmouth
Pennsylvania
Boston
Rutgers
Boston College
Cleveland
Kenyon
Reserve
New Haven
Yale
Brown
Ithica
Cornell
Carnegie Tech
Pittsburg
J. C. Pittsburg
Columbia
Stevens
Rutger
Boston Co
Wooster
Akron
Oberlin
Hiram
Columbus
Ohio State
Purdue
Cincinnati
Cin
Kentucky State
Syracuse
Surary
Bucknell
Atersan
Springfield
Hamilton
Chicago
Michigan
Baltimore
Haverford
Johna Hopkins
Miners Strike Near Bismarck Causes Coal Halt
North Dakota lignite miners began a strike with notices signed by Henry Drennan district president posted at mines statewide. State officials reported the action Friday as crews halted work across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Henry Drennan
Eight Hundred Police Mobilized for Russian Day Demo
In Manhattan Rutgers Square was readied for a secret service planned Russian Day demonstration. Eight hundred police were deployed to guard the area amid reports that radicals planned to murder officials and attack officers. Officials expect no outbreaks as crowds gathered for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rutgers Square
Infomation Eneurines
Secret Service
Operatoes
Russians Seized in Youngstown in Bolshevism Sweep
Federal agents arrested fifteen Russians in East Youngstown during a nationwide anti Bolshevism campaign. Prisoners, to be taken to Cleveland for hearings, faced seizure of literature as part of the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown, CO
East Youngstown
Cleveland
Man Dies After Accident Slips in East Sparta Manger
John Yarger 72 of East Sparta died after slipping and falling against a manger. The blow to his abdomen and chest ruptured a blood vessel and he bled to death minutes later in Canton Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton, CO
John Yarger
East Sparta
Yarger
Corn Crop Forecast For 1919 Estimated At 2.915 Billion Bushels
Washington forenoon bulletin from the department of agriculture announces an estimated 1919 corn crop of 2.915 billion bushels, compared with 2.582 billion for 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Ohio Stateation Program Proposes Tax Reforms
A Columbus report outlines an Ohio sectional league platform to be sent to the legislature next month. Proposals include state income tax, grad tax, debt limitation for all subdivisions, a budget system for taxing districts, and a $600 personal property exemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Sective League
Ohio
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Tam
U. S
C.E. Norris
E. Carpenter
Hallmark
Nelsonville
Order of Eastern Star
Wll
Elmer Robinson
Charleston
W. Va
John Snyder
Charles Breinig
Wanda Shire
Zaleski
Joe Johnson
Johnson
C. C. Millikan
Toledo
Millikan
Donse Brothers
Dodge Brothers
Fac
Tory
North Court St
Parkersburg
Senate
L. G. Bean
Buford Hancock
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Manhattan
Pott Tetera
The
Kerr Hdw. Co
Youngstown
Moler Feed & Poultry C
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