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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1920
Page
3
Sunday school at 9 36 a m and church services at 6 45 p m with wing service and a harvest themed decor of fruits and vegetables. Special hymns and an appropriate sermon welcome all friends to give thanks for bountiful crops and past year’s harvests.
The Board awarded paving on West Washington Street to Fred H. Beckler at 18961.10. Beckler also holds a contract to improve the county road to Dorr Runbridge. G. M. Baker and Son of Columbus won the wells contract for the water works, with a test well first and three 10 inch wells later. They will start work immediately with their equipment on site. A compressor supply contract for the water works was awarded to the responsible bidder.
Columbus firm Factory Engineers and Sales Co announces actual work has begun on long needed improvements, signaling progress for the city’s development. The $2132 project reflects effort to relieve strain on infrastructure and fulfill citizen demands.
Mr Geo Nelson aged 70 died at his Kimberly home this morning. Funeral services are set for Monday afternoon with burial at Chauncey. He is survived by a widow and several children.
Mrs. Frank Murphy hosted her Sunday School class last evening with a business session, a social hour, and refreshments. Eleven members attended and the offering totaled 46 dollars.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces a competitive examination for clerk and carrier at the Nelsonville Post Office. Open to physically fit U S citizens. Exam date is December 11 1920. For full details, contact Ivan Kinney Assistant Postmaster Nelsonville. Mrs Hi Johnson visits Nashville Tennessee Aunts home. Mr and Mrs C C Frye of Columbus visit with Mr and Mrs Clayton Murphy.
The Presbyterian Church announces preaching at 10:30 in the morning with the topic Vicarious Faith and an evening service at 7 o'clock. Details emphasize worship and sermon themes for the day.
Sunday school at 9 30 A M invites participation. Thanksgiving service Thursday at 7 P M in this church with Rev Paul E B Kemper of the Methodist church preaching. Midweek prayer meeting Wednesday evening at the same hour invites attendance.
Miss Lassie Walker and Iva Murphy hosted Miss Lucille Wells' Sunday School Class at Franklin Street. Music games a contest and a christening called Sunshine Sally followed dainty refreshments for the teacher Ruth Evans and a list of guests and guests of the class.
Pastor L Johnson leads Bible school at 9 30 a m with morning worship at 10 30 sermon subjects That Antioch Church and The Inescapable Question. Christian Endeavor at 6 p m and evening worship at 7 with mid week prayer Wednesday and Acts chapter 2 study. A brief building fund report will be given and all members urged to attend.
At International Church holiness services led by Pastor J C Brillhart with Sunday School at 9 30 and evangelist John W Clark from Frankfort Indiana at 10 30. The day also features 2 30 praise service 8 pm song service 7 30 evangelistic sermon The Three Great Days with prayer meetings Wednesday Friday cottage prayer. Rosser Grocery Nelsonville displays six and a half foot Texas steer horns valued after forty years.
Items list for Nelsonville Ohio includes FOR SALE five pass touring car and housewares, WANTED maid and room near square, real estate four room house, pool hall, mare for sale, notices of dances and events at Deanville and Murdock. Addresses and dates give local contact details and events through November.
Twelve to fourteen members of the Nelsonville Sportsmen's Club will join the third annual Ohio sportsmen convention at the Hotel Deshler in Columbus on December 3 1920. Delegations from Athens county gun clubs aim to shape a broad game policy including anglers license law stream pollution and public shooting grounds. Harry Allen the famed guide will attend along with new Ohio fish and game films and guests from Washington.
Athens football followers will be treated to a real game Thursday as North Hi of Columbus meets the local aggregation on Ohio Fields on Turkey Day. Athens Hi has not tasted defeat this season, and the Thanksgiving clash will be the final test of their prowess on the field.
The Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church announced that the fiscal year ending November 1 1920 sent 275 new missionaries, the largest in church history. Distrubuted: 80 to South America, 69 to China, 50 to India and Burma, 80 to Malaysia, 6 to Mexico, 5 to Japan, 2 to Korea, 2 to Europe. Excludes relief workers in European war zones.
In New York City the board of estimate hall erupts with Comptroller Craig and Aldermanic President LaGuardia clashing while Mayor Hylan pounds for order. A later note states the Comptroller of the Currency issued a bank condition call for Monday, November 15.
A large local family is linked to the town grade school where every grade shows a family member afflicted with scarlet fever. The piece notes the spread within the school and hints at a widespread outbreak in the community.
Madison Wisconsin reports a peculiar kitten owned by Louis Nelson with three eyes in a horizontal row and three mouths aligned vertically with the extra mouths above and below the normal mouth.
Ohio University freshmen cleared the snow from Ohio Field as Akron University visits to play Coach Julie Finsterwald's team on campus. Akron arrived Friday night to a student delegation bearing bags to the hotel for the afternoon clash.
A testimonial claims asthma cured after a regimen of Milks Emulsion. The ad extols digestive and restorative benefits, touts a money back guarantee, and lists Terre Haute Indiana makers with Athens and Fountain Pharmacy stocking the product.
A cafe keeper described a Rocky Mountain hitter who struck him and showed a swollen jaw. A warrant was issued for the assailant identified by police as Ernest Pierce after he surrendered and gave his correct name as Ernest Columbus.
Atlanta police arrested Roy Stone after a confrontation in which he drew a cheese knife during a tense scene. An officer restrained him only after a shot nicked his leg. Authorities say the incident began with a demand to run away from the scene.
The Times in London says Britain and France will wait and see rather than unite immediately against Constantine reclaiming the Greek throne. In Lucerne Vice Admiral Mark Kerr, ex British naval attaché at Athens, met unofficially with former King Constantine after his arrival.
In Doorn Holland on November 20 reports say the former German Kaiserin’s condition has improved enough for former Crown Prince to return to Wierengen. She remains seriously ill following a heart attack.
Chicago police hunted identifications after Horace O'Dell Alcock's chauffeur shot and killed one bandit during a night holdup of the deputy chief's automobile. Two accomplices fled as O'Dell opened fire after the attackers demanded the car leave with Alcock inside.
Dennis Chester, accused of killing Florence Barton of Kansas City, was captured four miles south of Oconto Nebraska. He was unarmed and surrendered, taken to Broken Bow. Chester had escaped from officers at Broken Bow earlier by jumping from a moving car window.
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