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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1920
Page
8
Dr John McMillen and nurse M A Madden will run a trachoma clinic at the armory all day Wednesday. The county has fifty positive trachoma cases and several other special cases will be treated or prepared for surgery.
The state board of health reports thirty eight blind cases notified and many expected to attend for aid. Red Cross nurse Miss A M Carleton seeks to contact patients who must stay overnight so arrangements can be made for them.
Rutland hosts a Meigs county lyceum season opener Tuesday November 320 with the Visocchi Company of Florentine musicians led by Miss Mildred Lewis of Middleport. Other planned acts include The Windsor Girls February 4 and Welsh orator Arthur Welwyn Evans February 19. Robert Parker Miles lectures March 14 and Ralph Parlette closes April 12 with comic style.
A small group of friends gathered to celebrate Elizabeth Burdette’s twelfth birthday. The party featured dainty refreshments and gifts. Attendees included Virginia Mae Burdette Dorothy Elizabeth Mier Cleo Maroline Bentz Cora Mae Mildred Joachim Mmma Lily Sattler Martha Foulk and Catherine Rheubenstahl.
Two of the striking telephone girls have returned to work Kath erine Beahrs went back as chief operator and Emma Ible ag tol operator. In an interview Mr. Hamilton said that more of the girls were to return to work soon.
The Middle Port Lyceum announces the second recital in its course series with a quartet performing next on the program. Organizers invite patron attendance and note a scheduled date for the event.
Mrs Minnie Mitchell of Harrington Maine credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending her bearing down pains and other distressing symptoms after many remedies failed She reports regular periods and full ability to work and care for her home The piece also describes college football scenes at Princeton and Yale incl Yale Harvard game future plans and Dr Ellis death reactions.
At Heath M. FE church next Monday evening November 29 the Tschaikowsky Quartet and dramatic interpreter Jaine G Weltman will perform. The group is described as one of the best quartets on the road and music lovers are urged not to miss the event.
Frank Neutzling appeared before Justice Martin on the charge of intoxication. He pleaded guilty, fined $5 with costs of $9.35, and was jailed for failure to pay.
The December session of the U S district court at Columbus drew a grand jury list that includes George D Reuter a local clothier.
Those receiving turkeys this week at the Electric include Earl Shoemaker Mrs. Thomas Harold Lloyd Clyde Andrews Arthur Mankin Ralph Hutchison and Ed Price.
Miss Pearl Kahn of Cleveland visited Miss A. M. Carleton in Red Cross service for Thanksgiving. Rutland residents Mrs. John Spires and Miss Edna Howell with others spent the holiday in town. Births include a twelve pound boy to Mr. and Mrs. John Durst and a later birth to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Miller. Various residents traveled for medical, business, and family reasons, including visits to Cincinnati, Columbus, Wooster College studies, and a Peace Evangelical Busy Bee market event.
The reporter recalls missing Portsmouth’s 47 to 0 loss and witnessing Princeton’s 20 to 0 victory over Yale. He describes the campus, the weather, and impressions of students, noting Princeton’s eastern university atmosphere and distinctive dress of upperclassmen.
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets offer a non calomel laxative aid claimed to restore normal bowel and liver action with no griping. Priced at 15c and 30c, they are marketed as a pleasant nightly remedy for dark mouths foul breath and sluggish digestion.
Ed Mundy resumes duties at Logan Home Telephone Company after a six month layoff caused by a pole accident. Roscoe Shaw left for San Antonio to seek a new position. Julia Kinser joins F S Case druggist. Mrs Martha West recovers from pneumonia. Mrs Everett Burchfield hosted a rocking party with six tables. Wahwah taysee Camp Fire girls met at Miss Geraldine Ellinger’s home with Miss Tanna Hill directing. Logan lodge Knights of Pythias conducted Esquire rank with several visitors. The St John Catholic church held a chicken supper and card party feeding over 450 attendees.
Dr. George Gibbons spends Thanksgiving at Celina with son Dr Tip Gibbons. Pater Gibbons brings a huge turkey to the feast. Hocking Valley Lodge I O F completes degree work for twelve candidates at 70 attendees, ending with an oyster supper and a talk by Rev J G Spear. Three applications to form a new class and new members Charley Arnold Samuel Mundy Henry Allen John Iles Arthur Riggs Harry Shaw Thomas J Hunter Jesse Woods join.
Robert Stewart of West End, a grocer on West Hunter street, lies seriously ill at his home. The City Council held a regular meeting Tuesday with all members present except Stewart. Canal street improvement approved at about 14000 dollars. Red Cross drive banquet heard from Sherman Lyke with 25 workers present and luncheon by Franklin P. Starcher. The two year old son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Souders died Monday from pneumonia after scarlet fever, burial at Oakgrove cemetery.
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