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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1921

Page

5

Local Society Notes Point To Meetings And Visits

Mr P G Moler leaves today on a business trip with sixteen guests from Kentucky and Tennessee. The Womans Foreign Missionary Society meets Friday at 2 PM in the M E church parlors. Congressman I M Foster arrives in Athens from Washington DC to stay through Sunday. Mrs Ida Mansfield and others trek to Canton for camp, while Mr Harry L Dean visits Pres ident street with Mrs Alston Ellis. Several Athens and Chauncey women host guests at Edwards in Jacksonville.

Womans Foreign Missionary Society M. E. Church

Harwick Family Moves to Columbus for Daughter Hospitalization

Mrs Mayme Harwick traveled to New Lexington then to Columbus to be with her daughter Kathaleen in a hospital where she is reported seriously ill with typhoid fever. Kathaleen attends St Aloysius academy. The Martzolff Ladies Class of the First M E church will host an October social Friday at 7 PM in church parlors and distribute missing calandeers to attendees.

Mayme Harwick New Lexington Kathaleen Columbus Miss Harwick St. Aloysius Academy Martzolff M. FE

Pratt Family Visit Highlights Recovery at Mt McGregor

Mrs. W. W. Pratt traveled to New ark to see her son James A. Pratt and his family. James A. Pratt has just returned from a sanitarium at Mt. McGregor New York where he was undergoing treatment and is reported improving.

W. W. Pratt Newark James A. Pratt Mr. Pratt Mt. McGregor N. Y

Johnsons celebrate silver wedding in Cumberland visit

Mr and Mrs William Johnson return from a trip through the East spending their anniversary Sept 26 at E G McGill home in Cumberland where Mr Johnson received a gold headed cane from McGill and sons. They visited historic Cumberland spots. The opera The Secret of Suzannet tonight at the College auditorium begins at 8 oclock.

William Johnson Cumberland E. G. McGill Johnson Mr. Johnson

Art teacher invites public to Taos studies exhibit

Miss M. Louise Stahl head of the art department at Ohio University invites the public to view her Taos New Mexico studies this summer at her studio Saturday afternoon. Friends pressed for a look and the works will later travel to Cincinnati for an exhibit under the Woman's Art Club of which she is a member.

M. Louise Stahl Ohio University Taos New Mexico Cincinnati Womans Art Club Miss Stahl

Grace Junod to Wed Lester Boykin in Knoxville Ceremony

Miss Grace Junod daughter of Mr and Mrs George H Junod will marry Lester Ernest Boykin Saturday October first at 4 PM in Church Street Methodist Episcopal Church South Knoxville Tennessee The bride graduated from Athens High School Ohio University with BA and from the commercial department She is a member of Alpha Gamma Delta and has worked with the Bureau of Public Roads Washington D C as a stenographer The bridegroom from Lamar South Carolina heads the legal division of the Bureau of Public Roads and has made Washington D C his home for years.

Grace Junod George H. Junod Lester Ernest Boykin Church Street Methodist Episcopal Church South Knoxville Tenn Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority Athens

Bowers Hughes Wedding at Mrs Bowers Home

Ramona Mae Bowers and William Robert Hughes wed in a pretty fall ceremony at 3:30 PM on Wednesday October fifth at Mrs Ellen Bowers home 101 Lancaster Street. Rev Mitchell E Chatley officiated the ring ceremony before relatives and friends. The bride wore a white georgette gown with tulle veil and pink rosebud bouquet. the groom is a city businessman and they will reside here after November first. The couple left for a trip to Cleveland Buffalo and Niagara Falls NY.

Bowers-Hughes Ellen Bowers Lancaster Street Ramona Mae William Robert Hughes William Hughes Mitchell Edwin Chatley First Church of Christ Hughes Cleveland Buffalo Niagara Falls Athens High School Ohio University G. W. Hopkins Co

Higley Study Circle Meets Mrs Gard North Hill Hostess

Higley Study Circle gathered Wednesday afternoon at North Hill with Mrs W L Gard as hostess. Attendance was large and included many members for the meeting.

Higley W. L. Gard North Hill

Polo Grounds Crowd Polls Its Own World Series Apathy

At Polo Grounds a quirky crowd camps for hours with costumes and aliases as 2,500 fans wait for gates and 2,000 join the queue. A man claims to be Columbus while others pose as Barnum and Jesse James, selling Babe Ruth pictures amid indifferent New York. The piece notes fading interest in the World Series and closes with an odd English life statistic from 1865.

Polo Grounds New York Christopher Columbus P. T. Barnum Jesse James Columbus Chris Columbus Mike McLewn Lawrence Mass McLewns Mike Babe Ruth

Deaths and Funerals Mrs Nettie Freeman Bowers

From Columbus comes word of the death Wednesday night of Mrs Nettie Freeman Bowers wife of W H Bowers a Columbus merchant for 30 years. Funeral at 2 p m Friday at the home 1011 South Champion avenue Columbus and burial in Greenlawn cemetery. She 65 leaving husband one son Charles of Columbus and a daughter Mrs Eugene Kelley of Cincinnati. The late Mrs Nelle Kern was her sister.

W. H. Bowers Columbus Nettie Freeman Bowers Albany South Champion Avenue Greenlawn Bowers Charles Eugene Kelley Cincinnati Nelle Kern

Hard Wood Men Want Rates Cut

The American Hardwood Lumber Association and other hardwood groups petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission for a 25 percent cut in freight rates on hardwood lumber. The proposed decrease would restore rates to the level prevailing on August 26, 1920.

Washington Interstate Commerce Commission American Hardwood Lumber Association

Dayton man confesses to auto thefts aiding police

Columbus authorities report W. H. Frost of Dayton 25 admitted partial confession about thefts from parked cars. Frost, arrested last night, led investigators to suspect he and others stole clothing and valuables worth over 600 dollars, aiding efforts to clear dozens of robberies in ten days.

Columbus W. H. Frost Dayton Frost

Akron doctor elected president of osteopathic women

Dr. E Laurette of Akron was chosen president of the Ohio Osteopathic Women's Association at the annual convention in Delaware Ohio on October 6.

Akron Delaware, O E. Laurette Ohio Osteopathic Woman’s Association

Beetle Noted To Carry Five Hundred Times Its Weight

A beetle has long been observed to carry a load amounting to five hundred times its own body weight, a remarkable display of strength in the insect world.

Sir Harry Lauder Returns to United States On Farewell Tour

Scottish comedian Sir Harry Lauder announces a U S tour titled his first farewell hoping to outdo Patti Page’s famed appearances and set a new landmark in show business amid renewed fanfare.

Harry Lauder United States Patti

Tax muddle as Republican progressives push revenue changes

United Press reports Republican progressives gain upper hand in Senate taxation fight. They push to repeal transportation taxes, raise surplus tax cap to fifty percent, retain capital stock taxes, and lift inheritance tax rates, amid cross-pose pressure and party divisions.

Frazer Edwards United Press Washington Senate Capper Kansas McCormick and Kelley Lodge Penrose and Watson Ifty

Liberty Bonds Lead New York Market Rally

Liberty Bonds dominated trading in New York at midday as the fourth issue climbed to 92 on the current movement marking a new high for the session.

Liberty Bonds New York

Painting walls with Blue Devil cleanser dialogue

A brief exchange dated 10 23 46 shows Mrs Showme remarking on painted walls while Mrs Upon replies they used Blue Devil Cleaner. The quirky dialogue captures a domestic moment.

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