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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1922
Page
3
Local notice asks readers to contact Bart the Printer in Nelsonville for news submissions and praises Stout for efficient service and floral offerings. Mentions Mrs Charles Brooks and Family with references to Father and Sister.
Viola Agnes Swaim born Oct 6 1865 in South Webster Ohio died Oct 2 1922 aged 56 11 26. She married in 1884 and left a husband a son two sisters a brother and many relatives. A Baptist faithful she faced illness with patience and faith her last words were I am trusting in Jesus. The family extends thanks to neighbors friends Donley singers undertaker and for floral tributes.
A family expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for support during the sickness and passing of Charles Brooks and acknowledges Rev. Johnson for his kindness. The message thanks others who offered prayers and comfort.
A cordial invitation extends to all to hear Dr. M. P. Burns at the First M E church tonight at 7 o'clock. Dr. Burns, a former Athens pastor, is now retired.
All members of Kill Eagle Tribe No. 179 are asked to attend Friday evening October 13 to arrange travel for the district meeting in New Lexington Saturday October 14.
A special meeting of Haybron Council Royal and Select Masters will be held at the Masonic temple tonight where the Council degrees will be conferred.
The East End Parent-Teachers Association will hold its first year meeting Friday afternoon in the East building at 29 o clock. Officials urge strong attendance to discuss plans for the coming year.
Mrs. W. J. Sanders of Wolfpit Ky is the guest of friends in this city.
Friends report Mrs. Eulalia Hoch rallied after an operation for goitre at a Columbus hospital Monday morning and rests well. Her sisters Mrs. Charles Edgell and Mrs. Ed Betts and Donald Betts, with her children, were present. Visitors included Mrs. W. B. Bentley and Mrs. W. E. Peters of Athens. Others noted as guests or visitors linked to local families include Mrs. Ben Hooper of Glouster, Mrs. Tom Cline, Mrs. Emma Vanatta of Columbus, Mrs. Wesley Young of Mt. Vernon, Hettie Hooper of Glouster, Ralph Ruhl, and Roy Nash of Columbus.
The following birth notices were announced today by Dr. C. C. Butt in Nelsonville and York township for September 1922. To Charles and Anna Chapman. To Coleman and Clara Wyman. To Adam and Katherine Stillwell. To Herbert and May Woody. To Charles and Louise Shivers. To John and Orpha Campbell. To Ralph and May Taylor. To William and Lucy Pierce. To Everett and Isabell Cunningham. To Andrew and Sadie Hemmon. To William and Edith Rolling. To Jasper and Lillie Mann. To Carl and Millie Groff.
Greek authorities rush to evacuate Greek Christians from eastern Thrace and Constantinople. The Constantinople consulate has issued 30,000 passports for escape to Greek soil amid widespread fires and pillage. Sofia dispatch reports sixty villages burned as Greeks flee westward before Turkish forces reach Europe.
Detroit reports swirl around Henry Ford possibly acquiring the Virginian Railroad and the Wabash system. Rumors say talks have continued weeks as Ford seeks an all Ford owned network from Omaha to tidewater and beyond.
Jacksonville The U B and M FE Ladies Aid met Tuesday evening with M E and U B programs. Proceeds of the M E were 387.86. John Southard and wife welcomed a son. Mr and Mrs Bradshaw have a new daughter. Mrs Floyd Householder ill with typhoid improving. Families changing residences. car shortage slows mine work. Mrs Bessie Heiser Barrett married Mr Riser of Bicknell Ind. They will live at Bicknell.
In San Diego on October 11 the T-2 will not attempt its scheduled coast to coast flight tomorrow morning. Lieutenants Kelly and Mac Ready cited unfavorable Mississippi river to Rocky Mountain weather with strong east to west winds and storm indications per telegraphic reports.
Miss Eithne Coyle of Donegal, head of a band called Irish Amazons, has been captured in Belfast and is charged with railway robbery at gunpoint, burning newspapers, and obstructing traffic. Her group reportedly staged train hold ups and related actions.
Harry L. Hopkins of Louisiana, manager for the southern district of the Red Cross, predicted a revolution in the organization if civilian home service is discontinued and Red Cross concentrates on national emergencies.
Golfers in England gain as the United States tariff law imposes a 45 percent duty on golf balls. To protect exports, manufacturers slash English golf ball prices by about 20 percent.
King George has hosted several movie showings at Balmoral Castle with gillies hostlers and castle staff invited to view films in the castle ballroom.
Federal and state officers raided Rossford today seizing liquor from private homes garages safe drink parlors and trucks in a broad enforcement action.
A brilliant meteor lit up Honolulu on October 15 and plunged into the sea near Diamond Head with a thunderous roar. Sightings covered Waiiki Beach and other city areas as Lawrence H. Daingerfield of the Weather Bureau estimated the impact occurred about six to seven miles offshore.
In Cleburne Texas Deputy Sheriff Tobe Bracher and State Rangers A D Skinner J Rife and Don Gilliland raided a nearby soft drink joint. They found corn liquor but no proprietor. A white man claiming to be the owner crawled from an ice box and was helped into warmer quarters by officers.
A fragment references a kidnapping involving a “regular Devil” for dirt, labeled with the clue 10-9-11-15. The text is fragmented with no clear names or locations to confirm details.
The observer reports that the second naturalization school system in Athens county struggles for teachers and funding. Volunteers teach three evenings weekly without pay as the government provides books. The public calls for broader community and corporate support to sustain these schools teaching language government and American ideals to diverse foreigners. Rev Arthur H Marshall oversees the program from Athens and notes ongoing local classes in Millfield Jacksonville Glouster Chauncey The Plains Nelsonville Murray City Buchtel Athens Hollister Trindle Canaanville Orbiston with centralized locations due to teacher shortages.
London October 11 The armistice agreement signed by the Allies and the Turks at Mudania is described as purely military and not connected to the Near East peace conference to follow says Rechad Bey envoy of the Turkish nationalists in London.
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