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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1919
Page
3
Local ads promote phonograph sales at Sauter's Studio and Maxwell car at steep discounts. A Morris Air Heater, piano tuning services, and a four room house for sale on Oak Street are listed. Social notes mention visits and travels of Mary Blum, the Edgell family, and Mrs. Fischer with club and business trips cited.
Irvin Nanna seeks the York Township trustee post promising fair treatment for public roads. The notice requests support. Emma Burdette of The Plains visited, Elizabeth Linn returned to San Antonio after an extended stay with grandparents Mr and Mrs William Linn. Mrs Richard Gibson hosted a Friday dinner with several guests including Mrs Fred Hall Sandusky and others.
The Needle Craft Club ladies held an indoor picnic Friday evening with Mrs. Martha Davis at six. A bountiful dinner was served in a beauty decorated dining room with cut flowers and ferns. Eighteen ladies attended. Mrs. B. F. Yerkey of Pennsboro, W. Va., spent the weekend visiting local friends.
Mr and Mrs James Gaughan and son James visit James Carr in this city after the death of J J Walsh of Little Hocking. Arthur Knight of Delaware spends the week on business. C L Johnson and Virginia head to Cincinnati for the Disciples of Christ convention with Johnson preaching next Sunday. A G Mechem attends the National Disciples convention in Cincinnati. Mrs Henry Poston joins the Cincinnati church gathering.
The Rebekah lodge invites all to a mas seereee and penny social at the union hall Tuesday evening. Proceeds support lodge activities and community projects.
The plane drew a large crowd at Jackson farm near town over two days. Weather limited Saturday flights to two trips, piloted by Harry Jackson. By Sunday noon the sky cleared and the plane resumed, making seventeen trips with many ladies among the passengers.
Teachers in Nelsonville schools invite parents to visit next week to witness and support the education of their children. They urge community members to invest time and offer encouraging words, promising dividends in student progress.
The Johnson Beverage store at Mo burned to the ground Saturday night starting about 9 o clock. The cause of the fire is not yet determined and the loss is not stated.
Mrs. Mary Robson McGill, mother of Capt. Don R. McGill, is collecting songs of the Ohio Division to publish a memorial anthology. She heard many tunes at Fort Benjamin Harrison Camp Sherman Camp Mills and sang with the outfits through training and wartime service. Her home is in Nelsonville with ties to Indianapolis Chillicothe New York Philadelphia Washington and Camp Sherman. Local visits include Nelle Keeley of Logan and Octa Powers of Columbus visiting Mrs. John Duckworth and Mrs. Will Keaton over the weekend.
Roosevelt Memorial Association will meet at the YMCA tonight at seven o clock to discuss raising funds for a suitable memorial to our lamented ex president. All interested in supporting the movement are urged to attend.
Lee Zimmerman of Columbus spent the weekend as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Le Fever, enjoying a private visit and family hospitality.
Mrs. Maria Powell hosted a Friday evening party from 6 to 9 for her son Leonard with many little friends. A luncheon followed and Leonard received numerous gifts. Attending were Willis Wolfe Watson Wolfe Paul Hudson Rowlin Mills Ralph Fleck Paul Weltzheimer Wendell Woodard Eleanor Woodard.
The Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church will host a Hal lowe'en party at Mrs. Elizabeth Stratton's Franklin street home on October 31. Men will be special guests and an early notice is given to clear the date.
Mrs Elizabeth Richmond and her daughter Mrs Bertha Barker hosted a 12 oclock chicken dinner Friday at their Chestnut street home. Attendees included Mrs E R Brannon and her sister Miss Low Pickering of Chattanooga Tennessee Mrs Jane Kentner and Mrs Allard and Mrs Adda Butt of the city.
W C U will meet Tuesday at 2 o clock with Mrs Victoria Fillinger on Kentner street Mrs Crawford will report on the convention held at Amesville.
Mrs Mollie McGill and her son Captain Don MeGill of Columbus spent the weekend as guests of relatives in town.
Sincere grief spread through the city as Mrs Mary Young McManigal Cooley wife of Ed C Cooley a Washington street grocer died at Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus at 1 10 Sunday afternoon after weeks of illness Her parents Mr and Mrs William J McManigal moved to Athens County as a child and her marriage to Ed C Cooley linked her with a prominent local family.
Senate labor committee moves to study deportation of nonEnglish speaking immigrants after five years in the United States Following a Pittsburg steel strike hearing Senator Walsh urges a bill imposing deportation for those who fail to learn English Compulsory education and shorter workdays are proposed to aid language instruction and reduce unrest The committee may visit Youngstown and Gary for further evidence while aiming to address labor unrest rather than settle the steel strike
Nelsonville grieves for a beloved citizen Mrs. Cooley who moved to the city years ago and lived as a devoted Presbyterian and active church and social figure. Funeral will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Presbyterian church. She leaves Ed C. Cooley her husband, a daughter Hattie, a son Mac a World War captain and OSU student, a sister Mrs. Charles Tedrow, and three brothers E McManigal Robert McManigal and Dr Lawrence McManigal.
Invitations issued by Mr and Mrs John McMillen invite the public to the marriage of their daughter Lorretta to Mr John T Sheridan on Wednesday October 15 at 9 am in St Francis of Assisi Church Battles Ave The reception follows at the bride’s parents home A bridal party includes maid of honor Nellie McMillen flower girl Cecelia McMillen ring bearer Mary Winifred McMillen bridesmaid Rosemary Sheridan and groomsmen Thomas Sheridan and Joseph Oates About 42 guests will attend a wedding breakfast at the Deshler hotel A reception runs 8 to 11 pm at the parents home with several Nelsonville residents expected to attend.
The County Automobile Association launches a membership drive starting October 15 aiming to enlist half of local automobile owners. Dues support state and local operations while initiation funds fund road marking and signs. Rural townships must organize to gain access to road improvements and county road programs.
Detectives and posses hunted for two year old George William Danzey last seen in Hammonton New Jersey after his disappearance last Wednesday. Theories include kidnapping by gypsies or bandits or theft by a rejected suitor of the mother Stella Danzey. The child, once listed in a national magazine, is described as sturdy with light hair hazel eyes and a brown mole. He wore a blue romper brown sweater gray cap and moccasins when last seen.
An unidentified foreign-born man about 45 was found hanging from a tree at Swartz's corners on Sunday. Authorities say he was murdered with a bullet to the heart and mutilated. a revolver lay nearby. Police suspect the body was moved to the site after death.
Five persons are affected by smallpox in Mineral with local physicians reporting mild cases and daily improvement. The outbreak prompted the closure of Mineral schools and about twenty nine pupils are assisting at home rather than studying in the classroom. No cases are reported in other parts of the county.
J. J. Mast of near Circleville was killed and C. D. McPeak of Columbus seriously injured when their auto was struck by an Ohio Electric Traction car near Columbus. The vehicle caught fire and burned.
About 1,000 women from across Ohio attended the 24th annual convention in Cleveland. Delegates represent 110 clubs and convene to discuss federation affairs and club activities.
On October 13 Fred Bankerd aged 14 son of William Bankerd Alliance businessman was caught rifling a dresser drawer in the Mount Union College girls dormitory. He is charged with lar ceny and jailed in Alliance.
The permits to wed include Pearl Reed 48 a miner and Cora Wyskiver 40 both of Nelsonville R D Herman Theisen Jr 20 a miner and Beatrice Quinn 17 both of Millfield Gilbert Graham 25 a miner and Mary Bateman 18 both of Nelsonville John Herman Fauss 46 a carpenter of Columbus and Gertrude E Swain 43 a dressmaker of New Marshfield
Akron Ohio October plans are drawn for fifty new apartment houses totaling 2,560,000 dollars.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee postponed two resolutions seeking White House information on China Japan relations and Thrace’s fate, citing the President’s poor health. Senator Williams argued Wilson is not physically able to handle such requests, and the panel unanimously agreed to defer action. The King and Lodge proposals were also postponed for the same reason.
Mrs Wayne Nice planned a pleasant birthday surprise for her husband on Oct 12 at their Salem home. Friends and neighbors attended with baskets for a bounteous meal. Rev Leslie Dabrits preached in the afternoon. Attendees included numerous Nice family members and local residents.
The Handley Page airplane Atlantic, which crossed from Parrsboro Nova Scotia to Greenpoint New York and diverted due to engine trouble, arrived at Mitchel Field Mineola shortly after noon today.
In San Francisco on October 13 Lieut Belvin W Maynard who won the first heat of the trans continental air race said he will hop off for Mineola tomorrow afternoon for the return leg of the contest.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Tewksbury invite the general public to a reception at the Albany opera house on Wednesday between two and four oclock. The notice is dated October 13.
The Japanese government conducts extensive experiments to assess public health impacts of saccharine used as a sugar substitute, following a 16 year prohibition on its use in the country.
Akron Ohio residents will be able to buy enough army food for one meal for the entire city next week at reduced prices. The shipment arrived here to supply local needs and will be offered at lower rates to the public.
Chicago oct 18 Edna and Shirley Luikart 5 and 7 were poisoned by their mother who then went to an asylum in Detroit doctors said both girls will survive the physician issued an assuring bulletin noting the children are recovering despite the grim case
In Cleveland on October 13, models demand one dollar per curve per sitting, provoking outrage among local artists. A proposed battle among artists may ensue unless models’ demands are met, with some blaming New York critic Alonzo Kimball for inflaming the unrest by praising Cleveland and midwest models.
In Ames, Oct 13 residents noted the initial killing frost did little damage. The day’s high reached 58 with a 33 degree low as Jack Frost touched many plants, prompting townspeople to gather in crops and tender plants.
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