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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1924
Page
3
The Nelsonville News reports a revival beginning October 15 at Oak Grove, led by Evangelist Rev. C. C. Chatfield and his wife. Services start at 7 o clock each evening through November 2, with attention to the East End P T A meeting and local church activities.
The Woman's Auxiliary will handle the sale of war histories published by Grantord Dugan and American Legion. Histories will be offered at a shower by the Auxiliary at the Hillks club Thursday evening. A house-to-house canvas is planned on Tuesday.
The high school athletic booster club will meet this evening at 5 o clock in Superintendent Crawford's office. The committee includes Rotary and Kiwanis members, the board of education, two city representatives, Superintendent Crawford and Principal Horton.
The Phi Sigma Chi dance set for Saturday evening is postponed. An invitation dance will be held on October 31 at the Grotto Country Club hosted by the fraternity.
An erratum states Norman Ervin was mistakenly listed in the Pedigo picnic report published Sunday and revised Monday evening. The correct name is Norma Spencer.
Mr and Mrs E C Wolengraft Dana and Golden Sennell of Columbus visited over the weekend with their parents Mr and Mrs Pennell here.
The Circle of Ruth met Monday evening in the church parlors with forty guests at a six thirty dinner. Maud Rose Cook of Manchuria China spoke on her work in Korea, sharing an engaging and instructive talk after the meal.
Mrs H D Krieg entertained the Presbyterian church Bible class on Fayette Street Monday evening. Special guest Mrs Cook shared ideas about life in China. Light refreshments followed the social hour.
Friends announce the death of Mrs. Sam Raden in Columbus after an operation. She leaves her husband and several children. Funeral and burial will be held in Columbus. The Raden family and relatives were connected with local schools and many guests from Akron and Columbus visited recently.
Mr and Mrs Lee Cox host neighbors at Poplar Street to bid farewell to Effie Boyles who plans to spend the winter in Alabama Embroidery scissors were given as a gift The gathering ended amicably at the Cox residence on Monday evening
Nelsonville York township notices reveal September 1924 enrollments for BOYS and GIRLS names including Fred Dalton Ruth Dalton John Carpenter Floyd Clark Clark and McCol er families and more with multiple parent-child pairings listed for local health records.
Malissa Caroline Littlejohn 81 died at her East Hunter street home at 2 15 a m Sunday after months of ill health. Widowed from William Littlejohn she was active in the Women’s Relief Corps and patriotic groups. Funeral at M E Church Wednesday with burial in Green Lawn cemetery Nelsonville by Harden Undertaking Co. She leaves a son Lewis and two daughters Mrs Amy Easterling and Miss Astella Littlejohn.
Earl Collison hurried through town when Chief Earl Stewart stopped him after his three year old daughter rode on the running board for six blocks and around two corners before being noticed. The parent was unaware the child was aboard.
A Red Star bus conveying part of a Columbus football team to Murray City rolled over an embankment after an oncoming car forced it off the road on a hill east of New Straitsville Sunday evening. Top of the bus was torn off, several passengers bruised, one suffered a serious leg injury, and traffic was held up while the car was pulled back on the roadway.
Delegates from districts including Zanesville Columbus Newark Lancaster Mount Vernon Circleville and Logan gathered in Logan for the Fifth district annual meeting of the Sons of Veterans. Sessions at Armory Hall featured welcomes from F M Collins and Mrs Nupp with responses from Newark and Columbus representatives plus speeches by Congressman Edwin D Ricketts and Ohio Division commander Elmer Boden. business session set next meeting in Zanesville.
Elder E. E. Long of Lamonia Iowa arrived in Logan this week to visit his father Lyman E. Long. Mr. and Mrs. G. W Ross of Carbon Hill hosted a 6 o'clock dinner Friday for Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Hyde and daughter Louise of Nelsonville, Mrs. Ida Putman of Athens, and Mrs. J. H. Blosser of Carbon Hill. Reports from Columbus state Mrs. Algernon Beougher, operated on there Friday, is recovering satisfactorily at home in Haydenville.
The list names Ross Anderson 21 farmer Rockbridge Carrie Flowers 21 at home Rockbridge George Fastman 35 painter Logan Ruth Vancuren 21 at home Logan Charles M Brickley 22 coal miner Haydenville Mary May Beougher 17 at home Haydenville
A bleak European report cites hundreds of infant deaths annually linked to rodent bites. Health officials warn of household exposure risks and urge improved sanitation and pest control measures to protect vulnerable newborns.
Yokohama officials reportedly negotiate with authorities to acquire all perpetual leases held by 324 foreigners across 13 nationalities in the Bluff and Yamashito foreign settlement. They aim to settle tax questions linked to treaties exempting foreign residents from municipal taxes, with back taxes estimated over 2,006,000,000 yen over twenty years. Mayor Watanabe sees the move as timely as many leaseholders consider selling rights.
Advertises McCoy's Coo Liver Ott tablets as a palatable substitute for cod liver oil to treat rickets in children. Claims tablets boost growth of teeth and bones, with a boy gaining 11 percent weight in seven weeks. Sold for sixty cents for sixty tablets at local pharmacies.
A vast clandestine emigration organization is revealed with hints of imaginary holdings in Canada offered in exchange for passage money. The item underscores illicit recruitment and illegal transit schemes linked to Milan.
Harry N. Buck appeared in court Monday and confessed judgment on a cognovit note for $291.94 to William E. Bosworth. The court ordered the judgment entered.
On the Davis special en route to Spring field Oct 14 John W Davis campaigns in Indiana promising the Democratic ticket will win the state He centers his critique on honesty in government and targets former Attorney General Harry M Daugherty and Senator Lutton B Wheeler the Progressive candidate labeled part of a black scandal slate
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