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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1920

Page

3

Acknowledgment of Facts Sealed in Solemn Treaty

A proposal asks whether to affirm these matters as facts, finalize a formal acknowledgment, and publish the record through a solemn treaty to the world. It contemplates binding acknowledgment, official seal, and public release.

Fined for bootlegging in Nelsonville court

Ed Valadine and William Peck pleaded guilty to transporting liquor into dry territory and were fined $100 plus costs by Mayor Barrows. A large crowd heard Warren G. Harding in Jackson with excursions by train and car from the area. The Lady Maccabees planned a top party Thursday evening. The Busy Bee Marathon Club met at Mrs. Milton Bailey's home for an evening of music and club work with refreshments served.

Ed Valadine William Peck Barrows Harding Warren G. Harding Jackson Logan Mr. Harding Lady Maccabees Milton Bailey Lizsie Fluke Josie Smith Ethel Farrow Edna Hite Edith Briggs

Nelsonville Help Wanted at Gadbury Feed Store

Wanted good stout honest boy aged to work with horses. Apply 8 W Gadbury Feed Store Nelsonville Ohio. Sale items include winter hats at Mrs L Pickett East Columbus Street. Ivory gondolay carriage and baby pen for sale contact Bell Phone 429 or 832 Forst Street. Dance Friday night October 22 and Halloween event October 29 K of P. Stray Holstein cow owner must prove property. Mahogany player piano and bench for sale at Martin Johnson 436 Chestnut Street.

W. Gadbury Nelsonville Oihio Bell Forst Street Martin Johnson’s Chestnut St

Local Social Guests Share Weekend Visits Across Plains Area

Dora Worthman of Lagonda visited her mother Mrs. Frank Hanning. Several locals hosted and visited friends including Ica Haning with Garnet and Hasel Hunter, Rhoda Munter, Carrie Grooks and families, and John Shust with relatives at The Plains, Jackson ville, Chauncey, and Canaanville.

Dora Worthman Lagonda W. Va Frank Hanning Ica Haning Garnet Hasel Hunter The Plains Rhoda Munter the Plains Carrie Grooks Cleve Hook Oakdale John Hook Mildred Trimble Henry Matson Mat. Johnson Jacksonville Albert Hay Chauncey Latuare John Shust Mike Krevesti Charles Conner Lower Plains Sun Will Canter Raymond Rupe Parate Ben Syx Floodwood Edd Buffington Ida Willis Beaumont Carrie Brooks Athens John Alvin Powell Canaanville Mr. Evener Buchtél Asler

Local club lists members for upcoming November meeting

The notice names members Bessie Bi and Mrs Hattie Stuart among others. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday November 2 at Maccabee Hall.

Bessie Bi Hattie Stuart Emory Shaw Goldie Carter Lulu Courtney Mable Davis Getrude Gorsuch Grace Martin Lulu Williams Mable Huffner Clara Heselder Susie Mellinger Mary Shivers Vergie Hickman Bert Hartley James Barrows Oma Beagle Hannah Thomas Cora Pritts Elsie Han Maccabee Hall

Resolutions by Nelsonville Review No 240 M B A

The Woman's Benefit Association notes the death of Cecil Johnson a beloved sister of Nelsonville Review No 240. The group mourns her loss, praises her virtues and kindness, and grants 30 days charter suspension as a token of sympathy with the bereaved family. Committee members Bessie Bland Grace Martin Liliian Gorsuch.

T of Death Nelsonville Review Cecil Johnson Nelsonville Review No Association of the Maccabees Bessie Bland Grace Martin Liliian Gorsuch

Local Chauncey Shopsters and Col umbus Hospital Improve

Mrs. Dorothy Rupe and Mrs. Oliver Taylor were Chauncey shop pers one day last week. George Bescoe who went to a Columbus hospital last week is reported much improved.

Dorothy Rupe Oliver Taylor Chauncey George Bescoe Columbus

Singing Night Birds Forced Down in Columbus

Eight Ohio State University students during a frat initiation climbed a tall tree in Judge Kinkead’s yard and held an all-night sing. Neighbors called police after the group ignored authorities until fire department threats prompted them to descend.

Columbus Ohio State University

Prohibition Gains Ground in Europe Says WCTU Leader

Miss Anna Gordon national president of the WCTU and World Temperance Organization vice president spoke at a temperance workers convention in Cleveland Ohio on October 21. She reported six months abroad revealing growing anti alcohol sentiment, strongest in Holland and Switzerland.

Cleveland, CO Anna Gordon World Temperance Organization Temperance Workers Convention Europe Holland Switzerland

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