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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1926
Page
15
The Nelsonville American Legion home hosted about fifty Civil War veterans. The event featured the old soldiers gathering in a suitable building, described as ideal for such a meeting, with women of the organization contributing to the gathering.
Nelsonville’s Fourth of July program featured the Glouster women of the D A R in uniform, a Nelsonville school children reading and singing, and a closing drill by the D A R ladies. Veterans commented the performance was the prettiest seen in years as the drum corps and fife player Shelton led the crowd through patriotic pieces and a drum drill.
Mayor Eberle and Captain Tees feature in coverage of Welsonville veterans entertainment. Mej or Johnson rails against Armistice Day as a holiday, while Isaac Warner from Norgonville spends vacation gathering walnuts for storage and sale, with neighbors expecting evenings of help.
In a dramatic episode a buffalo wanders near Athens causing a chase from By-The-Way-J. D. Andrews toward Canal Street and Nelsonville. Gillespie's dog closes in as the animal moves toward the Wastes site with Mrs. Susanner and Mrs. Carbontale debating whether Trimble or Oxford is the safer setting.
In Pleasant New Jersey a former lawyer, Andress Floyd, runs a self help colony on a ten acre farm to rehabilitate hoboes and drifting men. He pays workers to build self respect, offers tasks with visible outcomes, and has helped hundreds through farming carpentry printing and crafts while sharing stories of notable residents and rescues.
In autumn the tale recalls a buffalo shot near the Athens county court house long ago. Walker’s history mentions this pbuttale as one of the last of its kind in the region after a long chase. In 1795 Gillespie and Plechart frontiersmen hunted along Federal creek, avoiding Indian signs by building a fire and signaling to retreat toward Virginia.
The report notes professors at Russian universities receive higher monthly bursaries and stipends than before, with a $90 monthly salary for senior staff and $47 for assistants. It contrasts these figures with the higher cost of living, including New York, implying real living costs diminish perceived gains.
The party returned upriver to hunt with little fear of Indians. Gillespie and a Flechart brother split tasks, camping at Federal creek mouth and later near Sunday creek. He found fresh buffalo tracks near the water and deduced a large animal had crossed recently based on damp pea vines and broken brush along the path.
Observers note a decline in sparrows across the United States while pigeons increase. Once abundant in parks and brownstone eaves, sparrows faced food shifts from oats to cars as horses wane and new architecture reduces nesting space. Some flocks remain near riverfront districts where markets cluster.
Esther Cook Wetherill of Logan is celebrated for blending home life with public service. She chairs church groups and PTA activities, organized the Ohio twenty fourth district Order of Eastern Star, and fostered three children while caring for ill relatives.
In Moclering county sheriff William Nelson tracked Yaniet Prough who killed a man on the Sauerkrant road in Washington township. Prough fled to Europe after the quarrel, but Nelson traced relatives there, obtained a postal tester, and located the fugitive. Prough was arrested, brought back, tried, and sentenced to life in the Ohio penitentiary, a record journey for a county sheriff.
Carbon Hill's early history recalls a February 27, 1878 tragedy. John Lunsford and his wife and seven children lived above his general store. Neighbors heard Mrs. Lunsford crying with an infant, as the home burned. The roof collapsed trapping the family before escape could occur.
Moths visiting Athens and later sent to the Washington bureau are identified as the cotton caterpillar Albampe argil lacea. The insect, a South cotton pest, has a self destroying habit of flying north in autumn and can puncture ripening fruit, though damage is usually limited to cotton foliage and young branches.
Report notes a husband calling his wife a nuisance leading to an arrest in Chicago. The case mentions a second wife taken after labeling the first troublesome. It references Amy George R Creeson and details surrounding the accusation as part of a broader domestic dispute.
The City Federation of Woman's Clubs plans bronze plates next spring on eleven elm memorial trees planted around the armory. Each plate will name the honored soldier, the sponsoring organization, and the sponsor.
During the Austrian invasion of Upper Italy a Croatian soldier was accused of stealing a pear necklace from a statue of the Holy Virgin. He admitted the theft but claimed the necklace was a gift after a prayer scene where the statue allegedly moved. Bishops ruled the miracle possible, the soldier was acquitted, yet the regiment’s colonel barred soldiers from accepting gifts under threat of penalty.
Gertrude Swasey once the famed equestrienne known as the Immortal Equestrienne now 71 lives in a dilapidated shack near elevated tracks in a Massachusetts town. She shares the space with eight dogs and several cats, defending her home from a possible eviction while recounting a life on the circus road.
The article notes ongoing replanting each year due to tree losses traced to ground conditions. The federation previously improved drainage at high cost to remedy the issue, with names linked to religious and academic figures such as Rev Ay Wilcox Granville Sharp Method and Prof C N Mackinnon among others.
The text mentions names like Bartlett and Elsa Richi Verde with J. Ri. Wood praised for supervising work on grounds and shrubbery. References an armory landscape project and old fashioned flowering plants. Blooming flowers noted amid cleanup efforts on the grounds and trees.
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