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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1921
Page
3
Local column decries rottenness in business and politics while noting Democratic and Republican entanglements. Mentions a woman candidate for council and ongoing Halloween safety efforts as the town faces civic tensions and upcoming meetings.
Former councilors of the Daughters of Arizona met at Mrs Albert Mann on Fort Street on Wednesday evening. After the business session a social time followed and an elegant lunch was served to attending members.
The Elks hold a Hallowe en dance at their hall with Cordroy's orchestra providing music for Elks and invited guests only.
The D A R lodge hosts a masquerade social at their hall tonight with a large attendance expected. Members invite the public to join the event and enjoy music and costumes.
The Home Guards will meet Naomi McManaway at her Walnut Street home on Saturday at 1 30. All members are urged to attend and bring their mite boxes.
The Macabees urge all members to attend a masquerade social in the hall on Friday at seven o clock. Members should bring a pumpkin or apple pie and full attendance is desired.
Mr. and Mrs. William Barker and Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Barker and Miss Bertha Howard motored to Athens Sunday to visit Miss Nellie Pickering. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Fisk and Mr. and Mrs. Harley Skiver traveled to Middleport and Albany Sunday, stopping at Carbondale on the way back to Jacksonville.
St Bernard Chapter schedules a special Friday night session to confer the Pat Master and Most Excellent Degrees, calling for a large attendance from members.
The Nelsonville School Buildings face serious toilet facility needs. Visitors find the Central and West buildings worst, East less but still poor. These will be addressed first when improvement bonds are voted.
Three women leaders travel with a large European passenger list as the liner Aquitania docks in New York. Jary Garden of the Chicago Opera Company manager, Mrs. Vincent Astor social leader, and Princess Henriette Sava Goiu of Bucharest, friend of Queen Marie of Roumania, arrive for lecture tours.
The Rebekahs will convene in their new hall on Tuesday evening November 1st. Local organization heads invite members and neighbors to attend the gathering and inspect the updated facility.
Miss Doris Woodruff entertained schoolmates at her grandmother Mrs Nixon's Myers Crossing home with a Hallowe'en party. Decorations featured pumpkins and witches as guests enjoyed contests games and music before refreshments. Nelsonville readers embrace Messenger Want ads under new classification 42 with ads phoned to Bartlett's Printery.
Thirteen ladies of the Ladies Aid Society of the Christian church responded to invitations. An all day quilting party was held in the M. E. church, with a most enjoyable time. A elegant dinner was served at noon by Carbon Hill ladies.
Carnes Hickman visited during O S N week while John Verity family returned to Sanford Michigan. Mrs Hooper of Athens visited Verity family. Rosemary Smith recovering from diphtheria. Mrs Walters and Carrie Hickman left for Albuquerque after visiting. Merle McManigal visited Columbus. Marie Freriks served as bridesmaid at Anna Beard and Jay Huston Buchtel wedding. Margaret Newman hosted bridal dinner. Esther Helen Lucille Verity and Elsie Gibbs visited Florence Shorr in Logan.
John Grunau General Chairman of the United Association of Railway Employees of North America demands immediate retraction from the Athens Messenger. He denies any statement about revenge by outlaw strikers and says the union did not replace striking workers in the referenced action.
Paris reports the council of ambassadors decided to intern former Emperor Karl and Empress Zita aboard a British monitor until a final Allied decision on their fate. They are under guard at a Hungarian chateau pending the Saturday council session.
Medical researchers note that widely open eyes may signal rasbuesa, a condition recently highlighted in clinical discussions. Experts urge further study to confirm links and determine diagnostic value.
Dayton police seek Emerson Georgi eleven as a boy described a blood thirsty spell in which he bound beat and hid the three year old Walter Sertman. Walter was found in a bramble patch suffering head wounds after thirteen stitches.
Hundreds of Chinese students flock to Lyons attracted by the Franco-Chinese Institute. The institute, established by the Chinese government, directs technical studies of selected students from French industrial centers where factories have closed.
Capt Emmett Kilpatrick a Red Cross official freed after nine months in Soviet custody says the present regime rests on terror cruelty and propaganda and cannot endure His release followed an ultimatum from Secretary Hoover He will report to Washington then return to Uniontown Alabama
Miss Merrit Rose formerly Maude McVay a well known teacher of New Marshfield died at her Greenfield home on Tuesday night October 25. Her death surprised Athens relatives. Saturday visitors Mrs. Stewart Boden and Mrs. Hiram Stright hinted at no illness details.
A science note explains that if the sun went out instantly, humans would not notice until about 6 minutes and 18 seconds later due to light travel time. This delay underscores the vast distance to the sun and how observable sky changes hinge on electromagnetic signals reaching Earth.
Ambassador Myron T. Herrick dismissed rumors of engagement to Anne Morgan sister of J P Morgan after surviving an anarchist bomb last week. In Paris Briand wins confidence with a 301 to 9 vote and a 292 majority in the French senate this afternoon.
The G A R calls a regular meeting for Saturday at 1 o'clock on October 29. Eli Roush P C notes a travel advisory. Visitors to Italy who travel on Sunday face a special tax.
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A clipped OCR entry shows unusual text with numbers and letters, including a stray price marker $4.45 and repeated syllables. The readable fragment lacks clear event or person names, locations, or organization references to form a full news item.
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