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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1919
Page
10
Deviney aged twenty two was committed to the county by Squire J Ewing on a maternity charge by Nora Landers a fifteen year old girl.
Martin Donahew was arrested by the sheriff near Ripley West on a non-support charge last week. He was ordered to pay $24 per month for the support of his two minor children by the pleas court late Saturday. The order was not required to provide any further guarantee of fulfillment.
Mr and Mrs Edgar Morris attend a gathering hosted by Rev George L Ashton in Ruth while Mrs Ida Collins and Mrs William plus daughters visit relatives in Akron and anticipate an absence of several days. Mrs Addie Warner suffers injuries from a fall during a sudden attack of illness.
Heart trouble eases as James Robson leaves Bend with his father for Jersey City. Louise Watkins visits her grandparents in Gambier while Thomas Monahan returns from a wedding trip with Ada Kaspar. Edith Stander hosts Edwin Stander in Mansfield. Frank Vrooman plans a move to Jacksonville Florida. Max Meinhart recovers at Gallipolis hospital and may return home soon. Marie Downing visits Middleport parents.
Florence Cadell a self described doer of unholy acts was committed by Probate Judge J Emory Carleton to the Girls Industrial School at Delaware Ohio. Born in West Virginia she left home at eleven and at thirteen became a mother at fourteen. She drifted with river towns to Point Pleasant and Hartford Mason City Clifton Maggie West Virginia working while forming associations with men. She was found near Hobson in a dirty state and jailed. A physician saved her from a premature birth while in detention.
A Columbus message states the receiver must continue passenger service on the local electric car line. Harry Hartwell, through attorney H J Booth, remains in Shamokin awaiting the new franchise to bind and be accepted by the village and company.
A well arranged program marked memorial exercises at Pomeroy High School honoring Theodore Roosevelt and his Americanism. The afternoon included invocations, a Roosevelt bust presentation, solos by Isabell Forsythe and Irene Swartswalder, a life of Roosevelt by Robt. Webster, flag ceremony, hymns, addresses by local officials and community leaders, and a patriotic close with the Star Spangled Banner. The auditorium was tastefully decorated with national colors and plants.
All grade schools in Meigs County held Roosevelt memorial programs during the day or evening on Monday. Prominent speakers included W. M. Hyde at Coalport, Rev. L. L. Cherrington and Hon. C. E. Peoples at Sugar Run, Rev. Ford, Capt. Bennett, and Oliver Hartley at Central, and Rev. Ford at Kerrs Run.
Old Glory served as the centerpiece of decoration and the classrooms were brightened with plants and flowers.
King Albert and Queen Elizabeth eye a Virginia swing to see tobacco stages of growth and manufacture after Washington stay. J N Nye says arrangements are underway for travel through Virginia with a New York plane flight glimpse. The royal party will also visit Roosevelt grave at Oyster Bay and Sagamore Hill.
Chauncey residents recall a surprise birthday party for George F. Pendergrass hosted by C. E. Society members with games and refreshments. Rally Day services at First Christian Sunday school drew 290 attendees despite rain, with a $18.13 collection. Local visits include A. C. Law and family in Chauncey, Olive Brookins from Millfield, and Miss Hazel Love of Columbus. Several gatherings and visits noted among Chauncey residents and neighboring towns.
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