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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1921
Page
12
Mrs Helen Pettit seeks divorce from Fred Pettit alleging extreme cruelty. The couple married two years ago and have a baby girl now with the mother in Middleport. The petition details a broken arm from a board and a $10 fine with 60 days in the work house and other beatings.
The Pomeroy Junior Order U M A will run a special train from Pomeroy to Tiffin, Ohio, next Sunday, October 30, for members to visit the area. Tickets and schedule details were not fully readable in the excerpt.
The article notes a special excursion train leaving at 12 30 oclock Saturday morning. Additions to the crowd at Gallipolis Mc Arthur and other points are expected to bring the total excursionists to about 300.
Miss Evelyn Russell daughter of Mr and Mrs Hartley Russell of Middleport will wed Earl Arnold of Middleport at Rev Ashton home in Rutland tomorrow. A newly furnished Gravel Hill home awaits them. Mr Arnold works at Hobson and Miss Russell has clerked at Rathburn store in Middleport.
Funeral services for Mrs A L Hoyt are held this afternoon at Simpson M E church after her remains arrived from Columbus. Burial will follow in Beech Grove cemetery.
Common pleas court will convene next Monday to arraign indicted prisoners as cases are set for hearings.
Robert M. Lockwood and Mary Frances Stevens both of Middleport were wed Wednesday morning in the probate judge office by Rev. Parmalee of Rutland.
The Meigs Auto Club has organized a program to obtain a large cat erpillar tractor and road grader owned by the state for county use. Some work has been completed on the Minersville road and the equipment is now deployed on the Chester road.
Robert B. Larson and others release mortgages to D C Davis for 305 dollars. Edward and R B Larson release mortgages to W A Bilis & Co for 774 dollars.
John Pooler and wife transfer property to Charles Massar for 675 dollars. Emerson Welch and others convey to Ed Welch for 8090 dollars. Cc Klein transfers to Farmers Bank for 6000 dollars. Branch Woodyard and others deed to Delbert Reeves for 300 dollars. Charles Curtis transfers to First City Bank for 500 dollars.
Mrs Paul C. Jones of Middleport has recovered enough to have her daughter Mrs C Washington return to her home in Cappels West Virginia.
A campaign conference between school board members and PTA officers was held at Pomeroy High School last evening to discuss promoting the favorable outcome of the vote on the additional tax levy in the coming election.
Mr and Mrs John Huber of Pomeroy are spending several days in Cincinnati this week as part of a brief visit.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Davis of Middleport say they met Dr Willard who has risen high in his profession since leaving Pomeroy. He is now located in Plainsville New Jersey.
Word reached local relatives of the death of J A Cowdery at his Lyons Kansas home on Thursday. He formerly lived in Racine, went west years ago and accumulated a snug fortune.
Under probate court order Myr Young 37 wife of Joy Young has been committed to the O H E in Gallipolis She had been discharged from the same institution about a year ago The couple have a son about six years old
A basket of Rome Beauty apples from the Wright orchard at Rutland is shown at the Ewing store in Pomeroy. The fruit, as large as cocoa nuts, demonstrates cultivation fertilization and spraying improving crops and stands as the finest apples in the area.
The Langsville rural route gains a new carrier Loyde Thomas as wheat sowing ends and corn husking peaks along the line. Salem township tax rate set at 19.40 mills with similar rates in Columbia and Rutland townships. village Rutland 21.80 and Scipio 18.90. G B Davis of Salem ships season’s wool purchases after sackings. Dyesville voters to vote in village for first time this year. Carpenter Lyceum to feature Edwin W Chubb dean of Ohio University Athens this evening. Rev Ewing evangelist to be at Old Dexter October 29 and 30.
Mr and Mrs Nat Skiles plan a move from Blaine Ohio to Middleport this week. They will occupy a Grant Street property they purchased several months ago. Mr Skiles is brother of Mrs Glover and Mrs Branch.
Mary Elizabeth Gilkey wife of Allen Gilkey died at home on the Pomeroy Rutland road at age 50 years 11 months and 10 days She was a daughter of John T Alexander The remains were taken to Chester township for burial.
Miss Edna Jane Thomas eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs David Thomas formerly of Racine where Mr Thomas headed the Thomas Coal Co married John M Ellis of Columbus Wednesday Rev W C Hartinger of the First M E church officiated the ceremony.
Alvis from Oroville was arrested Thursday afternoon by L C Laube of Ohio Power Company in Logan. He allegedly struck Laube when asked to stop work and became abusive. linemen assisted to subdue him as he was brought to the county jail. Deputy Farbean intervened to halt his escape. An affidavit will be filed by Laube.
County health officer Elias reports a five year old son of Mr and Mrs Frank Bartoe of Murray City afflicted with infantile paralysis. The case is responding to treatment and the boy is somewhat improved.
County officials report an overcrowded Union Furnace school with about 200 pupils under principal Miss Marie Mooney. Five teachers cover classes as Assistant County Superintendent O A Butcher visits Thursday to arrange another room and pursue additional equipment for a second teacher.
One chamber in city hall used by the public library is being extensively repaired. The ceiling is being relatched and plastered and will receive a new coat of paper. The public will be only slightly inconvenienced during the repair period.
A Murray City resident reported in Logan that for two weeks mining activity improved. No. 7 mine operated daily last week and No. 5 performed similarly. He calls it the best work since January. No. 5 capacity runs near 800 tons weekly while No. 7 is about 2000 tons less.
Barton Hall Marion solon and John E Kreig depart Friday for Kansas City Missouri for the national American Legion convention to be held October 31 to November 2. Holl was selected as a state delegate at Toledo and the trio will join a central Ohio party in Columbus on a special train.
Clarence Aurand, 22, a blacksmith from this city, underwent an appendectomy at the local hospital late Wednesday evening after a sudden worsening of a long illness. Doctors report his condition as favorable.
Lawrence Willege of Dayton arrived in Logan for a visit with his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Willege. He reports his brother Harry, who recently had surgery at the soldiers home hospital, is rapidly improving and likely to come home this week.
W M Brown of Enterprise appeared in Mayor Miller's court on a charge of unlawfully possessing two fox hides. The case was continued pending a report from the state game warden's office.
Elvin Donaldson, former Logan youth and current Ohio State student, has been selected for the university band. He traveled to Ann Arbor last Saturday for the Michigan Ohio State game. He lives with his mother Mrs Ele Donaldson, who also has another son in the university. Donaldson was a Logan band member in the past.
The Logan Post of the Legion held a well attended social evening Wednesday organized by the ladies' auxiliary. Hallowe'en decorations lit the armory hall for a program of fortune telling and stunts. lunch featured pumpkin pie doughnuts apples homemade candy and coffee. About 150 guests were welcomed by four gold star mothers and the legionnaires cheered the auxiliary at the end.
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