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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1924
Page
3
A jolly Halloween party was held at Miss Bessie Stephenson’s Poplar street home Monday evening. Guests were ten members of Class No. 19 of the M. E. church taught by Mrs. Howe with one guest. Dainty refreshments were served.
The Presbyterian church hosts a week of prayer and praise during the week beginning January 11. Rev. Lester from Cambridge Ohio will speak. The Westminster Presbyterian Church of Dayton will contribute a speaker from January 1 to 11. The week aims to inspire the church and encourage others to join.
The Chippewa tribe and Presbyterian church boys will meet at 6 30 this evening inviting all boys to join an elite gathering. Officers announce a new Scout troop will soon be organized. Mr and Mrs ODay of Columbus and Mr and Mrs Phillip ODay visited Nelsonville and stayed with Mr and Mrs Charles Klein.
A. A. Dannison of Lancaster visited Nelsonville on Wednesday as part of business in the area.
Mr and Mrs Charles itien are spending several days in Columbus and Pomeroy as guests of relatives.
The Merovern Nelson Co portfolio along with Wu Jing contracts nears completion within two weeks with full relocation to the new quarters seen in six to eight weeks. Heating, electrical, elevator work and odds and ends cause the delay while fire escapes are installed. Contractor Loomis of Logan built the factory rapidly and additional machinery will follow as conditions allow. Officials anticipate the move to the modern, spacious plant with strong orders sustaining expansion.
The weekly Troop 7 meeting drew eighteen members as talks were given by campers. The program closed with reciting the Scout oath. The next meeting is set for Wednesday November 5 at 6 30 PM at the Y M C A.
Mr and Mrs J BR Hubble and Mr and Mrs Harley Shivers spent Sunday at Washington D C and Columbus checking sights and enjoying a family outing with no reported incidents or delays.
The remains of Mrs Minnie Hoye Robinson are brought to her parents home in Madison street this morning. Funeral services are set for Friday at two o'clock at the Christian church with burial in Haydenville.
On Saturday October 25 from 2 to 4 PM Kathryn Wolfe celebrated her sixth birthday with friends. Guests included Marjorie Woile Kathryn Fellom Dorothy Jane Crovene Mary Whitmore Mary Groce Mary Eunice Goodspeed Betty Stewart Isobel Easterling Florence Easterling Margaret Connor Eugene Connor Julia Loudner Andrew Loudner Virginia Lee Clarke Betty Jane Tignor Josephine Tignor Rachel Auflick Nelle Stracke Dowler Ruth Lehman Ruth Seibert and Kathryn Wolfe.
Nelsonville lodge No. 543 B P O Elks schedules a Tuesday afternoon and evening housewarming at the local club. The committee and officers urge attendance of old timers who have long served the organization. A short lodge session starts promptly at 7 o'clock with special preparations for election returns ongoing.
A Western Union wire will be installed at the club and an improved radio will be in operation for the event. Cards are being mailed to the entire membership and each member may bring a friend. C H Martin chairs the Invitation committee and promises many surprises in entertainment. Lunch will be served.
Cecil Shafer buys the fine residence on East Franklin Street from Mrs M F E Stratton. Possession will be given about December 1. Mrs Stratton and her daughter Miss Nelle will move to Wilkinsboro PA where they have purchased property for their future home. Basketball and other brief items follow in the column.
An independent basketball team is urged to report to the YMCA for tryouts no later than November 6. Four games are currently scheduled, and the team is expected to practice at the new high school gymnasium at least twice a month.
The Messenger reports on Wednesday that Hugh Meighen confessed judgment to George Beverage in the Common Pleas court for 213.80 dollars. Meighen was the plaintiff, not the defendant, in the action.
The Borah committee halves move to Chicago to probe political corruption while the rest examine slush funds in Washington. L E Sheppard, head of the Order of Railroad Conductors, testifies the group has about 64 000 members but denies a direct tie to the AFL and rejects having a room at the Progressive headquarters in Morrison Hotel.
The State Health department issues a vaccination order through school officials. The order is expected to affect the university football team and may cause a postponement of the game a week from Saturday.
About 1150 students and fifty faculty members at Ohio Northern University Ada received smallpox vaccinations this afternoon after the discovery of a single case this week. The vaccination drive is directed by two health officials.
New York and Connecticut state chairmen George K Morris and J Henry Roaback testified before the Senate paten fund committee in Washington to report on their financial activities in support of the Coolidge Dawes ticket.
The Cambridgeshire, a premier British turf race, was won today by Twelve Pointer. Fort finished second and Verdict third, as crowded stands witnessed a tight finish.
An advertisement from Keller Laboratory of Mechanicsburg Ohio promotes Lithiated Buchu tablets, claiming they ease bladder irritation by cleansing the bladder and bowels, neutralizing acids, and boosting action. It mentions availability at McKee Drug Co in the local area and cautions against drugs that affect bladder action. It references “Co. N. Shuman” and a patient needing nightly dosing.
The report notes that over 13,900 tons of sugar were produced in two English beetroot factories during the previous year. This indicates a strong output from the sector and highlights continued efficiency in British beet sugar production.
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