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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1919
Page
3
Lost us dollars twenty eight in bills reward is returned to 111 Myers Street. Attending notice for Kill Eagle Tribe No. 179 meeting September 12. Business of great importance demands attendance. Frank Skivers Sachem Robt Bircher C of R
W H Lutz states he is not a candidate for mayor of Nelsonville and says the earlier announcement in The Messenger last Saturday was a mistake. He declares he has never had aspirations for the office.
Nelsonville audiences enjoyed a large concert at Stuart's Opera House under St Andrew's church featuring Thomas Murray with Elizabeth and Cecilia Burke, Catherine Beck, F X Rauch and others. Proceeds supported the new Catholic rectory. Included were violin, piano, soprano, and baritone numbers plus songs by Murray and Rosser. Several local residents and guests from Columbus and Groveport attended. A separate note reports 18 month old William Kenneth Smith died from flu complications at his home. Funeral plans not announced.
An invitation was extended Sunday evening at the annual congregational meeting of the Methodist Church requesting the return of Rev. Arthur M. Mann who has many friends in the community.
City residents welcome a pastor’s return while Miss Catherine Beck and Miss Alice Strapp of the Murray Concert company stay with Miss Fanny Mulligan. For sale two story house on Walnut street across from East End School Building. Call Bell phone 829 for particulars.
Misses Kate Newman Naomi Steen rod Pauline Donley Martha Keister Mrs Stella Reigle and Allard Hostet ter enjoyed a Sunday picnic while Orlie Hoch and H H Harding joined the outing at Initial Rock.
Harry Smith died at his Old Floodwood home Monday after a slate fall at Standard Coal Co. mine the prior Thursday. He recently returned from overseas duty. Weekend visitors included Mrs. Gay Aumiller and family from Columbus, and relatives and guests from nearby towns. Other locals noted visiting relatives in Columbus and attendance at the G. A. R. encampment in Columbus.
A bus ride on Saturday will take him to see his mother Mrs Frank Murphy who underwent an operation at Grant Hospital last Thursday. Friends in town are glad she is progressing as well as could be expected.
Court records show the divorce action was withdrawn by the plaintiff and the couple will reunite to care for their children. A separate releases case was dismissed after defense moved to arrest the case, Judge Mauck ruling the plaintiff failed to prove a contract. The dispute centered on a $130 wage claim from Jane Roblett.
Mrs. Carl Bell and Mrs. William Scott hosted a Tuesday afternoon shower from 2 to 5 o'clock for Miss Blanche Cooper, whose marriage to George Russell is set for Thursday. A luncheon with attractive appointments was served and guests included Mrs. Will Carter, Mrs. Ed Berry, Mrs. Frank Hall, Mrs. Sarah Richard, Mrs. William Hawk, Miss Edna Hawk, Miss Gladys Lynch, Mrs. Lynch, Mrs. Josephine.
The list enumerates numerous Mrs and Misses including Maggie Perkins Ada Hill Maud Hill Sam Johnson Ada Morgan Lizza Daniels Eva Goins Ella Fields Burley Angie Cooper Ruth Cooper Ida Cooper Hart Cummhan Lucy Farmer Roberts Herbert Thompson Don Thompson Guy Hale Mollie Campbell indicating a social registers segment listing prominent residents and spouses.
A small blaze started this afternoon in the Dr Bean dental office when a gas jet ignited a curtain. The fire was confined to the curtain and quickly extinguished with minor damage reported.
An advertisement touts the Grandmiola phonograph with claims of unmatched tone and volume. It offers cash rewards for the first studio produced unit with greater volume and better tone and emphasizes cash-only sales and guaranteed new machines.
Sauter's Phonograph Studio in Nelsonville Ohio offers repair services for all makes and models. Repair shop emphasizes quick turnaround and customer satisfaction.
A pleasant birthday dinner at Mrs Wemmer’s home drew relatives and friends with well filled baskets. Attendees included the Patton and White families, Wemmer relatives, and several Davis and Welling households. Separate notes mention Celie Boudinot visiting Burr Oak, the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Wahl on September 8, and Jim Beckley with son Clarence visiting Jackson.
Wilma Carlton delightfully entertained a number of young people at her home Saturday night with games and music. Watermelon was served to Minnie Welling Mildred Fitch Bertha Norma Helen Keller Lela Dunfee Irma Rus Webster Morris Webster Ivory Dunfee Raymond Wilson Floyd Russel John Barnett Everett Killer Herman Dunfee Ralph Howard Stout.
Sunday visitors included T. E. Fitch and family at Tim Russell’s home near Frost. Mrs Ek D Morrison and Grace left for Wittsburg to see sons and families. C E Keller and family visited Albert Larson at Coolville. Sammy Russell headed to Nebraska where he was once employed before service. Schools nearby opened September 8 as threshing wheat continued in the area.
Two balloons carrying naval officers and Goodyear Tire officials departed Wingfoot Naval Air Station late Monday for New York City. The pilots aim to arrive Tuesday afternoon to take part in the Pershing reception and First Division parade on Wednesday.
Dr Karl Renner the Austrian chancellor arrived at St Germain where the Austrian peace treaty is expected to be signed likely on Friday. A new spirit level with a dry battery incandescent lamp was introduced for use in dark places.
Washington dispatch reports Senator Hitchcock saying Democratic senators will accept peace treaty reservations only as a last resort. He added he "supposed" he would accept them in the end if no other way to secure ratification votes.
Ohio brief reports 10 year old William McCarney struck by an auto driver who left the scene. His injuries are not fatal. Also in Canton George Pearson and Nick Else, Waco farm partners, jailed after a farm fight that started over a wives dispute. Weapons included clubs and baseball bats. In Cincinnati a jewelry house employees seek higher pay. A circus bear bites a woman feeding peanuts.
The British Board of Education will require 30,000 additional men and women teachers to carry on the continuation schools for England and Wales.
An inventor patent describes an elongated sheet with evenly spaced slits allowing disks to be slipped in one over another, creating a compact stacked storage system for phonograph records.
A new atlas for the blind in Britain features 120 relief maps and 202 embossed pages of descriptive text, offering tactile geographic information. The publication aims to aid visually impaired readers with accessible geographic data.
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