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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1919
Page
8
A vintage advertisement urges readers to stop local applications for rheumatism. It promotes S. S. S. as a blood cleanser claimed to remove the disease by cleansing the blood and removing its causes, urging readers to obtain a bottle and seek medical advice from the Medical Director at Swift Laboratory in Atlanta.
Three Pennsboro Township candidates J H Ewing Stephen Martin and Ransom Fish seek three Justice of the Peace seats in Salisbury Township with two incumbent terms expiring in December and January creating a two vacancy three way contest. The piece urges campaigning to win and ends with praise for the eventual winners.
Oliver Hartley superintendent of Simpson M E Sunday School hosted eleven contest winners at Hotel Remington friday evening. Cora Smith received a silver spoon for top score while Hartley was given a fountain pen with a short thank you from Rowena Cherrington. The group included Mr and Mrs Hartley and several other families and music by the Wells brothers of Kerrs Run.
City crews traced flood flood causes to a clogged old rock sewer at Syracuse and Main. They abandoned the rock drain and connected the street drain directly to the main sewer using a 12 inch tile, expected to prevent future flooding entirely.
At a church meeting the First Presbyterian congregation extended a call to Rev. W. M. Hyde of Sunbury Ohio. Hyde has preached at the church on one or two occasions and made a favorable impression. Prof W H Cooper of Ohio University Athens preached at the church yesterday.
Descendants of Mr and Mrs Philip chlaegel gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs Joseph Baer in Minersville for a family reunion yesterday. The event drew near one hundred relatives and the day was ideal and thoroughly enjoyed.
Miss Opal Bridges returns to Lexington to resume her role as head stenographer at Lexington Rolling Mill Co. Accompanied by Milward Curd and Lillian Bridges, they visit relatives before October nursing studies resume. Several residents travel or host visitors, including Manning Daniels at Dennison University and Miss Krauss in Middleport.
D. V. Wetzel visited Athens on Sunday while Columbus Siano of Fontana Bros. Co. traveled to Columbus to meet his wife returning from a stay with her sister in Buffalo New York. Pomeroy street crowds and merchant activity marked a three week mine pay day Saturday afternoon with continued commerce today.
Mrs. John Fiske visited her daughter Mrs. Noble Richardson in Nelsonville last week. Various Athens area residents visited friends in Columbus and nearby towns. The social column lists multiple visits and guests including the Courtneys and Fiskes, with several families hosting or greeting visitors from Millfield The Plains Chauncey Salt Creek and Corning.
Mrs Anne Witham visited Columbus on business. School opened September 8 with teachers Winifred Hayes and Beatrice Wolf from Athens. Drifting visits include Mrs L W Russell of Athens and Mr and Mrs H S Courtney of Chauncey. Wyant and daughter Nettie visited Orbiston relatives. Lock family moved from Chauncey to this place. LeMaster and Dudley LeMaster of Coolville guests.
Yesterday's scores show Ed Roush four for four guiding Cincinnati over Atlanta 1 to 0. Carl Mays pitched the Yankees to an 8 1 victory against the Browns. St Louis beat the Giants 3 1. Washington fell to Detroit 9 4. Phillies blanked by two doubles and two triples.
New York reports the White Sox outpacing the Reds in the final stretch as pennant odds shape. The White Sox won five of six last week and led the league in fielding with a single error, while Cincinnati slumped with only four wins in seven games and key players less productive.
Mrs Colonel Locke and Miss Agnes Davis of Athens called on Mrs Joe Hutchins Saturday. Will Locke visited Logan to spend Sunday with relatives. Mr and Mrs Elza McGranor moved to Athens on West Union Street. Dave Aleshire, wife and girls, Ike Rollison and James Hardin were at Athens Thursday. Pauline Hawk and Hazle Geisicke visited Athens. Geisicke heads to Columbus this week.
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