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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1921

Page

7

Local Society Notes Highlight Meetings and Visits

The Womans Music club schedules a called session Saturday at 3 30 with Mrs J J Marwin. Mrs Ray Slaughter announces the birth of a son at Grant hospital Columbus. Miss Bernice Thompson improves after a surgical operation in Cleveland. Everett Starr returns to Huntington after visiting his parents. The Current Events club meets with Alice Robinson program followed by refreshments in blue and white decor.

The Womans Music Club Altera J .J. Marwin Mill Street Ray Slaughter Franklin Avenue Grant Hospital Columbus F. P. Thompson Cleveland Miss Bernice Thompson Miss Thompson Everett Starr Huntington W. Va C. E. Starr Gallipolis Helen Maucek R. J. Mauck Jack Galbreath Harold Coe Athens Homer C. Clark Grosvenor Street J. R. Harvey Congress Alice Robinson Melba Woodworth M. E. McCalla Clark Householder Pearl Drake

Local man heads to Yonkers to join Cream Fried Cake Co.

Earl Nye departed for Yonkers New York to work with C H Porte J Clyde Edmundson and Charles Pickering in the Cream Fried Cake Co. business. Mr and Mrs Charles T Newman host their daughter in law Mrs John W Newman visiting from Adams County. Mrs Newman formerly Velma Wills a student at Ohio University Normal School.

Earl Nye Yonkers, N. Y Messrs C. H. Porte J. Clyde Edmundson Charles Pickering Cream Fried Cake Co Charles T. Newman John W. Newman Adams County Newman Velma Wills Normal School Ohio University

Morgan Family Plans Washington Visit En Route to Boston

Geoffrey F. Morgan will stop in Washington D C before traveling to Boston Mass for a week with a friend at Weymouth Heights. Mrs Emmett L Murphey arrives to spend the weekend with Mr and Mrs O B Murphey at 216 East State Street and visit daughter Helen and son Richard at Ohio University. Dr Murphey and relatives head to Jerseyville for an annual hunting trip.

Geoffrey F. Morgan New York Washington D. C Boston Mass Mr. Morgan Weymouth Heights Emmett L. Murphey Corning O. B. Murphey East State Street Helen Lindley Hall Richard Ohio University Murphey Athens Frank R. Murphey Harry McKinstry Jerseyville

Washington couple wed at Metropolitan Baptist church

Miss Christine M. Clossman daughter of Mrs. Alice M. Clossman married Clyde H. Freed of Washington D C. on Wednesday September 7 at noon. Rev J C Ball performed the ceremony. They plan a western trip then home at 613 Lexington place northeast after October 15. Mrs Freed is sister of Mrs S M Johnson and a former Ohio University student.

Washington Washington D. C Christine M. Clossman Alice M. Clossman Clyde H. Freed Washington, D. C Metropolitan Baptist Church J. C. Ball Freed Yellowstone Park Lexington Place S. M. Johnson Morris Avenue Ohio University Clossman Glouster

Ready for Work of Coming Year at Sunday School

Presbyterian Sunday school announces the coming year activities with new instructors and continued leaders. Prof Gamitzfeiter takes college women class, Prof Cooper leads college men, Miss Jennie Evans and Miss Enid Townsend remain with the primary department, and Mrs Lucile Henry Finsterwald will teach the former class of Miss Erma Comstock.

Gard Addicott Presbyterian Gamitzfeiter Treadley Philosophy University Stewart Cooper Rupp Paul Torrance Jennie Evans Enid Townsend Carson Erma Comstock Lucile Henry Finsterwald Hoover Fordyce Stewart

Oil Light Beats Electric Or Gas Burns 94 Percent Air

A new oil lamp tested by the U.S. Government and 25 leading universities proved superior to ordinary lamps. It burns 94 percent air and 6 percent kerosene, with no odor smoke or noise. Inventor RE A Johnson offers 10 day free trials or free lamps to early adopters and promises agency opportunities and monthly earnings.

U.S RE. A. Johnson Lake St Chicago Ill

Cleveland Fights for Union Depot

Cleveland weighs a union station on the public square with a September 20 hearing pending. Two Interstate Commerce Commission investigators will review the site and proposed station tariffs before the hearing, arguing the project differs from the election approved station two years ago.

Cleveland Public Square Interstate Commerce Committee

Premier Lloyd George to dedicate Welsh church in Columbus

Ohio officials say Prime Minister Lloyd George of Great Britain will be asked to dedicate the new Welsh Presbyterian church in Columbus on December 1 during his attendance at the Washington disarmament conference.

Ohio Columbus Lieyd George Great Britain New Welsh Presbyterian Church Washington

Blue Peavil Sends Toilet Urge for Attention

The fragment notes a humorous line about a toilet asking for attention and mentions Blue Peavil in a dated 9 12 46 token.

Prices Hit Consumers For Bread And Cakes Warned

The advertisement urges shoppers not to pay over 14 cents for a large loaf and over 9 cents for a small loaf, claiming profiteering. Littler proclaims pure ingredients, no dope, and reduced prices to meet today’s conditions as the best bread in the state and dependable cakes. It ends with a call to help build up Athens Columbus.

Littler

Diamond Dyes Promise Fadeless Color For Worn Garments

Diamond Dyes offer simple instructions to restore faded skirts coats draperies and more. Each package guarantees non streaking coloring for wool silk linen cotton or blends and advises telling the druggist the fabric type before dyeing.

Miss Hazel Whitmer Seeks Thanks for Kind Acts in Accident

Miss Hazel Whitmer of Shawnee requests thanks to all who sent flowers visited her in hospital or assisted her after being struck by an automobile at State and Lancaster streets on August 27. She will always remember the kindness of Athens residents.

Hazel Whitmer Shawnee State Lancaster Streets Athens

Local Residents Make Weekend Trips and Daily Errands

The report lists several residents traveling to Athens and visiting relatives on Monday and Wednesday. Ed Micheals and Ed Terrell family members are noted along with others visiting Athens, Logan, Chauncey, Shawnee, and Columbus for gatherings, meals, or caregiving.

Athens Golfers Enjoy Lancaster Links Outing

Athens Country Club members visited Lancaster for a Thursday golf outing. A luncheon, four foursomes, and 18 holes followed a fine meal. Lancaster led with 30 to Athens 15. Amateurs bested some veterans, and locals look forward to reciprocation of the courtesy.

Athens Country Club Lancaster Athens

Train wreck sparks creek fire near Crescent

A Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed at Crescent Ohio and gas line escaped into Burned Up Creek. Boys set the slick surface alight and flames spread for about two miles threatening bridges as firefighters and locals watched the dangerous incident unfold.

Crescent Baltimore and Ohio

Facial Fuzz for Kids Returning to Cleveland

Cleveland barbers report facial fuzz is making a comeback among young men heading back to school. They note many boys sport mustaches while older men favor clean shaven lips, with shop owners predicting a seasonal trend.

Cleveland Maurice Reindsener

Irish Transports Take Over Drogheda Plant

Irish transport workers in Drogheda seized the foundry and began operating it under their own management, forming a soviet on Thursday. The action came amid growing industrial unrest as workers assert control of the plant.

Belfast Drogheda

Musician Recovers Health After Mayr Remedy

A musician describes bowel discomfort and being out of tune until using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. The formula claims to clear catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and ease stomach liver and appendix related ailments. McKee Drug Co Athens Gem Pharmacy Nelsonville and druggists offer a money back guarantee.

Mayr McKee Drug Co Athens Gem Pharmacy Nelsonville

Millard Thomas Recovers After Peach Stone Blockage

Millard Thomas of Kingsmills, aged 35, began eating again today after five days without food due to a peach stone lodging in his esophagus. doctors report gradual improvement.

Cincinnati Millard Thomas Kingsmills

Hospitalization Record Shows Unclear Removal Event

An unclear fragment notes something being removed at a hospital last night. Details are sparse and no other context is available from the readable text.

Lawyers to Convene District Gathering on Honesty

Lawyers from Marion Delaware Hardin Logan Champaign Madison and Union counties will hold a district convention at the women's reformatory in Marysville Ohio October 21. Honesty among lawyers will be one of the topics discussed at the event.

Marysville Marion Delaware Hardin Logan Champaign Madison Union Counties Women’s Reformatory

Abandoned Twins Found After Suitcase On Ferry

Detroit police and Canadian border officers hunted today for a young mother who locked twin baby girls in a suit case and left the bag aboard the ferry boat Promise traveling from Windsor to Detroit. An eyewitness alerted Thomas G. Butler, a boat employee, who discovered the babies last night.

Detroit Promise Windsor Thomas G. Butler

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