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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1925
Page
2
Relatives and friends travel between Columbus, Marietta, Pittsburgh, Lexington and Cincinnati for conventions, visits, and family events. Attendees include Rhcearé Campbell, Mrs. Charles Hartley, Emma Fees, and others from Pomeroy and nearby towns.
In Wabeno NOY September petitions list candidates for constable and township trustees. Dana R Roush Peter Got B Young Ira Morris among six for constable. O M Wagan W W McKihenney William Seyfried Gilbert Weeks among six for trustees. three of these may be elected. board of education names Rowell Thornton Well Hysell fans and Morris. eligibility for election noted. Button township petitions to be announced tomorrow.
SpomeroY Sept 22. The Groyh School Athletic held its first meeting of the year in the high school auditorium for electing officers for the coming year. Malcolm Hartley was elected president and Frances McKee, vice president. Martin Elbergeld was athletic manager with Weed as assistant manager.
Edward Guinther, five, son of Mr and Mrs Guinther, died about seven yesterday morning from spinal meningitis. Arrangements will be announced later.
Aged resident Mrs Bradford died at Fourth and Main streets at 1 oclock yesterday after a brief illness with pneumonia. She leaves children. Funeral arrangements not yet announced.
In Beaumont on Sunday a party for Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Daugherty drew about 614 friends and boys to the Daugherty home for a picnic and social gathering. The event featured home-made ice cream and cake served by Mrs. Howard Bolin and Miss Milgod and Avice Smith of Pomeroy. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Bart Davidson and Mr. and Mrs. Cy A Daugherty of Coolville, J. A. Atkinson and daughters Erma, Eleanor, Ruth and Knees of Beaumont, William Coe of Columbus, and Pauline Daugherty and Wood and Coe Daugherty.
Report notes an unexpected IRS visit at a home in The Plains. Names mentioned include Mr and Mrs Lake, Mr and Mrs Stoner and their daughter Fauna, and other locals such as Betty and Evelyn, with scattered fragments of accompanying surnames and relatives.
A local note reports residents from ET ITY enjoying a village picnic held in a social setting. Jared Ludwick, previously of this area, attended with neighbors at W. Ve.
Chauncey high school students host a watermelon party for parents and families this evening causing the Chauncey Boy Scout troop meeting to be canceled.
Mrs James Terrel and guests from The Plains plus Nelsonville and Athens enjoyed a Sunday visit hosted by Mr and Mrs Am Athens and the Coon family. Other locals, including McDonalds and Shivers, journeyed to Lan Gay and The Plains as students return home for high school.
The Chauncey community notes the birth of a grandson to Mr. and Mrs. 8. Merry of Chauncey. The newborn is connected to John Robert and the family resides near St. Clairville in this vicinity.
A short household notice lists Mr. and Mrs. G B Merry and their daughter Burk, noting a family event or acknowledgment from a local newspaper brief.
James Sommers and James Sr. act as social reporters replacing Neliie Bartels who resigned. Mrs. Guy Chass and son Lawrence of Columbus return after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Marry Farley in Mason. Howard Longstaff arrives in Athens to begin as assistant in psychology and plans post graduate study toward an MA. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Hennessy return from a motor trip to Cleveland.
Mayor Hess has called a special council meeting for Thursday evening to consider the regular semiannual appropriation bill.
Ed Snyder of Pity-Me was arrested Sunday for making menacing threats. He appeared before Justice Gilmore on Monday, fined five dollars and costs, and was imprisoned when unable to pay.
Pomeroy Sept 22 Word has been received of the death of John T Paine of Detroit on Sunday He had been an invalid for several years and was born and raised in Pomeroy He leaves one sister Mrs J A Willock of Pomeroy
Calvin Alexander Price, 78, a former river engineer, died Saturday at his Letart home. Funeral services were held Monday. He passed away after a long career on the waterways.
Judge L G Worstell in Common Pleas court ordered James Sawyer of Trimble to pay Hattie Sawyer alimony totaling 50 dollars. Twenty five dollars must be paid before a specified date and twenty five dollars on or before October 17. The State of Ohio trial for Charlies Shields is scheduled for October 8 1926 and the trial for Freida Tripple Sams captain Peter Y Rams is set for October 9 1926.
A woman sues the National Bank of Glogster to recover 971.60 claiming 471.60 was given on March 38, 1936 and 500.00 on April 7 for U S Liberty bonds purchases. She alleges the bonds were not received nor money returned and seeks judgment with interest.
A letter from C. HB Cradei gh and Aggie corrects a news item stating Grover Cradelbaugh arraigned in Nelsonville on robbery charges and released from prison after only a year. The letter requests the Messenger publish the denial.
Report states nine men were detained after a raid on a poker game. Names such as Kempton, Henry, and Kearns appear among those arrested along with other individuals. The incident occurred during a disrupted gaming event and authorities indicated the defendants would be processed following the raid.
In Tangier, Moroccan volunteers protecting the Sultan face a Washington ban on fighting. Maxwell Blake, American Consul General, must serve the airmen with orders to quit. France argues the US move hinges on shaky legal grounds as Abd-el-Krim is framed as a rebel under alliance treaties.
Washington September 22 Navy batteries joined the air board session to argue against a unified U S air service. The Navy seeks to keep air defense under the War and Navy departments and cites British naval experts who say air power loses value without its current control structure.
Barton Sept 22 an inquest ruled Joseph Gallagher age 17 died after being struck by a train last night. He mistook a flagman from a work train for a railroad policeman, leading to the fatal accident.
Fragmentary death notice from Albany region with scattered details about a woman named Bowers and references to family names, birth, and a workshop or location. Information is incomplete and unclear, no full dates or clear relationships.
Fire damages gambling city causing over one million dollars in losses. Only a handful of Am were in Tia Juana at the time. Revelers dispersed as authorities investigated the incident.
A man died in a hospital after being overcome during an attempted arrest by workhouse guards January 1921. The incident occurred after he was taken through the boiler house wall during the confrontation.
Anton Kosky, 24, of Cleveland, killed himself beside his wife’s grave in Forest Cemetery Toledo last night after arranging his own funeral and burial beside her.
In Hollywood early today police raided the Nourse studio club and arrested fifteen persons including three women while holding them as witnesses. Officers took names of 125 other guests. many were described as prominent.
The Ash Consaul bridge over the Maumee river is out of service after the steamer Yosemite struck the west span near the draw pier, Toledo reports say. The incident left the span unusable and halted river traffic pending repairs.
Fragmentary classified text from Taleville New York notes a person suffering after birth and mentions medicine and a sale listing. Details are unreadable and scattered, with incomplete phrases and unclear identifiers.
Registrar Frank B. Dilley says Ohio University will enroll about 1850 students this year, the highest in its history. Prof. C. C. Robinson notes more freshmen in the music college while the commerce and education schools report full or closed classes.
A Lancaster man employed on a university building drove a car that wrecked on East Union street hill last night. The driver was unharmed but the vehicle and its bar were badly damaged after brakes failed and the car left the curb, landing near the Schloss factory in the low place.
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