This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1919
Page
10
Pomeroy Council members and Knights of Columbus prepare a Columbus Day fundraiser for Monday October 13 at Sacred Heart church auditorium. N Raub chairs the invitation drive as parishioners and Soldier Boys of Sacred Heart are invited to attend.
Ohio Valley Amateur Base Ball League directors gather at Dr M D Hartinger's office this evening to finalize arrangements for the post season championship series between Pom eroy and New Haven.
The funeral for Dayton Hayman who was killed at Forest Run mine early Sunday morning was held Thursday at two o'clock in the Minersville M E church. Members of the Pomeroy Lodge of Odd Fellows, of which he was a member, attended.
A funeral service was held at the family residence on Wednesday evening with interment following at Gilmore cemetery. Mrs. Delbert Eiselstein has been hospitalized at Holzier Hospital in Gallipolis and was discharged Tuesday afternoon, returning home on Union Avenue via the Finsterwald ambulance accompanied by her husband.
Mrs Catheryn Bryan of Kansas City is visiting friends in the area and staying with Mr and Mrs Paul Jones. A Married Ladies Society social is planned at Sacred Heart Church this evening. Various locals and visitors are noted returning from trips and travels to Columbus Cincinnati Akron Tipton and lakes region with several family and business visits and recoveries.
At a meeting of New Haven and Pomeroy base ball clubs the league decided the championship will be decided in three games at Syracuse ball park on three consecutive Sundays starting Sept 28 with 2 pm starts and 35 cent admission. Joe Willis and Bruck to pitch first game.
County Superintendent of Schools George W. Crow traveled to Columbus on district school affairs including oversight of about $300,000 in school money. Only two days remain this week as sale closings approach for May er Shumaker's surplus stock.
Government rationing limits the variety to meats hash bacon and canned items. These two days offer the final opportunity to purchase these supplies under the program.
Henry Priode and family relocate from their Mulberry Avenue residence to the Dr. R. B. Church property on the opposite side of the avenue. The move follows the sale of their former home to Charles Gloeckner and coincides with R. C. Lord and family vacating the Davis flat on Second Street to live elsewhere.
Deputy U S Internal Revenue Collector John R Lynn summoned about forty to fifty locals to a full day session in the Meigs County area. Those who operated taxis for compensation since July 1 must pay ten-twelfths of ten dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30 next. Receipt grants permission to resume taxi work with no further interference from the revenue office.
Middleport resident H. H. Shanks has disposed of his Second street property and expects to move his family to Columbus soon. T. A. Creger, S. P. Tinklepaugh and Clarence McDade left Wednesday for Northern Canada for a several weeks hunting and fishing trip.
Indianapolis beat Kansas City 6 2 and 5 to 8 Indianapolis and Columbus split with Milwaukee 2 to 3 and Toledo defeated Minneapolis 3 to 8.
Otto B. Cornell of Westerville was elected grandmaster of the Royal and Select Masons of Ohio at the nineteenth annual assembly, succeeding E. G. Robinson of Mansfield. Ww. T. S. O'Hara of Toledo was elected grand recorder, with Louis B. Shaw of Gallipolis as deputy grand master and Clyde L. Smith of Fremont as Grand P. C. W. Frank H. Marquis of Mansfield named grand treasurer.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.