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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1920
Page
3
Don Theodore, eight and a half pounds, born Monday September 20 to Mr and Mrs P M Chidector of Pittsburg Pennsylvania. Grandson of Dr C W Cable of Nelsonville.
Sunday afternoon at the city playgrounds Nelsonville defeated Amesville 3 to 0. The report also lists numerous weekend visits by residents and relatives to and from Columbus Athens Granville Logan Hebbardsville and Wellston with several travelers leaving for trips to Sulphur Oklahoma New Orleans and Chattanooga.
Notice thanks a Nelsonville, Ohio family for the death of John Clarence Merz born June 28 1910 and died September 15 1920 at age 10 years two months 18 days. He leaves a mother father seven sisters three brothers all at Nelsonville and many relatives and friends. The group notes his affectionate nature and that he will be missed at home and by playmates with a poetic memory.
Local notices list sales of livestock and real estate in Nelsonville and nearby towns. Listings include a large black cow yielding three gallons of milk daily, several houses for sale with contact details, furniture and equipment, a dance event at Red Men’s Hall September 28, and assorted notices such as lost coat and farm listings in Carbondale and Nelsonville.
The Merz family thanks neighbors friends and relatives for kindness after the death of their son Johnny Merz. Special thanks go to Central building third and seventh grade teachers and pupils for floral tributes and to those who provided cars for the funeral. Mr and Mrs Peter Merz and family.
A meeting is set for tonight at 7 in a room above Cox Brothers on Washington Street to discuss river clearing and Wolf's Basin fill. W W Robinson, formerly of Nelsonville, now Dayton, visited family here and with relatives in Wellston.
Chicago police searched for several men named on a code list found in the residence of Witty Schechman a former secretary to Nikolai Lenine arrested Saturday Papers found show Schechman was a delegate from the third internationale to the communist labor party convention He remained in custody with no charges filed yet
Chicago reports an average 28 percent reduction in lumber prices announced by L R Putnam of the American Wholesale Lumber Dealers Association. Hardwood sees the largest fall of 33 percent with declines from 23 to 34 percent below February levels.
National League results show Cincinnati 8 over Pittsburg 0 and Brooklyn 4 New York 2 while St. Louis 6 defeats Chicago 3. A.L. games Cleveland 7 over St. Louis 6 and Chicago 8 over Detroit 1 New York 9 over Washington 5. A.A. action includes Columbus 1 8 Minneapolis 4 7 and Indianapolis 6 1 Milwaukee 5 2 St. Paul 9 2 and Louisville 3 5.
New Marshfield Mr and Mrs Charles Tanner and Mrs Hurley Pidcock visited Athens today reflecting a Monday stop. Charles Davis departed Sunday for his home in Prinden Tennessee after visiting his brother Ancil Davis and family.
Two thousand people cheer Senator Harding as he arrives in Altoona en route to Baltimore. He makes a brief speech praising the Esch Cummins bill and is noted to have appeared without a collar or necktie as he dressed for the trip.
The Ohio State Federation of Labor non partisan committee and an Ohio miners' committee met in Columbus to approve political recommendations. They keep neutrality in most state offices, with no governor preference. Frank B. Willis is opposed for US Senate, and four justices up for re election could be returned without injury to labor.
A dawn hike to North Hill drew eighty Ohio University girls with Dean Irma Voigt as guides. The early morning trip, part of a popular series, showcased autumn colors and rural scenery around Athens.
Agnes Ilert Wilson daughter of Secretary of Labor Wilson announces candidacy for Congress from Pennsylvania's fifteenth district. She will oppose incumbent Edward Raymon Kies and has been active in Washington social circles since her father's cabinet service.
A meeting at Odd Fellow hall in Glouster starts at 7 PM to organize a Cox Roosevelt club open to affiliates. After formation weekly meetings will be held. Officials Ira Andrews and E L Jones attended Athens elections board talks on fall ballot printing contracts.
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Hawk and their son Jim visited their Lakeside Park cottage for a weekend retreat, spending Saturday and Sunday there.
Ed Carsey of Athens berated Chief of Police Graham in a shoe shop after a friend, an alleged bootlegger, was arrested. He faced intoxication charges and paid a five dollar fine. William Dailey, jailed for intoxication, caused a loud disturbance prompting officials to threaten water hose, then paid five dollars in the morning court.
Magistrate C B Simms fined 23 drunks amid Sabbath and prohibition talk. The court commented that the measure beats anything heard before. An Illinois inventor created a device that prints subscriber names and addresses on newspapers as they exit the presses.
Joseph Quinlan and Thomas E. Austin were arrested in front of the county courthouse for possessing a case of bonded whiskey. They pleaded guilty to possession and attempted sale to Athens men, were fined $200 and costs, and Quinlan’s Buick Six was seized by Sheriff Herb Parker. Austin remained in jail awaiting his mother’s arrival to pay the release.
In Canton, Ohio, Dominick Santillo, 33, an Italian laborer, was found murdered with four bullets in a swamp where the body of Thomas Martolana was located a week earlier. Police attribute the crime to Black Hand killers and seek links between the victims. No arrests yet.
A pair of horse shoes believed to have pulled the express wagon blamed in the Wall Street bombing was recovered. One fore and one hind shoe show the animal was used only recently. Officials aim to identify the horse and owner by tracing local blacksmiths.
United States Department of Agriculture specialists advise delaying potato digging ten days or more after tops die, ideally after frost, to minimize cellar rot. Late blight was severe in New England New York Pennsylvania Ohio northern New Jersey western Maryland and West Virginia due to cool wet weather in July and August.
Honolulu Hawaii Sept 27 Apparent success in treating chronic leprosy with chaulmoogra oil prompts extension of trials to the Kalaupapa leper settlement Thirty six patients recently treated at the receiving station have been paroled and will be closely observed for one year under parole terms.
Police in Chicago pursue a city wide search for Ambrose J. Small Canadian theatre magnate and multi millionaire who vanished in Toronto on December 3 last year. His secretary John Doughty is also missing with no trace found.
A fragment describes a Canadian disappearance tied to a $700000 sum and outlines a chemical process where 240 pounds of camphor chips yield about 5.5 pounds of crystals and 1.5 pounds of oil.
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