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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1920
Page
6
Eleanor Louise, four, wandered from her sister about 6 PM near Five Points. She spent the night in woods, scratched from underbrush, until found on a neighbor’s porch near 10 PM Sunday. Community search failed to locate her family. identification was by first name only.
Fragmentary OCR suggests a morning sequence showing a distressed mother and baby and an attempt to identify the child’s guardianship. The tone implies emotional tension and a close domestic setting as the scene unfolds.
The body of a man identified only by a government registration card, believed to be Joseph Patrick Maloney, was recovered from the Ohio River near the Hocking Valley roundhouse. Coroner B H Ewing held an inquest. a funeral service led by Rev John C Ford followed at Beech Grove.
A tight Sunday tilt at Syracuse Park saw Pomeroy edge Point Pleasant 1 to 0. Wilson’s errant throw on Turnbull’s attempt to score produced the lone run, keeping the series’ score tied 1-1 with Point Pleasant having earlier won 4 to 2.
Mrs Simmons widow of John Simmons of Middleport died Saturday evening aged, due to heart trouble. Funeral at 2 pm on Tuesday at 2nd Street Middleport with interment in Hill cemetery. Mrs Electa May King of Henry King died Saturday about midnight at home in the second ward. Survived by husband a son and three daughters. Infant son of Mr and Mrs George Goodnight Hartford City died Sunday afternoon from summer complaint. Services scheduled for 1 pm Tuesday at the residence.
Lieut Rob Webster reports the Meigs county contingent arrived safely in Cleveland for the American Legion convention. Seventeen Meigs boys joined about 25 000 legionnaires in a monster parade Monday. They traveled in a Pullman car with diner and will return together by B and O railroad, not K and M.
In the First Ward on Sunday Sheriff Hartenbach and Dr. McCullough were sent to the White House after a commotion. They found a woman, former wife of Henry Copeland, badly beaten with head gashes and the scene prompted medical attention.
Val Bauer of the White House section faced a $500 bond after allegedly assaulting a local woman whom first aid staff treated for serious wounds. Distant witnesses report prior quarrels and multiple falls between Bauer and the woman, with the latest incident seen as not wholly unexpected.
Keen cutter Charles Morton colored, who recently slashed Clem Scott and cut him across the bread basket with a knife wound about a half inch deep, was arrested Saturday by Officer W. W. Thompson. Before Justice Ransom Fish he was bound over to the grand jury in $200, or given county jail lodging and meals in his absence.
Sunday in Pomeroy featured a mix of events from a morning American Legion convention with brass band to a Fourth Ward assault report, a ball game afternoon, the recovery of a drowned man, a coroner’s inquest, and a missing four year old in the woods, showing the town was far from dead despite few obituaries.
Doanville won the second and deciding game to take the three game series from Logan 6 to 3 at Logan on Sept. 26. Breston pitched for Doanville allowing seven Logan hits while Doanville collected eight hits for six runs. Final score 6 to 3.
In memory of Walter F. Bean killed in France on September 28 1918 at the war front. He heard humanitys call and gave his life in deadly battle line. The town-place mourns and honors the loyal son with a crown of ice dew and stars. Moither Mrs Pearl Mansfield. The note ends with a stray line about elder used commercially.
Harmony Hill's eighth annual picnic on the R R Hueston farm September 26 featured a noon dinner of farm produce on the lawn followed by ice cream and watermelon. Attendees included numerous Belpre Marietta Coolville Athens Little Hocking and Toreh residents with socializing music and singing.
Balloon No. 5 landed at Van Wert Ohio after a long flight. Pilot was F. McKilben from St. Louis.
Advertisement asserts that cheerful habits exercise and especially Dr Williams Pink Pills improve digestion by enriching blood. It claims anemia causes indigestion and that the pills restore blood to carry more oxygen, easing dyspepsia. It offers a free booklet What to Eat and How to Eat and notes pills cost 60 cents per box from Schenectady NY or local druggists.
An advertisement touts Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as restoring health to thousands of women nationwide. It claims many neighborhoods have seen women regain health using this root and herb remedy. Chicago is noted as obtaining water from Lake Michigan’s depths.
Hammond Indiana Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad employees win eighty acre golf grounds after closing negotiations. A nine hole course will be laid for staff recreation.
Bankers in Chicago propose using armored cars for payrolls after frequent holdups. Crack rifle shots are expected to form the crew in this strategy.
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