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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1923
Page
6
Constable Mariner and Sheriff McKinley pursue John Dishong on Sugar Creek Amesville road. After a store chase he hides under mattresses but is found. McKinley draws a revolver during the arrest attempt.
Miss Abby Rockefeller, daughter of John D. Rockefeller Jr., drew crowds on Fifth Avenue during a grand Easter Sunday parade as thousands lined the route. Her family’s prominence and wealth were noted in coverage of the event.
A man named Dishong arose from beneath a pile of mattresses and attracted attention as he emerged. He pleaded guilty at arraignment before Magistrate Helwig, and a settlement is expected.
George Lardes a 43 year old section hand forNickle Plate was fatally struck by a passing train at Euclid Village Cleveland. His body was hurled into the air upon impact and he died instantly.
London dispatch reports Milton Bronner quoting Cicely Hamilton on postwar Europe. She warns of worsening conditions for women, hiring if unions resist equal pay, and a shift toward cheap labor. Refers to 20 million European women lacking homes and children due to husbands abroad. The piece notes a temporary postwar loosening of morals amid youth culture and reset expectations.
Washington April 6 A daring aerial feat was achieved when Lieutenant David Rittenhaus of the navy landed a seaplane in the shallow pool beside the Lincoln Memorial in Potomac Park. The pool measures 160 feet in width and the water was three feet deep.
Columbus Ohio April 6 Hope for the recovery of Mrs William Montgomery 22 Logan afflicted with talking sickness was voiced by physicians attending her at the Harding sanitarium Worthington near here where she has been a patient since Wednesday night It was stated that Mrs Montgomery slept well last night and part of this forenoon and that her condition has improved Her peculiar illness is attributed to a recent attack of influenza She does not talk as much as when admitted to the hospital
Up to Donahey. Columbus April 6. Unless Governor Donahey intervenes, Stanley Forbes also known as James Martin and Slim Brady, Cleveland gun men, will be electrocuted at the penitentiary here April 13.
In Columbus on April 6 the senate approved the Emmons bill increasing Kent Normal School trustees from five to seven. It aims to remove President J E Gilvrey by shifting control from the current board. The measure moves to the governor. The Atwood engineers and land surveyors registration bill failed. The House adopted a resolution urging Congress to curb mine fires in Perry County.
Tallahassee officials announced a full investigation into the Florida lease system following the death of Martin Tabort a North Dakota youth in a prison flogging. The probe aims to abolish the system per North Dakota requests.
On the sixth anniversary of the war declaration, Lakewood Lincoln Memorial Association was announced in Cleveland. The group plans a joint memorial to President Lincoln and to Lakewood World War heroes.
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