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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1923
Page
8
Constable Mariner and Sheriff McKinley chased John Dishong, 20, along Sugar Creek Amesville road to a store. After a second search, Dishong was found beneath a pile of mattresses hiding inside the store. McKinley drew a revolver.
Miss Abby Rockefeller, daughter of John D. Rockefeller Jr., appears on Fifth Avenue as thousands march in Easter Sunday crowds. Her family’s income is mentioned as one million dollars monthly.
Dishong emerged from under a pile of mattresses and pleaded guilty at arraignment before Magistrate Helwig. A settlement is expected to be arranged following the hearing.
George Lardes, 43, a Nickle Plate railroad section hand, was killed instantly in Euclid Village when a passing train struck him. His body was hurled into the air by the impact.
London dispatch reports European women face deteriorating morality postwar. Cicely Hamilton argues lack of husbands creates homes and children shortages despite 20.6 million women. She warns unions must back equal pay or risk arming bosses to hire cheaper female labor.
Lieutenant David Rittenhaus of the navy performed a bold aerial feat in Washington today landing a seaplane in the shallow pool beside the Lincoln Memorial in Potomac Park. The pool measures 160 feet in width and the water depth was three feet.
Columbus Ohio April 6 hope for the recovery of Mrs William Montgomery Logan afflicted with talking sickness was voiced by physicians attending her at the Hardings 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 It was stated today
A daughter named Christine Louise was born on April 2 to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Dorsey Jr at Albany R D 1.
Stanley Forbes alias James Martin known as Slim Brady faces execution at the Ohio penitentiary in Columbus unless Governor Donahey intervenes. The scheduled date is April 13.
Kent Ohio April 6 The Senate passed the Emmons bill increasing Kent Normal School trustees from five to seven. It aims to oust President J E McGilvre y by shifting control from the current board. The bill goes to the governor. The Atwood bill for professional engineer and land surveyor registration was defeated. A House resolution urged Congress to curb mine fire menace in Perry county.
Tallahassee officials announce a full investigation of the Florida lease system after the death of Martin Tabort from flogging in a prison camp. The inquiry, ordered by the Florida House committee, aims to abolish the system following a North Dakota request for a probe.
On the sixth anniversary of America's entry into World War I the Lakewood Lincoln Memorial Association announced its incorporation in Cleveland. The group plans a joint memorial honoring Lincoln and Lakewood WWI heroes.
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