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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1922
Page
8
Noti discusses a forth day event and a relief petition. It mentions a county relief group raising funds and a payment tied to wartime needs. Details are fragmented with several garbled phrases and unclear entities.
President John L. Lewis reports large numbers of non union miners in bituminous and anthracite fields joining the coal strike. In Southwestern Pennsylvania about 50 percent of 50,000 nonunion miners have quit. Lewis calls the development unprecedented and says new workers join daily. He disputes Attorney General Daugherty's coal surplus claim and warns of a looming shortage if the strike continues.
Elyria city park fountain is running again and will provide a home for fish and alligators as summer arrives.
In Mexico some areas reportedly experience rain of distinctive colors never before observed elsewhere. Local observers note unusual hues in rainfall, with residents uncertain about causes or patterns. Authorities have offered no official explanation, and further study is planned.
Cincinnati April 7. Frank Bregel chief of police Newport Kentucky was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of unlawfully possessing and transporting whiskey.
Washington reports the U S government will refund 412000 dollars for 35000 money orders sent to Germany in 1916 that were held up by the British censor. The action restores funds to original applicants and reflects wartime postal disruptions.
The Glouster Opera House hosts Cecil B DeMille’s Why Change Your Wife on Friday and Saturday with a good comedy score by Law sons orchestra. The Glouster Radio Electric Co announces plans to occupy the Burns barber shop room by April 20 after renovations.
At a Local Union 296 meeting for Derthick mine 10 employees a relief committee was appointed to seek outside aid for needy members. The panel of J E Miller and S Holt will visit various cities carrying credentials.
Miss Dorothy Grady, 22, sister of Follies star Eva Brady, has purchased a controlling stake in Pana ma Amusement, a chain operating movie and vaudeville houses across Wisconsin Illinois and Indiana. She aims to build a vaudeville magnate empire.
Members of the local relief organization recall their authority to solicit for the needy and note past contributions to relief in other localities. Mr and Mrs Howard McLaughlin visited Cambridge to see Mrs Oral Christian and relatives. Maud Roberts visits in Zanesville. W C Thomas and H Sanders stay with Babbs in Hemlock. H F Kittle joins mother Duffee in Athens.
Representative Ricketts of Ohio told the house that coal operators have banded together to restrict production to raise prices for consumers. He cited similar manipulation in groceries, dry goods and shoes and called for state aid for distressed striking miners in Hocking County Ohio.
Operators in the Logan area and the Logan, Norfolk and Western and Eastern Kentucky fields say there is little market for coal. They contend production could rise if coal could be sold.
Five people were killed and a sixth injured when a British aircraft collided with a French plane at Tilloy France this afternoon, according to reports reaching London.
Charles W. Juniper files cross petition in Athens County Court of Common Pleas case No. 12416 seeking judgment of 1000 dollars with 6 percent interest from 1921 and relief including lien distribution. Monies due to Mabel Taylor are attached. her answer due by May 20.
Goldie G. Hamilton has filed a divorce and custody petition against Samuel N. Hamilton of Fairmont West Virginia in cause No. 12448 before the Athens County Common Pleas Court. Hearing set for and after May 22, 1922, with M D Hughes as attorney for the plaintiff.
Troy woman Mrs Dot Cox of 402 E Canal St Troy Ohio says she will tell or write about her experience in removing an inward goitre with Sorbol Quadruple a colorless liniment. See treatment and names of other users at McKee Drug Co Athens LeFavor's Pharmacy Glouster or write Box 358 Mechanicsburg Ohio.
Police say a dynamite bomb with power to wreck a large building was found early today under the dining room window of the palatial Pittsburgh home of Mrs. Annie McMullin widow of Matthew E. McMullin millionaire steelman and stock broker.
Edward and Frank Valadin, tenants on Mrs. Elizabeth Myers’ farm near Doanville, were arrested with 200 gallons of corn mash found in a locked room. The brothers face charges of possessing liquor manufacture equipment and will be tried Monday at 6 p.m. in Magistrate Pearl W. Helwig’s court on $500 bonds. Edward is from Portsmouth and Frank recently moved from Akron.
Ed Terrell of Dover township was arrested Tuesday on an assault and battery charge filed by Paul Fisk, a Plains school teacher. He pleaded not guilty in Magistrate Helwig's court and was bound over to the May grand jury on a $500 bond after a morning meeting over school matters ended with Fisk allegedly struck on the head with a pitchfork.
Linda Burtach, nicknamed the no tobacco whirlwind, prepares a state wide campaign against marijuana use in Michigan outlining advocacy efforts and public outreach plans.
Countess Markiewicz, a top Irish republican figure, arrived aboard the Aquitania in New York and denounced Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins as unqualified traitors, declaring nothing could change that assessment.
In Charleston on April 7 eighteen mines in the Kanawha district remained in operation, according to the Kanawha Operators association.
In 1920 nearly 3 million bottles were shipped from the Lynn Massachusetts factory with branches in Canada and Mexico. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has the largest sale of any medicine for women's ailments and is described as safe and drug free.
Democratic senators accused President Harding of civil service infractions in sweeping Democrats from office and installing Republicans. Senator Harrison of Mississippi, Stanley of Kentucky, and Caraway of Arkansas led caustic personal denunciations labeling him and “Republican spoilsmen.”
The "big navy" faction in the House defeated the naval affairs committee plan to fix authorized strength at 80,000 enlisted men and 6000 apprentices. The tally was 12 to 8 in favor of the opposing measure, preserving a larger crew.
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