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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1923
Page
2
A Paris dispatch says German workers attempted to wreck a train carrying M. DeVere and other Belgian officials touring the Ruhr. The incident was described by L Intransigeant from Aix la Chapelle.
Cleveland April 17 persisted reports that Big Five railway brotherhoods planned wage demands before the railway labor board were denied by Warren B. Stone grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Stone said I know nothing about it and have not yet formulated any demands.
Pittsburg police rounded up 160 men seen loafing on downtown streets. In police court 110 chose work and 60 went to jail. The department says it will arrest loafers on sight to curb idle time.
The opening game of the high school baseball season will be played at the playgrounds Wednesday afternoon at 3 30 between Athens and John Hancock. Umpire Peck Beveridge. Athens lineup includes Rhoades McKinley Swyers Kircher Aleo Cowan Devlin Miller Kennedy and Watkins.
In Dayton Ohio at 9 40 this morning the T-2 had been aloft 24 hours on its 55th lap. It completed the 54th lap, a distance of 1 674 miles, in 23 hours 27 minutes and remained in flight.
ST. LOUIS April 17 Bishop Daniel S. Tuttle 86 longtime senior presiding bishop in the Episcopal church has been ill at his home for weeks and suffered another relapse this morning.
A belated measles outbreak hits Elyria Ohio with about 20 new cases daily reported to the health department. School attendance falls as more children stay home. The article notes the spread and strain on local resources.
Marquis James, author of a history of the American Legion, collects material for the American Legion Weekly as it plans state histories. West Virginia is first in the planned series.
Secretary Hoover announced strong pressure to sponsor a national Washington conference of building contractors, building trades associations, and supply manufacturers. Backers were asked to specify aims and objectives for the meeting.
The John Robinson Circus on its centennial tour visits town for a two hour program featuring lions leopards panthers tigers and unique acts. A free street parade starts at 11 a m with shows at 1 and 7 p m and doors open an hour before each performance.
Five bandits killed Robert Wilkerson, son of the local police chief, and wounded cab driver Shorty Adams during a running pistol fight after the post office safe was blown open before dawn in Pawhuska Oklahoma. Search parties were launched to find the raiders who fled without taking any money.
The supreme court upheld the state Sunday motion picture ban and refused Walter K. Richards appeal of Hancock County court ruling prohibiting Sunday theater operation in Findlay.
Canaanville High marks commencement week with Class Night April 18 and Commencement April 19 led by Rev Daniel McGurk of Athens First Methodist. Music from Ohio University School of Music and local group led by Hanning accompany events. Community Day April 20 includes a 9:00 track meet for three classes and a 1:00 program of music readings poems and orations followed by a high school vs alumni baseball game.
Mrs. Kate Kuffman of Toledo aged 75 credits Dr Thacher's Liver and Blood Syrup with restoring her appetite and easing long standing indigestion and nerve pain after twenty years of suffering. The product is advertised by McKee Drug Co Athens Glouster La Favor's Pharmacy Nelsonville The Gem Pharmacy.
Athens resident Frank Miller a cement contractor reports back pain cramps and stiffness then relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills bought at Cline Pharmacy Co. He says kidney secretions were irregular and dizziness eased following the treatment recommended by neighbors.
Flower borders around graves in British military cemeteries in France and Belgium extend to 238 miles in total. The measure reflects ongoing remembrance of fallen service members across WWI and WWII sites.
New York reports Alberti apartment incident as authorities link chlorofor to a death. The friend of Dorothy Keen, known as the Broadway Butterfly, is held at Tombs prison amid unfolding clues.
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