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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1923
Page
3
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Nelsonville will hold a county meeting on April 19 at the local church. Mrs. Florence D. Richards, state president, will speak. A picnic dinner will be served after the first session. attendees note a past shortage of space and a need to store remaining items in the cellar.
Carson Sanders Jr has accepted a traveling salesman position with a Toledo tobacco firm. His duties begin Monday with headquarters in Athens. Alberta Guenther of Columbus spent the weekend with Edward Sharp senior and Mrs Evans. Mr and Mrs Lehman and son of Columbus, the Patricks daughter of Columbus, and Mrs Lambert of Logan visited them Sunday.
Isiah Matheny was fined $10 with 4 costs in Mayor McCune's court for intoxication. Unable to pay, he began working out on the streets. Ed Marshall also faced a similar charge and paid his fine.
Crowds grow as evening discussions continue at the corner of Harper and Jackson. Wednesday titled fell, What Is It? Where Is It? Who Will Be Assigned to Hell. Tuesday night features Yoked Together With Christ.
An upcoming Chamber of Commerce meeting will be held Thursday evening this week. The forum welcomes all attendees to discuss national and local topics, with prior months noting the St. Lawrence canal idea and school tax questions among issues of interest to coal shippers and citizens. Dinner by Methodist church ladies starts promptly at 6 75.
Entries flood in for the marble tournament starting at 10 a.m. Saturday. Organizers expect it to be one of the season’s major events with strong participation and local interest.
Carpenters Hardware Store ran a one day ad in the Watch Dog to clear space for empty bottles. Today their window displays a full set of empty bottles, indicating a quick turnaround after the ad ran.
Mr and Mrs Walter Brady hosted a birthday party for their daughter Thelma to celebrate her 11th birthday. Guests included Jennie Coon, Mabel Coon, Evelyn Hunter, Gaynell Aultman, Mildred Aultman, Ruth Aultman, Alice Ossman, Wilma Tigner, Ruby Moore, Thea Grandy, Julia Mihalek, Edith Hashman, Ia Yates, May Coon, Ruby Coon, Bessie Brady, Merle Brady, Ruth Brady, Elizabeth Brady, Fay Brady, Amos Tigner, Buffy Coon, Lenard Lenox, Alex Mihalek, Walter Yates, George Hunter, James Hunter, Raymond Brady, Eva Hunter, and Elizabeth Hunter.
Mrs George Shamel aged mother of William Shamel of 105 Maplewood Drive died Monday noon at her son's home where she and her husband had lived since last fall influenza and pneumonia caused death Friends may call Wednesday 2 to 4 pm at the residence funeral arrangements to be announced later She is survived by her son Allie Shamel of Entiat Washington in addition to her other son
The Ath ens Rotary Club held a noonday lunch program led by Fred Hutchinson. Members studied Rotary International basics and will continue the program in two weeks led by John Poston. Next Tuesday evening is set for a ladies night at the Colonial.
In Toledo Ohio on April 17 the railroad seeks dismissal of Gamage suits totaling nearly a million dollars arising from a January 1922 collision when a Van Wert county school bus was struck by a Pennsylvania train. The railroad argues fog, deemed an act of God, caused the engineer to miss the bus. fifteen people were killed or seriously injured.
Athens City Board of Education invites sealed bids for the New High School building in Athens Ohio designed by architect Wm B Ittner. Bids due May 10 1923 with bonds 20 percent or certified checks 5 percent. completion by August 7 1924. daily liquidated damages apply for delay. plans from Architect upon deposit refund. Board may reject all bids.
A. Cargill of Oklahoma City, who studied law nights and was admitted to the bar, rose to county prosecutor and earned a strong law enforcer record before voters chose him as mayor of Oklahoma City.
George H. Charis, vice president and general manager of United Alloy Steel Co., said at the annual meeting in New York that the company is operating at 100 percent capacity in the first quarter and expects to maintain that rate throughout the year.
In London England women embrace the monocle as a fashion item. They wear tortoise shell gold or platinum rimmed versions on black cords or rainbow ribbons to prevent wrinkles and crooked contours. Spectacle makers report rising demand from stylish Englishwomen for precisely fitted monocles.
In Toledo April 17 William Braden, accused of aiding bandits who robbed a restaurant on April 13, was shot and killed by Tush Taliaferro during an attempted street car theft.
Mrs. C. V. Matthews and daughter Thelma plus Mrs. Etella Spangenberg and daughter Dorothy visited Wellston Saturday. Clyde Thacker a B&O brake man from Chillicothe, a Hamden native, called on friends Friday. Earnest Robbins plans a ten day trip to relatives at Grand River and Beaconfield Iowa beginning Thursday.
Mr and Mrs W F Stanton returned home Monday from Cincinnati where they attended the Passing Show Saturday and were guests of relatives and friends in Dayton Sunday.
Mrs Pio Smiley hosted Miss ot Smiley from Ohio University for the weekend. Messers Namon Joseph and N J Baker of Athens were Hamiden visitors Sunday. Earnest Robbins visited his aunt Mrs Sadie Cook in Cincinnati Sunday evening. Miss Grace Moorhead hostedMiss Mary Johnson of Logan and Miss Katherine Edmundson of Amesville for weekend visits.
After a brief visit with his mother, Mrs. H. C. Wilson and brother rank, Dr. Roy Wilson returned to his home in Athens Sunday. Mrs. William Serry was an Athos visitor Tuesday.
Miss Louise Bagley came back to town after spending the week visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs Dr. M. Bagley.
Ortha Roach purchases a new Overland touring car adding a stylish and reliable vehicle to their household. The purchase signals interest in modern mobility and potential long road trips.
John H. Russell the United States high commissioner at Port Au Prince reports to Secretary Hughes that economic and health conditions in Haiti are rapidly improving under the American administration.
A controversial remark highlights tensions over extremism within political discourse. Critics urge balance while supporters defend bold positions, sparking discussions about how far advocacy should go in public life.
United Mine Workers paid an enormous sum to settle the $1,000,000 damages suit filed by William McKell Coal Co. related to Willis Branch shootings in 1920 and 1921. Judge McClintic noted the settlement while dismissing the case and said initial reports speculated the amount as about $500,000.
The administration will back an amendment to the Transportation Act forcing consolidation of U S railroads into a few large systems. President Harding and Senator Cummins, Republican Iowa, discussed the plan at the White House.
A Chicago raid on a disreputable house resulted in the taking of fifteen women by police. The operation followed an undercover tip and aimed at disturbing conduct at the establishment. Authorities stated the raid targeted illegal activity and enforced local ordinances.
One of the women exposed a secret closet behind a sink panel, revealing the hiding place as authorities carried out a raid that Netted sixty one men.
Mrs. Faye Baker journeys to Columbus to visit Mrs. Eva Baker. Miss Winifred West visits aunt Mrs. Abe Graft in Logan. Mrs. Michaels of Middleport visits daughter Mia. Cottingham, Stannevy, Bailes and Olive Russell visit Athens friends. Mrs. Russell of Chicago arrives to spend summer with her parents in town. Mrs. Mary Mletcher’s funeral draws daughter Mrs. Foster from Tuscaloosa and son Charlie Fletcher with grandson Will Fletcher from Cleveland. Mrs. Amanda Wells visits sister Mrs. Frank Robinett. Mr. Herschel Huston and mother go to Nelsonville in their new car. Minnie Swartz of Columbia provides care for her father Smalley. Mr. and Mrs. Pearman return from a three day motor trip to Logan and Columbus. Dana Williams and sister Mary drive to Glouster to visit Ralph Carpenter.
Elegant variants of the cowboy bandana dubbed the Deauville scarf have become the campus fashion. Cleveland Art School students dye their own batik designs to create multi colored silk squares used as hat bands scarves and sashes with outfits for afternoon and dinner dresses and sport costumes.
Ashland reports a blast caused by coal filled with blasting powder is blamed for wrecking the milk house on the W. T. Tharp property. No injuries occur though boiler fragments were hurled about one hundred yards.
Sixty homes in Beaumont and part of Fletcher village, twenty six miles away, are inundated while the Neches River overflows. Nearly all roads are impassable as flood conditions worsen across southeastern Texas.
Magistrate Hedges presided as Jesse Sams of Harmony pleaded guilty to failing to send his son Hoyt to school. Sams was fined five dollars plus costs and released with a warning to obey the school laws.
George Reiff sues Henry Oberlander for 456 dollars plus interest on a 1000 dollar loan claimed to cover purchases in 1908 of ten gallons of Greenheimer rye whiskey ninds bottles of Canadian whiskey 21 quarts of apricot brandy and 14 bottles of gin.
A compact reminiscence honors the phrase microbe of love as a celebrated but elusive emblem, noting its uniqueness and lasting charm in local lore.
Detective John J. Hurley, after 23 years with the St. Louis police, refused a uniformed post in a force shake-up. He said he did not need the money and had given away his salary for the last two years, having invested in real estate earlier in his career.
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