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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1922
Page
2
Readable text shows an ad style notice promoting Cuticure skin ointment and Cuticura products for daily bathing and itch relief. Names referenced include Roy W Daver and Tal Bathe with water use guidance.
The city of Nelsonville is defendant in a case filed by John H. McGovern Jr. of Cincinnati in Athens County Common Pleas Court. The petition seeks 152 dollars with interest from July 27, 1917 for pipes boll s and gaskets purchased for the waterworks plant and 998 dollars plus interest from July 1 to September 7, 1917 for an engine bought in 1917, with interest totaling 11.14 dollars.
Cleveland April 20. A steamer named Theodore Roosevelt was torn from its moorings by a gale that swept the city and harbor last night and today. It was later secured by anchoring.
Senator King of Utah today urged a new Senate inquiry into the alien property custodian's office. He called attention to the sale of the Mosch Magneto Co and of German owned patents, marking the focus of the investigation launch in Washington.
Ex Governor James P Goodrich arrives in Washington after visiting Russia and Lenine. He delivers a generally favorable report on Soviet conditions toward US recognition and holds talks with President Harding, denying a special message.
William Smith of Mill field near Poston mine pleaded guilty to bootlegging in Chauncey. Marshal White arrested him. arraigned before Trevor W. B. Koons. He paid a $100 fine and costs and was released. A mash barrel and copper still were seized from his Ironton home.
Herman Leffler of Millfield was arrested on bootlegging by Marshal White. He pleaded not guilty before Mayor Koons and his trial was set for Friday at 6 p.m. in the mayor's office.
Wesley Freckles Barry stars as Speck Brown in the comedy School Days at the Athens Opera House this week. Doris Kennedy of Ohio University sings the song School Days. The plot follows a country lad tempted by city luxuries but choosing education. Much of the film is humorous with Speck's boyish pranks driving the laughs.
The U.S. government filed a claim worth 9 188 561 dollars against Lincoln Motors with the company’s receiver in Detroit on April 20.
The Chauncey high school class of 1920 will hold an annual social affair and picnic dinner next Saturday evening at the high school. A program of toasts and music will precede the dinner. Members listed include Mrs. Clare Love Griffen and Ralph Howard among others. Rip Van Winkle played at Globe theatre in Chauncey Tuesday as a Chauncey Parent-Teachers' Association benefit. Ode Jacksons of Bicknell, Ind., visiting Chauncey and may move here soon. Mrs. Burk Withem has recovered enough to go out.
Ohio reports indicate little damage to fruit and garden crops from last night's frost. Freezing temps were uniform across the state with frost in the western section and Cincinnati recording a 34 degree minimum. High winds were credited with shielding crops, and another frost is predicted for tonight.
More than a hundred defendants in treason murder and conspiracy cases linked to last summer’s armed march to the Logan county border are expected aboard the miners special train departing Charleston at 6 am for trial.
Senator William E. Borah returned to Washington after meeting with Federal District Attorney William Hayward to urge government action against General Gregory Semenoff the Cossack leader freed on a $25 000 bail on a civil charge.
Twenty six children of political prisoners trudged through Cincinnati’s business district on April 20 to appeal to President Harding for amnesty. The youngest, Helen Hicks of Guthrie Oklahoma, aged three, carried a banner reading I never saw my daddy. A 100-strong socialist delegation greeted them at Union Central Station and arranged an automobile tour after the parade.
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