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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1922
Page
7
Readers attend Forbes Field for the opening NL game this afternoon amid near zero weather. Sn Norway reports coal shortages while Sweden recently finds ample supplies, signaling shifting energy concerns.
W G Y station Schenectady will broadcast Monday Tuesday Thursday and Friday nights the week of April 24 on about 360 meters. Stock and produce market reports air at 7 p m eastern time each evening except Saturday and Sunday. On Monday April 24 at 9 p m eastern time Professor E Porter Felt New York State Entomologist will give a popular address on Bugs and Antennae.
Welsh Mr. Dixon gave singing lessons at Downington Sunday night and will offer lessons again Saturday. Several residents and relatives visited family members and attended services, including Mrs Eleh's brother Abe Cornes and the funeral for Pat Romines.
Alfred Guthrie and wife returned from six months in the Philippine Islands to visit their daughter. Leona Shumway spent weekend at Flora. Charles and wife visited A B Worthing. Gus Van Nest and son Loyde stayed with the Shumways. J L Warner and daughter Dorothy visited William Bentz family. New trustees advancing ditching on roads. Machines back in operation amid frost. Mail to Pomeroy delayed by high water. C D Bentz improved front yard. Bentz and Follrod installed new lightning rods. Brick School plans a big Friday April 21. Carr School closes Saturday April 22 for summer vacation.
J B Person cannot occupy his new residence due to his wife’s illness. The couple has been staying with their son Harv ey.
Obituary poem recalling the death of Benjamin F. Barnhill on April 15 1921. Family members express sorrow, speak of his suffering, faith, and the hope of reunion in heaven. Words convey affection from Wile and Nephew with references to memory and farewell.
An old advertisement touts Othine as a near certain freckles cure with a money back guarantee and claims early results. Separately Amherst reports the city county enacting an anti billboard ordinance that labels billboards unsightly and a nuisance.
The first Ecuadorian and first Latin American woman to obtain a PhD from an American university is Senorita Pastoriza Flores. She earned the degree at age twenty four, with a thesis on the boundary dispute between Ecuador and Peru.
In a spring health pitch readers are urged to perform bodily house cleaning and drive out impurities. The advertisement promotes Father John’s Medicine as a nourishing tonic with pure elements to improve flesh and strength and as the safest spring tonic free of drugs.
The Stephens Natural Gas Co proposes Schedule No 2 with new rates for Bartow Bartlett Cutler Guynville Stewart Vincent and surrounding districts effective May 1 1922. A gross rate of 450 cents per 1000 cubic feet with discounts for early payment and a monthly minimum charge. rules cover disconnection, meter placement, high and low pressure connections, and consumer liability.
Public auction in Athens Ohio scheduled for May 20 1922 at 1 o clock at the county garage. The Ford coupe is the property of Cash Bentz to satisfy a court execution in case 4954. Terms are cash in hand on sale day.
Harmony Hill Teter Rice died after an eighteen month illness. Burial was at Lowell by the Junior Order Lodge of Little Hocking. Various local notices report illnesses recoveries, visits, and social events at Little Hocking and Porterfield including school entertainment and family calls. The Ohio River rose after rains and residents note farmer J. A. Walker is active with his Ford.
Pittsburg reports frigid air as fans in the city and surrounding Allegheny mountains gather amid chilly conditions and wind. Details on events or schedules remain unclear due to fragmentary text.
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