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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 22, 1925

Page

11

Liberty Bonds and Livestock Prices in New York and Midwest Markets

Opening Liberty Bond quotes show 3144's around 101.10 with other issues near 101.80 to 102.00. Cattle, hogs, sheep and veal calves traded with light supplies but generally steady to strong, including top veal at 11.30 and hogs around 12.40. Cincinnati and Chicago markets report steady to slow activity with varied beef and lamb prices, plus presses on wool and grain futures in New York and Toledo exchanges.

Liberty Bonds New York Cincinnati

America Unmoved by German Voting

Washington April 22. The State Department announced the United States will not threaten Germany with a financial boycott if General Von Hindenberg is elected president. Secretary Kellogg stated the Coolidge administration would not interfere in the German election despite reports that American bankers were withholding German loan negotiations pending the result.

Washington Germany von Hindenberg State Department Kellogg Coolidge

Weds in France in Paris Honorary Vanderbilt Relatives Tie Knot

Paris reports Mrs Alice Allen formerly Kiki Gwynne niece of Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt and Jerome Preston of New York were married shortly before noon today in France.

France Paris Alice Allen Kiki Gwynne Cornelius Vanderbilt Jerome Preston New York

Judge Hickenlooper begins graft sentencing in Cincinnati

United States District Judge Hickenlooper starts sentencing 59 Cincinnati policemen detectives and county liquor court agents who pleaded guilty to taking payments to protect bootleggers. DA May says about 15 minutes per prisoner, with two days needed for all. A federal grand jury is to be drawn May 4 to continue policing the graft ring.

Cincinnati United States District Hickenlooper Cincinnati Police Force United States Haroth E. May

Millions for Opera Endowment in Great Britain

A fund of 2,500,000 dollars is being sought by popular subscription to create an endowment for the production of grand opera in Great Britain. The drive aims to support performances and sustain high quality opera productions through guaranteed funding.

Iillions Great Britain

Opera founder to street vendor Ivah Moore’s fate in San Diego

Ivah Moore aged 82 once headed the Chaldean South American Grand Opera Company sixty years ago. Now she sells papers on the streets of San Diego believing fate directs life as she contends fate guides her steps.

Ivah Moore San Diego Calif

Boy Begs Officer To Shoot Him After Train Fall

In Mount Vernon New York 17 year old Herbert Jones begged a police sergeant to shoot him to end the pain from a mangled foot suffered when he fell from a tram ride. The foot was later amputated.

Mount Vernon N. Y Herbert Jones

Bananas Import Value Reaches Record High

Washington reports a surge in banana imports last year with a total value around 22 million dollars, compared with 7.06 million two decades ago, signaling a historic rise in fruit imports.

Washington

Colorado girls ordered to play marbles with toes

In a Colorado Agricultural College program the athletic department mandates more than 100 girls to use toe marbles as corrective exercise for posture and foot defects.

Denver Colorado Agricultural College

Unusual Bookmarks Found in Library Poems

In New York a librarian discovered a slice of raw bacon used as a bookmark in a Robert Service poetry volume. Another librarian reported a soft shelled crab marking a place in a different book.

New York Robert Service

Association to test gasoline tax legality in Ohio courts

In Columbus Ohio April 22 the Ohio State Automobile Association prepared to challenge the two cent per gallon gasoline tax law arguing it is unconstitutional. Executives and attorneys from the association met in Cleveland to plan, with a suspension request to allow a referendum as a feature of the suit. Initial action to be filed in common pleas court.

Columbus Ohio State Automobile Association Cc. C. Jones C. D. Saviers J. F. Atwood Cleveland T Cday Casey Waver D. Mears Janes State Supreme Court Common Pleas Court

Youngsters Placed on Honor After Juvenile Court Session

Judge S. M. Johnson initiating a new juvenile court practice. Two 10 year old boys faced incorrigible petty theft charges and admitted stealing small sums from neighbors until about $20 was traced. They must return in one year with all saved money to repay the thefts.

S. M. Johnson

Waterpower myth as tears of a wife in Ohio

In Youngstown Ohio theVindicator notes a pointed saying that waterpower could run the country and that it now runs only if a wife’s tears are counted, reflecting a domestic critique of industrial power.

Youngstown Ohio

Chauncey High Plans Graduation For Big Class

Chauncey high school will graduate twenty eight students this year. Baccalaureate services are set for May 3 at First Christian church with Rev. Gilbert B. Courtney presiding. Class day on May 4 and commencement on May 5 in the school auditorium with Dr Carruthers of Ohio University delivering the address. Class motto The Elevator to Success Is Not Running Take the Stairs and the American Beauty Rose is the class flower.

Chauncey Chauncey High School First Christian Church Gilbert B. Courtney Doctor Carruthers Department of Education Ohio University Clara Bell Alice Brewer Myrtle Brown Ruth Cline Mildred Coulson Mary Fennell Wyona Gardner Jennie Graham Ivanne Huddy Freda Omen Margaret Potter Mildred Rivers Bernice Pritts

Millfield Class Holds Monthly Meeting

Mrs Leonard Simpson teacher of the Buds of Promise Sunday school class at Millfield Methodist Episcopal church hosted the monthly gathering at her home. After business a social session followed with refreshments. attendees included Dorothy Gillespie Merle Brown Dorothy Males Audrey Collins Mary Foster Pauline Tracy Beatrice West Kathryn Gillespie Elizabeth Thomas Ethel Powel Esther Powell Sylva Lawrie Isabel Brown and visitor Clara Wisner.

Chauncey Leonard Simpson Buds of Promise Millfield Methodist Episcopal Church Dorothy Gillespie Merle Brown Dorothy Males Audrey Collins Mary Foster Pauline Tracy Beatrice West Kathryn Gillespie Elizabeth Thomas Ethel Powel Esther Powell Sylva Lawrie Isabel Brown Clara Wisner

Sunday Socials Bring Families to The Plains and Surroundings

Everett Clarence Cheser and Ethel Cheser of Union join Opal Hale of The Plains visiting Mr and Mrs William McDonald Sunday. Mrs Nettie Gabriel of Columbus and Owen Martin of The Plains visit Mr and Mrs George Gabriel Sr as he recovers from a serious illness. Louise Woodyard of The Plains visits Mrs Ossa Swartz at Brooksville. Chas Hennessy family and Henry Hennessy of Middleport spend Sunday at The Plains with F A West. Hershal Darnell and Sherman Gould visit Mr and Mrs Samuel Darnell at The Plains. Mrs F A West recently returned from a three week visit with relatives in Pomeroy. Thomas Pritchard Raymond and Ethel of Nelsonville visit Mrs Margaret Pritchard at The Plains.

Henry Hennessy Middleport the Plains F. A. West Hershal Darnell Sherman Gould Samuel Darnell Pomeroy Thomas Pritchard Raymond Ethel Nelsonville Margaret Pritchard Margaret Noble

Local hospital report and weekend visits in Ohio towns

A woman underwent appendicitis surgery in a Columbus hospital and is expected to go home to The Plains by week’s end. Eleanor Atkinson of Chauncey and Erma Bryan of The Plains attended a dinner Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Janes Powell in Hocking. Mrs Myrtle Olson and three children from The Plains spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Peter Savage in Hocking.

Columbus the Plains Eleanor Atkinson Chauncey Erma Bryan Janes Powell Hocking Myrtle Olson Peter Savage

Coon Hosts Guests at The Plains Residence

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Coon entertained guests Sunday at The Plains. Attendees were Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Nichols and Arthur Wilson of The Plains and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Knowlton of near Albany.

Chauncey Arthur Coon the Plains W. C. Nichols Arthur Wilson Oscar Knowlton Albany

Chauncey Residents Visit Dayton and Nelsonville Figures

Mrs Thomas Graham and her young son visit Dayton with Perry Leffler and Elmer Katzenback relatives in Dayton Chauncey resident John Smith attends funeral for his uncle Edward Smith in Carbon Mill Ona Sweeney and Charles Jr Sweeney visit Nelsonville Chauncey native Warren Koons formerly Columbus mayor in town Elmer Bingman of Athens and Mrs Brookins host guests in Converse street Chauncey

Thomas Graham Chauncey Dayton Perry Leffler Elmer Katzenback John Smith Edward Smith Carbon Mill Charles Sweeney Ona Charles, Jr Nelsonville Warren B. Koons Columbus Elmer Bingman Athens Guy M. Brookins Converse Street

Shock death verdict at Hackney inquest

Rose Hackett, a young typist, died from shock during an incomplete hanging. Doctors testified she attempted to hang herself with a clothesline, and the coroner recorded death from shock at the Hackney inquest.

Hackney Eng Rose Hackett

Police Lieut Aubrey Houston Sentenced to Prison

Cincinnati Ohio April 22 Lieut Aubrey Houston commanding a relief at the fourth district police station and brother of the city fire chief was sentenced to eighteen months in the Atlanta federal penitentiary after pleading guilty to taking graft money Houston admitted nine thousand dollars but argued the amount was inflated Judge Smith Hickenlooper said the figure did not matter and warned of the bad example for his men Also Louis Sunderman a member of the flying squad of detectives pleaded guilty and received the same sentence Sunderman is a World War veteran and prosecutors cited his graft at seventeen thousand dollars

Cincinnati, CO Aubrey Houston Fourth District Barney Houston Cincinnati Federal Atlanta Houston United States District Smith Hickenlooper Hickenlooper Louis Sunderman Flying Squad

Herrin Elects Anti Klan Mayor By Wide Margin

Herrin Illinois on April 22 reports Marshall D McCormack elected mayor by 197 votes over Ku Klux Klan candidate Thomas Welty in a violence free vote with 4890 ballots cast. McCormack urged unity and stated Herrin must go forward while police dispersed street gatherings.

Herrin Ill Marshall D. McCormack Thomas Welty Ku Klux Klan

Los Angeles Lands in Bermuda After Record Flight

Navy dirigible Los Angeles arrived over Bermuda at 2 10 am after a flight from Lakehurst New Jersey. Strong headwinds over the Atlantic extended the travel time to eleven hours and thirty two minutes. The airship hovered over Bermuda until daylight before attempting to moor at the Patoka mast.

Washington Navy Dirigible Los Angeles Bermuda Lakehurst N. J Navy Department Atlantic

Es sex coach vehicle fire injures owner near Trimble

A Pearl Dille owned Essex coach burned while descending a hill between Jacksonville and Trimble on Monday night. Dille jumped from the car as flames grew, the vehicle left the road, crashed through a fence, and stopped at a creek bank after striking a tree. The car is a total loss. insurance was carried.

Glouster Pearl Dille Trimble Hill Jacksonville Dille

Monsarrat Mine Closure Reported at College Hill

The Monsarrat mine at College Hill is shut indefinitely with equipment removed. Mine No 10 at Derthick, owned by Sunday Creek Coal, may resume by mid next month, while Mines No 9 Corning and No 19 Buckingham restarted operations last week.

Glouster Monsarrat College Hill Derthick Sunday Creek Coal Company Corning Buckingham Sunday Creek Coal

Three-Act Play by Green's Run Teachers

Glouster April 22. Green's Run teachers present Bashful Mr Bobbs at Green's Run school house 7 30 pm Saturday with orchestra music. Admission 25 cents. Special bus from Glouster to Green's Run at 6 45 pm for locals. T G McDonald spent Wednesday in Columbus with son Glenn and family.

Glouster Bobbs Green's Run Green’s Run

Union Service Fills Church of Christ at Trimble

The Church of Christ in Trimble hosted a pre Easter union communion and baptismal service. Attendees from Glouster Millfield Green's Run and Taylor Ridge attended. Thirteen additions were recorded and about $30 was raised for benevolent work.

Glouster Church of Christ At Trimble Union Green’s Run Taylor Ridge Millfield Green's Run

Alumni Banquet Time Change Set for May 1

Glouster notes a time change for the high school alumni banquet from 6 30 to 7 p m on May 1. Members are urged to purchase tickets by next Monday.

Glouster

Andersons Visit Colum Bus With Daughters

G A Anderson traveled to Colum bus on Wednesday to spend a few days with his daughters Miss Emma Anderson and Miss Virgene Anderson.

G. A. Anderson Columbus Misses Emma and Virgene Anderson

Dr A J Crawford Visits Columbus on Business

Dr. A J Crawford conducted a business visit in Columbus on Wednesday, meeting with local officials and discussing potential collaborations and investments.

A. J. Crawford Columbus

Pythian Sisters Meet in Jacksonville

Pythian Sisters 553 of Jacksonville plan a meeting Thursday evening. Import business will be discussed and all members are urged to attend.

Pythian Sisters Glouster Jacksonville

Initiation Planned at Glouster Temple Meeting

Glouster Temple 560 Pythian Sisters will hold an initiation this Thursday evening in the city. Degree staff members will wear white and attendees are asked to bring two sandwiches.

Glouster Glouster Temple Pythian Sisters

Hats Reduced at Bell's Up-to-date Millinery

Hats that sold as high as 6.50 were reduced to 2.50 at Bell's Up-to-date Millinery across from the depot in Glouster. Mrs. Scott Haney and Mrs. Frank Lowry and daughter of Athens were guests of Mrs. Elma G. Bell Tuesday.

Bell Glouster Scott Haney Frank Lowry Athens Elma G. Bell

Local Notes on Residents Returning and Visiting

Mrs. Katherine Braminger returned Tuesday to Gallipolis where she works at O. H. Francis. McKee is home from a Columbus sanitarium much improved in health. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Russell left Tuesday for Philadelphia after visiting the latter's parents. Paul Ebersbach is home from Cincinnati where he attended the opening game of the baseball season.

Katherine Braminger Gallipolis O. H. FE Francis McKee Columbus Norman Russell Philadelphia Paul Ebersbach Cincinnati

Pomeroy High School Honors List Letters Granted

Pomeroy high school announces honor letters for students excelling in academics this year. Seniors named include Elizabeth Arnold Anna Mae Cook Edna Fisher Emma Franz Helena Phillips Thelma Phillips Brittin Weeks Evelyn Wilson Garnet McDoogie Erelyn Groentler Daniel McNaughton John Lutz Arthur Wolf. Juniors listed are Maroline Bence Josie Bryson Dorothy Coates Marlon Daniels Mary Virginia Reibel Helen Brown Russell Ilda Smith Katherine Starkey Martin Elberfeld Malcolm Hartley Marion Leitweiler.

Pomeroy Pomeroy High School Elizabeth Arnold Anna Mae Cook Edna Fisher Emma Franz Helena Phillips Thelma Phillips Brittin Weeks Evelyn Wilson Garnet McDoogie Erelyn Groentler Daniel McNaughton John Lutz Arthur Wolf Maroline Bence Josie Bryson Dorothy Coates Marlon Daniels Mary Virginia Reibel Helen Brown Ilda Smith Katherine Starkey Martin Elberfeld Malcolm Hartley Marion Leitweilder

Dana Smith Released from Jail After Fine Paid

Pomeroy April 22 Dana Smith fined in Squire People's court for trespassing on the J. O. Smith farm at Bedford was released from jail when Shorty Bryant paid the fine. Herbert Autherson also released by Mayor Brown of Middleport on promise to make payments for an old liquor charge.

Pomeroy Dana Smith Squire People's Court J. O. Smith Bedford Shorty Bryant Herbert Autherson Mayor Brown Middleport

Maccabee Play Draws Youth on Bartlett Evening

A group of young people attended the Maccabee play in Bartlett on Friday night. A donation was collected for Josephine Wolf after the performance. Mrs. Jessie Weaver and her husband of Marietta spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Armstrong.

Bartlett Josephine Wolf Jessie Weaver Marietta B. E. Armstrong Marjory Armstrong Howard Hobson Vincent Frances Carpenter Frances McCune Glouster Lenor Strode Lucille Love Athens Charles Caldwell Zanesville

Shade Senior Class Play Postponed Due to Illness

The senior class play scheduled for Wednesday evening is postponed because Marry Tipple of Pleasant Hill has influenza and will not attend school this week. Dora Burleigh visited her parents, Mr and Mrs D F Burleigh, on Sunday. Juniors of Lodi hosted a party for the seniors Friday night and many from the area attended Frank Cain's home gathering. Lodi High students are preparing for Friday's track meet at Athens and plan to enter nearly all the teams.

Caat Marry Tipple Pleasant Hill Dora Burleigh D. F. Burleigh Lodi Frank Cain Lodi High Athens

Evening program features O'Brien and Flanders troupe

O'Brien will deliver an oration while Bern dena Hawk recites Teel poetry. Frank Chaney and Wingett perform a humorous skit. Dorothy Orr Pearl O Brien Glenna and Opal Flanders present a musical production.

O'Brien Bern Dena Hawk Frank Chaney Wingett Dorothy Orr Pearl O Brien Glenna Opal Flanders

Local Family Notices Include Births Illness and Visits

Miss Leona Lemoine was here with relatives recently. Mr and Mrs August announce the birth of a son Lea A M Krajenka of Corning guest of Mrs Charles Wahl who has been ill for two weeks with flu. Lea Lemoine infected with flu and convalescing. Mrs Edith Lines and daughter Gladys of Toronto Canada have been guests of Mr and Mrs James Golding. Irene Golding was visiting relatives in Gloucester. Rev G B Courtney began appointment here at the church Wednesday evening. Mrs Alex Spurgus is with the flu. Mr and Mrs Carl Welling and daughter Vernica were guests of Mr and Mrs Thomas Ward Murray City Sunday. A B Krajeska Corning visiting his sister Mrs Charles Wahl.

Leona Lemoine August Lea A. M. Krajenka Corning Charles Wahl Edith Lines Gladys Toronto Canada James Golding Mies Irene Golding Glouster G. B. Courtney the of Christ Alex Spurgus Carl Welling Vernica Thomas Ward Murray City A. B. Krajeska

Karr Hodge Nuptials In Huntington West Virginia

Irving Karr son of Mr and Mrs Irving Karr of Syracuse New York and Miss Virginia Hodge daughter of Dr John Hodge of Middleport were quietly married at Huntington West Virginia on April 13.

Karr-Hodge Pomeroy Irving Karr Syracuse Virginita Hodge John Hodge Middleport Huntington W. Va

Literary Club Explores The Weird Tale in April Meeting

Middleport April meeting of the Literary club featured "The Weird Tale" as the program. Members read stories including The Fall of the House of Usher and The Wind in the Rose Bush with noted readers Mrs. Nella Calderwood Mrs. Lucy Boggess and others. The session was hosted by Mrs. Garen H. Stansbury.

Middleport Middleport Literary Club House of Nella Calderwood Bush Mary Wilkins Freeman W. C. Bennett Jack London Hartinger Crile Recrieve Lucy Boggess Garen H. Stansbury

Fire Toll From Bisbee Blaze Reaches Casualties

Fire in Cannae Sonora Mexico sixty five miles from Bisbee costs two lives forty injured and property loss of two hundred fifty thousand dollars according to word received today.

Bisbee Ariz Cannae Sonora Mexico

Sharpsburg Road Work Advances Amid Filling On Church Hill

Local crews resume road work in Sharpsburg with filling on the church hill underway. A Sunday electric storm toppled sheds on farms east of Bartlett and blew down a silo on Wayne Edgerton’s property. A barn on Emlin Morris’ farm was torn from its foundation. Belle Burns traveled to Chauncey after her brother Edward Smith’s death, returning Monday with several family members. Cemetery volunteers cleaned the grounds and residents are asked to donate 25 cents per grave for next year’s upkeep. Mary Carpenter and Belva visited Murray City.

Church Hill Charles Goddard Bartlett Wayne Edgerton Emlin Morris Belle Burns Chauncey Edward Smith Leonard Harris Columbus Ernest Burns Portsmouth Ethel Huffman Nelsonville Donald Harris Mary Carpenter Belva Murray City

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