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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1922
Page
6
Green's Run Sunday School plans a Mothers Day reception for cradle roll mothers during the regular class hour. The community highlights include births, hospital tasks, and family visits with residents from Jackson County and nearby towns.
The funeral for Hiram E. Baker, 82, was held here Monday at 2 o'clock with a large turnout from the neighborhood and nearby towns Marshfield Albany and Athens. Gabriel Nelson attended the service and others from Amesville and Nelsonville joined the procession.
Remove stubborn freckles with Othine double strength. Apply a small amount twice daily, and expect disappearance of dark spots and lightening of lighter freckles. Product sold with money back guarantee if no results.
Homer Wyskiver of Orbiston area received a suspended sentence for burglary and larceny at Murray City in a petitioned leniency action. He was later arrested near Orbiston for making illegal liquor, with partner fleeing. awaiting court action in Logan. A birthday surprise for clerk Lewis Rose at Johnson Beverage ended with a shared meal planned by store staff.
Dewey Lawson 21 from Bible school in Kentucky vanished from William Mowery's farm near Ewing after arriving the day before. Searchers found his coat and an X on a stump. reports say he carried a substantial sum of money. Local fear of foul play noted. Lawson has blue eyes and brown hair.
T A Greenwaldt of Golden Rule company was fined 13.70 for a parking issue. He paid 7 at the first session and put up his ring as a deposit, then settled the balance and costs Tuesday evening and reclaimed the ring.
Eight year old Kurtz Lytle, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Lytle, was struck in the forehead by a swing at Central school while using Rotary Club facilities. The force cut a two and a half inch gash and he was taken to the local hospital for treatment.
Voulle tries to pass a loaded coal wagon near the Diamonds on Wednesday afternoon. Jack Taylor’s car veers off the road into a ditch, where Officer Farbearn frees it and takes Taylor toward Logan to file an affidavit for reckless driving. Taylor, arraigned before Mayor Koppe, is ordered jailed until sobriety. Two Nelsonville children accompany Taylor in the mayor’s car to their home. Myrtle M. White is appointed administratrix of Joel Kittamiller’s estate with $4,000 bond, noting his 1906 death and unsettled estate in this city.
Officer Farbearn captured Charles Koveleski Merle Simmons and Carl Weeks after a pursuit along Main street. The men fled in a car with one on the radiator and tossed out a liquor bottle during the chase. They were brought before Mayor Koppe and fined $25 each plus costs.
A sizable Logan IOOF delegation traveled to Columbus on Wednesday for the 108th anniversary celebration held at the fair grounds coliseum.
Charles Huston, injured Monday when struck by a car driven by W H Turner of Buchtel, is in the local hospital in very grave condition. He is paralyzed from the waist down and little hope is entertained for recovery.
Daisy M Ross sues Albert E Ross for divorce in Columbus alleging gross neglect and extreme cruelty. The defendant owns part of the Ross Seibold grocery chain, including three stores in this city. Formerly Daisy M Watkins, she is a well known figure in Logan.
A leak in the casing halted a well drilled by the Rachelmacher estate on the Travy heirs farm in the Murray City field. Efforts to tighten the casing proceed to permit shot of the well, which is expected to be a promising producer. Pure Oil Co. expects to complete a well in Vinton county near New Plymouth this week.
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets offer a gentle liver and bowel cleanse to improve complexion and energy. Marketed as a substitute for calomel, the olive colored tablets are priced 15 cents and 20 cents and claim to restore buoyancy by toning the liver and clearing impurities.
Emma Patterson daughter of John and Sarah Patterson was born September 3 1870 and died April 21 1922 age 51 years 7 months 18 days. She united with the Presbyterian Church of Amesville June 20 1886 and was noted for hospitality faith and service. Survived by two half sisters Ella Adair Beverly Ohio and Belle Blunden Monrovia California, a niece and three nephews, with many relatives and friends. Her life centered in Amesville and her passing brought deep loss to the community and family.
Radio Notes announces several broadcasts by WGY of General Electric at Schenectady New York during the week of May 1 at 745 PM Eastern. Wavelength 360 meters. Stock and produce market reports delivered every evening except Saturday and Sunday at 7 PM. BELLAIRE April 27 Miners report possible use of skiffs to ferry men across the Ohio River to non union mines in West Virginia guarded by armed men.
Lord Knutsford announces that only men will be admitted to the London Hospital medical school due to difficulties teaching mixed classes and concerns over demonstrations. He claims many young men and women refuse to study where women are taught, prompting separate women only instruction, while leading doctors dispute the reasoning and defend coeducation.
The remark argues that future professionals deserve the best education and cannot be educated effectively by isolating them in a single classroom, emphasizing broader learning approaches and engagement with the field.
In Chillicothe on April 27 a ruling is awaited on whether the war department or the veterans bureau in Washington has authority to dispose of Camp Sherman property. The Cleveland Wrecking Company has paused wrecking 419 buildings recently bought.
Ashland authorities search for a nurse accused of abandoning a sick woman and disappearing with clothes from the house. The incident occurred in Ashland, Ohio, on April 27, with local police investigating potential neglect and theft.
Amherst high school sophomore girls wore ginghams to mark class distinction day observance in old time Gare Amherst.
An unnamed officer is slain as Michael O'Neill, the former commandant, is shot and killed in London. The incident appears tied to an ongoing security or militant conflict, with authorities promising a full investigation.
An Irish source from Dublin cites official Soviet documents claiming that at least 1,766,118 people were executed in Russia over the last five years. The figures are presented as factual claims from the Soviet government records.
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