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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 28, 1922

Page

5

Social and Local Notes From Athens Area

Friday visitors in Athens include Mr and Mrs W D Phillips of Trimble and Mrs B S Winters who heads to Cleveland to visit her son. Various residents go to events in Glouster Dayton Nelsonville McArthur and Cincinnati with family trips and hospital updates noted. A Woman's Relief Corps meeting is called for a funeral visit and Miss Louise Price returns to spend the weekend with family.

W. D. Phillips of Trimble Athens 8. S. Winters Cleveland Mr. Minor Robbins Womans Relief Corps State and Lancaster Streets Martha James Louise Price Girl Scouts of Cincinnati Anna K Price Elmwood Place

Weekend Visits Ahead Among Local Social Circles

Miss Kathryn Lynch travels to Huntington West Virginia to spend the weekend with relatives and friends. Mr Earl Beckley and Mr Edward Jennings accompany Miss Isabel Sherrard to Columbus for a Kappa Kappa Gamma fraternity dance. The Beckley Jennings parties will visit Mr and Mrs Don McVay while Miss Sherrard visits Miss Elizabeth Jane Washburn. They plan to return Saturday.

Kathryn Lynch Huntington W. Va Earl Beckley Edward Jennings Isabel Sherrard Columbus Beckley Jennings Don McVay Miss Sherrard Elizabeth Jane Washburn

Hocking County Fish and Game Meeting Draws Crowd

Logan April 28 One of the finest meetings in years drew near two hundred fifty to the Presbyterian church as the Hocking County Fish and Game Protective Association met. Judge Pettit presided and Rev Curtis Douglass opened with prayer. J W Stuber urged keeping politics out of the department and endorsed a fifty cent anglers license to fund hatcheries and polluted streams restoration. The gathering ended with reels of wildlife shown by Stuber and L G Fitzgerald.

Stuber

Young Broker Byrnes Detained Over $100000 Missing

Maurice Byrnes a sixteen year old broker's clerk admitted disposing of 100000 in cash securities and checks by throwing them into a river. He kept about 1000 dollars. Detectives secured his admission after the firm learned securities were not delivered. He remains held on heavy bail awaiting further investigation and trial.

Maurice Byrnes Moeninaes Young Byrnes

Sunday School Orchestra Elevates Presbyterian Church Event

The article credits a Sunday school orchestra from the Presbyterian church for a portion of the success, noting their fine music as a key contribution to the event's atmosphere and reception.

The Presbyterian Church

Bengal Bay in Uproar

Terrific cyclone blasts Bengal bay causing multiple shipwrecks and heavy shore damage, according to a Bombay dispatch received in London.

Bengal Bay International News Service London Bay of Bengal Bombay

Athens County Interscholastic Track Meet and Oratorical Tourney

Hundreds of Athens county students gathered in Athens for the second annual county interscholastic track meet and oratorical tournament. Girls prepared for running jumping and hurdles while evening program will include the oratorical contest. Delegations from Albany Chauncey Amesville Canaanville Jacksonville Glouster Lodi Luhrig New Marshfield Stewart and The Plains arrived.

Athens County Athens Albany Chauncey Amesville Canaanville Jacksonville Glouster Lodi Luhrig New Marshfield Stewart the Plains

Naval Flyers May Lose Rank

Scores of naval reserve aviators who formed the backbone of the navy air forces may be retained in the regular navy by congressional action after a Senate investigation revealed their failures in routine examinations. The reserve aviators face loss of rank and dismissal unless transferred to the regular service at their former ranks.

International News Service Washington Naval Reserve Navy Walsh Massachusetts Senate

Traders Tipped Off on Change

Washington April 28 A Senate charge says an advance tip on government leasing the Wyoming naval oil reserve to a private company caused NYSE trading to surge to over 36 million dollars in three days. Secretaries Fall and Denby and Senator Lafollette are accused of withholding official information from newspapers and the public.

International News Service Washington New York Stock Exchange Wyoming Naval Oil Reserve Fall and Denby Robert M. Lafollette Wisconsin Senate Today

Banks Adjust Hours In Nelsonville Start May First

Beginning May 1 Nelsonville banks will open at 8 a m and close at 3 p m Until further notice banks will stay closed on pay nights Banks will be open Saturday nights from 7 to 9 as usual The Citizens Central Bank The Peoples Bank Co

Nelsonville Citizens Central Bank The Peoples Bank Co

Grant centennial program in Glouster opera house

A Civil War veterans and Daughters of Veterans sponsored event honored President Grant’s 100th anniversary at the Glouster opera house. A parade from the brick school to the venue featured students, veterans, and local groups. speeches by Rev. Shaffer and Harry M. Wilson closed the afternoon program.

U. S. Grant Opera House Civil War Veterans and Daughters of Veterans Madison Street Republic Avenue High Main Streets Daughters of Veterans American Legion Bryson Glouster Schools Father Shaffer Harry M. Wilson Church of Christ

Ohio Judge rules Lash's bitters are medicine not beverage

In Dayton Ohio April 28 1910 Judge S T Snedemer declares Lash's bitters legal under state law as they are medicines and not beverages, so they do not violate dry laws.

Dayton, O Ohio 8. T. Snedemer

Tornado Levels Homes in General Terán State Nuevo León

A tornado struck General Terán in Nuevo León injuring 306 and killing one person. Forty houses were leveled and advancing reports reached Mexico City today.

Mexico Mexico City General

Warships Sent to Siberian Coast to Guard Japanese Fishing Rights

The foreign office said on April 28 that Japanese war ships are being dispatched to the Siberian coast to protect fishing rights.

Tokio Foreign Office Siberian

Fall to Inspect Conditions in Mexico on Tour

Mexico City April 28 The Mexican government grants permission for the private secretary of Interior Secretary A B Fall to enter Mexico for an investigating tour. The move signals a survey of conditions and follows Secretary Fall being at his Three Rivers New Mexico ranch.

Mexico City A. B. Fall Mexico Calles Fall Three Rivers N. M

Lenine Under Knife in Moscow

The operation on Nickolai Lenine in Moscow was declared entirely successful by officials. Dr Burghart, a German expert, removed a dum-dum bullet from Lenine's right shoulder, lodged there by an assassin in 1918.

Moscow Burghart

Headdresses Adorned with Carrot Leaves in Past Fashion

In old times women wore carrot leaf decorations on their hats. A claim noted these feathery greens did not tempt birds with the stain of pl ages, implying they offered a safer aesthetic.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Athens Implement Co North Court St L. A. Koons Herman Koons Arkansas Miss Bliss Miss Harper Dayton Frank X. Rauch South Court Street Charles Sisson A. B. Wells E. C. Schloss Lew Sprague McArthur E. P. Sprague Morris Avenue T. J. Davis J. D. Brown P. G. Dowler J. H. Dowler A. H. Skidmore Middleport Frank Buxton Congress Street Goodyear West Roshanara Krepe Canton Preston Michaels-Stern Nefa Sh Gee Hocking County Logan East River Iaurice Byrnes Jane Reynolds Boston Hoaital Whole County Congress Red Men's Hall Landsitter Groveport Cornelius Jack William Gordon Lancaster John M. Gordon Toledo Charleston Here Hobson James Morris John and William Hedfelt William Welsch Alfred Andrews Isaac Jones Jr Buckeye Lake Fair Grounds 7Ico Bane Ene Aero Minglulf's Look & Gift Shop Tate Foster Venice Buffet Tute Tang Il Mills Etc
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