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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1922
Page
8
English biologist William B. Brierly warns of a real famine risk worldwide unless food resources rise or population declines. The statement underscores urgent food security concerns highlighted by British scientists.
HAMMOND Ind April 28 Moonshine liquor is taking a terrible toll in this steel mill district officials report with many foreign-born residents Moonshine insanity has risen and county officials consider a county insane asylum as 168 moonshine victims are held at the county jail and the poor farm due to crowding limiting treatment Junior officials warn that crowded conditions hinder care for the addicted and insane.
Boston police received an annual mystery postcard starting March 31, 1892. Each year since, on that date, a card appears with the message March 30 April 29. The department has never learned what the postcard signifies after three decades of receipt.
About 13 048 people, including farmers, convicts and professionals, enroll in Ohio State University’s free correspondence courses started in 1915. The program spans Canada and 42 states, with lessons mailed, graded, and returned. students study at their own pace, some finishing in years, others dropping out after one questionnaire.
The league plans ten colonies of tents to lower living costs by offering free camping sites near the city, aiming to ease residents facing rising rents. The effort centers on providing affordable shelter and community support amid housing pressures.
In Charleston West Virginia on April 28 testimony in the Blizzard treason trial described Mother Jones urging 2500 to 3000 miners and families to return home and obey the law at a Lens Creek gathering along the Kanawha valley. Journal accounts note guards and orders given by Frank Kenney and a belt of support from the United Mine Workers. Governor Morgan attended court as defense critics questioned funding by coal operators.
Alice Debrow, identified as a black woman, appeals to police in San Diego on April 28 claiming grocery price gouging. Detective Chardwick notes officials do not handle lobster profiteer issues. Debrow insists her grocer is a profiteer and equates profiteers with lobsters.
Flood risk from Kern river snowmelt threatens grain gambling operations on Tulare Lake bed near Visalia as surplus river water may flood the dried lake for the first time in years, endangering bets on weather favorable for crop planting. Also news brief reports a motor runaway crash in Akron injuring four people including H V McVay and Mrs William Bowman.
London auction houses Christie s will host the sale of the late Baroness Burdett Coutts private art treasures on May 4 drawing collectors worldwide.
Mrs Jesusita Agostini admitted to Oakland police that she killed Arnold Postel a wealthy Alameda merchant after he kissed her and allegedly attacked their children. She said she acted to protect honor and claimed grave care and gratitude if punished.
In Great Bend Kansas H J Brack longtime western Kansas farmer predicted a cellar good as gold. After his death family dug the cellar and found over 60000 in gold coins his lifetime hoard. A separate item notes Witon Tate held on paternity charge in Athens county Ohio with a 400 bond. A London police raid exposed a croupier regu larly employed at a fashionable gambling house.
In Sistersville West Virginia Dr C V Little told Kiwanis members that following nature laws can extend life toward a hundred years arguing 600000 annual deaths stem from preventable disease and 3 million sick beds are filled unnecessarily He urged pure water air balanced food exercise work and recreation as keys to health and longevity
Paul Eugene Deschanel former president of France died in Paris after a long illness pneumonia was the cited cause. He was 76 and had served as president of France in 1920 after earlier leading the chamber of deputies. An old incident had him collapsing from a train and once joking with a pedestrian who he claimed was Napoleon.
Frederick MacMonnies statue Civic Virtue has been installed on its pedestal in the City Hall fountain in New York. The figure of a youth with a sword stepping on Loreleis has drawn criticism from many women who call the symbolism degrading to women.
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