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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1922
Page
6
A local column rails at so called Joy Raiders occupying church grounds with tents and refuse debris. It recalls a birthday gathering for Jim Penrod, gifts and home-made cake, and humorous verse about town characters. The piece ends with a dry reference to Prohibition era moods and hopes for better times.
A brief note mentions seeking a profile picture of a politician. It also reports Clarence Chesser sick with typhoid symptoms. The piece demeans a student nickname polka dot and humorously muses about East travel to Katakil Mountains and eating corn on the cob.
Miss Jennie Laughlin married Howard Dewey Davis of Poston at 6 PM on Saturday July 29 at the bride’s parents home near New Marshfield. Rev. Leslie O. Dabritz officiated in a ceremony at the couple’s residence.
Sand Rock families including Clyde Colvin family Dana Wells Van Dyke and others spent Sunday visiting relatives. Chas Stable Ethel Colvin joined Mr and Mrs B O Townsend while Gilbert Boudinot and Vivian visited Carl Grandstaff. Charles White and family called on George Ogg. Frank McCune visited daughter Laura in Cadiz and Harold McCune stayed in Athens with uncles Marsh and Len McCune.
Hockingport notes a successful Saturday evening social at the M. E. Church. Many locals and visitors are listed as guests and callers from Parkersburg, Coolville, Williamport, Athens, and Camp Dills, with several visits and travels noted throughout the week.
Mexico City August 3 Brad Bielaski former chief of the bureau of investigation of the American department of justice was freed from all restraint to go to Cuernavaca and testify in the inquiry conducted by the state of Morelos after being accused by Mexican officials of causing his own kidnapping
Government plans for supplying the Northwest with coal have been completed in principle, announced by C. E. Tuttle, advisor to President Harding's coal distributing committee. The plan will supplement the general fuel emergency strategy in other areas.
Advertisement proclaims Peterson's ointment heals old sores ulcers piles and chafing for skin and sealpitch. It urges purchase from druggists with prices 60c 1.00 2.50 5.00 and features a quoted claim of never disappointing.
Senator Gooding of Idaho called for a searching senate inquiry into the tariff bloc amid charges that bloc members held financial interests in tar and coal prices they had voted on. The move marks a rare, high profile push to examine potential conflicts of interest in tariff policy.
Paris reports warn of economic annexation of the Rhineland if Germany fails to pay pre war debts and the demnity due August 15. The Journal urges France to deploy troops into the Ruhr to seize industries controlled by Stinnes Thyssen Krupp Haniel Klöchner Funckle and Mannesmann, arguing profits loom beyond punishing Germany.
Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons that peace negotiations to end the Greek Turkish nationalist war in the Near East are proceeding. The conflict has lasted about a year, with Greeks under King Constantine nearing Angora at one point before being halted. An international crisis over Constantinople followed Greek threats, then they backed down.
In Paris on August 8 police disclosed a new anarchist plot against Premier Poincare after searching a member of the Society of Anarchists in the city.
Richard H. Cook, 82, has served as a Policeman for the Department of Agriculture in Washington D. C. for 59 years and has spent the last 30 years patrolling on a biavela.
Republican and Democratic leaders were to vote on the McCumber tariff bill on August 17 when Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin led Republican insurgents in objecting to an unanimous consent agreement. The move disrupted proceedings and threw the Senate into turmoil.
Dutch Ridge Mr and Mrs Brice Chapman and family were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Creed Chapman. Miss Ethel Oxley spent a few days last week with B W Barnhill.
Mr and Mrs Earl Bean of Guysville and Mrs Clara Swartz of Belpre visited Matt Shuler and family Monday evening. Mrs Ogden Johnson and son Carl of Athens stayed with her parents J W Barnhill and family. Several residents attended a dance at H T Mulligan s last Friday night.
A Rome dispatch reports the Italian general strike over Fascisti and Socialist clashes has ended. Plans are announced to develop a national park around Mt. Lassen in northern California, the United States active volcano.
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