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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1921

Page

18

Dollar Urges International Action to Stop Brigandage in China

J Harold Dollar, vice president of the Robert Dollar Co, returns from the Yangtze with warnings that brigandage under cover of military government threatens China and global trade. He calls for an Ichang international settlement, cites looting and slaughter of mutinous soldiers, and notes Allied gunboats patrolling Ichang with Admiral Strauss directing river operations.

Chaseb Hogue United Press Shanghai J. Harold Dollar Robert Dollar Company Dollar Yangtsze Ichang Wanchang Zchang Mr. Dollar Wuchang Wuchaw Wachow Peking Admiral Strauss

Tourists Seek Climbing Record At Colorado Peak

East coast hikers train daily to beat Howard Robinson’s two hours 31 minutes ascent of a Colorado peak. Robinson, a Dog Road employee at the Summit House, made the record ten years ago with a morning hike down to Colorado Springs and a return by train, a routine local wise men still cite. An Easterner, Herbert Edwards, trained a month and climbed daily, sometimes twice, but did not match the time.

Colorado Springs Cole Howard Robinson Robinson Summitt House Herbert Edwards Edwards

Foreigners Crowding Natives Off the Sea Now

Indianapolis report notes American Legion members in Boston charging that Chinese Japanese Portuguese Spaniards Greeks and Germans working as seamen on U S vessels push native American seamen from employment They question if a married seaman can support a family on 500 a year and allege German crews are landed in Hamburg and hired back as American seamen Includes claim of five million annual charitable institution entries.

Indianapolis Ind American Legion Boston Legion Hamburg

Billy Whiskers and the Hay Wagon Calamity

Dick warns Billy not to laugh then Billy Junior curses a chase after a farmer and a boy. A hay wagon overturns after Billy chases the boy, horses bolt, the farmer is knocked aside, a goat paws hay, and a yellow dog smiles as a scene unfolds. Tomorrow's continuation is teased.

Harding proposal seeks conference to stabilize foreign money

Senator King of Utah filed a resolution in the senate asking President Harding to call a conference of leading mercantile nations to discuss measures for stabilizing international exchange and the values of foreign currencies.

Washington Harding Senate King Utah

Popular Underwear Pattern 3715 And Fabric Tips

Pattern 3715 covers four bust sizes from small to 46 48 inches with a medium size needing 24% yards of 36 inch material. Lace embroidery edging and hem stitching enhance the finish. A pattern illustration can be mailed for 2 cents in one cent stamps. Neither herring nor whales will live in aquariums.

Cherry Dines With Hamlens After Party Night

Cherry arrives at the Hamlens for dinner and feels tired and nervous. Arthur shows interest as Cherry phones home and faces her mother-in-law's suspicions about Ned and the party last night.

Cherry Mr. Hamlen Ned Mrs. Hamlen Arthur Mrs. Randall Hamlens

Local Social Roundup Shows Visits and Upcoming Events

McDougall and Clarence Robinsons return from Buckeye Lake. Henry North visits with her brother John Weaver. Sunday school at 9:00 next Sunday. Ross Gandee visits Floyd Oberholzer. New piano to be moved to church next Saturday. Pearl Morris travels to Virginia to visit relatives. Parker Brothers of Athens to give a concert next Saturday evening August 20. Come for eats and ice cream.

Clarence Robinson Buckeye Lake Henry North John Weaver Ross Gandee Floyd Oberholzer Pearl Morris Virginia Parker Brothers Athens

Curbing Daring Pilot Stunts Sparks Columbus Police Debate

Columbus Chief of Police French considers methods to halt aviators looping and showy maneuvers over business and residential districts. He cites no formal complaints but urges banning such stunts above populated areas and directing flights to uninhabited land. Ohio peace officers plan to study air traffic regulation at ABA session in Cincinnati. Judge F M Clevenger proposes pilot licenses for balloons planes and hydroplanes.

Columbus French Ohio Uniform Law Committee of the American Bar Association Cincinnati F. M. Clevenger Wilmington

Lodge Named to American Delegation for Disarmament Talk

Washington announces Henry Cabot Lodge, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will serve as a member of the American commission at the disarmament conference. The White House confirmed the appointment on August 16.

Washington Henry Cabot Lodge Senate Foreign Relations Committee White House

Public Forum Corrects Dog Sale Incident

H M Crippen writes to The Messenger to expose a pupil who sold a dog as if he owned it. He identifies Carlos Reeves as the honest boy whose name was used by the liar and recounts the sequence of events leading to a refund offer. Crippen urges punishment for the impostor.

Messenger the Messenger Carlos Reeves Reeves Young Reeves H. M. Crippen

Thieves Confess in Capital City Thefts

In Columbus three men Earl Cunningham of Richmond Virginia Glen B Parker and Albert Jamison of Fairmont West Virginia confessed to stealing $460 worth of clothing from a rooming house. Cunningham is wanted in Fairmont and Parkersburg on bad checks charges Parker in Fairmont on a $500 bond jumping liquor case.

Columbus Earl Cunningham Richmond Glen B. Parker Albert Jamison Fairmont W. Va Cunningham Parkersburg Parker

Sarah Bernhart in excellent health says family

Paris reports actress Sarah Bernhart, 77, is in excellent health per her family. Rumors claimed a serious lung condition from a cold. official statement denies the reports and notes her left side is typically more symmetrical.

Sarah Family Paris Sarah Bernhart

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