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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1922
Page
3
Miss Charlotte Skiyer hosted Ohio Bell Telephone operators for an evening of music and dancing. Refreshments were served late, as the gathering enjoyed a cordial social night.
The Ohio university gym hosts a Thursday 7:30 pm Teachers Night exhibition led by Hannah J. Schofield and Ihor Olson. Thirty events include 18 activities with girls performing folk dances and drills and a final volley ball game between business men and students.
The French government instructed M. Jean Parmentier head of the debt commission to America to return to France immediately. The order was learned in Washington on August 17.
Mrs. Myrtle Baker Reed wife of George W Reed of Uhrichsville dies after a year long illness in Athens. Funeral at Uhrichsville Friday at 2 PM with Judge L G Worstell attending. Survived by husband two daughters Hazel Reed McCoy of Gooding Idaho and Dorothy and two sons Paul Reed and George, four grandchildren. Both spouses and children are Ohio University alumni with daughters at home.
The funeral cortege for Mrs Elizabeth Ryan who died Wednesday in Logan will arrive in Athens Friday at 3 PM. Interment follows at West Union Street Cemetery. The Ryan family lived in Athens for many years.
The Pittsburgh Tin Plate & Steel Corporation, Delaware incorporated with a Marietta plant, loses Ohio authority to do business for alleged failure to pay the franchise fee or tax within the 90 day limit set by law.
Four men were taken into custody in Lima Ohio for alleged violation of the federal injunction orders granted to the railroads affected by the strike.
Washington reports control of coal prices and distribution threatened by market panic. Prices range from 6.50 to 13.50 per ton, far above the Hoover agreed 3.50 and well above the 2.10 level at the start of the April 1 strike. A Harding message to Congress on coal regulation is possible as winter shortages loom.
Sharnsburg R D 2 August reports a large weekend with a road meeting and crowd on the grounds exceeding a thousand, a Sunday homecoming with speeches and singing, a maple dinner, and Harris family reunions. Wheat yields were low though Glen Caldwell reached 15 bushels per acre. Local visitors and cooks are noted along with farm notes and community chatter.
A large gathering Aug 13 at W. J. Bodens near New Marshfield honored Emmett Boden and Saul Adams. Attendees included Bodens and Adams families from Atlanta Indiana Akron Ohio Mineral Columbus Athens and New Marshfield. The event featured a pleasant day and a fine picnic dinner.
Since the great railway strike in Great Britain the National Union of Railwaymen saw its membership fall from 457 836 to 384 000 turning points in labor bystanders report a sharp decline in union ranks and influence.
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