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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1924
Page
6
Devereux Milburn critiques modern sports balance citing crowds at bleachers and Miller Huggins staff, noting lack of stars. A quip hints at Kamms Corners pitching finals drawing Prince of Wales and references Bill Tilden’s recent tennis result.
A scatter of witty lines and sport notes remark on players and promoters. Mentions Battling Siki Tommy Gibbons Tunney Zbyszko Lewis and Fielding Yost with satirical asides about shows, wrestling titles, and the cruelties of sports life.
Paris August 25 Captain Thomas Burgess, first to cross the English Channel, trains Miss Lillian Harrison of Argentina and predicts she will be the first woman to swim the channel. Harrison, who started ten days ago, paused for a leg injury and plans another attempt soon.
Dutch Leonard limited the Yankees to six hits as Detroit cruised 7 to 2. Ruth Cobb and Manush homered. Washington won 4 to 1 over the White Sox to move within one point of the lead. Cubs edged the Giants 2 to 1 in a pitching duel. Cardinals crushed Brooklyn twice 7 to 6 and 17 to 0, aided by 25 hits. Cincinnati swept Atlanta in a doubleheader 9 to 0 and 8 to 2 with Pedro Dibut debuting for the Reds. Indians defeated Cleveland 8 to 1 in a quick return home.
A playful collage of sports and society notes includes Williams jogging, Ethel Bowie leaping over a net on Mount Kinco courts, McCoy cutting out dolls, and a wry take on Mars and nuts singing. It laments no billion stadiums this week and jokes about immigration laws and baseball’s rise over 20 years.
In Memoriam, a four year old from the Wiedemann stable, is slated to start in the second international race at Aqueduct. Bob Gilmore notes several Wiedemann horses will race at Belmont Park and Aqueduct this fall before wintering in Miami. Epinard, the French champion, is being prepared for the internationals and jockey Everett Haynes faces criticism over timing in a Cambridgeshire finish.
In Rochdale England on August 25 John Ellis England’s famed executioner shot himself after a nervous breakdown that followed his retirement last March after executing Mrs Edith Thompson. Ellis had hanged over 200 people and once vowed never to hang a woman. The case mentions Sir Roger Casement among his victims.
In Death Valley California the Pacific Coast Borax Company is constructing an entire adobe village. The project includes scores of houses for employees a large hospital and a theatre all made of adobe.
Mrs. Frank Adcock of Green township was taken to the local hospital on Sunday for treatment expected to last several days. Her condition is not considered serious.
Mr and Mrs Harry Newman and their son Harry Martin return home after visiting Willard Newman and family on Jant Street Cleveland. Newman to resume duties as athletic director and physical education teacher at a high school elsewhere and led a boys camp chaperoning 11 boys this summer. Dorothy Lonas travels to Columbus for ear specialist. Dugg Hansel and Carl Cline hosts in Columbus with other local visitors in the capital.
The article mentions Miss Mary Davey as secretary to Congressman Underwood and notes an odd dental stunt by August Herman. A policeman arrested Herman for endangering people below. A cigarette stub beside a bed is also mentioned.
In Columbus Democratic party leaders arrived to attend tonight's state central committee meeting where officers will be elected. They expect platform committee selection to set the tone for harmony at the state convention tomorrow. In Columbus on August 25 the county could not complete its official primary count by noon. Returns were all in by Friday of last week per theSecretary of State Brown's office.
Rome reports a fleet of minuscule airships, the world's smallest, to be used by Italian naval and ancillary authorities for scouting only. The engine is silenced and the envelope is neutral colored to render the craft nearly invisible and inaudible in motion.
Berlin reports Herr Herch leader of the Nationalists denounced the London relations pact as debate resumed in the Reichstag at Chancellor Marx's ratification request.
Ohio University student and athlete Andy Bruce known as Chippy Bruce married Nora Ward of Sullivan in Monroe Michigan. The couple, after the ceremony, planned a Canada tour with their new spouse.
Three month old Charles, son of Mr and Mrs Dale Harrison in this city, died Saturday afternoon from pneumonia after a severe cold. Funeral services will be held Monday with Rev J W Blair directing. Burial at Oak Grove by Harden Undertaking Co. He was grandson of Policeman James Thomas.
Rainfall in Huntington measured 2.22 inches, the heaviest in years, with the local weather bureau lab reporting the amount. In London, foreign jazz artists, mainly Americans, cripple English musicians as dancers prefer American jazz and London halls host American or American-type orchestras.
Logan residents Lowell Karshner and Fern Tisdale will appear before Magistrate Miller on charges of possession as a result of a liquor arrest near Moccasin Bend Saturday night. Deputies say a nylon jug of colored whiskey was ditched when spotted. They were jailed to await arraignment. The report also notes the John Peter Miller family reunion at Lancaster fairgrounds with attendees from Indiana and several Ohio counties.
At a Saturday session in Clerk's Hall the Republican central committee organized and named O. V. Westbrook as chairman and A. P. Bray as secretary. A plan to appoint one executive member from each township was approved and 14 members named. A Wednesday meeting will choose the executive officers. The Democratic central committee also organized with Judge F. P. Martin as executive chairman and Edgar Angle as vice chairman. secretary pending.
In Yellow Springs Ohio a snake club formed at Antioch School. Members handle a pet named Clifford and must show no fear to qualify for joining the club.
A steam shovel at Wolfe colliery Hazleton uprooted nine copperhead snakes and five blacksnakes. Workmen killed the reptiles as they appeared and most were three to four feet long.
New York August 25. Three days before her wedding, Marie Geyer 41, a widow, was found dead in the kitchen of her west side apartment by her renter and fiancé Thomas W. Keith. A thorough police investigation opened.
Belfast dispatches report divers recovered nearly all seven million pounds sterling in gold bullion from the Lauren tic wreck torpedoed by a German submarine. A quarter of a million pounds lay in a forward hold, while workers battled dogfish. Large numbers of jewels were found among the passengers skeleton.
Easy Town police stepped up efforts to track a professional gang suspected in a robbery at Burkley and Sons Insurance Agency. The $85,000 heist was the fourth safecracking job in downtown Columbus within a month, with authorities believing the same crew carried out all four.
An Austro Italian conference will be held in Rome this autumn to discuss international problems, officials announced today.
The Logan Company explains high natural gas costs since 1919 24 due to depleted Ohio fields dry holes high prices and costly new supply. It cites drilling and purchase totals 1919 1923 pipe miles 1920 1923 and argues extensive eastern drilling and long transport lines require higher valuation. It asks patrons to support rate adjustments and future exploration in eastern Ohio while noting the need for consumer cooperation.
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