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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1923
Page
8
Fragmentary patient note from 1893 describes long suffering with rheumatism and fever. The writer mentions temporary relief from various remedies before trying a remedy called gutta and states continued pain and alterations in health.
Funds from the annual Christmas Seal sale will support tuberculosis prevention in the county. The drive, starting next Monday, is led by Mrs. Sam M. Haffey with aid from T. N. Hoover R. W. Royer and Mayor C. M. Gill. Proceeds fund city county health department campaigns and the Ohio Public Health Association program.
Rehearsals for the annual Elks minstrel show at Ewing hall auditorium are well attended with top local talent. Tickets have been distributed to lodge members for pickup. The performances are scheduled for Wednesday Thursday and Friday nights next week.
Franklin county investigators urge disbarment of Lemuel D. Lilly a prominent Columbus lawyer former counsel for the Ohio Anti-Saloon League and Ohio Wesleyan trustees. They allege he speculated away thousands of dollars entrusted to him by the university trustees Methodists Orphan Home Worthington and a retired Methodist missionary.
H. M. Hawk aged 24 a Pennsylvania railroad brakeman was instantly killed in Galion Crestline yards when he was thrown under a cut of cars. Local authorities reported the tragedy occurring today with swift investigation underway.
Everybody is invited to the pie supper at the Jackville school on the New Marshfield pike Friday evening. Proceeds support the school activities and the community event invites locals to attend.
New York December 6 Comptroller Charles Craig awaits the president's order remitting his sixty day jail sentence for contempt of court. He says the remission is an unconditional pardon and denounces Attorney General Daugherty as acting against the law. Daugherty called Craig a martyr and urged instead a remittance.
An advertisement touts Hyomel as a cure for sore throat coughs colds croup and catarrh. It claims two minute relief with a pocket inhaler and guarantees results or money back. Outfits sold by McKee Drug Co and other druggists with lifetime inhaler and affordable refills.
Senator William Borah of Idaho, a leading league of nations foe, said he is in accord with President Coolidge on the world court in his annual message. He favors the court if it is divorced from the league and opposes league membership.
Clarence Smith 35 of Strouds Run suffered a fractured left leg at Sugar Creek No 210 mine Thursday morning. He was transported to Sheltering Arms hospital for X-ray examination to assess the injury.
Washington December 6 Representative Watkins Democrat of Oregon pressed his case for a soldiers bonus despite President Coolidge opposition. He outlined plans to raise the needed funds while arguing the plan would not place a heavy burden on taxpayers.
The 1922 Ohio vital statistics report shows overall tuberculosis deaths at 86.2 per 100 000, down from 9.3 in 1921. Pickaway County records the best progress while Vinton County, without a county health officer, shows a notable rise in cases.
By dint of hard work and heavy taxation Czechoslovakia is one of the few European states that remains in a sound financial condition today.
President Coolidge’s message to Congress was greeted with enthusiastic acclaim by Republicans, especially conservatives, while progressives criticized tax, bonus, transportation, and agriculture proposals. Democrats largely assailed the program, voicing broad disapproval.
Secretary Mellon wrote Senator Borah that there are no new developments in the foreign debt situation. He notes about 7.001 billion dollars remains outstanding from World War I loans, with Great Britain the only major debtor to have definitively agreed to pay.
Washington dispatch says Christmas pardons by President Coolidge are expected to include political prisoners held as federal offenders. A presidential board’s liberal recommendations await Attorney General Daugherty’s review, with cases for special consideration including those who have served much of their terms and are parole eligible.
Washington reports Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty was pulled into the Senate inquiry on naval oil reserve land leases. Leslie C. Garnett accused Daugherty of not acting on a recommendation seeking an injunction to stop Standard Oil Co. from drilling in Elk Hill California as the country’s richest oil land.
Wilkes Barre Pa December 6 A developing anthracite strike threatens to affect 17 000 miners and could spread regionwide tying up mines and idling more than 60 000 workers 17 900 Lehigh Valley Coal Company employees prepared to lay down tools tomorrow
Albert Tabler a colored resident of Tablertown was arraigned before Magistrate Helwig on a charge by Attendance Officer C T Porter for neglecting to send his daughter Thelma to school. He pleaded guilty and was fined five dollars and costs suspended on promise to send the child to school regularly.
The seventh annual Ohio Automobile Trade association convention in Columbus will end this afternoon with a business meeting and officer elections.
A figure reports Americans consuming about 46.7 billion soft drinks, with the total excluding beverages like peer made cereals and other categories not counted in the tally. The item highlights large scale soda consumption and notes omissions in the measurement.
Senator Lenroot introduces a bill in Washington requesting 20 million dollars to buy food in the United States for distressed Germans. Funds would supply American ships for immediate shipment to Germany.
Railroad brotherhood officials representing engineers and firemen hope to conclude wage conferences with the New York Central Lines heads in New York today. Warren Stone, chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, said no definite agreement had been reached.
The fight to enact an anti child labor amendment to the constitution was launched in the senate this afternoon. The move aims to curb child labor practices and restrict employment of minors in national industry.
Vincennes Indiana December 6 nine young men are under arrest in connection with the November six holdup of Spencer in which two banks were robbed of seventeen thousand dollars.
Washington December 6 five federal prohibition agents were summarily dismissed by Internal Revenue Commissioner Blair. The charges cited conduct unbecoming a government officer and involved agents who had been prominent in liquor raids in the national capital over the past two years.
The 1922 state health department release shows 27 034 marriages 57 765 births 1467 divorces and 15 376 deaths in West Virginia. The data indicates a high rate of divorces relative to marriages for the period.
Representative Rogers of Massachusetts introduced a bill in the House proposing the acquisition of embassy legation and consular buildings and grounds for United States use worldwide.
The last section of the Carbon dale Marshfield road was completed this week by Mari ner and Sams in 19 weeks. The 2860 foot stretch brings the total improved highway on this road this season to about two and a half miles for the county.
Edward Carsey of Cangonville faced Magistrate Hedges on a non support charge filed by Humane Officer Roach. Carsey pleaded not guilty and was bound over by the grand jury for $155, furnishing bond and being released.
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