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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1922
Page
6
Fragments show personal notices and classifieds for lodging, real estate, vehicles, furniture, and financial matters. Items mention lost items, selling or renting rooms, autos, poultry, and services with incomplete details and partial contact hints.
Poultry demonstration farm owners in Hocking county held a conference at the county farm bureau office. They were greeted by FB. L. Dakin, poultry specialist from Ohio State extension. Discussion focused on a chick raising project for next year.
In a manslaughter trial pending since early week, George Lutz and the defense completed testimony as the court set time for closing arguments. Lutz described threats by Woods, claimed fear for his family, and said he shot to stop an intruder, not to kill. The case moved toward jury deliberation with rebuttal witnesses and press coverage online.
The Sunday Creek Co. reports a sand well at their Sand Run land with no production data yet. Barber Westbrook Oil and Gas Co. advances a test to 400 feet on the Ed Gruner farm Marion township aiming for gas pay, with 672 acres under lease and promises of extensive territory exposure.
From 15 to 2 cases of chicken pox are reported at the office of County Health Officer J. H. Elias. The malady is mild. One case of scarlet fever is reported from Good Hope township and another from Logan. One person in Carbonill suffers diphtheria and another in Greendale. No smallpox cases in the county.
Lima police and employment agencies face a new problem as unemployed men loiter near former corner saloon sites seeking substitute lounging spaces. Chief Lanker reports a survey showing jobs with good wages exist, yet some refuse legitimate work while targeting street corner loafing as a war to eliminate.
Ralph Hayden of New Lexington Ohio, an ex-soldier, toured the south and east last summer with an auto repair shop mounted on a chassis. He stopped in Martins Ferry for a brief visit with relatives as work picked up along the road financing his trip.
For some time the proposal to vacate part of Market street for a new courthouse sparked lively discussion. The city council postponed the decision to a Tuesday session after adjourning for jury duty, with a large delegation from Marketsiiee in attendance.
Mayor James Couzens urged immediate study of a subway to connect Detroit with its suburbs as part of a metropolitan plan. He predicted Detroit and its vicinity would reach 2,000,000 in the next few years and recommended learning from other cities like New York’s borough system before adopting a plan.
A Lima Ohio educator urged businesswomen to avoid strong perfumes and provocative dress. C T Gruenbaum, head of a local business college, advised women to dress sensibly and focus on work, discouraging dating in offices and avoiding the “hand-painted baby-doll” image. He endorses mild fragrance and light powder only.
Harmony Hill notes report Tuesday visits by David Livingston a business caller at the Foster home. The Cornes youngest child improves from illness. Millard Foster of Little Hocking visited to take his parents home for Sunday. Local travels include Blackburn Griffin and Coggeshall through Little Hocking Belpre. Parkersburg Coolville visits noted and church attendance counted.
A widespread health note advises flushing kidneys to counteract sluggish function from heavy meals. It claims uric acid can impair kidney action, causing back pain, headaches, dizziness, stomach upset, coated tongue, and nocturnal urination. Four ounces of Jad Salts mixed in water are recommended for four days to cleanse kidneys and reduce bladder irritation.
Mt Clemens Macomb county voters backed sheriff candidate Rev Caleb Rutledge by nearly two to one in the November 7 election. Rev Thomas C Sykes pastor of the local Presbyterian church says the area is wide open with vice gambling and bootlegging flourishing. He threatens to take the matter to the Governor and vows action to close blind pigs and gambling dens if conditions do not improve.
In Joliet Illinois a billygoat chewed the owner's mail for weeks. Postal officials set a guard and two secret service agents captured the animal. The goat faced a $10 fine and up to three years in prison, highlighting quirky local crime and punishment.
Rural club will meet Thursday at 6 30 pm in old Music hall to discuss American Education Week topics. The program will finish in time for the Glee Club concert at 7 30 pm.
Dean McCracken and Superintendent Stailey will address the meeting at the rural training school in Mechanicsburg Friday evening at 7 o'clock. The program observes Education Week and the public is invited.
The Oklahoma Teacher editor argues literacy prevents crime and reduces jail costs. It cites il literacy among Oklahoma's negro population as far higher than whites and praises Tuskegee Institute for its record of graduates never convicted of crime.
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