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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1922
Page
2
Fragmented OCR reads like a garbled community page with misc items: a dance cancellation, livestock and poultry, automobiles and motorcycles, a meeting Friday at 7, lost items, hardware ads, radiators and metal work, furniture deliveries, and various phone contacts. Names appear alongside scattered addresses and prices.
The jury found Arthur Scott not guilty of shooting Hollis Gil key with intent to kill after a two day trial. Foreman J. Wo Lee delivered the verdict after about one hour and twenty minutes of deliberation.
John Brown of Columbia township left a will giving his daughter Mrs Lydia Stewart all personal property for her lifetime. After her death the remaining property is to be shared equally among his other children.
In Ashland Kentucky the high school creates two dean positions for boys and girls. Prof FR O Saunders, longtime manual training head and ex Meigs County resident, is named dean for boys after eleven years as principal of that department. Saunders is a Bradley Institute graduate with post graduate work at Ohio University. A Middleport home visit followed by a Middleport Kerra Run trip is noted. A Middleport Parent Teacher Party is announced for September 14 with a lively program and Merit refreshments.
The bankruptcy court in Referee I H Stewart's court postponed the Kraus bankruptcy hearing to December 17. A trustee will be chosen then, and many additional claims have been filed since the last meeting. No line on the Kraus wealth has been found, fueling theories about investments and possible concealment. The distressed fallout harms claimants and affects a prominent saver in a sorry, widening crisis.
Wellman Pruitt of the country back of Pomeroy was among those injured, details noted in the report.
Eight passengers were hurt when a B and O branch line passenger train wrecked near Reedy West Virginia behind Ravenswood. Two coaches overturned and a man arrived last evening with an arm in a sling.
Walter Sheets aged about 50 died Monday at his mother's home at the foot of Third Street after a period of poor health and a liver cancer. He leaves a mother and a brother. Funeral services were held at the home Wednesday afternoon with burial in Middleport Hill cemetery.
The Columbus Athens District Quarterly meeting began last night at Laurel Cliff church on Thomas Fork in Pomeroy. Ministers expected include Rev. O. L. Stricker of Columbus Rev. A. A. Price of Athens Rev. M. Shaw of Glouster Rev. John A. Hopkins District Elder of Zanesville Services run nightly all week and all day Sunday with the quarterly conference Saturday. Rev. W. M. Sigatoes, pastor, extends a cordial welcome to all attendees.
The Wednesday club met at Miss Faye Cline home on December 6 as reports were presented from Red Cross membership drives and Christmas seals sales. Delegates to the Southeastern federation of women's clubs convention in Athens reported on the event. Rapid preparations are underway.
Eighteen club members held a luncheon hosted by the hostess and adjourned to a Christmas party hosted by Miss Mabel Coe on the evening of December 20. The event aimed to place a community Christmas tree on the public square for the holiday season.
A youth seeks tips to win friends from several girls while Annie Laurie and readers discuss how to test love and when a girl should start keeping company with a young man. Respondents advise attentiveness and parental guidance, noting engagements as proof of love.
In Jackson township Harriet FE Minton was appointed administratrix with the will annexed for the estate of A W Minton deceased. Guardian Charles Brooks had real estate sales approved for Lawrence T Brooks and Francis L Brooks minors with deed to purchaser Clyde E Pierce. Nannie Perry et al vs Hezekiah Collins et al injunction seeks a good deed and restrains defendants from asserting claims on the property.
In Ferrel Hatcher vs Jennie E Warner the court of appeals reversed the common pleas court and ordered a new trial. A petition to declare the will of the late Jacob Clements began the case. Miss Ethel Barbon of Columbus visiting her brother in McArthur traveled to Athens Thursday to see her sister Mrs Carrie Osborne. Claude Calloway of Bowling Green Ky visits old friends here and notes that his sister Mrs O L Carpenter and family plan to settle in Bowling Green. Mr Sherman Thompson and Miss Opal Ward, both residents of McArthur, were married Wednesday December 6 at McArthur by Dr B Taylor. The couple are lifelong neighbors and well regarded locally.
Dec 7 Chicago report notes at least two living survivors of the 1849 gold fever: George W. Ketchkiss of Chicago and Captain John Anderson of Sewickley Pa. Ketchkiss had learned of John E. Kerr’s death and thought he was last, then Anderson’s note proposed a reunion. Anderson is a cousin of William Cody.
The Liverpool Courier reports King George may visit Dublin to open the session of the new free parliament. The note hints at a royal journey likely to involve Ireland and the British capital.
Three of the sultan’s wives, among 148 women left destitute after Mohammed IV’s deposition, are described by new rulers as beautiful, religious, and affectionate. They were cast adrift when the ex-husband boarded a British warship.
Professor Henry C. Walradt of Ohio State University urged immediate reappraisal of real estate across Ohio and legislation limiting intervals between appraisals to not more than three years at the state tax association convention in Columbus.
Springfield officials announce a new high school for disciplining youthful offenders. Dr. James Van Syckle, superintendent of the schools, disclosed the plan today in Springfield Massachusetts.
In Scranton scene Dickson City a hotelman Paul Wisneski 48 and patron Joseph Schnedski 40 died after drinking poisoned whiskey from a galoon. Police begin investigation into the incident and motive remains unclear.
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