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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1921
Page
2
John Hiesman is hired as year around coach for the Pennsylvania football team with a salary increase. The announcement comes from Philadelphia as the season closes.
W and J football team departed West Pittsburg for California to face the California Bears in Pasadena on Tournament of Roses Day January 2 as part of a bid to restore eastern football prestige.
Bob Folwell will coach the Naval Academy football team for two more years in Annapolis Maryland. He has spent two seasons at Navy and his squads have defeated Army twice.
Henry L. Farrell reports from New York on December 24 that soldier champion Bob Martin is pressing to fight heavyweight Jack Dempsey. Fans question feasibility, noting Martin’s military status and rumored financial concerns at home while he tries to secure a bout with the famed challenger.
The statement notes a soldier living around cities and suburbs who remains a good card holder but could lose value if he is killed, comparing his fate to that of a French man.
George Ayers a 69 year old farmer near Albany died at his home from paralysis. He leaves four children from a former marriage Charles New Pittsburgh Albert Athens Milo Cleveland and Delmer Akron and a widow and four children from a second marriage Walter Ida Golda and Eva. Funeral is Monday morning at 10 30 at the Clarksburg church with burial in the nearby cemetery.
The funeral for Mrs. Elizabeth Kinkade is planned for Monday at 10 o'clock at St Paul church, with services arranged by her family and local church members.
Mrs. Arillia Hooper died at her home on 46 Mound Street after a six month illness. She was 62 and survived by her husband and four children Herb Don and Carl of Athens and Mrs Charles McKinley of Logan Ohio. She leaves three brothers Lib Cal and Ben Coss and two sisters Mrs Barney Slaughter and Mrs Charles Cook, all of Athens and vicinity.
Washington dispatch reports from the Volga valley where a commune leader tells former Indiana governor Goodrich that dogs were butchered and ground into sausage last week, explaining the unusual absence of dogs in Russian communities.
Flood waters from Jonathan creek inundate Crooksville and Roseville raising 3 to 4 feet in lower floors. Traffic on Southeastern Trac tion line suspended as tracks flood. Bridges on nearby rail lines may halt service as waters rise toward five feet.
Vancouver reports a Yukon silver field described by Frank Lowe as one of the richest opened. More than 2,500 tons of ore shipped this year. Tacoma mills say it is the richest ore they have processed. One mine veins four feet wide at 150 feet depth, with riches increasing with depth. winter work continues and spring exports expected.
In Nanaimo British Columbia officials estimate the herring harvest will peak this fall with about 18000 tons salted and shipped to the oriental market.
A tropical South American boa constrictor, identified as an anaconda, is reported to reach 26 feet in length making it the longest snake known. The creature measures across its body and is noted for its substantial girth and power.
King George plans a thorough shake up of the royal establishment to cut costs. Duke of Atholl as Lord Chamberlain drives budget cuts, eliminating sinecures and trimming salaries while preserving splendor of Princess Mary’s forthcoming nuptials.
Columbus readers are urged by Collector Newton M. Miller to prepare income tax returns for 1921 before the March 15, 1922 deadline. The 1921 act requires returns for gross incomes of 5900 or more, or net incomes of 1000 or more, with specific rules for married, widowed, or separated individuals.
Joe Aranyi told police Saturday that four youths around sixteen restrained him and demanded valuables in Lorain Ohio. The attacker group fled after the report, leaving the victim shaken amid ongoing local crime concerns.
Entries recount the Hinckley hunt in Medina County on December 24 1818, Edwin M Stanton Ohio statesman dying in Washington DC in 1869 list Steubenville birth December 19 1814, Wade Park donation to Cleveland in 1892 valued at 100000, and a 1892 Toledo electric company linemen strike.
Pinkerton operatives and Cleveland police trapped a slick swindle gang after weeks of work rescuing brokers from losses totaling around 5000. A well dressed woman and two men were arrested at a local hotel amid the roundup.
Lord Ashfield, head of London underground railways, earned five thousand dollars annually by age twenty, a striking early career detail.
The U S department of labor releases the largest data set on heights and weights of children under six. It covers 172000 records with 167024 white and 4976 negro children and notes boys are taller and heavier than girls. California children outrank others in size while New York City shows shorter averages.
In June the Security Savings Bank held a Thrift Club contest to recruit depositors. Prizes announced December 24 were awarded today to Athens youths, including Miss Anna Cook first prize of 12 dollars and several second and third prizes ranging from 1.43 to 5.50 dollars. All participants received candy and wishes for Christmas and the new year.
Police in Toledo Friday continued a city and county search for two Black suspects after Patrolman Charles McGuire was shot to death in front of the station while attempting to arrest the men. Thirty two are jailed as part of the investigation and manhunt.
Columbus will host the Ohio state sportsmen convention on January 13. A. S. Baxter of the division of fish and game says invitations have gone to every county, delegates will be sent, and discussions will cover fish and game conservation. The event aims to promote more fish more game more sport and more food.
A Senate committee returning from an American investigation concludes Marines should not be withdrawn from Haiti and Santo Domingo at this time. The report urges continued U S military presence amid continuing unrest on the island.
In Martins Ferry Ohio on December 24 police searched the Kurz furnishings store after it was looted. Patrolman Trueman lunged to trap a suspect but nabbed a dummy instead in dim light.
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