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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1922
Page
4
Miss Jessie Dicken and her sister Mrs Elmer Guseman hosted a Christmas dinner. A capacity Sunday School program delighted attendees with Santa visits and a well laden Christmas tree of presents. The newly installed piano was greatly enjoyed by all.
The Kiwanis club in Pomeroy and Middleport, in its second year, unites two adjoining cities once at odds. Members meet weekly in Pomeroy Bend and pledge to cooperative, constructive work for the common good, drawing on local leadership to foster community development.
In Marion Illinois editors urge strong national support for the Herrin massacre trial. They emphasize fair trial protections for all defendants and protection for prosecutors amid potential violence. The piece recalls the 1922 Herrin uprising and calls the nation to stand with Illinois to uphold law and restore peace.
The American Farm Bureau Federation urges farmers to raise profits via cooperative marketing. The approach has flourished in the West and on the Pacific coast with growers uniting in harvesting, marketing, and advertising. Consumers feel they pay enough for farm produce, while farmers see room to improve.
The passage argues consumers will not pay more for goods and farmers would gain little from higher prices. It advocates greater efficiency and improved distribution as the solution, with cooperation in marketing as a wider practice needed.
The piece describes achieving near absolute zero in Leiden by Prof Onnes, the potential impact of approaching zero on matter, and contrasts with systems measuring up to 3000 degrees above zero. It argues discoveries progress civilization and hint at vast future uses and limits of human knowledge.
In a bold display, Johnny Weismuller breaks several pool records while discussing the value and difficulty of earning money. A separate note mentions the fastest run on record as the Christmas run on the bank and a New Jersey man who wrote his will on a butcher's order book, hinting he planned to price a steak.
Washington reports discuss a proposed Irish Senate to be elected with a unique nomination process. Two thirds of candidates come from the Chamber of Deputies and one third from a Senate vote, with 12 year terms and staggered elections every two years.
The article argues Irish Free State rules could bar career politicians, requiring candidates to show public service or other achievements. It imagines a U S model with mixed state and national selections, 12 year terms, and nominating procedures, and cites American figures to illustrate possible profiles for a nonpartisan Senate.
Athens area column notes Gadbury of Nelsonville cruising the pike toward his business when his driver fell asleep near the power plant above Chauncey. The mishap involved a bus straddling fodder and fence posts, prompting reflections on traffic detours and high freight rates.
A reader question page presents various Q and A items from the Information Bureau. Topics cover farming food self-sufficiency, Australian shadeless land, gold production by states led by California, nautical terms, auction rules, animal water intake, Bath head shaving satire, Lingua Franca, soap fish value, teak shipbuilding wood, gutta percha notes, and Alpine tunnels including Mont Cenis Saint Gotthard Arlberg and Simplon connections.
The Pling John Gabriel Sr. returns home from Marion Illinois after months visiting his three sons and families. Gordon Phillips of West Virginia arrives for the holiday with mother Mrs Manny Ball. Fred Slater and others visit Athena shoppers and holiday guests join Mr and Mrs George Gabriel Jr. in Columbus and Athens for Christmas.
A series of local social notes recount visits and hosting over Christmas. People from Columbus, Pomeroy, Athens and Logan stayed with or visited relatives including Mrs. Harry Moore, Mrs. Fanny McCathran, Hazel Durfee, Harold Standiford, and Zell Buffington. Illnesses are noted for Mrs. Seth Robinson and Mrs. Guess hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Liz Guess.
Factory owner George Lowden and family from Elkins together with Charlie Moore and other relatives shared Sunday dinner. Visitors from Federal and Carbon Hill joined Mrs. Grace Russell at Ath ens Sheltering Arms hospital for a Christmas meal. Walter Mattison and kin spent Christmas with friends on Strands Run. Ezra McLain remains home ill with neuraglia. Floss Shepard, a Columbus State University French teacher, rests with her parents on Vore Ridge.
Emerson McMillan Kinnison of Wellston Ohio died November 19 1922 in Columbus from an automobile crash aged 25 years six months and 28 days He was born April 22 1909 in Wellston He married Ruth Tipton in Murray City October 16 1920 and had one child His wife and daughter survive Funeral services were at Murray M E church with burial at Greenlawn Cemetery Members of Murray Lodge No 1044 F O officiated pallbearers included the Rotors Tigers football team and a large floral tribute shaped as a football field were presented The family expresses thanks to friends Murray Lodge Y M B C and pastors Stout in charge of arrangements Mrs Stella Kinnison Mrs Ruth Kinnison and other relatives are listed among survivors
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