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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1923
Page
5
Despite bad weather the Athens Girl's club held its inaugural social in the Chamber of Commerce assembly room with 50 girls socializing and planning. Ice cream and cake refreshments accompanied games and dancing as classes discussed future sessions in domestic science sewing millinery and commercial instruction.
The first marriage to be solemnized in the new First M. E. church parsonage at North College is recorded, marking a historic occasion for the congregation.
Charming in every detail the bridge party hosted by Mrs. Oscar Fulton at 8 North High Street featured four tables. It marked the first in a series of social events to be held by Mrs. Fulton.
About 25 couples joined a lively Thursday dance at the Coun try club where members increasingly enjoy the club house facilities. The music inspired guests and a cafeteria lunch certified by the steward capped the evening’s enjoyable social event.
Mrs. Sylvia Hauck of Anderson Indiana and Mrs. Emma Cottrill of Columbus visit Mrs. David Wade at 20 Woodland Avenue following the death of their aunt Mrs. Salina Haines.
Mr. and Mrs A B Roe begin a Saturday journey from Florida through Cuba toward destinations in South America.
Mrs Frank Hamilton returned Thursday evening from Zutland where she was called by the serious illness of her niece Mrs C M Chase whose condition is improving after an attack of influenza.
Dr and Mrs Daniel McGurk of North College street entertain for an extended stay Elizabeth Lockwood sister of Mrs McGurk from Pasadena California as their house guest during the period.
Miss Ethel Boetzner arrived home today after a week on a business trip in Cincinnati.
Miss Louise Daggett of St Mary of the Springs spends the weekend with her mother Mrs W V Daggett and family at 169 North Congress street.
Miss Helena Antoiietto visits with her father Mr. Ralph Antoiietto and family at 15 South High Street. She attends St. Mary of the Springs where the school is closed until Monday following the directress’s death.
Mexico City February 2 The attorney general denied a sensational report that 13 Roman Catholic hierarchy members had been arrested in Mexico linked to the deportation of Monsignor Ernesto Filippi. No action was taken as an investigation was ordered but later dropped.
Police say two Cleveland youths known as Matt and Jeff the drug store bandits confessed to a string of robberies in Cleveland Chillicothe and other Ohio cities. Their biggest job, on December 28, was the Julius Spang bakery heist netting 3800.
The School of Music at Ohio University presents the second concert of the series this Sunday at 3 PM in Ewing Hall. Miss Joy Cutler, soprano, leads the recital with pianist Mrs Frances Hizey accompanying. The event is free and aims to please Athens music lovers as part of the university program.
Dayton Ohio July 2 Juveniles of both sexes and unmarried women will not be allowed to attend the murder trial of Irvin Layer accused of killing 14 year old Arthur Moore a Boy Scout Selection of a jury is under way Women drawn for duty were excused Layer known as the Rabbit Man was arrested while attempting to lure children to river bottoms with a rabbit offer Police had hunted him for a year before capture.
Stamford Conn Feb 2 Charles Blanchard 541 a Cripple Creek rancher arrives to woo a Miss Wheeler aged 21 He offers to settle 100000 for marriage but says she is too young for his age and continues pursuit in the East with hopes of a match.
President Harding expressed hearty sympathy with Elk lodge resolutions urging stringent narcotic controls. He pledged to do everything possible to insure stricter enforcement of anti narcotic laws in response to a delegation led by William Sinek of Chicago.
D. L. Brown of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. tells Akron University ad class that broad advertising could have prevented world war if used in Europe. He notes Americans share a language and that national publications unify the country, contrasting U S dailies with European papers.
Mexican capital reports ten killed and twenty wounded as federal troops clash with street car strikers. Officials allege English capitalists syndicate instigated the labor troubles to discredit the government. Arrests made as strikers allied with bolshevist movement fire on Yaqui guards at a street car.
A Ford carrying George Slocum and Stella Shignanski both of Elyria was hit by a westbound New York Central train at the Decatur street crossing in Vermilion Ohio. Shignanski was killed instantly and Slocum was fatally injured en route to testify in a local criminal case.
Cologne dispatches to the foreign office indicate France is getting practically no coal from the German Ruhr fields as of this afternoon, signaling continued disruption in Franco German energy trade.
A clipped quip notes that domestic strife often follows a string of misfortunes, remarking that troubles rarely arrive alone in serious relationships.
The Ohio Fourth District Court of Appeals in Athens heard two appeals from Judge Worstell’s Athens County common pleas court rulings. Mike Newsad of Modoc was found guilty December 23 of possessing equipment for making intoxicating liquor and fined 406 dollars plus costs. Frank Harrington of Lathrop was found guilty of possessing intoxicating liquor in a pre Christmas raid and fined 200 dollars plus costs.
The Lorain County Grand Jury returned 35 indictments and ignored 17 cases. Mrs. J. W. Smith of Elyria and Mrs. A. J. Hill of Lorain were named as the first Lorain county women grand jurors.
German coal bound for Holland, Italy and Switzerland was blocked by French authorities. Long lines of motor trucks and cars are ferrying food into the Ruhr as a rail strike causes provisions shortage.
Fire of unknown origin destroys the Marshall Furnace company factory in Marshall Michigan causing an estimated loss of 200000 dollars. Fire crews battled the blaze but could not save the facility. The incident occurred February 2.
New York police report a crime ship chase ending in a boiler boat fire when the Blue day failed to stop the Porpoise. In foggy Lower New York bays the patrol boat fired after a stern pursuit.
Paul Parks baritone returned to the college auditorium for a Thursday engagement held by the Ohio University French club. An attack of laryngitis cut the program short, but the performance impressed with Parks's versatility and stage presence. He heads to Deland, Florida, on March first for another engagement after a New York run.
A historical note on folk botanic cures used in America with herbs like pennyroyal sage wormwood and catnip. It cites Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound first prepared in 1873 from such recipes and claims 98 of 160 women benefited.
The remarks suggest a group may retire around the same period while performing songs that pair mammy themes with granny motifs in rhyme. The fragment hints at a cultural shift in a musical act, without specifying names or dates.
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