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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 03, 1922

Page

5

Senior Girls Win Interclass Basketball Title Celebration

The Athens High School senior girls celebrated their interclass tournament victory with a Wednesday night gathering at Miss Grace Creamer's home. The event featured games, music, dancing, and a late picnic supper attended by Misses Hazel Chase Doris Herron Margaret Krider Helen Bennet Thelma Castle Clara Coke and Messrs Ross Gandee Rexford Roush Wesley Kelley Clifton Easler Orville Ewing Homer Baird and hostesses Beatrice Rose and Grace Creamer.

Athens High School Grace Creamer Tose Hazel Chase Doris Herron Margaret Krider Helen Bennet Thelma Castle Clara Coke Ross Gandee Rexford Roush Wesley Kelley Clifton Easler Orville Ewing Homer Baird Beatrice Rose

France topic guides Current Events club evening

Mrs. C. B. Skidmore hosted the Current Events club evening at 11 President Street with many members and guests. In president’s absence Mrs. Ida White presided, roll call prompted discussion on day’s topics, as Mary Richards led with France and Charles Day spoke on French family life, plus guest Mademoiselle Mary Louise Petetot.

Paris Mademoiselle Petetot Marzuella Richards F. W. Bush City Federation E. D. Sayre Womens Fed C. B. Skidmore President Street Ida White W. W. Lee Mary Richards France Charles Day

Elks Dance Proves Huge Success At Armory

The Elks dance Thursday night at the armory drew 800 attendees and left nothing to be desired. Guests included visiting Elks and their ladies, with punch served by Misses Marie Josten Goldie Strawn Mayme Kern and Veatrica Wolfe.

Elks Armory Marie Josten Goldie Strawn Mayme Kern Veatrica Wolfe

U C D Club Entertained by Mrs Hull Foster Jr

The U C D club enjoyed an evening hosted by Mrs Hull Foster Jr at 138 West Union. Sixteen members attended with Miss Ida Clayton of Columbus as guest, and Mrs Fred H McCoy, Mrs William Andrews, and Mrs Herbert Junod also present.

Hull Foster Jr West Union Street Ida Clayton Columbus Munn Athens County Bart Davidson North Congress Street Chhosen

Hamilton Cuts Police Force to Save Money

Hamilton Ohio faces a municipal budget squeeze with population around 40 000. The city plans to operate within income limits, reducing the police force from over forty to twelve and outsourcing garbage collection to homeowners at a weekly fifteen cent fee per residence.

International News Service Hamilton Ohio

Montville M E Church Sunday Services

Sunday school at 10 a m. Morning sermon at 11 a m. Evening service with song and prayer at 6 30 p m. Sermon time for the evening service not specified.

Athens Guards Stand High In Federal Eyes

Athens hosts two National Guard units with praise from Lt Col Godecke after a thorough inspection. Company L excels in drills and personnel while Battery E of the 134th Field Artillery employs 32 horses and plans joint maneuvers with L.

Ohio Athens Company L Godecke U. S. Army State and Court Streets William Walsh Theatle Schafer Leutenant Wheeler Dew Brian Stevers Homer Baird Ellis Woodworth Raymond Co. Bartlett Joe O. Edleman James A. Matheny Clyde E. Jordan Arl Wilson Richard Faubion Battery of Artillery Montgomery Campbell Columbus Ohio University Campbell Monty” Campbell 185Th Field Artillery 134Th Field Artillery Fair Grounds Tom Johnson Walsh Carl Meighen Ohio National Guard

Tanlac boosts Bridgeport woman's appetite and nerves

Miss Nellie Collins of Bridgeport says Tanlac cured her failing appetite and restless nerves, restoring digestion and strength after months of decline. She praises the medicine and notes Cline Pharmacy Co. in Athens distributes Tanlac.

Tanlac Nellie Collins Connecticut Ave Bridgeport Conn Athens Cline Pharmacy Co

Athens units ready for possible future war mobilization

Battery E and Company L, both drawn from Athens residents and the University, prepare for equipment arrival amid talk of their role in the Rainbow Division. Officers include Captain Montgomery Campbell and First Lieutenant Joseph Pickering with a lineup of sergeants led by John Keller.

Athens Battery E Company L Rainbow Division 166Th Infantry 166Th Montgomery Monty” Campbell John Hibbard Tom Morgan Joseph Pickering John Keller John Price Dutch Fetch Dwight Williams Chet Wolf Jesse Vickers Theron Morgan

Message to Tired and Sick Folks Promises Health Boost

A vintage ad urges readers to visit a druggist for Gude's Pepto Mangan to build up red blood and revive energy. It claims pale, tired people can regain vigor and life quality with the iron tonic, available in liquid and tablet forms.

Gude

Hearing on Phone Rates Postponed

The Ohio Utilities Commission postponed its hearing on Ohio Bell Telephone Company's rate increase until March 16 to give city attorneys in Ohio municipalities time to study testimony and exhibits. Several city attorneys want more complete information before ruling.

Columbus Ohio Ohio Bell Telephone Company State Utilities Commission

Millionaire Newsboy to Pay Large Alimony

Chicago March 3 Tony May the millionaire newsboy must pay his wife Lauretta May 600 dollars a month alimony Judge Hugo Friend granted a divorce on grounds of desertion Mrs May charged her husband with a monthly income over 400 dollars from real estate holdings and other businesses Tony denied he was wealthy and claimed he earned 12 dollars a week selling flowers

International News Service Chicago Ill Tony May Tony Hugo Friend Lauretta May May

German rail strike sparks wider labor unrest in Europe

Berlin reports a threatened general strike as railway workers defy government measures. Ruhr coal miners vote secretly on a walkout that could force France to act, with food supply strains and a high-stakes clash between the socialist government and labor unions.

D. Weyer IL Berlin Ruhr France Vonkapp Ebert Germany

Presbyterian Rural Parish Evangelistic Meetings Begin March

Albany church service at 10:80 led by Rev. John Cowan of Columbus begins evangelistic meetings March 16. Hebbardsville holds Sunday school at 1 with preaching at 2 and an annual congregational meeting Tuesday at 10. New England Sunday school at 19:80 hosts "Trip to Switzerland" class contest. Guysville church service at 7. Carthage and Wingett Chapel report no meetings this Sunday.

Albany John Cowan Columbus Hebbardsville New England Switzerland Guysville Carthage Wingett Chapel

Neff Extends Martial Law Zone To Whole Winston County

Governor Pat M. Neff issued a proclamation expanding the martial law region from Mexia to encompass all of Winston County. The expansion aims to curb lawlessness tied to the oil boom as gamblers and bootleggers reappear just beyond the initial zone.

Texas Austin Tex Pat M. Neff Mexia Stonw County

Workhouse Prisoners to Go to Dayton

Athens county prisoners will no longer be sent to the Columbus workhouse after February first due to lack of work in Columbus. Prisoners will instead be sent to the Dayton work farm on Germantown pike to quarry stone build roads and construct sewers. The Dayton site spans 111 acres with 160 leased acres, and prisoners will walk to the farm. Officials attempted to switch to Zanesville prison farm but conditions were identical to Columbus.

Athens County Columbus Columbus Workhouse Dayton Work Farm Dayton Germantown Pike Zanesville

Colds Preventive Advice Promotes Brom Quinidine Tablets

An old health ad urges using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a preventive for colds grip or influenza. It claims the genuine product bears the BF. W. Grove signature and cautions to ensure you get BROMO.

BF. W. Grove

Detroit Officers Embrace Wireless Police Communication

Detroit plans to equip every policeman with a miniature wireless telephone after tests by the signal bureau. Inspector W. J. Potts cites weight and pocket fit issues but expects a workable model within months. Police Commissioner Inches calls wireless the greatest police innovation, enabling constant contact over a wide area.

International News Service Detroit Chicago Signal Bureau Police Department W. J. Potts the Signal Bureau Inches

Geissler Marks 23 Years of Sunday School Attendance

Gloucester Mass February 8 Twenty three years without missing Sunday School is the record of R J Geissler Glouster s Assistant Postmaster Geissler believes Sunday School is an effective method of keeping public officials on the straight and narrow path He says there s nothing like a moral safeguard around you at all times.

International News Service

Ohio farm bureau federation ends meet with deflation relief call

At Columbus on February 8 the Ohio farm bureau federation adopted a series of resolutions urging strict public and private cost control to restore normal conditions for agriculture. They praise agricultural bloc activity in Congress and push tax limits, debt reduction, a budget system, and fair taxation. They oppose sales tax expansion, favor economical market highways, support Muscle Shoals purchase, back Prohibition enforcement, seek lower milk shipping rates, and ask banks to curb risky securities.

Columbus Ohio Farm Bureau Federation America Congress Muscle Shoals Henry Ford

Sailor Honored for Rescuing Shipmate in Lisbon

Chief Machinist's Mate Dewey Hobart Trivett of the Proteus is nominated by the secretary of the navy for heroism in saving fellow sailor James T. Tarpley who fell overboard at Lisbon Portugal. Tarpley, from Beech Creek North Carolina, swam-impaired by swift current.

International News Service Washington Dewey Hobart Trivett United States Navy Secretary of the Navy Trivett Proteus Lisbon Portugal James T. Tarpley Tarley Torens Beech Creek N. C

Two New Division Field Chiefs Named

CLEVELAND Feb. 8 J W Jones of Millersburg and EB W De graff of Cleveland named division field chiefs by Collector Carl F Routzahn. O Steinmetz appointed supervisor of mail control. With H F P Hawley of Mansfield named cashier, the re organization of the office force for this collection period is complete.

Cleveland J. W. Jones Millersburg EB. W. Degraff Internal Revenue Carl F. Routzahn O. Steinmetz H. F P. Hawley Mansfield

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