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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1923
Page
10
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J B Smith testifies Bob the fire fighting horse was bought by Pomeroy and put into service on January 22 1999. He claims Bob served exactly fourteen years and five days. A Columbus trip followed. Senator Jenkins writes that district counties face cuts without relief and proposes a bill to allocate a million and a quarter dollars in state aid for schools.
County Superintendent C N Wagner weighs the impacts of a sweeping school closure in the county. He examines enrollment shifts, funding strains, and future classroom availability as districts adjust to reduced capacity.
James W. Jarrett, formerly of Mason, died at Jackson on Friday. His remains arrived Saturday, en route to Mason for burial.
Miss Mera Gintear died Sunday in Syracuse after months of illness. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon. She is survived by four brothers Fred Will John and Howard and one sister Anna. Burial took place in Syracuse cemetery.
J. W. Hensley of Hartford heads a movement to use salt furnace off-falls and cinders to craft cement blocks. The blocks are lead colored and appear durable and suitable for wear and appearance.
The new annual telephone directories circulate with more subscribers and advertising pages than before. Miss Adelaide Steed of Batavia Ohio visited Cousin Mrs. Helen R Turnbull and left Saturday for Marietta. Mrs. H A Parcher left Saturday for Youngstown after visiting Mr. and Mrs. George P Daniels. Miss Ruth Schlaegel left Saturday for Washington DC to train as a nurse at Garfield hospital where her sister Sybil is a graduate nurse.
Gilbert Hayes 14 suffered a triple arm fracture Saturday while cranking a Covert Bal ing company truck. He was taken to Holzer hospital for surgical attention. Fred Harper, from Wellston, has paid up on a non support charge and returned to work in Nelsonville. Captain Tom Jones, previously in a Washington DC hospital for throat trouble from poison gas overseas, returned home to Middleport yesterday.
A fourteen year old girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Jewell, died following ingestion of beating heart tablets. Officials report the tablets caused fatal complications. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
A woman at a home above New Haven ingested heart tablets on February 2 and died within hours. The funeral and burial proceeded yesterday at Union Cemetery.
Mrs. Matilda Sanders, a colored woman aged 77, died late Friday at her daughter Mrs. Grant Bower’s home where she had been staying. She had been in ill health for three years and was born in old Virginia.
The Rutland Hi basketball team outlined its remainder schedule with games on February 9 against South Webster, February 16 at Ravenswood in Pomeroy, February 23 at Pomeroy in the Armory, and a March 2 and 3 Class B tournament at Athens for schools of 300 or fewer. They wore complete new uniforms against Nelsonville, featuring a black and crimson striped design.
Rutland High defeated Middleport High 21 to 1 at Middleport on Friday night. Pomeroy High routed Syracuse at the Armory on Saturday night.
Harry Hoffman and Miss Grace Francis of New Haven wed Saturday in a ceremony officiated by Rev. Kelbaugh. Miss Francis formerly worked at the Roush shoe store in Middleport, while Hoffman is a boiler-maker at Jick Son. They plan to reside in West Columbia.
Cincinnati announces a great Shrine circus to open formally on February 26 this winter.
A Shanghai tale of currency chaos as a tourist misreads exchange rates between a "big" dollar and a "little" dollar. He overpays a Chinese shopkeeper for a Buddha statue, learned in hindsight that the price should have been far lower and the stallholder pushes for a higher sum.
Hawaii to add eight R type submarines from submarine division nine in Los Angeles Harbor within six months. Pearl Harbor Navy Yard will see its underseas craft total increase to include these new submarines advancing naval defenses.
In London England the Ku Klux Klan is treated as a joke. Civilians parade in Klan costumes at fancy dress balls while street urchins imitate them from old newspapers. Officials joke that passports would need visas and Scotland Yard laughs at the harmless absurdity.
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