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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1921
Page
5
Across the United States Troop No. 1 seeks five new members. Parents are urged to allow their boys to join a movement promoting better citizenship and service.
Junior Boy Scouts gather at 6 30 in the scout room of the Presbyterian church for their evening meeting. Local residents Mrs W S Foutch Sr is visiting Chicago on business this week staying with Mr and Mrs E C Logan. Mrs Charles Fletcher travels to Columbus to visit her brother John Woodruff. Carl Hayes and G J Fierce attend the National Tractor Show in Columbus. Walter Ewing returns from Columbus after two days at the exhibit. Mrs Will Lloyd Jones leaves Park Place for Columbus en route to Beaver Dam Wisconsin to stay with relatives. Mr Paul Hunter of Chicago visits his parents in New Marshfield and is a Pennsylvanian Line ticket agent at Indians Harbor near Chicago.
Mrs. W. B. Lawrence and Mrs. W. R. Phillips hosted a dinner at the Colonial hotel for patronesses of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority. The evening honored these community benefactors and outlined upcoming sorority activities.
Mrs. Will Lloyd Jones Eugenia Mae Liston of Beaver Dam Wisconsin, a former patroness, shared honors with Miss Maud Crossett, a new patroness of the sorority. Covers were laid for Mrs. T N Hoover, Mrs. W E Moler, Mrs. J Maurice Hyde, Miss Helen Ullom, Miss Shore, a faculty advisor, the honor guests and the hostesses.
The Woman's League of Ohio University will host an afternoon party for co eds on Saturday from two to five in the gymnasium. Games, dancing and general fun will be the main diversions marking the league's third party of the year.
A real funny preacher will speak at the Christian church on February 17, inviting attendees to a humorous sermon. The notice highlights a lighthearted religious program and local church event.
Williamson West Virginia February 10 Judge R D Bailey ordered the arrest of missing witnesses in the Hatfield case citing court delay. The revolver battle in Matewan left seven Baldwin Felts detectives dead and many witnesses failed to appear for the afternoon session. Bailey warned jail terms would be used to compel attendance.
Troop One of Jacksonville Boy Scouts entertained fathers and local committee members at the M E church basement. Scoutmaster John Williams led a sequence of exercises followed by a mothers’ banquet. Dr. Von Scheele urged more enlistments and praised Williams and Rev Sheldon for Scout work. Rev Sheldon preached to the Scouts last Sunday as part of anniversary week observances.
Pigeons shot in eleven directions as Athenians watch the old town clock strike the hour. The slaughter continues throughout the day with a crowd gathering to witness each pigeon being killed due to ongoing annoyance. Short work will extend to other parts of town.
Gertrude Warren sues Thomas Warren for divorce and alimony in a court filing. The couple married on March 1, 1920, with charges of cruelty and excesses against the defendant.
Elmer Ewing 57 a retired farmer was held to the grand jury under $2000 bond on a charge of carrying concealed weapons after attempting to compel his former wife to remarry him. He was arrested at the minister’s home where he had planned the ceremony and a loaded automatic pistol was found on him. Mrs Ewing told the minister’s wife that he threatened to kill her if she did not remarry him.
Frank Swaney of East Liverpool was chosen president of the Tri- State Highway Association. The group will press for building the Washington Pennsylvania to Cleveland section of the lakes highway to the ocean.
A Georgia woman has created an operating costume that surgeons can wear without buttons or hooks. The outfit stays in place with two tape strips tied at the back, offering a simple alternative during procedures.
Health Commissioner J. M. Higgins reports 23 births and 28 total deaths in Athens for January. Most deaths stem from natural causes like hardening of the arteries. others from apoplexy pneumonia and tuberculosis. The week saw a rise in whooping cough with ten cases and two scarlet fever and two chicken pox cases. The sable is found chiefly in Siberia and Kamchatka.
In Point Pleasant a special grand jury convenes to investigate the death of Ira Roush. An indictment targets W. H. Griffith an escaped convict from Moundsville captured at Columbia. Roush was shot aboard a vessel tied to Griffith who is accused of the crime.
Miss Alice announced her opposition to the National League of Women Voters and any organization used as a club against a Republican instruction, during a meeting in Muskogee Oklahoma in February.
Plaintiff Sevid W. Sali sues T. D Biking in a 700008 corruption case heard in court today. Sullivan’s counsel objected. Laura Kane testified about a past romance and marriage leading to a killing claim.
Attorney General Coco states Lonnie Eaton, a Black man, must die in a related incident since the sheriff forgot to hang him on February 4 after a murder sentence. The board of pardons may commute. the governor’s role was only to set the date, with execution postponed by the oversight.
Elbert H. Gary, chairman of United States Steel, says prices and wage scales will remain unchanged. Independent producers were said to offer lower prices, but U S Steel plans no price changes. Wage reductions for 265 000 employees have not been discussed.
Rev. H. C. Smith and Rev. F. M. Evang joined Drs. Wilcox and Strecker on stage at the Baptist union meeting as Dr. Birney preached on The Marks of Heaven and Hell using Revelation texts about the devil’s and God’s marks. He urged that every soul bears an identification mark and warned there is no neutrality in the battle between sin and righteousness, stressing ownership and the danger to youth.
British researchers will study massive stone statues and relics on Fastern Island, located about 2000 miles off the west coast of South America, shedding light on an unknown ancient culture.
A brief historical record notes slavery's nominal abolition in Zanzibar in 1897, marking a turning point in the region's legal stance though practice persisted in various forms. The note emphasizes the official change in status rather than immediate social transformation.
Enoch W Begs Shaw of Everett Washington has signed a contract to coach the University of Washington football team. He was chosen from a field of candidates after a long selection process. The Huskies hope to continue the program’s success under the leadership of the former coach associated with the undefeated twelve season era led by Gilmour Dobie.
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