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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1922
Page
5
A busy week in Athens features church meetings, guest speakers, and social events. Attendees include Rev. Yas, Mrs. Leo Pierce, and the McKay family. many relatives and friends visit from Gallipolis, Columbus, and Detroit as residents attend funerals, hospital calls, and festive gatherings.
Andrew Labick miner and Elizabeth Rotocky of Millfield receive a marriage license. Fred French engineer of Chilliacothe and Pearl Pennington nurse of Athens also licensed. Pearl Helwig, J. P. serves.
Vinnie Andrews sues Frank Andrews for divorce on grounds of extreme cruelty. They wed July 22, 1911 and have an eight year old child. She alleges last New Year’s Day attack caused a broken tooth and facial cuts requiring medical care, with repeated conduct during the marriage. The defendant, 50, a miner and small property owner, is described as able bodied.
Sheriff Parker and Deputy McKinley were alerted to a supposed auto trap on the brick road near Courtney Hill. A passerby halted when a line of barrels blocked his way, but the barrels had been moved by a kind helper. no crime occurred.
In Maywood suburb near Chicago, James Stoefel, president of Maywood State Bank, is killed and cashiers James Vinson and James Sweeney wounded after five robbers aboard a car open fire as they leave with a $12,000 payroll for the American Can Company. The attackers escape toward Chicago. Ralph Hunt is among witnesses.
Charles L. Darlington, state commander of the American Legion, denied reports that the organization planned to align with the Ku Klux Klan to suppress any public appearance by Eugene V. Debs in Xenia Ohio.
Illinois documents show a roster of 750 women physicians and surgeons shaping medical care across the state. The count reflects growing female representation in medicine and highlights ongoing gender progress in health care professions.
Mary Landon Eker, who missed her Chicago wedding, will seek health recuperation in the West and then sail for England in the spring. Her fiancé McAllister McCormick will depart soon with the honeymoon suite reserved.
H B Kay correspondent of the London Times was seized by three armed men in a Dublin saloon near the National University where the Dial Eireann meeting occurred. The abductors warned Kay would be killed if any word of the seizure leaked, with Micheal Collins and IR A leaders aiding efforts to locate the captive.
In Philadelphia on January 5 rumors swirled about potential successors to the late Senator Boise Penrose after Governor Sproul confirmed he would not resign to accept the seat. The chatter named about six possibles as possible appointees or contenders.
Advert reads Baalmann's Gas Tablets claim to ease breathing nerves and heart anxiety. Sold in yellow packaging by Cline's Pharmacy and other druggists. Price one dollar. San Francisco chemist J Baalmann promoted direct to buyers.
West Virginia coal miners from Marfort and Mascott appeal to President Harding for relief. They claim coal companies deny work unless unions are disbanded, leaving families destitute with no livelihood and facing starvation.
Alexander Thompson forced entry at midnight and attacked his divorced wife and four children with a stone chisel, fracturing skulls. The mother is dying, two children near death, two others gravely injured. Thompson slit his throat but may recover. He formerly lived in Pittsburgh and Mansfield and was identified as a World War II veteran. Evidence suggested alcohol involvement.
Dublin January 5 Irish Dail recesses to allow opposing leaders to confer on Arthur Griffiths motion of approval of the peace treaty with Great Britain A vote against the motion would end the treaty while a majority for it would eclipse Eamonn De Valera as the leading power in Ireland The Dail planned to resume at three o clock
Rev E R Slutz of Cleveland will preach at both morning and evening services at the First Methodist Episcopal Church next Sunday. He is known in Athens after his father’s death he led the local church until 1907 and later served in Atlanta and Cincinnati before becoming pastor at Parkwood Church in Cleveland.
A sale offers all pearl beads at one third off regular prices for a few days. The store promises the reduced prices are the new low and cannot be duplicated at this value.
The Japanese cabinet said Washington naval armament talks do not affect Japan's stance on capital ship tonnage and refused to yield further in the Shantung dispute with China. A resumption of negotiations with China will be pursued at Pekin rather than Washington.
Francis M. Tippie revisits the Messenger Building where he signed up for the U S Army at age fourteen fifty eight years ago. He recalls enlisting in Marietta after leaving the law office once General Grosvenor’s, serving twenty two months with the 18th Ohio Infantry and later Company G in three major battles. Tippie, native of Athens County, notes changes since his service and enjoys traveling to places from his youth.
Washington January 5 Post master General Hays denied he had signed a contract to head the U S motion picture industry. The statement countered circulating rumor and asserted no such agreement exists.
Seven hundred reindeer purchased in Finmark Norway will be shipped to Baffin Land under Laplander herders. The project supports Viihjarmur Stefanson’s plan to establish northern herds to enhance Canada’s food supply. Baffin Land lies north of Hudson Straits and will sustain the herd year round. If growth matches Alaskan herds, venison could reach Canadian markets in years.
Albert Wilkes faces arraignment before Justice Helwig on possessing equipment to manufacture intoxicating liquors. Officers found a fifty gallon barrel of corn mash at the Walsh farm south of Athens. He was ill and could not appear. the arraignment for a second offense is scheduled today. Wilkes previously was convicted last July of possessing and transporting intoxicants and fined $400 plus costs.
Cincinnati police and Coroner D C Handley disputed over Leopold C Burkhardt 60 how he died. Burkhardt found dead in his apartment with head wounds autopsy showed two distinct skull fractures. Police attribute death to accidental fall while Handley called it murder speculation. The missing bill book and $1000 in rents were noted.
An advertisement asserts a product will rid the system of poisons causing most diseases and cleanse and enrich the blood. It urges readers to try the remedy for better health.
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