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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1923

Page

2

Epworth League social and school notes from Jacksonville

Epworth League in Jacksonville Ohio enjoyed a semi monthly social with forty members attending. Highlights included a surprise recitation and reading, followed by games and refreshments. School news covered holiday recess, staff travels, and student honors with top averages.

Linn Sams Arctima Hill Chicat Whitacre Sidebeey Kenton Palestine Ohio Katt Fotzeroth Washington, D. C W Aiton Vernon Athens Rabe Akto Eon Niles Arnet Kittle Margaret Cronin Miss White County End Mar Ben Morrison Alva Grac Columbus Morrison G. S. Rambo Command Elizabeth Yen W. C. Hill B. Fr. Moore

Kent Offers Six Talks On Christian Happiness In Athens Churches

Charles Kent, Woolf professor, opened a series in Athens Sunday at the Christian church. He spoke to a young audience on Christian Oasis of Happiness and addressed a union meeting of four churches. The lectures continue at Ewing hall Ohio University with a talk on Our New Understanding of Jesus.

Wis R Charles Kent Woolf Baresses Athens Christian Church Methodist Church Lock A. Kent Ewing Hall Ohio Jesus Ely

Local social notes from Plains and Albany community

Evelyn Rorick of Albany visited Sunday with Mrs Rayberick while Miss Rhoda Waymer and Jessie Bytymer were called to Sugar Creek by a serious illness. Mrs Walter Oakley is recovering in Columbus. Arthur Burchfield and baby Lehnneth spent Saturday at Poston with Mr and Mrs Harold Standiford.

Smins Evelyn Rorick Albany Ray Rick Rhoda Waymer Jessie Bt Tymer Air Father Walter Oakiey Columbus Arthur Burchfield Baby le Hnneth Poston Harold Standiford Burge Grethe

Four Crackmen Arrested After 15 Shots at Pontchartrain

In Manhattan near Columbus Circle early today police arrested four alleged cracksmen after 15 shots were fired while attempting to blow the Pontchartrain Hotel safe on West 58th Street. About 200 hotel guests were awakened by the shooting. at the station the men named James Tooney Ruggie Gardner Thomas Mullin and Charles Harrigan.

New York Columbus Circle Chartrain West 58Th Street James Tooney Ruggie Gardner Thomas Mullin Charles Harrigan

Hope For Irish Dwindles As Parley Proceeds

Dublin crowds gather as Eamonn de Valera insists on separate government representation. Sinn Fein clubs meet but take no decisive steps. Fire kills five in a dwelling likely set by incendiaries. Tuam mansion, valued at 400000, burned by irregulars. Free State troops recapture twenty eight republicans in Meath raid.

Dublin Eamonn de Valera Sinn Fein Tuam Ireland County Meath

Sunday Guests and Local Visits Include Athens Shoppers

Sunday visitors fill the community rolls with guests from Chauncey and Athens. Key names include Mrs. Lydia Beachout, Mrs. Fannie McCathran, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Moore, and many others amid illness recoveries and family gatherings across Chauncey and Poston.

Harry Moore J. L. Ferguson Chauncey Lydia Beachout Pauline Potts Freda Augustine Fannie Gaskins Poston Fannie McCathran

Deadlock in Near East Peace Talks Triggers Greek Exodus

Information reaching the British peace conference delegation reports a deadlock in the Near East talks and troop movements in Thrace causing a large Greek exodus from Constantinople. About thirteen thousand Greeks are said to be leaving the Turkish capital amid fears of hostilities.

Lausanne Thrace Constantinople

Chicago Grand Jury Hears Charge on Immoral Resorts Syndicate

Charges claim a Chicago syndicate of about 100 immoral resorts protects vice and seeks to educate boys to vice to sustain trafficking. The case was filed with the grand jury for action as of January 8.

Chicago

Bonds Stolen in Raid on City Comptroller Office

Bonds valued at 202000 were stolen in a post last week raid on the real estate office of City Comptroller George F. Harding. Harding had earlier reported the loss at 14500.

Chicago George F. Harding Harding

French Geog Society backs Rhineland freedom plan

The French Geographic society adopted a resolution urging France to free the Rhineland from Prussia and annex the Saar basin. It calls for a separate Rhineland republic under French protection.

Paris French Geographic Society France Germany Rhineland Prussia Saar Basin Rhineland

McCormick Under Knife in Paris Appendicitis Operation

Harold F. McCormick Chicago multimillionaire and husband of Gunna Walska underwent an appendicitis operation in Paris. His condition was reported satisfactory.

McCormick Paris Harold F. McCormick Chicago Gunna Walska

Buckeye State Building & Loan seeks deposits safety fund

A Columbus advertisement touts a large Reserve Fund of 718000.00 built to protect depositors. It notes annual 5 percent interest to stockholders and depositors, with remaining profits added to the Reserve. The firm claims stability and cites resources over 23000000.

Buckeye State Building & Loan Co Rankin Bldg

Oakdale School to Host Plate Supper for School Benefit

Glouster reports a two plate supper to be hosted by the local parent teacher association at Oakdale School on Wednesday January 10. The event supports the school and invites all residents to attend.

Oakdale Parent-Teacher Association

Auto crash injures Newark woman near Columbus

An automobile accident east of Columbus today lightly injures Mrs. R. E. Mee Donald of Newark. She is the wife of Ohio's new state prohibition commissioner.

Columbus Here RE. F. Mee Donald Newark Ohio Prohibition

Snow storm grips eastern New York with heavy snowfall

A snow storm threatens to become a blizzard across eastern and northern New York. The early morning hours brought nearly five inches of snow, signaling worsening conditions for the region.

Albany N. Y New York

Standard Oil Will Skip London Conference on Oil Protection

The Standard Oil Co. will not join the Tuesday conference of petroleum companies in London to discuss mutual protection for operations in Russia and the Far East.

New York Standard Oil Co London

Snow Halts Trolley Traffic in East Glens Falls

Eight inches of snow fell between daybreak and noon in East Glens Falls New York crippling trolley service and making roads impassable by night Local officials warned of worsening travel conditions and urged caution for residents and travelers.

Glens Falls N. Y

Emile Coue Clinic Claims Stammering Cure in One Minute

In New York Jan 8 Emile Coue the French advocate of auto suggestion held a clinic and reportedly cured a lifelong stammerer in one minute. The patient had stuttered since childhood and his rapid improvement was claimed at the session.

New York Emile Coue

Cows and Camels Transport Food to Starved Reds

J R Fitzgerald of Rome New York predicts grave conditions in Aktubinsk northern Russia as milk cows and camels aided American relief for $650000 worth of food last winter. Fitzgerald led the American Relief Administration mission at Aktubinsk for about a year.

London Aktubinsk Russia J. R. Fitazgerald Rome New York Fitzgerald American Relief Administration

Burns buys two blooded Swiss goats for $2000

Syracuse millionaire Burns Ly man Smith acquires two Swiss milk goats for $1000 each. The animals are the first Swiss goats in the area and will be bred at his Oswegatchie River preserve.

Syracuse Burns Lyman Smith Smith Oswegatchie Diver

Two Suspects Held in Cambridge Wheel Barrow Murder Case

In New York two men Gui seppe Marrazza and Antonio Prator are in custody after a dramatic pursuit from a second story dive and exchange of shots. The victim Bruno Mantegna of Providence was killed in Cambridge on October 28 and his body dumped in a pond after being carted away in a wheelbarrow. A Philadelphia suspect was captured recently and extradited to Cambridge.

New York Guiseppe Marrazza Antonio Prator Brooklyn Cambridge Mass Bruno Mantegna Providence R. I Marrazza Philadephia Cambrids

Churches urged to share in moral task of international duties

The executive committee of the Federal Council of Churches urged churches to educate the public on the U S duty to assume full responsibility in international affairs. The appeal was sent to Ohio churches by the Ohio Council of Churches after their Indianapolis meeting.

Columbus United States Federal Council of Churches Indianapolis Ohio Ohio Council of Churches

Protestant hospital renamed White Cross in Columbus

In Columbus Ohio on January 8 the hospital formerly known as Protestant Hospital changed its name to White Cross Hospital citing the previous name as too narrow in implication.

Columbus Protestant Hospital White Cross Hospital

Bankers reportedly plan devaluation of francs amid Ruhr tensions

Paris reports suggest British and French bankers aim to push the franc to 25 per dollar if the Ruhr situation worsens. The chatter circulated on the Paris Bourse this afternoon as markets watched for policy signals.

Paris Jan Hadio France Ruhr

Lawrence Maxwell undergoes treatment at Johns Hopkins

Attorney Lawrence Maxwell of Cincinnati and former solicitor general is receiving treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. It is not yet determined if an operation will be needed.

Cincinnati Lawrence Maxwell United States Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore

Texas Representative Seeks Block on Immigration Wave

The bill by Representative Sanders of Texas aims to prohibit immigration into the United States. President Harding sent to the Senate the will provision of J. Wilson Leakin of Baltimore offering 200000 dollars for a summer White House near Washington.

Washington United States House Sanders Texas Harding Senate J. Wilson Leakin Baltimore White House

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