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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1922
Page
2
Prudence and conservatism guide the Buckeye State Building and Loan Co. in Columbus Ohio. Officers and directors emphasize safe handling of members money and depositors trust. The firm offers 5 percent on time deposits to fund loans with strong security. Assets exceed 21.45 million.
The Coast Guard extends 2,240 miles of communication lines along coastlines enabling rapid alerts for marine disasters. In year, officers aided vessels valued at over 66 million dollars, rescuing 14,918 people aboard, plus 1,621 more saved from water perils by Coast Guard personnel.
Ohio University will host the annual interstate high school basketball tournament on February 24 and 26 with thirty teams from Ohio and West Virginia. Prizes include a silver Loving Cup for the winning team, Gold basketball for members of the winners, a bronze plaque for the runners up, and individual awards such as jewelry, shoes, and other items from local sponsors.
Scientists from Denver University say the well preserved bones found on John Corte’s farm near Curtis likely belong to a mammoth dating about 250000 years ago. The partial excavation marks one of America’s largest fossil discoveries.
The state experiment station at Wooster reports 11 degrees below zero this morning, the coldest temperature measured there in three years.
Judge G W C Jones of the Juvenile Court warned that a smoking mother is apt to neglect her children. Mrs Charles Baker, mother of five, testified she smoked after a neighbor filed the complaint. The court offered another chance if she would quit using "Lady Nicotine" to keep David.
A public forum letter from M. H. Doolittle of Carbondale Coal Co discusses coal loading rates, freight costs, and the hidden expenses of mining. He argues that taxes, labor, and transport add to the ton price, notes wartime sales at under four dollars, and calls for mutual trust between miners, operators, and the public.
On January 25 Mayor Oles receives threatening letters believed from Black Hand sources. He appoints police as a personal bodyguard and leaves his office with a detective when going to his hotel residence, reflecting heightened security.
John Colwell Rutland Ohio, aged about 79, dies after a brief illness. He was a prominent local figure in church and state affairs and leaves seven daughters and a son, Andrew, plus twenty grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 1 PM at the M E church.
Striking packing house workers at national live stock centers will vote tomorrow on whether to end the strike. The walkout began December 5.
Willard W. Long is found guilty of bigamy by Floyd County Circuit Court in New Albany Indiana and sentenced by Judge Paris to two to five years in prison. Long lived with two wives and now must separate as the court imposes the term.
Leading medical men advocate dietetic treatment for weakness and anemia. A Nutra tive Tonic Tablet called SUSTO contains vitamins, yeast, rice, eggs, milk, beef protein, nuclein and iron. If not improved in a month at 10 cents a day, money refunded. McKee Drug Co. distributes.
District meeting dates and places are set for April 7 in Willard April 25 26 in Westerville April 27 28 in Chillicothe May 2 3 in Dennison May 4 5 in Urbana. Ohio Federation adopts General Federation plan creating a department of fine arts and reorganizes divisions across education citizenship public welfare and related fields.
Mrs Finley Asbury was taken to a Columbus hospital Monday for gall stone surgery Miss Marie Asbury accompanied her Myrta Brown assists in the Post office this week during Miss Marie Asbury's absence Mr Charles Swaim of Huntington West Virginia visits his son H S Swaim and family To date twenty five dog licenses issued in the auditors office the largest number in three or four years Last year about eight hundred were issued Mr Anser expects about one hundred licenses this year
Officials announce the installation of officers for the Maccabees lodge set for Tuesday night. Members are invited to attend the ceremony and related meeting events at the lodge hall.
The grand jury examined 19 witnesses, returned five true bills, and ignored three cases with only one woman serving on the panel this term.
Andrew H. Hays 25 and Ella Pennell 18, both of Zaleski, were married by Rev. O J Howearth Tuesday morning in Zaleski. The union is recorded in local civil rites.
Mr and Mrs Charles E Lowry announce the engagement of their only daughter Edna Mae to Francis L Lomax of Logan. The wedding will occur at the Lowry home on Wednesday February 15.
William Petty aged 50 died at his home about three miles southwest of McArthur after a year of ill health. Funeral services were held at Mt. Zion on Wednesday and burial followed there. He is survived by a widow, five daughters and one son.
The Tribuna quotes a high unnamed prelate suggesting the papal election may shift from February 2 to give American cardinals and others from distant nations time to join the gathering in Rome.
Elyria Ohio January 24 Howar Benham describes his car tumbling twice after a chain pot jammed a wheel. The machine righted itself after each flip and Benham finally slowed with brakes. He was uninjured and credited the reflexes of the driver and the vehicle.
Three automobile bandits smashed the plate glass window of W. W. Bugg's Jewelry store in downtown Jackson Michigan and escaped with jewelry valued at several thousand dollars. Police investigated the daylight robbery in the heart of the city.
Washington reports the arms talks have nearly resolved most issues with China and Japan. China shows less optimism and warns that Shantung remains the main hurdle. American and British delegates say agreement may come soon, while Chinese representatives remain cautious.
Students at Olfo University face intensified finals week with exams described as harder than ever. Thirteen hundred attendees discuss subjects from French to mathematics as they nervously prepare for a last act of cramming and looming final exams.
Omaha chapter of the American Legion reports Captain Eddie Rickenbacker has submitted an application for membership. The World War ace, currently an automobile maker in Detroit, says Omaha is his home.
Newell Jl Hosmer of Hannigan Hollow reports a Rhode Island Red hen laid an egg measuring eight inches long and six inches wide, weighing four ounces. The hen reportedly weighs six pounds.
Henry Wards railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to authorize 461000 in first mortgage fifty year five percent gold bonds maturing 1964. Proceeds repay treasury for expenditures from 1920 to 1921 for additions and betterments including terminal facilities. French railways plan reserved cars for mothers and babies if Parliament approves bill.
London lawyer William Beford Glasier left about $100000 to wife Elise with a poem like testament praising devotion and a life of harmony. His widow echoed the tribute, while a separate Christmas note led to police action after Mrs. Dawkins suffered eleven stab wounds and her husband Dawkins was jailed.
In Bellaire Ohio on January 24 Mr and Mrs Thomas Dawkins quarreled then went to police headquarters asking how to proceed with a divorce. The desk sergeant noted their request as the scene unfolded in the report of a domestic dispute.
Elizabeth Chapman petitions for divorce from L. W. Chapman after 43 years of marriage. She alleges she was forced to sew and wash to earn a living and that they separated when he accused her of improper conduct.
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