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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 30, 1922

Page

5

Pallas Club Hosts Phi Sigma Chi Initiation Banquet Night

The Pallas Club met with Mrs. Hopkins and Mrs. Sloane presiding. Reports from the State Federation meeting in Columbus were given. Phi Sigma Chi hosted an informal dance and initiated six new members, followed by a banquet at the Colonial hotel with Lancastrian guests and a social hour.

Pallas Club C. D. Hopkins A. ©. Sloane E. D. Sayre State Federation Columbus Bertha Bridgman Isabelle Sherard Rachmaninoff Frances Hatch Fred McKay Pyramids Nile John Preston Egypt Sigma Chi Phi Sig Phi Sigma Chi Roy C. Shirley Roger Jones Dale Cotton Robert Clark William Edwards Daryl Watkins Jack Rhodes Ivan Maple Colonial Hotel Phi Sigs Lancaster

Mrs Sutton announces Hazel Shull and O P Burkhart wedding

Mrs F F Sutton of 86 Franklin Avenue reports the marriage of her daughter Hazel Shull to Mr O P Burkhart. The ceremony took place in Franklin Missouri at the bride’s sister Mrs Harry Spry’s home. The couple will honeymoon ten days then reside in Macon Missouri where the groom has a ready home. Burkhart works in Macon and Hazel has been a bookkeeper there for two years. She is known in Athens as a former public school student.

F. F. Sutton Franklin Avenue Hazel Shull O. P. Burkhart Franklin Harry Spry

Phi Sigma Chi Initiation Dance This Saturday

Phi Sigma Chi initiates members with a dance Saturday evening at the Odd Fellows Hall. The active chapter invites members and guests to join in the social event and formal proceedings.

Phi Sigma Chi Odd Fellows’ Hall Phi

Heating Tests End This Week In Athens County Schools

Athens county public schools finish the second mid year silent reading tests started this year by County Superintendent Guy Dinsmoore to measure reading rate and comprehension in fourth and higher grades. Over 13 000 students nationwide have shown merit in the tests, with about 10 000 pupils in Athens county taking part. Each pupil reads a pamphlet aloud five minutes, then a score is based on paragraphs read and correct answers to questions.

Athens County Guy Dinsmoore

Brady Aims to Stage Dempsey Wills Fight

William A Brady plans a public push to match Dempsey against Harry Wills with Wills as lead, while Jack Kerns waits for Brady's signal and public approval. The call for a mixed heavyweight bout has little visible support, and Wills remains silent as Brady presses the campaign.

Sid Mercer International News Service New York Jack Dempsey Harry Wills William A. Brady Wills Jack Kerns Kerns Brady Dempsey

Death of Ex Navy Captain In New York Club Suicide

Francis Morgan Barber 76 a retired navy captain committed death by his own hand at the University Club in New York slashing his throat with a razor. His body lay in a basement wash room. Grief over the recent death of Baron Rosen, struck by a taxi, is thought to have prompted the act. Barber was born in Ohio and served as an attache in Japan and China in 1895.

New York Francis Morgan Barber University Club Baron Rosen Captain Barber Ohio Japan China

Cleveland Yeggs Start Day Right

Early today in Cleveland yeggs robbed multiple sites including Loew's Park theatre offices and the office of dentist Irwin Unger. They bound the night watchman, forced open safes, and escaped with cash and valuables totaling over $3300 across two incidents.

Cleveland Jan Yeggs Loew's Park Theatre Irwin Unger

Greeks Plan New Offensive After Peace Talks Fail

January 28 report says Britain France and Italy failed to mediate between Greece and Turkish nationalists in Asia Minor, prompting Greek forces to prepare a renewed attack on Athens and the region.

Athens Asia Minor

Public Forum on War Best Funds Relief Plan

In a Carbondale Ohio meeting January 26 1922 laborers and families in the Hocking district were said to suffer hardship. A resolution called for withdrawing several thousand dollars of unspent war relief money and placing it with a committee to dispense aid to those destitute.

Athens County Carbondale Ohio Hocking

Great Housing Plan Aims to Ease New York Shortage

Samuel Untermyer unveils a plan to build 1500 five story tenements within thirty minutes of Grand Central, financed by insurance investments and wholesale material purchases. The scheme would house about 45,000 families with rents of nine dollars per room and eight per room for the apartment, with Metropolitan Life backing the idea if policyholders are protected.

International News Service New York Grand Central Station Samuel Untermyer Lockwood Committee Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Untermyer Building Trades Council

Ohio Mat Men Lose Saturday to Mountaineers

Ohio State mat men fell 21 to 4 to West Virginia Saturday. O Neill at 135 pounds scored Ohio’s only point after a quick body hold, snapping Mountaineer Captain Hough's three year defeat streak. West Virginia dominated with three falls and three decisions while Ohio showed gritty resistance.

Thor Olson Mountaineers Ohio O'Neill Capt Hough West Virginia

Grain Gambling Blamed for Price Instability in 1920

Witnesses before the senate agricultural committee denounced government failures to stabilize grain prices while allowing futures trading as the crime of the century. They supported the Ladd bill that would guarantee crop prices federally in 1922.

Washngton Senate Agricultural Committee Ladd

Auto Plunges Down Hill. Couple Fatally Hurt

Steubenville report says Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maddelena died of injuries after a touring car ran out of control on a steep grade and tumbled six times down a 100 foot embankment near downtown. Both suffered broken backs and fractured skulls and were taken to the Ohio Valley hospital.

Steubenville Frank Maddelena Ohio Valley Hospital Maddelena

Nutrient Tonic SUSTO Promotes Appetite and Gain

A physiology professor at a leading medical college asserts SUSTO Nutritive Tonic Tablets boost appetite, increase weight and strength, and aid weak nervous or anemic conditions. The tonic contains yeast and milk vitamins, beef protein, nuclein and iron to support growth and vitality without medicine. Sold by McKee Drug Co.

SUSTO SUMO McKee Drug Co

Miner Letter From Athens County Reveals Hard Times

An old miner’s letter to his father from Ohio speaks of unemployment cold weather and hunger as he contemplates moving to Pennsylvania or joining the army. The note shows stubborn optimism despite privation and mentions relatives Minta Bert and Frank Saylers as he asks for care and money.

Athens County Pennsylvania Columbus Minta Bert Frank

Adlerika Promises Quick Relief From Digestive Dizziness

An ad claims Adlerika removes poison and gas from both bowels after undigested food causes dizziness and faintness. It promotes buckthorn bark and glycerine as active aids and warns it guards against appendicitis, offered at Gibson Drug Store and other druggists.

Gibson Drug Store

Riot Fire Comes in India Jute Mill Clash

London dispatch reports two men killed and 40 wounded as police fired on riotous mobs of jute mill workers at Titagraph, India, amid unrest noted in Calcutta.

London Titagraph India Calcutta

Opera Star Lucia Muratore May Face Surgery

Specialists met in New York to decide if Lucia Muratore, famed Chicago Opera tenor, must undergo surgery for chronic appendicitis that developed on Saturday.

Singer 'S New York Lucia Muratore Chicago Opera Company

Unidentified man leaps to death in icy Licking River

In Newport Kentucky on January 28 an unidentified 70 year old man climbed the Covington Newport bridge rail and fell into the icy Licking River. Passersby reported the incident and the body was recovered.

Newport Covington-Newport Licking River

Woman Afflicted With Talking Sickness Near Westerville

Mrs. Ray Clapman a farmer's wife near Central College east of Westerville talked non stop for 32 hours. Doctors cannot explain the ailment and chiropractors briefly relieved it with spine treatments.

Ray Clapman Westerville Illinois Columbus Animal Kingdom Central College Ben L. Miles

Canton bakery cuts bread price to seven cents a loaf

Canton Ohio reports a local grocery chain slashes the price of a 24 ounce loaf to seven cents. The move, claimed to be the actual cost of production, lasts only while current industrial conditions hold.

Canton Jtocar United States

Jurors Stem During Delay in Arbuckle Case

San Francisco January 30 jurors and alternates in the Fatty Arbuckle case have endured a three week delay while Gavin McNab defends Mary Pickford in a Nevada matter. Judge Harold Louderback warns them not to discuss the case, as bailiffs seek diversions for the twelve men and two women who must remain sequestered.

Ellis H. Martin San Francisco Gavin McNab Roscoe Fatty” Arbuckle Nevada Mary Pickford Arbuckle Harold Louderback

Bardin Returns From Cincinnati Lumber Dealers Meeting

Mr. D. A. Bardin came back from a state lumber dealers meeting held in Cincinnati where industry topics and decisions were discussed.

D. A. Bardin Cincinnati

Actress Edith Gould Seeks $160,000 in Court Action

Edith Kelly Gould, actress, files affidavit in a new suit against Frank Jay Gould seeking reimbursement of clothing expenses over about four years at a rate of $45,000 annually. The total claimed amount is $160,000 as conveyed in the filing.

New York Edith Kelly Gould Frank Jay Gould

Deaf Mutes Wear Bands to Escape the Auto Peril

A Berne Switzerland deaf association distributes a yellow and black spotted badge two inches in size for wear on the arm or breast. Police and motorists are informed of its meaning and urged to show consideration to wearers to improve street safety.

London Berne Switzerland Association For the Deaf

Woman Who Washes Husband Divorced in Detroit Court

In Detroit on January 30 Mrs. James H. Henry asked Circuit Judge Dingeman for a divorce saying she washed him every time they went out. She testified he bragged about beating a wife to friends. The court granted her decree of divorce.

Detroit James H. Henry Dingeman

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