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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1922
Page
8
From Rutland comes news of Emory Ralph's setting game rooster hatching three chicks. The piece jokes about the rooster handling eggs and questions if a bond issue will pass without a public vote amid repairs at the infirmary and a new building.
Postmaster H. J. Blackmore announced that from yesterday the east and west bound flyers on the Baltimore and Ohio across the river will be discontinued until the strike is settled. Mail service is maintained, but the traveling public may be displeased by the suspension of these two trains.
County commissioners met to handle routine business and pay bills. They plan to open bids Thursday on the Minersville mile of improved road while considering a proposed $62,000 county infirmary building, with funding issues noted.
Ernest Russell of Bailey Run near Bailey Run attempted to descend a hay forked ladder with a pitchfork in hand. He slipped injuring himself so severely that the fork penetrated to the intestines. He was taken to Holzer hospital where doctors fought to save him and reports last evening indicated some improvement and hope of recovery.
Congressman I. M. Foster of Athens will speak at the Kiwanis Club weekly gathering in Middleport this evening. The event highlights the local civic program and community leadership.
A Thursday afternoon gathering at Rocksprings fair ground honored Henry Stevens Linnie Clark Stevens Rhoda Nichols Elmer Stevens Lana Stevens and other relatives from Waterloo Marshalltown Chester Hemlock Grove Poeroy Rutland and Toledo. About eight people attended and abundant food was shared with leftovers taken home. Games and social visits followed a long awaited reunion since the Stevens left Rutland 35 years ago.
The boys Sunday school class from Pomeroy Presbyterian Church are camping at Cheshire this week with Rev. Hyde the pastor supervising their welfare.
G H Stansbury wife and son William of Middleport depart Monday for Wiona Lake Ind for a two week rest and recreation. They look forward to time with sister Miss Margaret Purdum and Misses Martha and Nelle Stewart as programs in Wiona appeal. Married Saturday in Columbus Beulah Burford wed Wal ter Hayes at the bride’s sister Mrs Kellogg home. They will reside in Middleport after a motor trip east.
Five young men in an automobile ambushed a late evening trip of Mrs Esta Howell 50 near Harrisonville. Her fifteen year old daughter Lucile and Mrs Pearl Ash were along. They had just left Jewell's store in Harrisonville when the incident occurred around 9 PM.
Five young men attracted a buggy load of women near Harrisonville and Pagetown. A confrontation followed when they invited the women to ride in a borrowed car. One woman struck at them with a buggy whip, a constable intervened, and the suspects were detained with promises of legal action Monday.
Mrs Ella Lafferty of New Straits ville was arrested Sunday afternoon in Greendale by Constable Ed Guess for possession of liquor. She admitted the bottle but denied selling any liquor. She was fined 100 dollars plus costs after arraignment before Mayor Kwoppe. Lafferty is a widow with seven children. Florence Horton, alleged to have been with Lafferty, was arrested Monday and pleads not guilty to selling. hearing set for Tuesday.
L. E. Wolfe appeared before Mayor Koppe on an assault charge and pleaded guilty. He was fined and costs totaling 10.30 dollars and received a 90 day work house sentence suspended on good behavior. The incident involved his wife Lena Wolfe of North Walnut Street.
The annual report by County Superintendent O A Butcher shows 4824 pupils in Hocking County schools excluding Logan, with 623918 days of attendance. Over 550 pupils did not miss a day. enrollment rose 329 from the prior term. 2739 pupils were normal or age-appropriate, 294 were above normal, and 1792 were backward. average attendance surpassed the previous year.
Logan played without Captain Mullen Cowden Simms and Fuller and lost to Crooksville 2 to 7. Grimes started as Logan’s pitcher but was relieved by Longley as the game exposed a mix of good and poor play. If the regular team had been in the field a different outcome might have been recorded.
A former member of Congress is back in the city during the current recess greeting old friends and seeking new support as he campaigns for re election. He faces no opposition in the primary race.
After a probe at the Lancaster boys industrial school, several inmates escaped. George Mathews of Gallipolis was captured in Logan Saturday evening by Officer Farbearn and returned to the institution Sunday by Parole Officer E S Brown. Three accomplices left him at Rockbridge.
Luther Wyskiver of Haydenville drove a Ford touring car off the road near the Old Town bridge south of Logan Saturday night. He escaped with minor cuts and bruises while the car was badly wrecked. Cause of the accident was not learned.
Joe Maimone, president of the Red baseball team of Columbus, suffered a severe attack of acute indigestion while passing through the city Sunday evening and was rushed to Cherrington hospital. His condition was reported improved Monday. Maimone had accompanied the team to Jackson where they played Sunday afternoon.
The U S denomination church at Gibsonville was dedicated with a large crowd in attendance. Speakers included Dr. Phillips and Dr. J H Harris. $4500 was raised to clear debt of the $11006 structure. Hocking county farm bureau promotes a county dairy cooperative cream marketing plan with a July 26 meeting in the court room to adopt a constitution and elect trustees.
Evelyn Groves, aged 12, was brought before probate court Monday after an inquest found her feeble minded. She is placed on a waiting list for transfer to the state institution at Columbus once space opens. Doctors M. E. Palk and J. H. Elias conducted the examination and reported to Judge Stephenson.
In New York on July 17 a foreign banking firm J Faur and Brothers on Washington Street was held up shortly after opening. Police reported $12 000 in cash stolen in the early morning burglary.
In Pomeroy Ohio on July 12 1922 the Meigs County Labor Body representing coal miners railroaders stone masons carpenters bricklayers and other workers endorses Hon I M Foster for Congress. Howard Hysell presiding William McCoy secretary.
Attendance at Athens county schools in 1821 22 rose ten percent due to J P Tucker county attendance officer appointed in August 1921. He supervised truancy under a state law as the school board re appointed him for next year. Boys accounted for 1170 cases to 630 from girls.
The county reports 45 prosecutions with 42 convictions and fines varying. Eighty five certificates allow schooling exemptions. Athens County saw 10,274 students this year, up 917 from last year, with attendance up ten percent. The attendance officer’s work totaled 18,403.20 dollars for 165 school days. F. H. Sands, county school board clerk, completed his term. a new clerk will be appointed in August.
Corporal Rodney Shaver of the State police poured eighteen gallons of contraband whiskey down a rain spout behind Magistrate Clark's office after raids seized the liquor. The spout overflowed and blistered the tin roof revealing the hidden hootch. Magistrate Clark commented that it had a kick.
A fragment notes there is no high repair for his health, signaling concern over available medical options and potential treatment gaps affecting patient care and recovery prospects.
A French Red Cross mission departs Dunkerque for Petrograd carrying 5,000 tons of merchandise for starving Russians. The convoy reflects Allied relief efforts amid wartime hardship.
Mrs. Jesse Henry reports her mother Mrs. Eller Brown and nephew Gilbert Pie Point seriously ill this morning at Ironton. Local family details indicate concern for the well being of relatives.
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