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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1922
Page
3
The Nelsonville American Legion squad beat Wellston 7 to 1 in ten innings on Sunday. Nelsonville rapped 19 hits led by Mowery Dunkle and Bradley with four each. Wellston had only one loss prior to the game, and locals praised the team’s strong performance.
Miss Mable Dalton led a Sunday School gathering in the church social rooms with light refreshments. Attendees included Thelma Kortner Powell Barrows Patton Phillips and Mrs C L Johnson plus nine members. Beatrice Cooke planned a two week visit to Monroe and Detroit Michigan.
Nelsonville Elks will host a platform dance at Glen Ebongrove on Thursday evening July 27. Dancing starts at 7 30 with a pleasant time anticipated.
In four weeks since operations began near Portsmouth officers Baynham and Nash have helped destroy over 100 barrels of mash and six complete stills. A Nelsonville raid showed 20 barrels of mash. hogs tripped into mash during a visit, creating a drunken scene. A free tuberculosis clinic will be held August 2-3 at Nelsonville High School for incipient cases with no cost to examinees.
The annual W. B. A. picnic will be held Thursday of this week at Glen Ebon Grove. All members will leave the city on the 10 o'clock street car.
All women who expect to vote on August 8 should attend the meeting at 7 o'clock. Samples of the different tickets will be on display and the primary voting procedures will be thoroughly explained. Chronometers used for measuring projectile velocity can split a second into a thousand parts.
Bart We chronicles a satirical column noting claims about Clarence Jack and other local personalities. It lampoons social scene antics at Grotto park including Earl Campbell's boast, a kitchen egging incident, a £10 reward for egg theft, and the German American Alliance glimpse in Chicago urging caution against hyphenated identities.
Longstreth and Gears visit relatives in Mineral as others travel to Athens and Lancaster. Wedding weeks include Mr and Mrs Justice visiting Lancaster. multiple families host guests from Cleveland Indianapolis and Johnsonburg. A church class held a weiner roast near G H Hutchinson farm with Misses Pearson Johnson Gears and Austin.
In Dayton Ohio on July 25 striking Baltimore and Ohio shopmen say engines used for passenger and freight service require repairs. They cite engineers as the source of the information and allege ongoing maintenance needs.
City plans to sell brick salvaged from Court and West Union streets at ten dollars per thousand, marking a profit after 26 to 27 years of service. The brick, supplied by the Athens Brick Co begun in 1891, funded by a city bond issue, and used for Athens’ early paving, has worn well but the plant closed after 1918 due to war production rules.
A sock social will be held at the Carpenter church Saturday evening July 29. The Willing Workers class will be in charge of the event.
Rev Ignatuus T Lee of New Marshfield Methodist Protestant Church circuit announces a five day evangelistic campaign at Bates church start Monday evening July 31. Services each night at 7 30 o clock. Everyone is invited.
Paris report states Grand Duke Dimitri, once famed for Rasputin’s death and considered heir to the Russian throne, quietly married Mile. Chane in Paris after meeting there since relocating to the French capital.
Glouster traveled to Carbondale Sunday and won 4 to 3 in a strong game highlighted by Fred Harper pitching for Glouster. Whaley Harper and Adama comprised Glouster’s battery while Farms and Elliott faced them for Carbondale. The two teams meet again Thursday at 2 30 in Glouster. A road-improvement petition with 540 signatures was presented to Athens county commissioners to repair the Pough crossing to the Morgan county line, aiming for action at the August 7 meeting.
The article notes a young trend in aristocratic unions as Vienna titled families wed younger. Countess Mathilde Goluchowski becomes a bride at seventeen to the eldest son of the Count Goluchowski, a figure linked to Prime Ministerial era under Francis Joseph.
Oakland dated report details Juanita Miller daughter of Joaquin Miller filing for divorce from Juan Miller after a short marriage begun in 1920 on the Heights. She alleges desertion on July 1 1921 with no children or community property and mentions earlier marital strains and a colorful courtship.
New Marshfield hosts the Baughman and Sidders families for a weekend visit. Ruth Lewellyn and sons stay with sister near Chauncey while Winnie Hunter visits Columbus. Dr Porterfield and family travel to Columbus. A Carbondale vs Marshfield ball game is set at the Marshfield park. Ruth De Wees and Stella De Wees return home to Athens and Columbus after visiting grandparents and relatives. Throckmorton of Columbus spends weekend with John Throckmorton’s family.
Ed Phillips and family of Columbus have spent a week visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Phillips. Mr. and Mrs. Royland Smith and family and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wilkes and family of Athens spent Saturday night with Delmo Bretz and family. Sidney Capple has returned home after a few weeks with his uncle Emmett Frost in Jane Bottom. Mr. and Mrs. W M Dixon and son were Sunday guests in Meigs county. Fred Stevenson and family of Peach Ridge were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Mathews. Mrs. Wesley Wright and children of Dayton are guests of her brother Ansil Davis and family. Mrs. Stewart Doden of Greenfield is visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Stright and family. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Herron are guests of relatives at New Plymouth. Mr. and Mrs. James McConnas of Carpenter were guests Saturday night and Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Tewksbury.
Chauncey residents celebrate the birth of a ten pound son, John Vincent Cunningham, to Mr. and Mrs. Rye Cunningham at their Chauncey home. Family news notes visits and a community social later in the week.
A wedding at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Whit Bean near Guysville united Earnestine Bean and Hayman Reynolds with a ring ceremony conducted by Rev. L. C. Wills at 8:20 p.m. The couple entered to Mendelssohn’s Wedding March. Guests included family and friends such as Ralph and Orville Bean, the bride’s groom’s grandmother, Raleigh Robinson family, J. A. Buck, and Rev. and Mrs. L. C. Wills.
Kansas City article reports G. H. Allen of Indianapolis paid for a light with a man named Jake Sheslin. After receiving a match, Allen attempted to light his cigarette and was struck, illustrating a hard boiled confrontation over a trivial act.
According to Shestin to police, Match No 1 went out and after Allen pressed for another, Shestin refused. Allen allegedly attempted a second time for a match, was rebuked, and then struck in the mouth. His head hit the pavement and he was rushed to hospital with a fractured skull.
In London Miss Doris Thomas won $500 in a court ruling after being dismissed from a touring Afgar company. The manager claimed she was let go for wearing too few clothes, a defense the court did not accept.
Paris report says Venus the 2000 year old statue will appear in an educational feature film titled The History of Art to be shot at the Louvre. The sculpture, without alteration, will be filmed along with other Louvre favorites for several reels.
The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce reports the United States dominates auto exports in 1921 with forty percent shipped directly from U.S. factories and ten percent via U.S. branches in Canada. Much of France’s twenty five percent exports consisted of American war vehicles re-exported.
Paris correspondent reports Poland's fiscal crisis as Warsaw cannot balance its budget and seeks a 500 million franc loan from France. It notes deficits of 222 billion marks since 1918 and 138 billion more projected in 1922, with America and England refusing loans. Taxes are well short of estimates.
PARKERSBURG West Virginia fisherman Larry King landed a wall eyed pike weighing about teen pounds near the city on the Ohio River. The catch stands as one of the largest seen here in years and was weighed at the local wharfboat as fishing season opens.
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