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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1921
Page
2
An advertisement touts organic iron from vegetables as a superior blood builder. It recommends consuming spinach, lentils, and baked apples daily and suggests taking Nuxated Iron for faster results, promising brighter complexion and stronger nerves with a month of use.
An interview with Krassin, Soviet Trade Commissioner, notes Moscow plans to expand exports to Canada and Britain while rebuilding transport and agriculture. He mentions potential South American demand for raw materials and foods as Russia restarts trade after disruption.
In an exclusive interview Leonid Krassin outlines Moscow’s peace aim and non interference policy. He says Russia seeks friendly relations with all nations, may visit Canada briefly, and discusses resuming trade with South America while avoiding hostile propaganda. He notes Canada has entered Russo British trade relations since the Anglo Russian Trading Agreement and that U S consent is needed for any U S visit.
In American Association action St Paul defeated Columbus 3 0 in 7 innings due to rain. Toledo beat Minneapolis 2 1. Louisville won 5 2 over Milwaukee. Indianapolis routed Kansas City 12 4. In the American League Cleveland won 8 2 over Boston Detroit triumphed 3 2 over Philadelphia in 10 innings. Washington defeated Chicago 2 0. In the National League New York topped Pittsburg 9 8 Brooklyn beat Chicago 8 0 Philadelphia defeated Ct Louis 8 7.
Yesterday's games featured Bill Cunningham as Seattle recruit delivering a clutch triple in the tenth and driving in the winning run in a 9 to 8 Giants victory over the Pirates. Keely hit his seventeenth homer as Grimes shut out the Cubs and the Robins beat Alexander 3 to 0. Indians erupted for six runs in the tenth to topple the Red Sox 8 to 2, Evans adding two singles in the frame.
John McGraw, manager of the New York Giants, was released on $3,000 bail after a habeas corpus filing in a $20,000 suit by George M. Duffy. Duffy says McGraw struck him during a June 3 argument at the Schenley Hotel after finding McGraw intoxicated and unconscious him with a blow.
A fragment notes Washington County proclaimed by Governor St. Clair with Marietta as county seat in 1788. It recalls 1861 birth of diplomat Francis B. Loomis in Marietta and 1884 Cleveland streetcar first regular trip. It also cites 1887 Republican State convention at Toledo renominating Joseph B. Foraker for governor.
Dayton July 27. County commissioners adopted an appropriation to employ deputy sheriffs as streetcar lines remain shut by a strike started July 6. Mayor Switzer expects a five cent fare and universal transfers, with possible child fare tweaks. Arrests for disorderly conduct occur as gooped rails and torpedoes on tracks disrupt service daily until nonunion operation hours.
Paid agitators in Shanghai awaken labor unrest as laundry workers demand eight hours, overtime pay, holidays, and full wages. Carpenters, masons, cotton spinners, and sawyers join protests, threatening a general strike across crafts. Local bosses fear a new labor movement spreading from the laundry ranks.
Six men arrested in New York on charges of counterfeiting internal revenue stamps worth 2 million dollars and forging labels of famous liquor brands. Secret Service agents raided the gang's headquarters.
Authorities seized printing presses and two truckloads of counterfeit booze labels. They also confiscated counterfeit revenue stamps valued at about two million dollars and related press cuts dies and withdrawal labels.
James Ross a 40 year old Erie railroad employee was shot three times and stabbed in his bed in Marion. Mrs Ross found the body on the first floor as police attributed the event to a possible blackhand plot with no immediate clues on the assassin.
New York observers report the New York state boxing commission suspended the International Sporting Club for unsatisfactory conditions surrounding the Herman Lynch bout in Brooklyn. The club will receive a hearing next week as Walter Hooke cites the conduct of last night's event as reflecting on the commission.
CLEAN New York July 27 The Board of Health reports moonshine and home brewed alcohol create violent, demented behavior and urges the common council to install padded cells at the police station for temporary detention of intoxicated individuals.
Columbus reports the state highway department prepares Pence law regulations for auto lamps after August 16. Lights must shine on the roadway and not more than fifty feet ahead. Engineers test anti glare devices. officials say faulty lighting causes more night accidents than any other cause.
A 23 year old woman from Hull is the first to pass the bar final examination in England but cannot be called to the bar until she has completed twelve terms, which will not occur until next year.
Washington reports the U.S. government has sent a policy statement to the Soviet government concerning the detention of seven Americans in Russia and relief for famine victims, echoing earlier telegrams by Hoover.
German electrical goods from globes to generators flood Buenos Aires port at 50 percent lower landed prices than American firms. Items across electrical and steel machinery are offered 30 to 50 percent cheaper than British or American rivals. American importers downplay alarm, citing surplus war stock and steel converted to peaceful machinery as the price edge. They say parity of the dollar with Argentina would help U S competition.
Murray City ladies from the M E church attended a regular meeting in Crooksville with a social hour and ice cream. The U B S S picnic at Eagles Grove drew a large crowd with Rev Hill as speaker. Ed Snyder and daughter visited Carbon Hill while Mr and Mrs Webb and Mr Ralph hosted relatives at Lancaster camp grounds. Ed Snyder is ill this week. Stramers of Glouster visited the Archer family.
Los Angeles reports Jack Coogan suffering multiple neck lacerations after a three corner collision involving his chauffeur Mike and a barbed wire fence. He was taken to Glendale hospital after recent nose and throat operations.
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