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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1923
Page
2
In a brisk dialogue a character resists a stalled plan yet contemplates a bold lease via Knute Hoagland. Family influence and cash needs drive the effort while a Ranger publicity stunt looms as a hopeful spur.
Calvin Gray helps Ma and Allegheny Briskow secure a hotel suite after a telegram from Gus Briskow. He confronts shop clerks who mock the Briskows’ poverty and meets a kind stranger who offers aid to buy necessities without humiliating them.
The guide instructs arranging flat silver in order of use during table setting. Guests begin with the piece pe gee from the plate on either side.
Prof C C Robinson head of the Ohio University music department gave a noon talk at the Athens Rotary praising the Ohio Men’s Glee Club and its state contest showing strong foundation for next year. He lauded team work and predicted Ohio should have placed high in final standings.
Detective James Hayes and Fred Bullerdick stopped 26 year old William H Brombaugh for questioning on robberies at gas stations. Brombaugh drew a pistol, Hayes fired twice and felled him. A handgun belt car bills and flashlight were found on Brombaugh.
The Messenger article misstates the Mine 210 strike reasons. Workers say pay was for iron band handling, not bone coal, with prior payments and limited impact at crossing. They deny large weekly pay claims and note June 9 is their semi monthly payday. John Stauffer signs as secretary of the organization in Athens, Ohio, June 6, 1923.
The First Methodist pastor Daniel McGurk plans to preach at Grand Avenue Temple in Kansas City on Sunday June 17 during his Kansas trip. He was pastor here 1905 to 1909 and helped extend the church property now valued at over a million dollars. He aims to spend a day at the Rotary convention in St Louis before returning to Athens for a wedding on June 30. A dark torn cloud brought a threatening storm to Athens Tuesday evening with the Amesville area hit hardest by the weather careful observers note.
About eighty prospective citizens were examined Wednesday in the Athens county common pleas court before Judge Worstell. E J Kennedy of Cincinnati conducted the examinations as federal naturalization examiner. A Burns Great Shows Carnival act will visit Athens next week and a special invitation was issued for wards at the children’s home to attend free of charge. Treasury Savings Certificates sales in May at the Athens post office totaled 10 625 dollars. Major Rafael Johnson praises a St Petersburg Florida Scots Highlanders concert as a two dollar program for fifty cents. Clarence Julod, a top local cornetist, praised the program, with Athens Legion receiving many compliments for bringing the famed players to town.
Mrs. Kate Hutty 65, Salvation Army worker and War Cry seller, stepped from the curb into Court street and was struck by a car driven by Harold Pritchard. She suffered a broken nose and cuts and bruises, and was taken to a physician then to the Salvation Army home.
In Catocrine mountains near Thurmont Maryland a woods fire from Rattlesnake hill burned over 400 acres of timber. Firefighters halted patrols as fear of rattlesnakes hindered efforts. snakes fled from the burning area while flames drove them from underbrush.
Alsey F Champion, held in Cleveland, to depart for Los Angeles to stand trial for the murder of James E Goldy in a California dice game on January 10 1922 He is charged with complicity in the July killing of Edward O Connell in a downtown restaurant His wife Matsi Champion is jailed after a 20 year manslaughter sentence pending appeal Prosecutor Stanton waives claim to the prisoner citing a stronger California case.
In Medina, seven section hands left Cleveland Columbus and Southwestern Electric Company jobs to join the A C and Y railroad after being offered five cents more per hour. The move reflects wage-driven labor shifts in the region as workers sought higher pay and steadier work.
A man identified as Pasco Petro fell down a steep bank into a creek while at play near the Ohio backwater. His body was recovered from Aerk Creek, with authorities noting drowning as the cause of death.
The 450 seniors of the Ohio University class of 1923 near graduation as the commencement program opens Sunday June 10 with a baccalaureate address by President Elmer Burritt Bryan in Ewing Hall. The week features alumni events, a cantata Ruth, chorale performances, a long schedule of reunions, the Alumni Varsity game, and final graduation exercises led by Dr Payson Smith.
C. C. G. Taylor, general manager of the Lima Defiance railway, says gasoline powered cars will likely be added within 60 days after taking over the road under a sale order from Federal Judge John M. Killits of Toledo.
Reported in Glencoe a violent incident during a local craps game left Washington Ford fatally stabbed in the neck with a pick. Ford, described as a small man, was reportedly involved in a confrontation that escalated to the deadly attack.
Harrisonville Mise Addie Bradfield returns home for the summer after several years teaching at Tontogany. Rev. Fred Alkire and family of Columbus visit Mr. and Mrs. E. Pettit. Homer Lee returns from Millersport after months with his brother. Harrisonville Grange to host an ice cream festival at the town hall next Saturday. Mrs. Addie Dye of Columbus visits Mrs. Ruth Alkire. W. H. Dye sells the corner store to 8. L. Shriver who leases it for mercantile use. Joe Rowley goes to Glouster to work lighting plants. 8. L. Shriver and family visit George Musser. Eastern Star lodge to be inspected Wednesday evening. Prof. John Paynter and wife and Mrs. W. A. Dye return from Columbus.
The Union Trust station in Cleveland lists Tuesday June 12 at 7 30 p m and Thursday June 14 at 8 p m EST as concert broadcasts. The Cleveland News is the Tuesday act and Hotel Cleveland Orchestra led by Ivan Francisci performs selections including Eysoldt Musa Madame Butterfly Strauss Blue Danube and Mahler? The 770 kilocycles frequency is noted. The article closes with a stray sentence about France paying German miners in marks.
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