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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1923
Page
7
A group of Ohio farm bureau women, guided by the state extension service, use pedometers to measure home labor. Four members report mileage declines after organizing kitchens, with daily totals ranging from 5 to 14 miles and tasks like cooking sweeping washing ironing churning and chicken care.
Albany won eleven to ten after a close game with Carpenter Pigtown on Sunday. The Sunday School contest at Carpenter closed on the same day and the blues lost to the reds. Local crops show mixed prospects with wheat fair and apples short while peaches, cherries, berries appear healthy. Odney and others returned from Detroit after attending a national NAHA meeting.
Palm Beach Florida June 7 Following the death of J N Smith policeman the bullet riddled body of Sam Simmons negro was found early today hanging to a live oak tree on the county road a main thoroughfare of Palm Beach The officer was shot late Sunday night while he was investigating the movements of three negroes
A heavy downpour hit Athens after a Scotch Highlanders Band concert at the Athletic Field. Farmers had hoped for rain and the storms circled the area. Also Rev. Harter plans a Friday talk on the Ku Klux Klan at the Mechanicsburg school house at 7 80 o'clock with free admission.
Florence N. Starbuck, 67, longtime prohibition worker, known in Colerain, Ohio, spent fifty years in anti alcohol efforts and appeared in her first ad at an early age.
The Village of Jacksonville Ohio invites sealed bids by June 25 1923 for bonds totaling 2069 90 to fund Palmer Street improvements. Bonds bear 6 percent interest semi annually mature in yearly 2069 90 installments starting November 1 1922. Bids must include a 5 percent certified check and may be rejected.
Mrs Josephine Richardson of Cleveland is gravely ill after a brutal assault by an unknown motorist Monday night in Columbus. She was in town to care for her dying mother and was found unconscious with a fractured skull and swollen eyes near the city early Tuesday.
Legal notice announces sale of bonds totaling 5162.40 for Palmer Street improvements in Jacksonville Ohio with semi annual interest. Bonds issued under ordinance to levy special assessments and repay via annual payments with sale to highest bidder at par plus interest.
A filing dated May 23 names Leater Taylor and Charlotte Payton with a son listed. The notice seeks a court hearing on or after June 28 1923 as part of a divorce or related action. Emmett is listed as attorney for Taylor.
Maym regres petitions for divorce and child custody from A. W. Harwick in the Court of Athens County Ohio on alleged abandonment. The case, with hearing to be after June 3, 1923, is filed in Sourto county and lists attorney Plaka tier 5-10-Gotw.
Lima Ohio man L M Creager of Cloverdale was arrested after delivering 20 quarts of whiskey to a man at a Sunday school picnic, police report.
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