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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1922
Page
5
Police say Simon is held on homicide charges connected to a disaster that claimed seven lives. Offending device or trigger described as a wooden sap- source linked to the incident. Further details unavailable in fragment.
Miss Enid Townsend travels to Middleport with Grace Townsend then to Washington. The Friendly Society meets Friday at 2:30 PM at the Presbyterian church. Lillian Cranmer visits her sister near Coolville. Wheatley Link returns to Catlettsburg after Phi Delta Theta events. Womans Home Missionary Society meets Friday at 2 PM with Fannie Bean and Lulu Poston on program. Miss Bicknell Robinson visits Columbus Thursday. Mrs. Elizabeth Kern leaves Friday for Dover. Grace Sams visits from Fleming to Alderman. Kenneth Kutz and Townsend guests return to Pleasant City. Marie Cavanaugh leaves for Chicago to visit aunt Mrs. J. C. Kelly. Senior Christian Endeavor elects officers Sunday at 6:30 PM. Mrs. Don Coultrap and Frances visit in town. Coultrap to join family later. Holdren and Mrs. Saulter attend Dora Chaney burial at Hebbardsville. Mrs. W. J. Davis leaves for Kansas City. Death of Miss Jeannette Brown’s father. she graduates Ohio University 1921 and belongs to Chi Omega. Mr. and Mrs. Manning Coultrap and daughter return from commencement in Chillicothe. Dean J. J. Richeson rehired to head Decatur schools, Alabama, at $5,750. Mrs. Frank E. Coe and Clara of Albany visit Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Twiss to Goshen Indiana. two weeks. Arthur McPherson and wife on extensive eastern trip with stops in Washington DC, Baltimore, Atlantic City, Philadelphia, New York, Niagara Falls. Mrs. Runyon cares for Arthur Jr. during absence. Dr. H. M. Taylor re elected department surgeon at Spanish War Veterans meeting in Portsmouth. others return from Portsmouth.
Real estate transfers list in Rome Shaw Realty Co. and various districts. Transfers include Olive E. Murphey to Addie D. Vickers and others for lots and sections with nominal consideration. Multiple township deeds record parcels in Trimble Troy and York with prices largely cited as one dollar or specific sums.
Miss Beatrice Osborne and Mr. Charles Roach wed at the First Christian church parsonage at 64 North Congress. Rev M F E Chatley officiated. Attendants were Miss Helen Lowry and Miss Bernice Roach. They honeymoon in Cleveland and Niagara Falls then reside at 126 Morris Avenue.
Charles Moore Lowden and Elsie Ailes of Nelsonville were married on Wednesday afternoon at 2 30 at Dr McGurk’s home 25 North Congress street with Dr McGurk officiating.
Charles Town West Virginia June 15 Self defense will be the plea of Rev James FE Wilburn a miner and Baptist minister charged with the murder of Deputy Sheriff John Gore during the miners war last summer as learned today
Nelsonville Transportation Co begins hourly service from Nelsonville to Logan starting Sunday June 18. The line will increase trips to Murray and has ordered three new vehicles to expand capacity.
Moscow talks of a large loan from Allied powers at The Hague while already courting concessions from Standard Oil and Anglo-Dutch Oil interests. Karl Dadek argues Russia can rebound through its own strength, with private financiers as the likely source of credit once security fears ease.
In Washington Pennsylvania S Alego describes stomach and bowel troubles leading to three years off work and 13 pounds lost. After starting Nerv Worth the first dose, he improved and returned to work. He praises its quick relief and notes the McKee Drug Company stock and druggists offer refunds if the first bottle fails.
In the senate on June 14 Senator Simmons of North Carolina vigorously denied that American department stores profited from foreign imports, a charge raised by Senator McCumber of North Dakota.
The eternal triangle case in Cincinnati’s criminal court featured two women and a judge. Judge Stanley Roettinger remitted a $500 fine and paroled Miss Marion Clayton, a 22 year old from St. Louis, after she was found guilty of passing worthless checks in about ten local stores. Assistant prosecutor Mrs. Jesse Adler criticized the leniency, saying attractive women manipulate the court, while Roettinger allowed Adler to have the last word.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts reported to the Senate Republican leadership that President Harding remains firmly opposed to shifting the tariff bill in favor of the soldiers bonus. Lodge, while supporting the bonus, said the President considers such a move politically and economically unwise.
Five tonsil and adenoids operations were performed at the public health clinic in Athens city hall. County and city nurses assisted as Dr. Blaine Goldsberry led the procedures with Dr. Wiley Sprague. Public urged to donate old sheets pillow cases and towels to the Lostro building or city hall for use as blots during and after surgeries.
A representative of the American Shipping Board said prohibiting alcohol sales on liners would cut 75 percent of passenger traffic. The remark was made in Paris on June 15.
From Peking dispatch on June 15 reports heavy casualties in a fierce battle between the Wu Pei army backing the Peking government and Chang Tso-lin's forces dominating Manchuria. Chang is allied with Sun Yat Sen and holds the Manchurian governorship.
Senator Caraway of Arkansas denounces liquor sales aboard United States Shipping Board vessels. Wayne B. Wheeler, chief counsel for the Anti Saloon League, is connected with alleged open violation of prohibition law in this confrontation.
In Paris on June 15 the chamber of deputies extended confidence to Premier Poincare with 813 votes to 230, reinforcing his government amid ongoing political tensions.
Clemente Fugoli, wounded with six bullets in Adams Street hospital Brooklyn, says Natalie Sica fired the shots and claims kinship motives. He adds that his father killed Natalie’s father, justifying the attack, and requests to speak with his son before dying.
Clifford Whetstone of Upper Plains was fined 2 and costs totaling 8.18 by Justice of Peace Hedges for driving with one headlight near the Children's Home on the Canaanville road. Ohio University student H A Goddard pleaded guilty to speeding and was fined 5 plus costs 9.70. Deputy Nice charged the light violation and arrest.
A meeting of about a dozen Athens county leaders will discuss organizing an Athens County Investment Service bureau to publicize securities and expose bad stocks. N P Dutton, bureau president, will chair. Similar bodies exist in Crawford and other counties working with State authorities.
June 16 report from Bucyrus Ohio states Mrs Brunella Miese of Lancaster was elected department commander of the Woman's Relief Corps. The ceremony or tally details are noted though specifics are not provided in the fragment.
John Lewellyn seven year old son of Mrs Ruth Lewellyn died at his grandparents home Wednesday at 4 40 p m after a short illness of anaemia Funeral services will be held at the Christian church conducted by Rev Gardner of Athens Burial in New Marshfield cemetery Survived by mother two brothers Thomas and Charles Father Charles Lewellyn was killed in a Rosemont West Virginia mine May 8 1916.
Sand Rock Charles Antle and daughter Margaret of Trimble spent Monday with Mr and Mrs Gilbert Boudinot. Mr and Mrs John Parmiter hosted guests including Lew Winner and children from Stewart and Charles Moore. Lila Van Dyke entertained cousin Lelia Van Dyke from Rockland. Henry King of Pleasanton visited son Jess in town. Clyde Colvin and Jess King did business in Green Run. Gilbert Boudinot and daughter Virgene called on Carl Grandstaff and family.
The Athers County Grand meets at New Marshfield with Summit Grange on Saturday June 24 for an all day session starting at 9 A M. Significant business will be considered and dinner will be served at noon. The fifth degree of Pomoria will be conferred.
A promotional item touts Dr. Orth's Stomach Remedy with a money back guarantee. The ad claims this physician has 60 years of practice in Pennsylvania and Ohio and promises relief from indigestion, dyspepsia, bloating, heartburn, and related symptoms. It offers mail order and local availability through McKee Drug Co.
The United Mine Workers Journal editorializes that if laws and courts allow employers to harass unions, workers should use the same weapons against those employers. The comment follows the U S Supreme Court Coronado decision, Indianapolis June 15.
On June 15 Washington Cray Silver for the American Farm Bureau federation sought the President's views on how the government should dispose of its nitrate plants and the water power projects at Muscle Shoals Alabama.
The notice promotes business propositions in Classification 39 in the want columns and suggests using want ads, Messenger ads, or the Watch Dog column for readers seeking work or to fill needs. It frames opportunities as honest ways to earn money and invites readers to read today.
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