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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1925
Page
1
In Nelsonville on June 16 three Sharp family members attend a commencement at Ohio Wesleyan. Miss Mary Sharp travels home with Mrs James Sharp and Mr Stacy Sharp after the exercises in Delaware.
Washington dispatch reports Julia Jongbloet the White House cook is drafted for foreign service at the summer White Court in Swampscott Mass. She joins Mrs Coolidge and a staff of aides and stewards to support the president and Mrs Coolidge during the summer retreat.
Washington reports President Coolidge formally launches the 1926 27 economy program aimed at drastic government cuts. Treasury Secretary Mellon resists large revenue reductions while Congress debates tax cuts, forecasting continued borrowing to cover expenses.
The nickel loaf of bread is back after a prolonged absence in Dayton with a 16 ounce size. Bread prices were lower today at a chain grocery as officers stated that quantity production makes the five cent loaf possible.
A Socialist bakery founded fifteen years ago to destroy capitalistic bread monopolies has been sold to repay loans to Dutch bankers.
In a satirical note, Arthur Brisbane notes Professor Scopes refuses offers totaling 160000 for the trial, asking how to value other famous trials from history and imagining ransom-like figures for landmark cases and dramatic scenes.
Nelsonville report: Mr and Mrs J Mason Boyd of Philadelphia announce the birth of a daughter on June 12. The child is the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs John W Scott of this city.
John Cox of Buffalo N Y visited his mother and relatives here. Will Simington spent Sunday in Lancaster with his wife and daughter. Mrs R A White former Nelsonville resident has been moved to the Lancaster hospital for treatment. Mrs Alva Johnson was a Columbus visitor Monday. Walter Bennett is in Columbus on business. Beryle Wallace visits Walbridge for several days. Mrs Cliff Joyce was in Columbus Monday. Mrs Harry McKinney and family left for Toledo to join Mr McKinney. They plan to make their home there.
One thousand and three students registered by 9 am Tuesday for Ohio University summer session. President Bryan notes enrollment similar to last year and calls the program a standard, nine week term with no admittance fee funded by the university. Lectures by Burgess Johnson and Rollo Brown are planned, with coaching courses proving popular among teachers and students.
A business men's committee formed in Athens and Nelsonville met at the Nelsonville YMCA to plan an impartial investigation of the mining situation in southeastern Ohio. They aim to gather facts to help find a remedy that allows all mines to resume operation, though they have no solution yet. A second meeting was scheduled to adopt definite plans.
Chinese students in Canton shout kill foreigners and stone the American Baptist hospital in Wuchow dispatches. anti foreign unrest continues with Canton and other cities uneasy. Consul Jenkins advises Americans to leave for Hong Kong as Whampoa cadets dominate action. Police begin to function and a new Cantonese led government edges toward formation.
Miss Isa belle Pope wife to be of Billy Mc Clintock testified in the M D Shepherd murder trial that she and the heirs of the McClintock estate planned to share evenly if Mc Clintock's will was challenged. She said she harbored ill will toward Shepherd though not toward Mrs Shepherd.
Residents report rain and storms in northern Ohio while Athens county sees milder skies. Forecasters predict cooler conditions tonight and more overcast weather tomorrow as the city remains hot after days of extreme heat. Dispatches note storms in the north and rain reaching Lancaster, with the Hocking valley needing extended rainfall to ease the baked ground.
Gertrude Ederle, 17, has rosy odds to swim the English Channel after a record Battery to Sandy Hook swim in seven hours and 11 45 minutes. She battled strong tides and plans to sail tomorrow for Europe to attempt the Channel again.
Burgess Johnson, former Harper's and Putnam's literary adviser and former editor of Judge, will speak at 3 o clock tomorrow in Ewing Hall. The lecture titled The Literary Work Shop is for summer school students, with public attendance invited.
Receiver L. Alderman announced the August 1 sale under a Common Pleas court order linked to Abner Juniper's Nelsonville suit. Appraisal fixed at 152000, with physical value near 500000, and market interest split between junk buyers and operators prospects tied to coal mine reopenings.
County commissioners in a regular meeting yesterday formally passed a $57,000 bond issue for four road projects to be built jointly with the state highway department. Jerseyville Pike property owners again urged assessment reductions, but no new developments occurred. The session's remainder focused on routine business.
In Youngstown Ohio the Vindicator reports a family note about how a daughter’s school day reshapes their view of bedtime. The column notes a new conception of routine and evening expectations.
Evan n W Hill of Oklahoma City warned at Rotary International in Cleveland that a rising spirit of intolerance threatens free conscience and human rights. He urged "un selfish service" as a remedy for a world filled with hate and revenge while delegates from thirty nations attended.
A Delaware Lackawanna and Western train from Chicago to Hoboken derailed at Rockport New Jersey in a dawn storm. Twelve people died and about fifty were injured as the engine and two front coaches left the rails, with many passengers asleep and one committed to a ship sailing later that day to Bremen Germany.
Unclear date for trial of C A Matheny former Plains principal charged with attempted rape. Judge Worstell vacated June 22 setting as defense Woolley and Rowland ask to take depositions at Oxford where Matheny once taught at Miami University. State says June 22 trial impracticable.
Paris June 16 plan for French and Spanish joint action against Rifian tribesmen in Morocco will commence soon as Marine Minister Emile informedd the cabinet at noon.
Baltimore native Moose J Albert Caussedy is chosen to lead the Loyal Order of Moose as supreme dictator at the convention in Baltimore during the week of June 21. He has worked as a theater usher, a city fireman, a printer and currently serves as a supervisor of public charity.
Rev V Ahlbrand elected to lead Humane Society work in Athens County on a service basis. He has long volunteered welfare efforts in Hocking Valley and at the county infirmary. He plans to use investigators to correct animal and child abuse and seek quiet remedies rather than fines. He accepted the post after the offer was made last night.
May births outpaced deaths in Athens County with 91 births and 33 deaths. Athens led with 11 births, Chauncey 10, and several townships logged multiple births. Nineteen communicable disease cases were reported. no quarantines. Also brief: J B Hyland, 34, Pittsburgh, died after a 135 foot fall on a Ford plant smokestack in Hamilton, Ohio.
Out of town and local students registered for the summer session with 115 seniors. Five days a week schedule runs 6 to noon with 98 afternoon classes. mid year entrants may become regular students if they continue next year. Tuition of 4 is charged for nonresidents.
At a joint session of the state office building commission and the legislative affairs committee in Columbus on June 16 a site in the rear of the statehouse annex is expected to be selected. The project tops $1,600,000 for the site and $3,600,000 for the building. Sale of the business building is opened by the state with a $1,000,000 yield expected.
Dayton June 16. The Johnson Airplane Co announced a round period ending Sunday that they moved more than 1,000 passes and weighed 102 035 pounds at a penny per pound. They proved novelty 3 and plan cross country flights to end the U S at fifty cents per mile.
A famed porpoise in London’s aquarium died after years in captivity. The animal reportedly lived in the tank for decades, feeding on small fish as it swam, moving water, and attracting attention from officials estimating its enclosure costs at about 35,000 over three years.
Fragment reading shows a note about a cent stamp for return postage. The unreadable text implies a request or instruction tied to mail return, possibly a wartime or community bulletin item. Distinct names or organizations are not readable.
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