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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1921
Page
10
Middleport and several county members attended the Pythian grand lodge gathering in Dayton this week. Residents from multiple communities joined the event, highlighting regional participation in the fraternal lodge proceedings.
An S and S O S call reached local officers yesterday afternoon from Mason requesting a squad of officers to handle a disturbance. Details beyond the brief warning are not provided in the fragment.
Report describes a band of armed intruders terrorizing residents as sheriff and marshal avoid action due to jurisdiction. The informant says the town faced an attempted riot with no robbery, and the invaders departed as mysteriously as they arrived.
Health Commissioner McCullough announces a child welfare clinic in Pomeroy on June 30. A committee including W. A. Campton George Daniels Mrs T K E Forsythe and Mrs C E W Downie will assist Public Health Nurse Miss Nell Bing and Natalie Merrill chief of the child hygiene bureau from the state health department will help. Several hundred children will attend for diagnosis and advice.
Ruth Davis and Lucetta Smith, now resident in Sanford Florida, daughters of the late William G Folden of Salem township, inherit the home farm under Foldens will. Mrs Davis named executrix without bond. Will dated August 8 1917.
Attorney F. W. Crow attends Ohio University trustees meeting in Athens. Carpenter F. W. Baker suffers a severe hand slash at Cooper Lumber Co. plant and will be laid up. Mrs. Will Donnally of Columbus visits locally. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Hepp return from their honeymoon. Mrs. Louise Carl returns to Baltimore after visiting her parents and Miss Anna Vaughn accompanies her. Herman Epple of Cleveland visits relatives here. Ensign Frederick Steinbauer of Annapolis visits his grandmother. Judge A. P. Miller travels to West Point to see his son Albert. J. S. Charles editor of the Akron News visits Pomeroy Bend. formerly lived in Mason.
Salisbury township announces a ninth grade? No, eighth grade commencement tonight at Hiland church. An excellent program will be followed by an ice cream supper to benefit the church.
A band of gypsies passing through Pomeroy earlier in the week robbed Johnny Grimm of 30 at Letart. Grimm pursued them downstream to Racine where Mayor Miles intervened and secured the return of the money. The wanderers were ordered to cross to the West Virginia side and complied promptly.
Robert Burnell of upper Third street Middleport has been very ill for weeks and for several days his condition has been critical.
The Meigs county hhautauqua in Middleport hosts an Amateur Day on Monday August 1 with readings piano violin vocal and choral contests. Prizes include 50 for male chorus 19 for best impromptu speech and 20 for ladies chorus with programs and selections to be mailed to interested entrants. The event is expected to draw strong competition.
In Pueblo Colorado after the flood Adam Schmittauer a former Pomeroyan and brother of John Schmittauer Mrs Bramlage and Mrs Elmer Ashworth lost all possessions his family barely escaped with their lives. A year earlier his home burned with heavy losses.
A local scribe recalls last evening's execution party moving through Pomroy and into the suburbs. In front, Dog catcher Buck Moore led a small white dog on a string, followed by Louie Maiberger with a long handled shovel over his shoulder. the image unfolds clearly to passersby as a silent film.
Congressman I M Foster announces the department of agriculture year book for 1920 will be ready within 30 days. Copies may be obtained free by personal request via postal card to Mr Foster in Washington.
A couple kissing on the Mauretania’s gang plank delayed the ship for five minutes at New York as steward’s watch recorded four minutes and 52 seconds. William A. Brady stood at the dock for his daughter Alice’s farewell and quipped that such affection would be censored on the screen.
At least four universities in Europe maintain chairs in criminology to study and teach the scientific detection of crime, reflecting a growing academic emphasis on forensic methods and evidence analysis.
The Logan Legion Post outlined a large July Fourth celebration with a fireworks show at the fairgrounds and music from Bremen and Logan bands. Commander Byron Wolfe and others arranged a program to surpass prior local displays, with Legionaries asked to wear black ribbons in honor of late Commander Col. Galbraith.
Deputies returned from a raid on John Finda’s farm at Mound Crossing with parts of a still, corn mash and other material used to make liquor. Residents claimed the hidden items were moved by a man nicknamed George from Columbus, identified as the manufacturer, with an accomplice allegedly transporting the booze to Columbus. Arrests are expected soon.
The Honey Fork Oil Company on the Frank Stout farm near Mt Pleasant drilled a well Wednesday that is pronounced absolutely dry. It is the second well on the lease. With oil prices falling and recent dry holes in the area, operations are slowing down.
Supt. W. C. Brashares received another application this week for the Citizens Training Camp at Camp Knox Kentucky. Hall Weaver of Logan submitted the latest request, bringing total applicants to three. They will undergo physical examinations soon.
Gifford Hull 27 cabinet maker Logan Ruth Shriner 25 at home Logan William K Miller 22 laborer Marion township Clara E Hamilton 18 housepeeper Logan Ben A Reynolds 23 tooldresser Spencer W Va Ethel Harmon 25 at home Logan
Judge Stephenson issued the notice appointing George Schaal as administrator of the estate of the late Martin Snyder in Benton township. The appointment was made Wednesday. Relatives report Miss Eva Crutcher is recovering from an operation at a Columbus hospital. Dr Crotti operated last Friday for goiter. she is a Cherrington hospital graduate nurse and former head nurse.
The passage notes a niece of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Schemp of West Main Street who, when in Logan, makes her home with the couple.
Logan police were alerted around 3 pm Thursday to look for two 17 year old boys who escaped the Boys Industrial School and stole an Oakland car to flee. Sheriff C. BE, Larimer and Marshall Thomas were coordinating search efforts.
The main road from Logan to Haydenville will close from the city limits to Smiths Chapel. Beginning Monday the foundation course of stone will be laid from the city limits to the England residence to prepare for asphalt. Traffic will be diverted via the clay bank hill road for about two weeks.
Members of the Eastern Star Sewing Circle gathered at the Masonic Hall on Thursday for a comfort knitting and carpet rag sewing session. The group planned to complete unfinished work from the previous regular meeting.
Mr Cloyd Cook presented a number of pupils in a violin recital at the concert room of the Case Music Parlors Wednesday evening Ten numbers made up the program which was very much enjoyed Miss Marie Gompf daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Gompf played the accompaniments.
Ed Heffey traveled to Columbus on Thursday to secure a ball team for Saturday and Sunday games this week replacing Marietta which cancelled. Mrs. W. S. Yaw and her two sons visit sister Mrs. Kelley of Lancaster this week. Miss Margaret Lutz and Mrs. W. C. Brashares attended a Red Cross meeting in Lancaster on Thursday.
False reports spurred armed miners in Cabin Creek to mobilize and plan a march into Mingo. District 17 UMW president C F Kenny said the reports were untrue and the group disbanded after being informed. Armored miners from Big Coal river later returned home amid rumors of killings of several union officials in Mingo.
A Brazilian scientist reports a deposit of radium bearing minerals discovered in the interior of Ceara state. The find could influence mining plans and regional industry developments. Further tests are expected to determine ore quality and potential tonnage.
A U S Bureau of Markets summary reports world wool output at 93 percent of pre war levels while consumption sits near 70 percent. Europe’s demand for imported wool is about half pre war, with Western Europe supplying most surplus to the region and the U S sharing about 12 percent. Recovery hinges on Europe’s buying power and consumption, with Asia and the Balkans near self sufficiency and only modest contributions to Western European stocks.
Lorain Ohio June 17 trial of Mayor William H Grall indicted by a special grand jury on a charge of criminal libel is set to open Monday. Indicted with Grall on bribery for police protection are William Badock W H Johnson Harry Stapleton G R Mead and E E Price who have pleaded not guilty to their charges.
Nova Scotia coal mining reached 5,687,970 tons in 1920, up 684,213 tons from the prior year, per the Commissioner of Works and Mines.
Mrs. Walker was arrested in New York for keeping seven hens and resisted health officers at her home by swinging an axe. The court then required her to swing the axe near her pets as part of the proceedings.
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