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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1924

Page

2

Final City Dads Meeting Sets North Hill Inspection Trip

The June session of the Athens city council was brief with three members absent. Plans were made to inspect North Hill and adjacent streets to assess water damage, needed sidewalks, fire plugs on Maplewood Drive, and electric lighting provisions while awaiting majority for final actions.

Adhens East Side rent-Teacher Association Stimson I Avenue Maplewood Drive Vice Department Old Union Street Court Street Athenean Restaurant Mulberry Street Sunnyside Drive Dalton & Jacobs Grandview Highland Addition Miller Alley Walker Street

Eutherans to Favor Uniform Church Design

Cincinnati reports the eighth annual convention of the Missouri Synod Lutherans opens today. The architecture committee's report will push uniform distinctive church designs across congregations.

Cincinnati Fish District Missouri Synod Angelical Church

Judge Seidel Resigns Over Inadequate Salary

Columbus Ohio June 1 Governor Donahey learned that a $1,000 yearly salary for a municipal judge is insufficient to support a family and meet expected public duties. Judge John F Seidel of the municipal court tendered his resignation effective July 1 to the Governor citing the pay shortfall.

Columbus Donahey John F. Seidel

Woman Suspect Freed After Child Identity Clarified

Marie Scudera, detained over a suitcase body identified as her son, was released after she produced her living child. Catherine Bernard, a former neighbor, had mistaken the dead child’s identity. Police still seek clues in the case, which remains unsolved.

Philadelphia Marie Scudera Catherine Bernard Scudera Monmouth Junction N. J

Hope for speedy peace in turmoil in Cleveland wage dispute

A strong probability of a peaceful settlement of the wage dispute between the Cleveland carmen's union and the Cleveland Railway Company grew as President John Stanley met with William Polk and other company officials in Cleveland.

Cleveland, O Cleveland Carman’s Union Cleveland Railway John Stanley William Polk Comepany

Medina resident complains of repeated vandalism at Sharon Center

A Medina man notes black paint smeared on his Sharon Center home, the second such act after prior red and black paint. He says the defacers are becoming bolder and objects to his architectural theme.

Medina W. H. Age Sharon Center

Belmont County names first woman jury commissioner

In St. Clairsville Belmont county selects Mrs Adaline Wharton of Barnesville as the Republican member of the jury commission after Eli Moore retires for health reasons Judge W W Cowen of Belmont county common pleas court makes the appointment.

St. Clairsville Belmont County Ohio Eli Moore Barnsville W. W. Cowen Belmont Lounty Common Pleas Court Adaline Wharton Barnesville

Bucyrus High School Commencement Sees 1874 Class Return

The Bucyrus high schools 55th annual commencement in the auditorium marks a reunion of the 1874 class with seven of eight members still alive. Salutatorian Harry J. Howenstein of Chicago has arrived for the event.

Bucyrus, O Bucyrus High Schools Harry J. Howenstein Chicago

Vestee Front Creates Flattering Lines For Stout Figures

The pattern describes a blouse in linen and cotton blends with a vestee front to add shaping. Sleeve lengths include cap short or elbow cuff, sized 36 through 50 inches. A 38 inch size uses 5 1/2 yards of material and the full width at the hem is seven yards. pattern mailed for 12 cents.

Governor Smith Opens NYC Headquarters Reception

June 17 Governor Al Smith personally greeted newcomers at Madison Avenue headquarters in New York. Tomorrow McAdoo will take over the Vanderbil t Hotel headquarters in person and receive a demonstration on his arrival from Los Angeles.

New York al Smith Madison Avenue McAdoo Vanderbit Hotel Los Angeles

Ex Soldiers in Meigs Battle Pomeroy

June 17. Some candidates before the August primary will be in their element as ex soldiers. In the scramble there are three Spanish American War veterans and four World War I veterans for county offices and several of them for committeemen. Also said to be several Klansmen in the lineup.

Pomeroy

Ohio corn crop at risk unless weather improves

Professor Jay B. Park of Ohio State University warned that the state’s corn crop could be the poorest in years unless favorable weather occurs in the next three months. He noted late planting and replanting due to heavy rains and floods, with mature harvest unlikely before mid September and frost risk creating soft corn.

Ohio Columbus Jay B. Park Department of Ohio State University Park

Balloons in Bennett Cup race remain unreported near Brussels

Thirteen of the seventeen balloons in the James Gordon Bennett Cup International race were unreported at 9 a.m. in Brussels. Four entries, including one Italian, one American, and two Britons, had made official landings, with landings scattered west and southwest of Brussels after an easterly start.

Brussels

Scout Night Camp Near Athens Tests Cookery and Skills

Twenty eight members of Troop 2 under Scoutmaster Roy L Dupler camped at Health Haven on Harmony road Monday night. They completed tests in cooking fishing pioneering and woodcrafts with junior scoutmaster William Silvas Jr accompanying the troop.

Roy L. Dupler Health Haven Harmony Road William Silvas, Jr

Boxing Results From Dayton K O Mars Defeats Herman

At Dayton K O Mars of Cincinnati won a decision over Tommy Herman of Dayton in 12 rounds. Young Corbett of Louisville outpointed Baby Bright of Dayton by a wide margin over 8 rounds.

Dayton K. O. Mars Cincinnatti Tommy Herman Young Corbett Louisville Baby Bright

Mussolini May Resign Over Matteotti Kidnapping Scandal

After a lengthy Quirinal conference between Mussolini and King Victor Emmanuel III in Rome on June 17, rumors spread that Mussolini offered to resign amid political scandal surrounding the kidnapping and slaying of socialist deputy Giacomo Matteotti.

Rome Mussolini Victor Emmanuel Quirinal Giacomo Matteoftti

Ohio Teachers to Discuss Two Year Non-Vocational Ag Courses

Ohio school men will debate practicality of a two year non vocational agricultural course for rural high schools at the Ohio State Teachers Association summer meeting in Cedar Point June 24 to 26. The state mandates agriculture in county supervised schools with federal backing for vocational agriculture and home economics projects. Prof. W F Copeland of Ohio University will present the two year non vocational course proposal.

Columbus Ohio State Teachers Association Cedar Point United States W. FF. Copeland Omo University Athens

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