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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1921
Page
8
Mrs. A Keller of Afton Tennessee reports eight months bedridden during the Change of Life. After two doctors failed, a friend suggested Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She notes relief from hot flashes and faint spells and urges other women 45 to 50 to try it for natural balance during menopause.
Isaac Dillon Haning born June 28 1846 in Athens Ohio died May 31 1921 after a long illness. He served in Ohio units during the Civil War and later settled in Racine Meigs County Ohio then Woodward City Oklahoma and Rice County Kansas leaving a widow Martha Cooper and five children. He was active in church and fraternal orders and was honored by the G A R Masons Eastern Star and American Legion with a June funeral at the Methodist Church and Elmwood Cemetery.
Lawrence V. Walker of Nelsonville and Stella Corsica of Galouster obtain marriage license. Giouster miner and El Giouster listed in records.
Secretary of State Hughes studies if the United States should accept the Versailles treaty with modifications or pursue a separate peace with Germany. He favors edits to secure U S voice in economic settlements and parity with major powers in former enemy territories. The president supports returning the pact to the Senate.
June 18 Ohio adds another link to her honors as the mother of rabbis. Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati trained reform rabbis with 73 students in 1920 21. 24 from Ohio and 21 states total. Nine years of study, then pulpit positions nationwide. 14 graduates amid over 50 congregations seeking rabbis.
Sydney reports Percy Marks, jewel merchant, toured France under New South Wales government auspices. He says Lyons Fair heightened demand for Australian gems and opal fields have moved $7.5 million in stones, signaling a vast forthcoming business between Australia and France.
Mr and Mrs L A Koons have moved from Franklin Avenue to South Congress Street after selling their home. Their former house will be occupied soon by Mr Brown a coal man and his family from Pennsylvania. The Koonses were longtime residents of the Fast Side.
The wife of the Lord Mayor of London may appoint maids of honor and a trainbearer and travels with her own private state carriage.
In Gambais near the Ram bouillet forest thirty miles from Paris, Landru declares mysteries will be cleared at the first trial. He faces charges for the deaths of nine women in a case drawing wide attention.
Lusia Chakalian, after ten years of suffering in Armenia, lands in Boston to marry Aranos Mooradian. She endures massacres and exile from her hometown as Turks seize control. With British aid and Mooradian abroad, she eventually reaches the United States and begins a peaceful life.
City transfer men brace for a rush as summer term students arrive and move baggage to the depot. The recent days have already seen heavy baggage volume, with the last of the regular students departing today.
A concise timeline notes events tied to Ohio history. In 1875 a southern Ohio earthquake is recorded. 1884 the Prohibition State convention met in Columbus nominating E J Morris for Secretary of State. 1890 Cleveland railroad switchmen struck. 1896 William McKinley secured the Republican nomination in St Louis. 1906 Governor Pattison died in office.
OSU horticulturalist explains fire blight symptoms on apple pear and quince trees and recommends pruning and sanitizing cuts. Other notes cover roosters disposal methods, fertilized eggs handling, summer spray for wormy apples, a poultry course at OSU, beekeeping trends, and rust damage to wheat with leaf miner confusion.
The Ohio Experiment Station reports whitetop surged this year due to last year’s wet season. The weed matures seed during hay making, germinating in moist conditions and quickly dominating fields of alsike and red clover. In dry years seed germination falls, allowing other grasses to compete. Whitetop is a winter annual surviving freezing and growing rapidly in spring.
Vice President Coolidge delivered the principal speech at the unveiling of a bust of President Harding in McKinley Memorial Niles Ohio. The sculpture by J Massey Rhind joins those of Roosevelt and Taft in the court of honor with other Ohio and national statesmen.
After the heavy rain around Athens, a sharp temperature drop followed. A big thermometer in front of Lash's showed mercury falling about 16 degrees in roughly the same number of minutes.
Light rain fell across Athens and nearby areas with bright lightning and limited accumulation. Reports describe the shower as spotty with well defined paths, while towns to the east south and north saw heavier precipitation such as Lancaster and Columbus observers noting a strong storm.
Homer Wareheim and Jasper Pyles were arrested in Kimberly on a plain drunk charge by Constable Mariner. Affidavits filed in Justice Helwig's court by Emerson Dye. Arraigned, both pleaded not guilty. trial set for Friday June 24. Released on $300 bond each. Dye said the men challenged him to fight and caused trouble.
The Republican Publicity association led by Jonathan Bourne Jr. argues the Soviet model failed in capital and labor control. It claims confiscation and conscription degraded production and dignity, warning U S readers that similar confiscation and dictatorship would harm prosperity and happiness if adopted.
New York June 16 United Press Officials of the National Tax Association have perfected plans to hold the fourteenth annual tax conference at the Mount Washington Hotel Bretton Woods New Hampshire September 12 to 16. The association includes state and territorial tax officials municipal taxing officers tax experts attorneys economists and corporate and individual taxpayers.
Fathers of boys joining the Jersey Calf Club met at the County Farm Agent E R Raymond’s office to finalize plans. A committee will locate and buy six to eight month old registered tubercular tested insured calves for about thirty members, distribution set for October 20, with aid from County Agent Raymond and Ivan McKellip of Ohio State University.
Dr. Helen A. Peppon retires as Whitman College dean of women after nearly three decades on the faculty. Her tenure spans long service to the campus and students.
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