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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1921
Page
5
The White Shrine plans a Monday evening meeting at 7 30 with a class of ten to be initiated. Numerous Athens residents and visitors from Jacksonville and Buffalo are noted in recent social happenings, including travel and family visits.
Washington report says War Department surplus trucks were distributed to states as free aid, creating a funding strain. Senator Wadsworth charges the free allotment has drained military inventories, leaving 1505 trucks and 487 cars for peacetime use and prompting road-building interests to press for more. Distributions ranged from 389 to Delaware to 1047 for Pennsylvania.
The state bar examining committee convenes in the Ohio supreme court to canvass grades of law students who took the examinations to practice law.
Thieves broke through a roof to loot the Ohio Tire and Sales Company in Youngstown collecting about $3,000 in auto tires. They moved the stolen goods over the adjoining building roof to a awaiting truck.
Miss Flo Ellis of Goebel Place reports her brother Harry Ellis of Sharpsburg risked his life during a June cloudburst flood. He swam the rising creek, guided children to a barn loft, opened barn doors to let floodwater pass, then returned to safety with the kids as the wave subsided. Sharpsburg residents expect recognition or reward.
Gasey Jones leaves for Germany after eight years in America. Nelsonville visitors include Mr and Mrs Joe Verity and twin sons. Athens shoppers include Will Bobo Maud Thorn and others. Lydia Nagle returns from Athens visiting Mary Knox and Wm Pierce. Gwen Roberts on sick list. Several families travel to Athens. Franks Coon shows son a pony. Johnson City Illinois visitors Pat McGranor and family. Alfred Wetlow family guests of Schmidt. Will Burdette visits from Columbus. Roy Hawk trades for pony for children.
Six hundred Michigan farmers will tour Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia in August according to Ohio state grange officials. The 200 automobiles will travel in stages of 60 to 100 miles daily with camping outfits and a movable electric light plant. Stops include Norwalk Cleveland Akron Pittsburg Zanesville and Columbus with speeches by grange officers at each halt.
J. J. Schmidt of Cline Ice Cream announced a Monday price drop of ten cents per gallon wholesale and ten cents per quart retail. A form letter will urge dealers to lower retail charges while another Athens shop reduces prices on sundaes dopes and plain ice cream.
Mr and Mrs Leslie Coon and children visited Mr and Mrs Jim Powell in Hocking. Earl Shrieves and Opal Williams met friends in Murray City Friday. Coon family returned to Murray City after visiting relatives here. Hawkins couple spent Sunday in Trimble. Nelsons drove to Athens Saturday. Powell family visited L D Nelsons home. Grace Williams of Murray City visits relatives here. Warner returns home after extended stay with son Ervin Varner.
Officials who accept Canadian money must bear any depreciation in the exchange rate, under an opinion by Attorney General Price. The ruling followed a request from Ottawa County Prosecutor Fawcett after the county treasurer accepted a small quantity of Canadian currency.
The weather bureau forecast no material temperature change for the next 36 hours east of the Mississippi. Generally fair conditions expected in the middle and north Atlantic states, with partly cloudy skies and widely scattered thundershowers in the rest of the region.
The forecast for June 27 to July 2 calls for above normal temperatures across the Ohio Valley Tennessee region and the Great Lakes area with partly cloudy skies and scattered thunderstorms.
Washington June 25 President Harding’s cordial White House meeting with Rear Admiral Sims followed Sims’ public censure by Secretary Denby over a London speech. The incident coincided with Irish question tensions and the aim of keeping strong Anglo American ties remained the policy.
In New Jersey a June 2 boxing event in Jersey City is challenged as a regulated fight not permitted by state law. Clinton N. Howard travels to Atlantic City to seek methods to stop the Dempsey Carpentier bout’s anticipated proceeds and potential interstate shipment violations.
United Press report from Uta correspondent Harold D. Jacobs notes Captain John H. Ayres of the police bureau of missing persons says New York draws girls from across the nation seeking adventure, with most runs starting at ages 14 to 16.
Washington notes the special session gloomily returns with uncertain fate of key bills. The tariff reform stalls as Senate pressure grows to pass new taxes through Congress while Fordney resists altering the plans after months of work.
A repeat Sharpsburg cloud burst hit Carthage township near Guysville Ohio on June 25. Green Branch rose to flood stage washing away fences gardens and water gaps. Charles Tregjpe home flooded six inches with other areas reporting water damage. A fatal lightning strike at Stewart was rumored but unverified.
In Chicago on June 26 officers of a large railroad company banned rogues peekaboo waists and rolled stockings worn by young women in the office. The rule cites gingham as suitable hot weather fabric and requires a general appearance suitable to office service.
Harold Weber of Toledo, reigning Ohio amateur champion, jumped into the lead during the finals of the tournament at Losantiville Country Club in Cincinnati Ohio on June 25.
Har vey C. Garber of Columbus Ohio once a Democratic congressman state chairman and national committee man prepared to open a law practice after passing the bar examination. He has notified his intent to hang out his shingle in Columbus following bar success. The report notes Monday as the peak day for self destruction in the United States with most acts occurring between noon and 12 PM.
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