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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1922
Page
5
A social event at 53 North Lancaster Street honored Mrs. 5. F. Hooper for her 72nd birthday hosted by the Womans Relief Corps and her children. Guests included relatives and a gold filigree brooch with pearls was presented along with other gifts.
The Piecillas hosted the Johns Mondy with a 6 o'clock dinner on the Woodworth lawn at 96 North Congress Street. Plates were set for 42 at a long table, with hand painted black eyed Susan place cards and bouquets. After dinner, conversation and outdoor games completed the evening.
Amesville W H Brown and Ezra Walker visited Athens on Thursday while Miss Jessie Lovell of Marietta stayed with relatives. A pedestrian accident near the bank left Guy Kesler with a scratched arm. An elderly widow Elsie Linscott died at Bern with services at Cutler cemetery. A possible electric railroad on the M C and C line was teased but deemed unlikely. The local ball team traveled to Carbondale for a close, error-filled game.
The event will celebrate with old time games and a double header against Carbon Hill. Highlights include running races at 10 o clock and various contests for men women and children such as old shoe and egg races three legged races and running and standing broad jump. Prizes range from 59 cents to 2.50. Picnic dinner planned at the school house grove.
The article warns that high alkali in many shampoos dries scalp and makes hair brittle. It recommends Mulsified cocoanut oil shampoo as pure greaseless and inexpensive. Use two to three teaspoonfuls in warm water to create rich lather, rinse clean, leaving hair soft and dust free.
Angela Scarpa Foster, wife of the adopted son of Mrs. Nona McAdoo Foster, sues her husband's foster mother for 50 000 alleging alienation of affection. She says she obtained a license and was later coerced not to disclose the marriage.
Washington June 27 the new Capper Tindher anti grain gambling bill designed to prevent manipulation of grain prices by regulating trading in futures was passed by the house this afternoon. The vote stood 208 to 76. The first Capper Tindher act was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, but sponsors say the new measure addresses the court's objections.
President Harding commuted the sentences of two wartime political prisoners and ordered their release from Leavenworth. Clyde Hough of Rockford Illinois, a conscientious objector serving 15 years, and Vincent St John, formerly treasurer of the I W W, are freed.
A 12 year old girl suffering chronic stomach distress and belching is reportedly improved after taking Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy. The seller claims the harmless formula removes mucous from the intestinal tract and soothes inflammation, enabling return to studies. one dose allegedly proves its efficacy with a money back guarantee.
Advertises 666 as a fast acting tonic that relieves colds constipation biliousness and headaches. Claims widespread relief from multiple ailments in a single preparation.
The Methodist Episcopal Church board of bishops in Chicago described the prohibition amendment and the Volstead Act as marking the greatest chapter in America's moral reform. They urged support for prohibition legislation and blamed enforcement failures on those who betrayed administrative trust and opposed enforcing the law.
In Philadelphia on June 27 delegates from posts nationwide gather to form a unified national organization of wounded ex service men. In Columbus also on June 27 a basement fire at the R Greenburg and Son building causes about 45000 in damage.
Prosecutor Bartels said Ohio prohibition laws allow anyone to file charges without the prosecutor’s knowledge during the hearing for William Miller in Athens County Common Pleas. Miller admitted making home brew after raid by Prohibition Officers Baynham and Nash and was fined $200 plus costs and committed to Dayton workhouse until paid.
New York June 27 E M Fuller and Company investment securities brokers were suspended from the consolidated stock exchange for alleged violation of exchange rules.
Three suspects in the assassination of German Foreign Secretary Walter Rathenau were arrested aboard the steamship Ruegen, a Helsingfors dispatch reports. Authorities moved on the case as investigators pursued the conspiracy.
Samuel Burk Burnett Texas pioneer cattleman and large ranch owner died at his home in Fort Worth on Tuesday His vast holdings included oil and ranch property and the town of Burkburnett is named for him He built wealth on open range before fences and later moved cattle into the Indian Territory through friendships with tribes. Rory O Connor issues new war threat in Ireland Dublin declares the irreg ular faction leader warned of conflict Tuesday afternoon.
In The Dalles Oregon June 27 Indian Spencer a Warm Springs Indian walked to the bench during a circulating case and asked Judge Fred W Wilson for four bits. The judge allowed the interruption and continued the case noting it was a family matter.
Floyd W. Parsons notes in Worlds Work that the telephone, born 46 years earlier, made long distance conversation common and now bears major national service responsibility. He details materials, wages, taxes, and ownership structure of U S telephone firms, with 360000 workers, two thirds women including about 170000 operators. Dr S B Hill hails telephone operators as masked angels, promising heaven on earth if their voices remain as prompt and sweet.
Charlie and Belle Brown complete annual floral gifts to shutins. They send sixteen bushels of homegrown roses and two and a half bushels of daisies via prepaid express to Mt Carmel St Francis Grant and Children's hospitals in Columbus and to Mrs Sommer in Cincinnati. Dr J Baldwin coordinates distribution noting patients’ joy and wards brightened.
West Virginia miners produced 1,775,100 tons last week, up 73,800 from the prior week, the West Virginia Coal Open association reported. 838 mines were in operation, with New River field increasing by 8,900 tons.
Chicago dispatch says Stuart Baldwin, vice-president of the Union Central railroad, died early today aboard a train at St. Thomas Ontario. The death occurred while the train was en route, details unavailable.
William Gibbs McAdoo will deliver the principal address at the Nevada Democratic convention in Reno. The former treasury secretary and 1924 Democratic contender passed through San Francisco without discussing politics or revealing the speech’s nature.
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