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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1921
Page
3
A Woman's Immunity Club committee urged Mayor McCune to enforce dog control within the city. Violating dogs will be shot. owners should keep dogs, chickens, and hogs confined. Citizens are asked to report complaints to the mayor or club members.
Severs members plan to display snowshoe rabbits at Charles Evans and recruit Ohio Chief Game den Baxter to catch panie as hunting law closes. Buchtel Lake is full, a thief stole the pipe to chain surplus, and locals must build a wooden gillway with mesh wire to protect bass planted last fall.
A Wednesday afternoon meeting of the Northern Division of the Women’s Community Club drew a nice crowd of women despite bad weather. Mrs L A Whitmore spoke on Whitewash, sharing a recipe and technique. Mrs Jeha Scott provided planting and seeding tips while Mrs L R Kelch and Mrs D A Ferree explained flower planting and soil needs.
The undefeated Columbus Wolverines basketball team will meet Troop Two, a Boy Scout squad, at 7 30 p m Saturday at the Y M C A. Columbus has played 22 games and seeks another win to stay perfect.
Scouts are urged to attend a Friday 6:20 PM meeting for Troop Two at the YMCA to discuss important business and ensure full participation.
Chief Pearson brought Ernest Murray from Columbus yesterday to answer a non support charge by his wife. Murray pleaded not guilty and was bound over to the grand jury under a $600 bond, but has not yet furnished the bond.
Grace Marie Robinett aged 15 months died yesterday at her home in Deanville. Funeral services are planned Friday at 2 PM. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery.
A survey of Nelsonville pupils reports 1528 in total, 171 under age, 1122 normal age, and 235 over age. Retardation stands at 15.4 percent, highest in fifth grade at 24.8 percent, with crowding and waning parental interest cited as factors. The post notes Glenford Dugan Post now in new home.
Allied forces settle into German towns along the Rhine with normal business, police reports of quiet streets, and military command calm. Civilians note censorship, theatre closures, and energy controls while merchants profit from new currencies as French and British troops circulate. General Degoutts says reception was polite, with some soldiers hearing Vive la France.
The American Legion held the first meeting in its new Buckeye Building headquarters last night with unusually large attendance. Members praised the new quarters funded by a Women’s Benefit Association of the Maccabees donation and expect further improvements and active post programs soon in Nelsonville.
Woodrow Wilson praised the City Manager plan as a marked advance for efficiency and democracy. He cited that 140 cities adopted the system in the last decade and none have returned to the old form.
The Women’s Community Club invites all women to Friday night at the High School auditorium March 11 1921. The event aims to gather support for town beautification plans and community betterment with the spelling bee as a social kickoff starting at 7 PM.
United States officials faced reports that France entrusted Harding with bringing the U S into a modified league as allies press for action. Proposals include Coblenz diplomatic notes, Red Cross aid to anti Bolshevik forces, and German debt negotiations shifting from reparations to debt collection.
Athens County Medical Society met in Nelsonville to review sleeping sickness also called Trypanosomiasis. Drs Pritchard Cable Walker and Welch presented cases and discussed symptoms, contagion, and a high death rate. meetings rotate between Athens and Nelsonville.
In Cincinnati on March 10 two guards protecting two auto trucks and a pursuing car were wounded in a pistol battle at the Covington Newport bridge approach. Norman Kraft, ex state game warden, has three bullets in him. Elmer McCabe of Newport arrived later at a Covington hospital with five bullet wounds. Police probe a possible whiskey shipment and attempted hold up.
A German invention called a hand ted implements scrubbing and re flooring in one movement. It promises efficient floor maintenance by combining cleaning and resurfacing actions.
Dispatches report messages delivered to former Premier Kerensky in Petrograd while Eastern Siberia reportedly rebels with unrest centered in Omsk and adjacent towns.
Panama informs the United States it will not recognize the Coto territory award to Costa Rica by Chief Justice White. The reply follows Washington’s warning that hostilities over the disputed area must be avoided and the White decision must be honored. The statement was made public at the State Department.
The house banking committee killed Representative Ramey’s bill intended to authorize cooperative banking associations to promote buying and selling among farmers and provide loans to industrial workers.
In Athens local doctors report patients seeking beer or wine prescriptions for health reasons after Attorney General Palmer ruled the government cannot cap permits to manufacture or sell light beverages for non beverage uses. Few permits exist locally, with beer only in secured cellars or through doctor discretion, raising questions about access during summer heat.
Still Going to Cleveland reports a fatal illness surge with Frieda Feldman dead as the 33rd victim. Two more cases were announced today, signaling ongoing spread in the area.
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