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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1922
Page
2
British troops withdrawn from Ireland are arriving in India in considerable numbers, according to advices received today by B N Ghose, director of the American commission to promote self government in India.
TOLEDO March 10 Mrs Fannie Delong aged 3? died after taking carbolic acid in a despondent attempt tied to ill health. She leaves three small children.
An advertisement claims 666 quickly cures cold fever grippe and prevents pneumonia, promoting it as a potent remedy without side effects. The claim targets common illnesses with strong language and reassurance of safety.
A lone bandit disarmed the driver and took the payroll estimated at 4500 dollars from the John Finn and Son Construction Co. assistant paymasters J. P. George and G. M. Gilbert as they left the Peninsular State Bank branch at Quincy and Grand River Avenues.
New York March 10. United States Steel Corp. issued its monthly report at noon today showing unfilled orders on February 28 total 4,141,069 tons, down from 4,241,678 tons on June 30, a decrease of 100,609 tons.
Lady Ramsay the former Princess Patricia is expected to join her husband at his Paris station shortly. Rumor says Commander and Lady Ramsay, married in 1919 as a love match, have failed to find the happiness they hoped for and may be ordered to resume housekeeping to quell reports.
Premier Lloyd George leaves for Wales amid a deepening crisis with Ireland and India. He is said to have prepared his resignation to be delivered to King George when the Irish free state bill clears the Lords. India faces a potential revolution and a vacant Secretary for India post. The Irish republican army has revolted at Limerick and Dublin talks have collapsed.
Washington March 19 A row of no small proportions was threatened in congress today over the action of treasury officials in knocking the soldier bonus certificate plan worked out by the republicans of the ways and means committee. Several members including Representative Frear of Wisconsin served notice they would deal with the matter on the floor.
Oscar Watkins Graves born near Harrisville November 7 1842 died February 12 1922 at 79 with three months and five days. He married Martha Jane Tope December 8 1867 and had two sons William and Fred. He served as a private then corporal in Co H 36th Regular O Y I and was wounded in war. Converted to Presbyterian faith in 1918. Survived by two children two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The community mourns a long honored citizen.
Toledo reports a break in the Miami and Erie canal flooding fields near the filtration plant this morning. Bags were used to stem the water from the hole in the bank amid the incident.
Dr. Charles P. Steinmetz of General Electric has perfected a lightning generator in Schenectady New York that stores energy like a storm cloud and releases a flash at 120 volts. The device produces about one million horsepower, far less than natural lightning which is estimated at about five hundred million horsepower.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness during our father’s sickness and passing. Special thanks to Harrisonville people, Mr. Brooks for comforting words, and neighbors who furnished rigs. From Mr. and Mrs. William Graves.
German experimenters test increasing plant growth by delivering waste carbon dioxide from motors and furnaces into soil through perforated pipes as a fertilizer.
The New Marshfield Ladies' Aid Society met with Mrs. J. H. Dowler for knitting and quilting projects, noting a busy summer ahead. Local church activity includes Rev. Leslie Dabritz in Hong, and Rev. Stines of Carbondale at the Christian church. Community members travel and host guests from Athens, Columbus, and other towns.
Separate cottage and mess hall will be provided for World War II veterans at the Massillon state hospital. There are 49 ex service men from 19 northeastern Ohio counties in the institution, most of them shell shock victims.
A fiscal year summary shows 66,7923 canaries imported into the United States. The figure reflects bird trade activity reported for the period.
In Washington on March 10 Secretary of State Hughes faced Democratic critique in the Senate over the four powered Pacific treaty. Senator Robinson of Arkansas charged Hughes with deliberately hiding from the public and press the secret negotiations preceding the treaty's adoption.
TWO IN SAME DAY WOODSFIELD O Mar 10 Mayor L P Neuhart sprained his ankle and lost consciousness after a fall on an icy sidewalk. Mrs N V Hoeffler sustained a broken leg in a similar incident the same day and was taken to a Columbus hospital.
In Middletown on March 10 Joseph Rafor aged 67 vice president of the Oglesby-Barnitz bank connected with the town bank since 1885 died of heart trouble at ten o clock this morning.
In Montreal on March 10 Professor Herman Walter McGill University head of modern languages testified of long persecution at his Montmagny home. He alleged attempts to kill him green fruit placed in his well ringed trees poisoned dogs and a shed fire. A chisel matched marks on the shed and well but no solid Morin evidence. A Montmagny summer home fire in 1920 led to a youth being committed to an asylum.
Marion Ohio pivots its 100th anniversary plans after a letter from President Harding explains he cannot attend in June. Officials announce the centennial will be held the first week of July, as the committee reworks dates.
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