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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1921
Page
8
County Commissioner McCullough warns against using unboiled water from the system for fog or drinking. tests from March 1 and a May health report show colon bacillus typhoid presence and unsafe drinking quality. A state health representative will visit Pomeroy to investigate the water supply.
Residents may submit water samples to Dr. McCullough for no charge analysis of drinking water quality. The service emphasizes accessibility and public health awareness.
Lakes mines resume full operation this morning after a period of disruption. The Thomas Fork mines have been operating steadily, and local mining circles report a better outlook with costs in Syracuse facing a $10 per car switching charge.
The steamer Senator Cordill under Capt. Mell Irwin and owned by Beegie Bros. and other upper Ohio Valley firms leaves Pittsburg on its last trip with over a thousand dollars in freights. She is in tip-top condition and expected to handle heavy passenger traffic this spring and summer.
The last small pox patient at Tuppers Plains is released, with 60 cases in 19 families reported. No deaths occurred due to modern methods, and an offender who broke quarantine in Detroit may face arrest. McKenzie Ridge also reported end of the outbreak. Meigs County is now free from small pox.
At a meeting of Receiver Hartwell and the Street Railway Employee committee, a new wage agreement was approved to be signed on Hartwell’s return from Columbus. The terms keep the present wage schedule and grant each employee a family annual car pass, preventing a potential stoppage.
Frank Foley head of Pomeroy Auto Sales Co was injured Friday when a starter touched off an explosion while he worked under C. D. Reed's large car. He suffered facial burns to the eyes but is recovering and should not lose sight.
Common Pleas Judge A P Miller spoke at Simpson M E Sunday School, asserting Meigs County ranks high among seven counties for divorces. He cited a Cleveland judges conference on rising divorce and related evils.
The Judge urged a law making religious instruction for children as compulsory as schooling. He appealed for Pomeroy Bend churches to bring Bible lessons to Meigs County children, pledging to cooperate with Sunday schools. Rev Cherrington and Mrs Young spoke, with Emma Koessler readings. An oyster supper followed for about 150 attendees.
Word reached Middleport Saturday of the death last night of W. D. Brown a K. and M. brake man from Middleport in a Charleston hospital after a surgical operation and Bright's disease he leaves a wife and three children a short funeral service was held at the home yesterday morning and the remains were taken to Langeville for burial
The Martzolff class at the First M. E. church reports a near even split after 6743 points with the North Side tallying 1471 in attendance, 87 in other classes, 1021 calls, 60 new church members, and 63 new Sunday school members. the South Side shows 1374 in attendance, 67 in other classes, 881 calls, 62 new church members, and 93 new Sunday school members. A joint reception for all women and a picnic lunch will follow next Friday at 6 pm in the church auditorium and dining room.
Six Sinn Feiners were killed when they ambushed a Bedfordshire regiment squad near Mohill. The troops sustained no casualties.
Washington meeting outlines creation of local safety chapters linking 60 000 trained miners into a national body. Chapters focus on safety first training recreation and health, with dues 5 to 10 dollars per chapter and one dollar for individual members. The effort honors Dr Joseph A Holmes and will award medals and diplomas for notable rescue feats.
Tickets issued for a Zita dance scheduled for Wednesday March 16 at the Elk hall with an orchestra providing music.
An Athens advertisement promotes Diamond Dyes promising to revive worn garments from coats to stockings. Instructions guarantee perfect results and color choices range from rich fade resistant tones, with a druggist showing examples of dyed fabrics.
Washington March 14 Senator Charles S Thomas of Colorado departed the senate on March 4 ending his comic interludes during debate. He quizzed an agricultural bill amendment about lace leather used in farm gear and mocked the push for appropriations noting farming has become an appropriation industry. He jabbed Senator Ashurst over plant physiology funds and western dates.
The passage discusses a Senate scene where agricultural provisions are debated with a satirical view of lawmakers sampling produce. The speaker warns against extending such “delicates” exhibitions to animal sections and notes current funds for predator control and the risk of a stampede in the chamber.
Frank Eliott travels to Canton today to search for his daughter Marie Elliott a 22 year old Wooster College senior who has been missing since Sunday authorities noted.
A man sleeping in a cemetery in Ashland irritated neighbors with loud snoring prompting police involvement. He was taken into custody on a drunkenness charge following the incident.
In Milledgeville Georgia the lone barber shop advertises new lower prices with the theme we have returned to normalcy. The slogan hints at a local easing of wartime or economic strain reflected by shaving 30 cents off services and reducing other charges by 15 cents.
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