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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1922
Page
8
OCR fragment notes dispute over cleaning costs and lack of payment for the second well not drilled as specified in the contract. It highlights ongoing contention between parties over performance and remuneration.
A correspondent from Athens Ohio questions rising police payrolls claiming monthly costs near 550 dollars versus 250 dollars the previous year. He recalls past arrests under lower salaries and questions why bank building rooms were not searched after a local complaint. Letter dated March 17, 1922.
Kansas City March 17. Santa Fe train No. 7 westbound from Chicago arrived at 10 10 am. Robbers halted the train near Galesburg Illinois and stole thousands of dollars worth of silk. Eight men were reported to have participated.
A McKee Drug Co advertisement promises a Hyomei treatment will relieve catarrh or the store will refund the purchase. The copy contrasts the product with other outlets and sells the remedy as a trustworthy, value driven option for sufferers.
Joe Gage of Marietta sues Frank R. Gross of Athens in Athens County Common Pleas for 665 dollars with interest from Sept 17 1920 for cleaning out an oil well drilled under contract. The petition says a second well was to be drilled but was never requested and Gage claims payment for the first well.
Athens Kiwanis heard W B Dickinson outline progress on a $300000 Alumni Memorial auditorium campaign for Ohio University. Fifteen Ohio counties have chairmen and former students are being lined up as speakers. Canadian Week will run April 1–7 with plans for a Canadian speaker on April 6. Boy Scout tournament brings 150 scouts from 22 teams to Athens for games. John F Fergus to discuss Building and Loan sponsorship next meeting. Supper at Pierce's precedes the Chamber of Commerce gathering. Father Anthony Schlernitza ner of Zaleski attended.
John G. Seemen, 59, who led Oberlin High School for eight years, collapsed and died soon after arriving home from a school party. He previously served as Vermilion school superintendent for many years.
A Belfast dispatch reports threat of war returning to the Ulster province frontier in Ireland. The liaison commission between Ulster military forces and the Irish Free State has been dissolved, with Ulster volunteers preparing to meet a southern invasion and trenches dug on the Free State side as armed patrols are seen on both sides of the boundary.
The senate agriculture committee will depart Washington on Saturday March 25 for a five day inspection of the government nitrate project at Muscle Shoals Alabama. About 20 senators will join the tour.
In Talbottom Georgia on March 17 Major Lee H. Coart, a former army officer, was found guilty of the murder of A. B. McNice, a former county school superintendent. The jury recommended mercy as the verdict was read amid family fainting in the courtroom.
Cincinnati report says the tow boat Helper lies buried under the muddy Ohio River with the bodies of Captain E A Burnside and Mrs Arthur Schletker after the vessel sank. Rescue efforts use hundreds of small boats in the search for the sunken vessel. In Wheeling J P Breigh, a former Akron man, pleads guilty to forged checks and is sentenced to twenty years in the state penitentiary.
Attorneys for a New York cigarette firm win a judgment against actress June Elvidge for 119.22 dollars, with 90 dollars attributed to cigarets. The case notes she opened the account a year ago and allegedly mocked the bill when it arrived.
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