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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1923
Page
6
A narrator travels to a grim Marseille district to meet Michael, who hides there in fear. Louisa guides him to a shabby cafe and a damp apartment where Michael awaits, still in disguise as a French worker, his hunted, desperate look clear as he confronts the narrator with the line You devil.
In March a villa robbing case in Marseilles escalates as a master mind is blamed for a surge in thefts totaling over 11,000,000 francs. Janet Seale and Louisa Machin travel toward Marseilles while Rimmington, Pemay el, and Demayel outline the investigation and watch for two key women aboard a Gibraltar steamer.
March events and family news from Athens and nearby areas include births and visitors. A daughter was born March 21 to Fort C Tewksbury and wife, while a 16 pound son arrived March 22 to Charley Steward and wife. William Vining of Mason West Virginia visited William Hopkins and wife. Mrs Nancy McCall and Elza McCall and family lost their house and contents to fire. Doctors Stanley and Pedigo attended James Swearingen, who remains in critical condition. Grace Swearingen visited relatives, and others attended farm-business and social visits in Albany and Athens.
Holcomb attended a meeting of the N A H A at Lexington Kentucky last week where they took the 55th degree in the association.
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Tuesday saw many Ohio University students traveling back to Athens as spring vacation ends by Wednesday noon. Trains carried bags marked Ohio University Old Ohio and Green and White. By noon Wednesday about 1500 students are expected to be back for the ten weeks remaining in the semester ending in June. Those arriving Tuesday sought rooms and belongings ahead of the final stretch.
Gerald Cooper serving 25 years for forgery and Frank Gray serving five years for robbery escaped from the federal penitentiary in Atlanta Georgia today They held up a man and his wife and forced them to aid their escape Both men were sent here from New York reformatory at Igmira
Charleston W Va March 27 Opening guns in the capitol fight were expected to be fired when the legislature reconvened this afternoon A motion by Senator Reynolds to appoint a committee to investigate Parkersburg s offer for the capitol was to come up The committee would include Senators Magus George BE White and Nixon
Athens High School music department plans The Belle of Barnstaple as the spring operetta. Homer Baird directs the dramatic portion with Grace Spring guiding music and Miss Cursop overseeing dances and chorus. April 6 appears the favored opening date.
Spore, a 20 year veteran of the company, was found dead in his shack at the quarries. Known as an ex-slave, his exact age remains unascertained. Local authorities are investigating the incident at the site.
James Stoy, a recluse in Defiance, is hospitalized with severe burns after a fire swept his shack. Police suspect a still explosion caused the blaze and that Stoy attempted to destroy evidence by reentering the building.
London reports from the foreign office state that Britain is not planning any movement toward intervention in the Ruhr. The announcement came this afternoon and clarifies recent press speculation about British military actions in the region.
The Plains area news notes include a basketball win by Stewart over The Plains 14 to 6 on Friday. Local sick lists list Mrs John West Sr and Mrs John Popowich. Alvin Ball recovers after leg injury at Hocking mine. Several residents attend events in Athens Glouster and Logan. Fifteen men tear out Pittsburgh 10 mine equipment, signaling extended downtime.
China seeks abrogation of the “twenty one” demands again but Tokyo returns the plan as a closed issue. The note accompanying China’s request was received today confirming the decision. In a separate item from Tiffin Ohio a special grand jury found no bill against Mrs Charles C Calhoun former agent of the Connor Memorial commission.
Wellington Delaware March 27 winifred Stroup a nine year old girl was found dying beneath a new school building scaffold in New London. Doctors believe a falling tool struck her and exposure hastened the death.
Emma Steiner, daughter of the slain woman, testified last for the state in Carl Steiner’s first degree murder trial in Elyria Ohio. She exhibited a box of blood-stained hair strands she said her father pulled from her mother’s head.
Wesley Little a Black watchman at the Brookensword Stone Quarries near Bucyrus Ohio is described in a brief item from a local report. The note identifies his role and approximate location without additional details.
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