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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1920
Page
6
A drive to aid Armenia's injured and starving launched in Pomeroy with Miss Cady Whaley as chair and George W. Parker as treasurer. Racine Syracuse Minersville Rutland and surrounding areas to canvass Easter Sunday raising funds for Christian relief.
August Grueser was bound over to the county court on a $300 bond for assault. Mrs. J. L. Phillips testified that Grueser struck her hand with a hammer during a dispute over a party line fence at Minersville. Grueser denied the charge and alleged the plaintiff attacked him with an ash pan. The justice sent the case to higher court for adjudication.
Max and Charles Wildermuth sue the Gottloib Wildermuth Brewing Company and individuals Sarah A. Seyfried Katherine Hart enbach and Sarah Hartenbach seeking an accounting and the appointment of a receiver. They allege control of company property by the named parties, property deterioration from neglect, and missing sums requiring disclosure.
Representatives of several baseball teams from the Ohio Valley Amateur League met at Dr. M. D. Hartinger's office to discuss prospects for the coming season. No action was taken yet but a follow up meeting is planned to start preparations for summer play.
George Hanley Roush son of Mr and Mrs Cornelius Roush married Hilah Samantha Swisher daughter of Mr and Mrs Rinaldo Swisher on Saturday in a quiet Cheshire ceremony.
All of Cheshire were joined in wedlock Saturday morning by Rev Wilson of Middleport.
The Hon. Dan Diehl purchased property formerly known as the Vorkes barns behind the high school. He plans to convert the site into residence buildings. The lot runs 78 feet deep from the proposed Second street extension to the cliff.
Local social notes list various residents and visitors including Professor Homer V Cherrington and family, Julius Keehne resuming a rolling mill job in Sault Ste Marie for about $400 monthly, and numerous visits between Pomeroy Columbus Racine and nearby towns. Shifts include bookings at Oberlin and employment changes.
Portland officials announce the Pacific highway will be passable for year round motorists by early September with formal dedication set for September 20 at Blaine Washington the interstate bridge at Portland Vancouver and in San Francisco The California link is El Camino Real work to complete missing links in Oregon and Washington will proceed this spring and summer with paving to follow over years before full paving is achieved
A waterproof shell designed to work in all weather conditions introduces a novel gun for firing life lines to assist shipwrecked vessels.
Ohio University opens its baseball preseason with many players out and strong competition. Veterans Gatchel Barstowe and Cy Young lead the pitching group while Loomis White King and Marriott vie for infield and outfield spots. Twenty uniforms will be issued as Captain White and Coach Guilum organize practice toward another state title bid.
Selwyid Wil presents on Friday night April 2 at the opera house the sparkling comedy Tea for Three with Norman Hackett and Mildred Evans in a London bound production. The piece, celebrated in Chicago and New York, features Hackett as a fashionable clubman with witty dialogue and smart atmosphere, supported by Kayden Stevenson and others in three acts plus prologue.
On Friday March 26, probate court recorded a high number of marriage contracts. Judge H T Phillips presided as five couples wed including David Wesley Starlin and Ivy Van Horn, Emmet Canter and Delia Messina, William Schoonover and Vesta Hutchinson, James McManaway and Belle Merz, Oliver McNutt and Margaret Thompson.
Cincinnati report quotes William M. Ragsdale stating Ohio has about 400000 people who cannot write or speak English. He notes Cincinnati fares better than Cleveland or Toledo in illiteracy rates, while Youngstown areas show very low literacy. Governor Cox links industrial woes to slow Americanization and criticizes employers for importing foreign labor and segregating aliens. A French aviator outfits a plane fuselage with two cats to aid sleeping passengers on night flights.
Nevada Missouri undertaker holds embalmed body of Zella Maqnet Barton County inmate who hanged herself last November. The firm charged 350 for embalming services and the county court declined payment as excessive.
John Hartley of Hocking Street was arrested Friday on a complaint from his wife who says he beat and mistreated her. Hartley waived examination and pleaded not guilty and was held on bond. The bond was furnished.
Senator Borah’s charge that interest groups are buying presidential nominations sparks Senate debate. Investigations reportedly begin into lavish spending by candidates and managers amid rising campaign costs.
Mr N Smith writes the Messenger opposing a writer suggestion from months ago to link Strouds Run road with the old Lancaster road to bypass the Cable farm hill. He argues it would add red clay and extra roads and that funds should instead fix the current road for year round use. A metal baby bathing frame is noted as a new invention.
Paris March 8 Henry Wood reports Madame Deschanel could see her substantial private fortune strained during M Deschanel's seven year term as president. He details total monthly state allowances, household costs, dining expenses, uniforms, charity duties, and the gap between official pay and living costs. An inventor adds a cane to a shopping basket.
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