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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1922
Page
6
The Athens Messenger city editor Lee Elson Dimond and Miss Inez Goodwin Davis of Columbus were quietly married in Columbus on April 23 at the First Congregational Church. They plan to live at 88 East State Street after May 15.
Doctors describe the remedy as a nourishing food medicine rather than a drug. Father John's Medicine has served families for 65 years and is promoted as easily digested to build up the body and support health.
Chauncey loses 7 to 1 as Jacksonville explodes with seven hits in the seventh inning after being held to two hits through six. D Earich McDaniels and H Rasp powered Chauncey’s effort while Jacksonville’s Withem and Rapp matched early resistance. George Golding of Glouster wins Ford prize. next Sunday New Straitsville visits.
Paris reports show a police airplane with wireless gear flown all day to monitor crowds. Two wireless equipped cars patrolled, observer noted concentrations as communists threatened demonstrations, but May Day passed with the quietest conditions in years.
An explosion in a Kansas City rooming house killed five Black residents and injured over fifty others. The blast damaged nearby buildings, with a fire sweeping the structure in about twenty minutes. Investigators suspect a gas leak from a cellar pipe caused the disaster.
The British government estimates expenditures for 1922 25 at 910,089,000 pounds, about 200,000,000 pounds less than last year. Sir Robert Horne, chancellor of the exchequer, revealed the budget outlines. Army estimates are 62,300,000 pounds and navy estimates 64,884,000 pounds. last year’s outlays fell about 91,000,000 pounds below receipts.
K V Wolfe of Cozy Corners conducted a grounds tour and lecture on the adaptability of his small fruit varieties to the local climate and soil. He uses garden weeds and grass from his vines to feed rabbits and obtain fresh meat.
Water rent is due and payable at the city building. The office opens daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. except Saturdays and the tenth of each month when it stays open until 5 p.m. All water rents must be paid by the evening of the tenth. R. D. Williams, Service Director.
Ohio University lost to Miami University with a 314 to 83 score in a dual meet. Cowden O Daffer and Bell led scoring with Cowden winning the pole vault and tying for high jump, O Daffer taking the shot put, Bell the javelin. Miami dominated most sprints and relays as the Lions claimed multiple events.
Ohio university baseball suffered a 16 to 4 defeat at home to Miami in the first conference game of the season. Early misplays hampered Ohio as Miami built a big early advantage, with strong hitting by Boots and later relief pitching securing the win. Ohio was short handed with three regulars sidelined for a track meet.
Coach Douglass Torrance plans an association of old A men with current Athens high lettermen to keep up athletic spirit. Names of former A men are being collected, with a banquet planned to finalize the group. Torrance also announced the baseball schedule ending June 2 with John Hancock.
Washington May 1 The article notes that about 95 percent of cabinet members Congress participants and American diplomats are smokers. It asserts the president favors a mild cigar and that only one or two exceptions exist among his official circle.
Clarence Mace has left New Marshfield for Cleve land to join the Western Union Telegraph company. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Chaffin and Stewart kin in Columbus and other relatives in Sedalia Jeffersonville and Ath Selby Collins ill. Eastern Star activities and notes on local residents and church events are reported along with road conditions and a musical recital by Ronald Robinett.
Micajah Edward Tewksbury born January 5 1859 in Meigs County Ohio died March 18 1922 near his old home aged 63 years two months 18 days. He was married to Lydia McCarty in 1882 and left a wife five children two of whom Hilah and Janie preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife Howard of Baltimore Ohio Edna Reeves and Kate Woodyard Albany 11 grandchildren one brother and many relatives friends and neighbors. The family thanks friends for kindness and flowers from Lydia Tewksbury and children.
Funeral services for Edward Menge, 51, former potters press operative, who died after a three year illness in East Liverpool are set for Wednesday afternoon. Laboring men in arsenic mines face poisoning risks and use nose and mouth bandages to shield from arsenic dust.
Washington May 1 Jacob Gould Schurman the American minister to China has recommended to Admiral Straus that another battleship be rushed to Tien Tsin as civil warfare endangers large American interests there. More than 2 000 ships carry the American flag over sixty two ocean lanes.
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