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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1922
Page
10
In Pomeroy-Middleport, the Lamb divorce case moved to briefs with no further oral testimony. The court will grant the divorce and award Mrs. Lamb custody of both children in Louisville Kentucky, subject to final alimony and support decisions after briefs. Middleport notes a decade of donated magazines expanding library access.
Congressman Foster cites reports that Senator Tom Jones stored large quantities of free government seeds at his Middleport home and may have a pending seed application.
Probate Judge Carleton has appointed Miss Lucy Kibble of Reedsville as probation officer under the court. Miss Kibble is a school teacher by experience.
The phrase indicates the new office holder will assume duties starting May first, outlining the immediate start of official responsibilities. No additional context about identity, location, or position is provided in the fragment.
Wyatt G Plautz sues Claire W Vale and Walter B Miller partners doing business as Vale Miller for judgment on 1700 plus interest. Cora A Chapman petitions divorce from C H Chapman Jr stating divorce action.
Cora A Chapman sues C H Chapman Jr for divorce alleging cruelty and abandonment since their 1903 Apple Grove marriage. She cites threats to her son, separations in Cincinnati and Pittsburg, and domestic abuse. A new daughter born to Dave Wetzel and wife on Mulberry Avenue is reported. mother and child are doing well.
Stella Hoffman versus Joseph Hoffman dismissed in court without prejudice. Plaintiff to pay costs.
John Circle aged 21 of Racine R D 1 and Beulah Decker aged 20 of Racine. Floyd Talbott 18 and Fannie Blosser 18 from Portland. Clyde O. Fisher 30 and Virginia R. Dillard 20 from Middleport appear in the list of local names for the public notice segment.
Meigs County board of elections will meet at the courthouse on Thursday to organize and choose a clerk. Republican members include Harry Handaschett and William Carnahan. Democrats are Charles Mullen and W. L. Stivers. Stivers once resigned as insurgent clerk. Mullen was also an insurgent. The board will elect a clerk and a chief deputy, with A. H. Brown of Longbottom RC as candidate for clerk supported by Republicans. Democrats likely to contest. The county commissioners face funding woes on infirmary rebuilding and plan to study options with visits to similar institutions. Kiwanis met in Mason Club rooms. prize was 100 pounds of sugar.
The Bailey family mourns Eva Mae Bailey who died after a month and six days of illness. The notice expresses gratitude to friends, neighbors, a minister, choir, and Mr. Coe the undertaker, and conveys faith in the Savior. The family signs Cramer Bailey and Family.
A Logan Workmen's Mutual Burial Association meeting listed 16 new membership applications despite prior suspensions for unpaid dues. The group also discussed routine matters as it continues to grow rapidly.
The opponent is the 4st aggregation from Jacksonville and Red Bresnen will pitch for the locals. Withem likely starts for the visitors as in the previous game, which Chaun cey defeated last Sunday.
William White and William Henderson were named to the county election board replacing Ed Black and adding Henderson for a full term. The board will organize Saturday. Marcus Lohr seeks Logan fishing crown after a 12 pound 12 ounce carp on the Hocking River. Harold McGrady moves to Lodi for a office position with Fricks and Lindsay. Frank Hood Harry Starr and Brittian travel to Newark for a registered shoot and invite shooters to the local May 11 open meet. Mrs Ford Hack and Mrs A K Smith host a bridge tea for guest Mrs Layton of Tampa Florida.
A column urges a purely vegetable corrective to restore a disordered system. It warns that a bad taste in the mouth coated tongue dull headache and yellowish skin signal illness and the need for dietary change to prevent infection and a sick spell.
The Resolute flagship of W Averill Harriman's United American line arrives in New York in gala attire after its maiden voyage from Germany where it was built before the war. The ship forms the nucleus of the first fully American steamship line. sister ship the Reliance is to follow.
Everett Burchfield attends a gathering with many relatives including Mrs. Lay ton and Mrs. Reynolds of Coshocton. A Messenger trip near Big Pine finds seven vacant houses in five miles, indicating farm residents may move to cities. Rosemary Barrick, daughter of N J Barrick, enters the Immaculate Conception Nunnery in New York. her father returns home.
Joe Dusicka files for divorce from Mary Dusicka alleging she has been quarrelsome and abusive since their 1917 Dayton marriage. They moved from Dayton to Haydenville in 1921 and have children from prior marriages. defendant left on March 15. Attorney C W Pettit filed the petition.
Roosevelt Mohler suffered a leg fracture while alighting at the Bethany church near Logan Sunday. A passing car driven by a man named Long struck Mohler's leg with its hub cap, causing the injury.
A year and a half ago the Tourist Club donated 21 fiction volumes to the public library for the Rental Shelf. Since then $152 has been collected from rentals and 105 new fiction volumes have been purchased. The Tourist Club committee has ordered a dozen or more new books to join the shelf soon.
Stewart Arthur McGill died at home from pneumonia after a week of illness. Funeral services were held for J. M. Melchi with burial in the local cemetery. Local residents and visitors, including the Boles, Chalfants, Daughertys, Runnions, Biddisons, Windsors, and Buschs, are noted for family gatherings. A social at the M E church May 3 supports the high school, alongside lectures and ongoing high school activities. Charles Camel is moving.
The column reports the McPherson family moving to Coolville to take a farm, visits by Mr and Mrs McPherson and their son in Athens, and Charles Nice of Columbus visiting friends. It notes 126 attendees at the MFE Sunday school, a well attended Epworth League led by Miss Bessie Lonas, and announcements of next Sunday services at 10 30. Rev Snyder preached at the A C church Saturday night and Sunday. Robert Brill underwent surgery in a Columbus hospital with his son Wayland accompanying him, and Mrs Fred McKay visited friends here Tuesday.
In federal court Nicholas L. Kalman of New York City seeks 37914.50 with six percent interest desde January 1, 1920 from Marietta Refining Company for alleged invention of dye making processes and contract-related profits. He claims his share totalled 77075.96 by March 31, 1921 and that the company paid 39161.66.
President Harding voiced openness to any investigation into oil leases made by Secretary of the Interior Fall with large private corporations. The statement came at the White House during the president's bi weekly press briefing with reporters on Tuesday.
Paul Pypper of Cleveland Fred Nott of Mari ette Eugene Hansen of Kilbuck Ohio and another unnamed student at Denison University were found guilty and fined 3599 and costs each for malicious destruction of property tied to a burglary in Granville on April 29. They were expelled Monday. A second student was suspended thirty days for involvement in the same crime.
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