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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1924
Page
8
Washington May 9 The administration backed extension of the date for Japanese exclusion to March 1, 1924. House support is likely but Senate opposition is strong and leaders expect a Senate rejection or renewed conference. If amended, July 1 remains a possible adopted date for final action.
Berlin May 9 reports warn of a dangerous spread of communist strikes in the Ruhr Sieilia and Saxony leaving more than half a million men idle mostly coal miners. Government officials fear red attempts to seize control of stricken localities as French coal deliveries pause.
In Syracuse debate stirs on whether girls under eighteen should marry with parental consent. A policy allowing marriage at ten with parents’ permission is discussed. Mrs. Alexander Oberlander of the Woman's Christian Union voices a strong stance against lowering the age.
Backache signals possible kidney trouble and delay can be fatal. Dr Carey promoted Marshroot Prescription 777, a root and herb remedy claimed to help thousands over 40 years. Available in liquid or tablet form, recommended by druggists by name.
Major General Mason M. Patrick said in Dayton that Major Martin and Sergeant Alva Harvey, missing for over two weeks, are believed alive. An army plane will be shipped from Seattle aboard a coast guard cutter to Alaska to aid searches for the airmen and possibly the flagship Seattle. Patrick, chief of air service, doubted their fate but noted they may have emergency rations for a long period.
A sixty year quarrel over the pendent view between Brazil and Venezuela reached settlement in 1905, resolving border and territorial disagreements that had persisted for decades.
Fragmentary OCR text for a local notice showing property lots and names read as fragments. Core items include a parcel listing and potential owner or jurisdiction identifiers, with illegible surrounding details.
Noseik, captain of the Athens Salvation Army, reports on four months of outreach raising funds and directing 115 open air meetings and 142 senior gatherings with 6729 attendance. 23 conversions occurred along with jail services every Sunday and many cottage meetings for the shut in and homeless, including aiding a destitute woman to start anew.
A fire aboard the Merchants and Miners Steamship Ontario, ten miles northeast of Block Island, was extinguished. The ship, en route from Baltimore to Boston, is now under her own power toward Boston, according to a wireless from Captain Hand.
In Columbus May 9 a divorce was granted to Martha Greet Deshler Brown, wife of Dr Kathy W Brown, dentist. The Common Pleas Court decree cites gross neglect of duty. Dr Brown withdrew his petition and accepted a 25000 dollar property settlement.
A reader named Harry E Sutton endorses Dr Pierce’s Anuric tablets for rheumatic back pain. He claims three to four weeks brought relief and cites others who benefited. The notice urges writing to Dr Pierce in Buffalo for medical advice and a trial package.
The Athens Board of Education reappointed 38 teachers as of Thursday led by Iain R. Patterson who will head the system replacing C. E. Stailey. F. E. Harshman will head the senior high and Russell H. Rupp the junior high. several science math and language teachers are kept or added across East Side Center and West Side schools with others noted as part time or unassigned.
A shopper reports spending $900 on doctors for stomach trouble without relief, then tries Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy. The seller claims a $1.25 bottle yields $600 worth of benefit by removing catarrhal mucus and calming inflammation in the digestive tract, with a money back guarantee.
London officials declined to comment on United States Senator Lodge's world court proposal until the official text is available. They added that Prime Minister MacDonald is ready to back any U S initiative for world peace.
W Nile McHenry, a truck driver for Contractor Bogies, went back to work today after being injured April 28 when a spike pierced his hand. He was treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital and cared for by his parents, Mr and Mrs H McHenry, on Richland Avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Willlite of Chicago named to fill vacancies created by the resignations of Mr. and Mrs. John N. Hizey. C. C. Robinson selected them from 26 applicants for instructor in violin and piano teaching duties. Mrs Willits will lead intermediate children classes and study under Prof. Levy, traveling to Chicago monthly.
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