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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1922
Page
2
Washington May 17. Swollen profits by grain exporters and foreign owned firms controlling the trade were highlighted in a federal trade commission report to the senate. In 1920 and 1921 average profits ranged from 8.8 to 48 percent, and one company reportedly turned its capital over more than 100 times a year.
Five more automobile owners were hailed into the court of Magistrate Helwig to answer charges of driving beyond a reasonable rate of speed through road repair work near Alderman on the Athens Nelsonville road. W. H. Tier and Dr. Nathan Hill of Nelsonville pleaded not guilty and trials set for Friday at 9. Three others pleaded guilty and were fined five dollars and costs: Elmer Cochran Nelsonville Britt Hooper Stedman company salesman and Stacey Co Sharpe Nelsonville Beasley garage employee driving the Sharpe car to Nelsonville when tagged.
Wellesley College students blame spinal adjustments for health rebound of junior Bessie Williams. After physicians warned she would die, chiropractors Paul Steinberg and Henry L. Runge reportedly restored her heart by realigning two vertebrae, allowing her to return to college and play sports.
The county committee of the Ohio Federation of Churches met in Athens to discuss consolidating congregations. They urge one full time pastor for towns over 690 and propose merging or federating churches to avoid overchurching while preserving denominational leadership. Watch your step or lose your pep.
Coolville and nearby towns saw guests from Portsmouth Parkersburg and Athens. Families attended funerals toured hospitals and planned house moves while others took part in evangelistic services and a regional ball game ending Amesville 6 Amesville 4 with a return match planned.
Pastor Dr. Daniel McGurk will speak on Paul's Prayer for the Ephesians at the First Methodist Church prayer meeting. Based on Eph. 8 14 19. Service starts at the usual hour and lasts sixty minutes.
Amesville residents report guest visits from William Robinson near Charleston and Ethan Kerns of Columbus. George Zeigler returns from Europe after three years abroad and says America is the best country. Coal traffic update notes sixty cars on the Black Diamond mine track sold at a good price. superintendent Hartley comments on market strength.
May 19 at The Plains school features a morning baseball game between the fat and lean men, a 10 o'clock May pole exercise, then lunch and an exhibit of manual training. Afternoon games include basketball and a winners’ baseball match with high school boys. Baccalaureate and class day events follow at M E church and high school auditorium.
Overworked wife and mother endures headaches backaches and pain as her family blames her for their troubles. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is credited with restoring health and happiness in many letters published by this paper.
Mrs F R Hoisington died Tuesday night at 11 at age 78 from dropsy. Her husband is paralyzed at the family home. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 10 in Cumberland church Hebbardsville with burial in West Union Street Cemetery Athens. She was born in West Virginia and lived in Athens county since youth and in Fisher for 15 years. she leaves eight children including Jennie Robinson Lydia Wires Rebecca Wale John Hoisington Harry Silas William and Fred.
Funeral services for Oscar Knight are planned Thursday at 2 PM at the home of Charles Knight in Albany. Burial will follow in Hebbardsville cemetery.
John Ross Delafield of New York urged canceling the 11 billion dollar foreign debt to the United States as the quickest route to prosperity during remarks at the United States Chamber of Commerce annual convention in Washington on May 17.
A historical health notice warns that excess stomach acid causes gas and bloating and can lead to gastritis and ulcers. It advises Bisulated Magnesia as a safe remedy after meals and cautions against ineffective digestive aids.
A May 17 campaign drive in Columbus aims to raise 1 to support Secretary of State Smith in the Republican nomination race. Edward Lang organized the effort in Columbus to back the governor bid.
Wheeling council passes an ordinance banning tooting on steam pianos. Violations carry a $100 fine or up to one year in jail. The measure targets calliope music once common at excursions and circuses.
Zeke Kepps of Hocking filed drunkenness charges against Alex Vargo Ben Barrett and Jim Barrett all of Hocking before Magistrate Pearl W Helwig Tuesday. The three pleaded guilty and were fined five dollars and costs totaling eighteen dollars fifty five cents. Carl Swartz near Luhrig pleaded guilty last week to possessing intoxicating liquor and was fined eight hundred dollars plus costs on Tuesday. He remains committed to the Dayton workhouse until payments are arranged and is also held in the county jail briefly to settle arrangements.
An educational conference by the Ohio Woman's Christian Temperance Union will be held in McArthur on May 19 with morning and afternoon sessions. Notable speakers include Mrs H D Van Kirk Miss George Hopley Mrs Lucy Van Kirk Mrs Ernest Cherrington Mrs Emma Quayle Mrs Maude Berlin Mrs Sumner Cottingham and other state county white ribbon officers. Local ministers will participate.
Genoa May 17 George Tchitcherin head of the Russian delegation at the international economic conference told the political sub commission that Romania and Yugoslavia must disband their anti Bolshevik armies for the proposed truce to be effective.
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