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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1925

Page

7

Chicago and Pittsburgh Livestock Prices Report

Cattle and hog markets show mixed moves with bulk hogs around 12.40 to 13.45 in Chicago and Pittsburgh reports. beef steers and heifers vary from 5.00 to 11.25, cows and bulls range 2.50 to 7.00. Sheep and lambs remain strong with lambs near 16.50 and ewe prices lower. grain and produce prices listed for wheat corn oats and potatoes alongside Liberty bonds quotations.

Chicago Toledo Graove Allike Timothy Seem Aoe RY Co Ons Cincinnati Pittsburgh Opty Fair

Varsity Inn Sheriff Sale of Chattels in Athens County

The Bank of Athens sues Varsity Inn and Johnson Warren to satisfy a judgment. Sheriff J M Cady will auction cash register and related furniture at the courthouse front door in Athens on Monday June 1 1925 at 1 PM. Cash in hand day of sale. Jones and Jones represent plaintiffs.

Heriff State of Ohio Athens County Court of Common Pleas Johnson & Warren Varsity Inn Bank of Athens, N. B. A Common Pleas Court Athena County Ohio

Ex-convict kills man and wounds mother in Chicago

William Hankey an ex convict from an Ohio penitentiary shot and killed Louis Scheckley 28 and seriously wounded his mother Mrs Mary Scheckley in Chicago on May 28. Hankey said he believed they were keeping his wife from him.

Chicago William Hankey Ohio Louis Scheckley Mary Scheckley

Canadian artillery commander Sir William Morrison dies

Sir William Morrison, who led the Canadian artillery in France and Belgium during the war and who also served in the South African campaign, died in Ottawa today. He was well known in the United States.

Ottawa Ont Sir William Morrison France Belgium United States

Republican acts will become law this summer

Columbus May 28 The major measures of the Republican tax program from the last general assembly will become law early in July without opposition. Opponents had proposed tying them to the gasoline tax act in a general referendum, but the plan was struck down by the state supreme court which ruled the gas tax act not subject to referendum.

Columbus State Supreme Court

French Loss Heavy in Campaign Against Rif in Morocco

Paris reports 400 French soldiers killed and 30 missing with 1100 wounded since the start of the campaign against the Rif in French Morocco.

Paris Morocco

Deaths Funerals George W Flinn

George W. Flinn, 75, a longtime merchant in Athens and Coalville, died at his daughter’s home in Pennsboro West Virginia after a stroke suffered three weeks earlier. Funeral arrangements pending arrival of B and O No 3 Friday with services at First Methodist Episcopal church and burial at West Union street cemetery. He left three sons and two daughters and was a former schoolteacher and church member. His wife Sarah France Flinn preceded him in death eight years.

George W. Flinn Athens Coalville George Stephenson Pennsboro W. Va Paralee First Methodist Epicopal West Union Street G. E. Flinn Columbus Charles K. Flinn Portland Oregon Howard L. Flinn Roxabell Floyd C. Bolinger Fast State Street Flinn Wood County Ohio Washington First Methodist Episcopal Church Pennsaboro Sarah France Flinn Washington County

Trade Board Must Keep Public Trust Chicago

May 28. Secretary of Agriculture Jardine arrived in Chicago denying any meetings with board of trade officials or action against the board over price manipulations. He urged the board to maintain public confidence and avoid gambling rumors, saying he is not there to clean house.

Columbus United Mine Workers of America International Mine Workers Jacksonville Ohio G. W. Savage John L. Lewis Indianapolis Savage Trade Board Chicago Board of Trade Board Secretary of Agriculture Jardine The Board of Trade

National oratorical prize winner argues with officer

A national oratorical prize winner clashes with a police officer in a tense public incident. Witnesses describe raised voices as the speaker challenges authority and questions the officer’s conduct during the confrontation.

Senior High Students Mostly Healthy in Health Check

A health examination of 113 senior high students by Dr J M Higgins shows only five with defects including goiters enlarged tonsils and rapid heart beat. A weight-age record was created for senior and junior high students and will be kept with plans to restore monthly weight records next fall in all grades.

J. M. Higgins

Chinese Artifacts Revealed Near White Horse Springs

The National Geographic Society reports traces of a possible ancient Chinese city about twenty-five miles west of Peloche near White Horse Springs. Obsidian cliffs span two and a half miles with pre Ming dynasty ideographs. Robert Hamilton, translator for the expedition, followed etched directions on glassy cliffs. White pottery fragments with thick glaze were uncovered.

Fast Ely Nevada National Cosmographic Society Peloche White Horse Springs Robert Hamilton

Make It Yourself Antiseptic Mouthwash Korene

An advertisement touts Korene as a powerful non poisonous antiseptic for mouthwash. A six ounce bottle costs 60 cents and makes half a gallon of mouthwash. a half teaspoonful to water yields a half tumblerful with strong germ killing claims and pleasant taste.

McKee Drug Co

Coal mine shifts to Norfolk Southern shipments

The Carolina mine now delivers two to three coal cars daily to the Norfolk Southern railway after Alabama men took charge in Sanford following repeated failures to expand the industry in Lee and Moore counties.

Lee Moore Counties Alabama Sanford Carolina Norfolk Southern Railway

BR and O freight office to close for Memorial Day

The BR. and O. freight office will be closed all day Saturday in observance of Memorial Day. The halt affects freight services and customer pickups for the holiday.

Book agents hold convention amid Chicago crime wave

Five men and a woman from Paris attend a gathering of book agents in Chicago as reports note a local crime wave receding. The event brings together sages and writers to discuss publishing and security.

Chicago

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