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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1922
Page
2
Advertising copy claims Dr Edwards Olive Tablets cure indigestion by stimulating the liver and bowels. The vegetable compound with olive oil is said to relieve a coated tongue bad taste and low energy. Sold in 15c and 30c sizes with instructions to take one or two at bedtime.
In Los Angeles on November 2 Miss Olva Weaver sister of Mrs Clara Phillips testified as the hammer murder trial resumes. Another sister Paralee Schultz is set to testify on epileptic seizures the defense cites. Five alienists who examined Mrs Phillips say she has the mentality of an eight year old child.
President Harding backed inter sectional football games in a White House meeting with Florida players. He said he favored matches between colleges from widely separated regions, endorsing the intersectional game during the visit.
A Dallas couple’s porch watchdog Spark unearthed a purse containing rings and gems from a Belmont Addition burglary. Detectives had found no clue, but the dog’s discovery led to recovered loot from G. W. Agar’s home. Sparks was rewarded for the find.
John MacBeth, long blind, learns sentiment remains in business when Ike Greenfield, a Wichita clothing shop owner, sells his store and hands MacBeth a $20 monthly gesture. Greenfield reveals the gift as from Sam Greenfield, Ike’s late brother. The scene ends with MacBeth overcome with happiness.
Richmond Virginia flags fly at half mast as funeral plans are announced for Thomas Nelson Page who died suddenly. Services set for 10 am at the church where he was christened. Governor Davie leads six to Ohio Wesleyan Miami homecoming with tickets secured for his party.
In Schenectady New York on November 2 Mabelle Barrd sixteen and Thomas Ruscetto nineteen were detained by police as elopers from Canfield Ohio. They were picked up at a rooming house after arriving by car driven by Ruscetto. Ruscetto claimed they married the previous day. Barrd's father serves as clerk to the Canfield board of education. Vagrancy is the charges filed. The girl cried when officers informed her of the police summons.
A dispatch from PATUS reports eighteen people killed in Rome during clashes between Fascists and Communists. Italian censorship limited distribution of fighting news beyond Italy.
In Bath on November 2 Councillor KB Cook proposed a voluntary euthanasia system for cancer sufferers with eight regional offices feeding a central tribunal in London. He recounted a patient who begged for poison. The Bath Health Committee rejected the plan in favor of broader hospital care for serious cases.
Constantinople November 2 French soldiers were reported killed today in a clash with Turkish military police. The report is not widely credited amid the close support the French have given Turkish nationalists.
Italian Premier Massino told cabinet allies in Rome that the Adriatic dispute with Jugoslavia would not spark trouble and that Italy must return to a normal state. The statement frames a cautious diplomacy stance amid regional tensions.
Long skirts clash with muddy Capitol Heights streets as residents organize a road repair campaign. Women in overalls drive tractors and use road scrapers with support from the state road commission. A mile and a half of Marlboro to Annapolis highway is prepared for gravel top dressing, with a cement culvert in 61st street highlighted as a community achievement.
The Sharnsburg institute closes with praise for speakers Mr. Lentz Bel mont County and Mrs. Anderson Peninsula. Local leaders Mr. Dickson and Mrs. Eunice Armstrong staged a successful event. Recitations by Plantsville and Herman schools impressed. Wayne Edgerton sang. Miss Madge Carpenter directed school displays. Numerous figures from nearby towns attended and praised temperance talks by Rev. Wilcox and Jean Gribble, with Raymond delivering practical notes on applying instruction.
A transfer truck driven by Pete Carsey of Athens toppled over the Ed Micheals' and Joe Ilutehins bridge Wednesday raising safety fears. One side is torn off and locals warn widening is needed to prevent injuries or deaths as traffic increases. Harold Barstow, operated on by Dr Hoy in Columbus hospital Tuesday, is recovering. Cliff Wolfe of near Connett visited Wednesday with the Guess family. Mrs Slater Sr, ill, shows signs of improvement. Ben Ball was taken to hospital Wednesday for treatment or operation.
The British government will begin negotiations in early December to adjust the five billion dollar debt to the United States, according to an official statement from the treasury department in Washington.
Bernard Haberman 25 of Brooklyn testified he was a bootlegger not a robber in a Cincinnati pawnshop case. The jury found him guilty of robbery after an hour of deliberation. A new trial was requested.
In Moscow on November 2 Lenine declared the last resources of the white anti Bolsheviks have been thrown into the sea. He appeared publicly denying rumors of illness and again taking refuge abroad, according to the report.
New Marshfield Ohio November 2 Summit Grange will hold a regular meeting November 4 at 7 30 PM Refreshments will be served All members are requested to be present.
Denver Colorado November 2 It is seldom that Juvenile Judge Ben Lindsey cannot find mitigating circumstances to warrant leniency toward youth gangs but turpentining dogs is not a sport to be encouraged. For the first time in twenty years on the juvenile bench he sentenced seven boys to the state reform school at Golden because they covered a stray dog with turpentine and set it on fire. The dog suffered and had to be shot by a state humane officer.
Calisthenics by Mike Starpine drew neighbor complaints in Kansas City. Judge Edward J. Fleming fined Starpine $50 after witnesses testified his morning and evening displays were too revealing. Detectives had watched his house for over two months before the arrest.
In Bristol on Nov 2 Lord Birkenhead recalled Michael Collins saying he might have signed his death when he endorsed the Anglo Irish peace treaty. He was later attacked and shot to death.
Chicago rail labor dispute reports train service brotherhoods suing the Chicago and Alton railroad at the U S railway labor board over alleged abolition of the eight hour law. Other railroads are said to join the action.
The national prohibition committee reports a deficit of 112 dollars in its drive to elect dry candidates. Expenditures totaled 3,829 dollars while contributions were 3,717 dollars.
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