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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1920
Page
2
Sinn Fein figure Mahon has been arrested amid a past deportation error that sent the wrong substitute in his place four years earlier. He was Mike Collins’s ally in the 1916 uprising and previously jailed for six months and deported for the act.
In Louisville on Saturday about 1,000 orphaned and homeless children from thirteen institutions enjoyed a day at Iroquois Park hosted by "Uncle George." He supplied the food, event, and transportation for the youngsters.
Police probe the death of William Ferrar a 35 year old concrete block manufacturer found deceased in water with a crushed skull and three knife wounds to the heart. Ferrar disappeared from his home last Wednesday.
Describes a potato digger featuring large cross barred wheels that fling tubers from a plow share for soil removal and allow them to fall back into the furrow formed by the plow.
John Solomon attempted to cut his own corn using a knife that malfunctioned as a pistol. The gunshot wounded his left hand and he cut halfway through a toe with the downward stroke. He was hospitalized while the stubborn corn “blooms on.”
Washington November 8 The Census Bureau reports total cotton ginned from the 1920 crop through November 1 reached 7,471,352 bales, up from 6,305,054 bales on the same date a year earlier.
A New York priest, Rev. Father James Halligan, chaplain of the Lost Battalion, confronted six noisy men outside the rectory. One man struck him, but the priest responded by delivering four knockouts and deterring the others. TAKE NOTICE PRICE SLASHES AT W H Brooks groceries following election. Granu lated sugar 13c, flour $1.50 sack, beans 8c lb, flour 8c lb, pumpkin 8c can, prunes 30c lb, coffee 25c lb, blue Karo syrup 90c, soap 6c, toilet paper 5c, gas mantles 12c, corn 25c, thread 10c, wash boards 50c, brooms 60c and 75c.
A sanitary cart with multiple feed compartments and built in weighing and measuring devices has been designed to provide dairy cows with special combinations of food.
Police were baffled by the death of 18 year old Roger Kroetinger whose body was found in a shallow run near the Big Four tracks about two blocks from his home. The investigation seeks to determine cause and raise further clues.
Shoppers report coats moving quickly with outlets touting popular short jacket styles. Prices listed at 24.95 and 29.95 draw buyers seeking value, while retailers note steady demand despite limited stock.
A crowded sale offers men’s work shirts at $1.00 with none under $1.50 and triple stitched heavy black beauty sateen shirts. Ladies’ bleached union suits are also advertised at $1.00 as a limited season offer, with winter weight fabrics noted and a long delay implied.
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