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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1921
Page
1
Washington dispatch reports Germany is largely unconcerned by the arms conference and fears only new penalties from France. German opinion favors peace and believes Germany can meet obligations without renewed militance from the west.
Sergt. William Sandlin of Devil's Jump Branch Kentucky once credited with killing twenty four Germans may become a victim of the Germans as doctors warn his lungs are affected by gas inhalation suffered in action.
At Sheltering Arms Hospital on Clark Street the late October and early November surgeries included major operations for Mrs Sommers Tippett Chauncey W M Senna Lancaster Mrs W H H Brown Athens R D Mrs John Smart Cananville J M Love Athens R D Willard Kelley Athens Peter Fisher Athens Basil Van Horn Athens Enid Fitzer Luhrig Mrs Ray Mathews Freda Tippie Mrs W M Douglas Athens R D Minor operations included Wilson Carr Athens Mrs John Witham Armin Witham Jacksonville Neva Hawk The Plains Charles Cranmer Columbus Vera Smith Athens Ernest Thompson Canaanville Paul Kachman The Plains Mrs E L Poston Athens R D.
Unofficial totals show George W. Rose 2760 Howard Cline 2311 and O O Bryson 2008 leading for the Athens county board of education. The final tally may shift but these three appear elected unless the final count differs greatly. Mayor vote miscount corrected with Roush 783 Woodworth 646 Alex Moore 615.
Friday November 11th was declared a legal holiday by proclamation. Banks in Athens including Bank of Athens N. B. A. Athens National Bank and Security Savings Bank will be closed for business.
Armistice Day religious services will be held at the Church of The Good Shepherd at the corner of Carpenter and State streets next Friday at 10 30 in the morning. Chaplain Marshall A S A will conduct the service and all Legion and ex service men are urged to attend as well as the public. F A Lavelle Post Com Athens Ohio.
President Wilson, frail but determined, plans to attend the remembrance for America's Unknown Soldier in Washington. He will ride in a carriage near President Harding and Vice President Coolidge with Chief Justice Taft. Mrs. Wilson accompanies him as his likely sole companion.
Col C S Babcock orders a corps of military policemen to patrol Washington during the peace conference. The M P s will seek dress corrections and may arrest anyone from privates to generals to ensure proper appearance before foreign plenipotentiaries.
In Washington Thado H. Brown chairman of the state civil service commission confirmed rumors he will seek the Republican nomination for secretary of state next year. News comes as reports filter into Columbus from advices received today.
An unnamed mother travels from a distant town to Washington to lay a small bouquet at the Unknown Soldier’s bier in the Capitol rotunda. She recalls her belief that the soldier is her son and expresses pride in his service and sacrifice for France.
Charlotte Boyle, celebrated American swimmer and record holder, married Henry W. Clune of Rochester at the Little Church Around the Corner. Report says Clune first saw Boyle at a swimming meet and fell in love.
New York reports evidence of a bootlegger ring plotting the killings of city agents in New York and vicinity over recent months. If investigations confirm this, arrests may follow. James McGuinness, related to Joseph P. Tumulty, was found dead near Bayonne last year. A separate raid on Vincent Astor’s yacht Haf Nourmahal uncovered liquor aboard, denied by Astor’s friends.
Miss Phyllis Phillips completes a gypsy love tale titled The Golden Girl. Illena, a gypsy band member, learns she is the stolen daughter of a Kentucky family, with a dramatic reunion and romance with Don Miguel forming the rest of the story to be serialized starting Friday November 11 in The Messenger.
In Columbus on November 10 the state supreme court considers whether a fruit press is designed for making intoxicating liquor, while an automobilist recounts taking the other road as the court agreed to pursue the question.
The waterworks office will stay open until 8 PM this evening on the last day of the rental payment period. A ten percent penalty will be charged for nonpayment of water rent after today.
Ohio voters delivered a direct rebuke to President Harding by approving the adjusted compensation amendment and repudiating Governor Davis through the defeat of the senatorial redistricting measure. W. W. Durbin hailed the Cleveland mayoral loss backed by Davis and the election of a Democratic mayor in Harding’s Marion hometown.
M A Boyd, a Cleveland attorney, ate raw oysters and found six stones he believes may be pearls. A jeweler has been asked to appraise them. He plans to decide what to do with any potential proceeds if the stones turn out valuable.
Money now speaks volumes as the new rich wield wealth to influence, flaunt status, and shape social dynamics, signaling a shift in economic prestige and cultural power.
A chronological note recalls Gen Wager Swayne born in Columbus and dying in New York in 1902. It marks 1878 the Canada Southern Railroad reaching Toledo. It notes 1887 Newark mayor and congressman Gibson Atherton’s death in Newark, and 1892 jurist and congressman George W Geddes dying in Mansfield.
The war finance corporation opens a Columbus state office under J. R. Hamilton to supply bank loans for farmers. Loans to farmers carry 7.5 to 8 percent, with six month papers at lower rates and up to a year with two year renewals. The aim is temporary aid to prevent farmers and stockmen from forced sales at ruinous losses and protect the farming future.
Fifty two Ohio railroads affected by a public utilities commission rate reduction suit in the state supreme court challenging the commission's order on freight rates and construction materials.
Dr. E. B. Bryan president of Ohio University will speak at the Armory Friday at 7 30 PM as part of the American Legion Armistice Day celebration. The event includes dancing and admission is free with all welcome to attend.
A short note claims Japanese is among the world’s easiest languages to pronounce with most words ending in vowels and consonants posing little difficulty.
Count Szecheny, recently named Hungary's ambassador to the United States, has arrived in Washington to assume duties. His wife was formerly Gladys Vanderbilt.
Carl Swarts of near Luhrig pleaded guilty to possessing intoxicating liquor after officers found three gallons of whiskey and mash at his home. He received a $700 fine plus costs as the stiffest penalty yet by Justice Helwig. Another local, Martin Sharp, was fined and released after pleading guilty to drunkenness. James Auffick Jr. was found guilty of threats against Lucy Auffick and placed under a $300 bond for six months with an appeal noted by his attorney.
A packed Athens Chamber of Commerce noon meeting featured Ohio highway chief Leon C. Herrick outlining road issues facing the state. Delegations from Amesville Albany Nelsonville and Glouster attended while Coolville sent only one rep who lamented road conditions. Herrick and Engineer Davis met with county reps to discuss local needs and potential recommendations, with no firm actions decided. Herrick praised Gov Davie’s businesslike state reorganization and noted substantial savings in the highway division and ongoing maintenance emphasis ahead of major construction projects.
In Columbus on November 10 three state officials Price Smith and Tracy began preliminary steps to implement the adjusted compensation amendment won by a large margin at the election. They plan to sell bonds and establish an organization to handle funds before any payments.
United Press carries the first interpretative dispatch by William Jennings Bryan on the arms conference. He argues the conference may prove either historic progress or deep disappointment depending on delegates’ aims. He notes U S leadership, pacifist policy, and debt leverage as factors shaping outcomes.
An eminent French scientist states no one could live a year on cooked foods only, urging readers to consult a doctor on dietary effects. The piece promotes raw foods, especially citrus, and offers a free Orange and Lemon Booklet from the Washington Information Bureau with two cents for postage. It instructs mailing name and address to Frederic J. Haskin in Washington, DC.
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