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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1925
Page
6
Athens city council heard that Romine warns a new electric rate proposal could raise costs to about 10 000 dollars yearly. The present water pumping contract expires January 1 and charge bases on peak monthly load, impacting domestic and business bills along with street lighting costs.
The council invited power company officials to attend the first December meeting to outline city pumping water needs. Councilman Beasley criticized Grandview Highland paving as cracking and “dead.” Engineer Dan Davis argued traffic demands keep asphalt in good condition with city tests on every batch. A five year guarantee was noted and spring discussion is planned. The Majestic Theater seeks to buy unused Athens opera house stage equipment. solicitor to begin sale legal steps. A $3000 loan was made to renew a prior note for street lighting, with $6800 owed and $2800 paid from June tax settlement. payoff planned next tax settlement. The city can meet current street bills, but old water works bonds of $40,000 in three years caused shortages. Right-of-way for North Hill sewer is secured except across L. D. Radcliffe property. he proposes converting North Hill land to a street for new lots. Council will condemn Radcliffe’s land to secure sewer right-of-way.
Mid semester reports from professors will be sent to the registrar before Saturday. Delinquent students in any subject will receive notices shortly after and officials hope to mail them so students get the alerts before Thanksgiving travel.
Athens County farmers report a large corn crop with many workers husking for weeks. The county children's home yielded about 3000 bushels and the Bardin brothers also had a heavy crop. Farmers store corn anticipating better prices amid forecasts of continued unsettled weather next season.
After the vacation, notices state that materials will be mailed immediately once classes resume.
The Western and Southern Life Insurance company awarded the Athens district the October cup for the largest volume of business in division C. The district, led by superintendent Harry Elkins, includes Athens Glouster Nelsonville Pomeroy and Middleport, marking its first cup this year and signaling renewed regional prosperity from new mines.
London records 25,342 street accidents in the first quarter of 1925 within a 24 square mile area, with 1,226 deaths. The figures position London near New York in city traffic danger for early 1925.
Twenty year old Harrison W. Noel of Montclair New Jersey was found guilty of the murder of Raymond Pierce a taxi driver and the kidnap and killing of Mary Daly. The verdict followed a trial in Newark and the sentence to be carried out on November 23 in the electric chair. Noel showed no emotion at the verdict. His mother was hospitalized and his father Dix W. Noel was not present.
Michael Almond formerly of 9 Brown Avenue Athens was injured at the Seiberling Rubber factory on Friday November 13. He is in Citizen’s Hospital at Barberton and will be hospitalized for some time.
In Common Pleas court yesterday Chris Meore sued Dewey L Jones for 597 dollars alleging due rent for nine months and twelve days at 100 dollars a month with a 343 dollar cash credit on garage rent at 30 Main street Glouster.
A woman was assaulted by two men at City Park in London during a midnight struggle. She lost her false teeth and a shoe and was rescued in a serious condition after the attack.
A German inventor has introduced a 12 inch phonograph record designed to play for 100 minutes. The device expands playback time, targeting longer performances and recordings.
Ohio university will dismiss all classes at noon Friday so students and faculty can attend the Ohio and Wittenberg game set for 2:30 p m. A freshman chapel announcement Tuesday morning noted the plan and also stated that Thanksgiving recess begins at 11:20 a m Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
London report states William Beate a Hornsey gas fitter was discharged after magistrate learned he had been drinking and feared returning home following a night walk in hopes his wife’s temper would cool.
A drugstore bottle named Freezone offers instant numbness to aching corns and allows removal without soreness. It claims to cure hard corns soft corns and corns between the toes and to tackle foot calluses with minimal irritation for a few cents.
A list of evening radio programs across several stations schedules musical selections from Robin Hood to entertain audiences. Timings span Eastern Central and Pacific time zones with orchestral vocal and instrumental sets plus works by Negro composers and dance programs.
Mr and Mrs bostimanti Rofino of Honolulu announce the birth of their son John Rodgers Rofino Filipino residents in Hawaii. The article notes public honors for Commander John Rodgers of the navy seaplane PN-9 lost at sea for nine and a half days and describes the numerous receptions banquets and gatherings in his memory.
London reports a small scale trial arranging telegrams from telephone booths. A coin box beside the booth accepts the required coins for the sender to call a telegram to the central telegraph station.
Berkeley Calif November 16 Today's violent earthquake was likely centered southwest of Mexico City and off the Mexican coast. It was recorded by the University of California seismograph starting at 5 09 am and lasting two and a half hours. Dr Perry Byerly estimated the epicenter 1900 miles away using data from seismological stations nationwide.
A Moscow radio report cites Joffe a doctor of science as inventor of a storage battery that can run a motor car at top speed for ten days without recharging. The unit is said to be small enough to fit in a pocket.
An advertisement touts Heet as a topical heat applicator for neuritis, pain, and rheumatism. It claims instant heat draws out pain and stiffness, soothes muscles and nerves, and scatters congestion. The bottle is inexpensive at 60 cents, with a clean liquid formula touted as non staining. Magenta dye note adds historical tidbit about its name.
Dr W B Caldwell of Monticello Illinois promoted a gentle laxative to replace daily purges. His Syrup Pepsin cleanses the bowels with a single dose often restoring regularity for weeks and is described as harmless and pleasant to give to sick children.
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