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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1925
Page
3
At a Y M C A meeting the committees reported 3816.50 has been subscribed so far. The push will continue through the week with final reports to be given at a public gathering next Monday evening. Ten lodges and churches, twenty one industries and 184 individuals have pledged support for the Y maintenance.
Cosmopolitan club meets Friday evening with Mrs. C L Stout for the annual dues payment meeting in Nelsonville.
The Woman's Community Club met Monday at Mrs. L. A. Whitmore's home to organize its winter program and schedule a social for next Monday if plans are finalized.
Plan social dance at Pocahontas hall in town for Wednesday evening November 25. The event aims to attract local residents for an evening of dancing and socializing.
Nelsonville notes the annual union Thanksgiving church service will be held Thursday evening at seven at the Presbyterian church. Rev. O J Howearth of the Christian church will deliver the special talk for the occasion.
James Stephenson was summoned to Columbus due to his daughter Miss Bessie Stephenson’s critical condition. She underwent surgery at White Cross hospital on Friday and initially improved before a sudden downturn on Sunday. Her Monday night condition showed a slight improvement.
Mrs. Samantha Hayes 69 died Sunday at her home after a long illness in Nelsonville Murray City Funeral services set for Wednesday at 10 AM at the U B church Murray burial follows Her husband preceded her in death She leaves several grown children
Kept separated for 23 years by a strange turn of events Glenn Keefer 23 of Oberlin and his father Glenn Keefer 48 of Marion met for the first time. The elder Keefer also met his son's wife and two grandchildren. The reunion followed a letter from Keefer's wife.
A hurricane in the Black Sea and a Caucasus blizzard have caused more than one million dollars in damage. Reports from Odesa on November 24 indicate no fatalities.
In Korea garments are pasted together instead of sewn and are pulled apart after each washing, causing damage and repeat handling. The practice leads to temporary fixes that undermine durability and quality.
A proposed Athens toll scheme would place booths at Court Street access points to tax pedestrians and vehicles. Estimated daily counts include 24 000 pedestrians and 6 450 vehicles with specific charges by vehicle type, totaling 525 dollars per day and 191 391 dollars yearly, projecting quick repair funding but heavy counting duties for toll takers.
Columbus reports Hamilton must be cleaned up as two prohibition agents stay on site with more to come. State measures aim to close all saloons and halt bootlegging following the fatal shooting of dry officer Robert Gary at a soft drink parlor.
The Ohio Supreme Court again upholds the statute banning Sunday motion picture shows. It dismissed Earl Myers appeal, owner of a Chillicothe theatre, from Ross county court findings fining him for illegally operating a Sunday movie show.
Fifteen people are reported drowned in floods caused by heavy rains in Athens. Severe property damage occurred and the government along with the Red Cross are organizing relief for the refugees.
Local prohibition officer Joe Jonas reports placing his son-in-law Rhiaakt Damon in Trimble jail last night after Damon returned home drunk. Jonas says the act was to enforce the law, noting it was his first time seeing him intoxicated but he would not tolerate violations in his own home.
Police hunt a highwayman accused of killing Walter Castner, 50, in his Oceanside garage with a seven pound axle left beside the body. Castner, formerly of Washington, New Jersey, was found head crushed and money left near him as the suspect fled.
Police search for the municipal judge Fred J. Miller’s car stolen from Broad and Fifth streets after he found it missing when he returned last night. The incident occurred in Columbus on November 24.
In Peking the craft of sericulture is passed down through Chinese farming families. Farmers buy silkworm eggs in spring and hatch the larvae in summer continuing a centuries old tradition.
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