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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1922

Page

5

Alpha Xi Delta entertains pledges at Colonial dinner

The Active Chapter hosted a formal dinner for new Alpha Xi Delta pledges at the Colonial last evening. Decor featured fall colors with par beneath leaves and bud vases of Alpha Xi Delta roses. Favors were Alpha Ni Delta Campus Kids. Pledges named include Josephine Byers Long Bottom Madge Mann Virginia Messenger Hyla Vorhes Thelma Kline Ida Mae Walther Lucille Dettenbaugh Adrienne Koons Margaret Beers Bonnie Ray Kelly Woodward Lois Gerlach Audrey Fitzer Ruth Miller Evelyn White and Mary Powell. Central P T A holds first meeting with 490 attendees and committees formed. Milk lunch to resume.delegate to state convention set for Columbus October 11-14.

Alpha Xi Alpha Xi Delta Alpha Ni Delta Josephine Byers Long Bottom Madge Mann Barnesville Virginia Messenger Cleveland Hyla Vorhes Columbus Thelma Kline Newark Ida Mae Walther Greensburg Lucille Dettenbaugh Lancaster Adrienne Koons Washington D. C Margaret Beers Newscomerstown Central Central School Parent-Teacher Association Frank

Women Authors Was Topic At Current Events Club Meeting

The Current Events club met at Mrs Homer C. Clark’s home with unusually large attendance. Officers and delegates were elected to represent the club at the Athens Federated clubs convention in October 1920. The program covered The Present Day Women Authors and noted papers on Jean Stratton Porter and Dorothy Canfield Fisher, with Victrola selections and a social collation to follow.

Current Events Club Homer C. Clark Grosvenor Street J.J. Woolley Athens J. J. Woolley Mary Richards Ollie B. Skidmore James Woodworth Skidmore Anna White Jean Stratton Porter Dorothy Canfield Fisher William Williams

Resinol Ad Sparks Vanity With Shaving Stick Mention

Sigma Pi pledges hosted a smoker at the fraternity house on University Terrace with Hallowe'en themed refreshments and a congenial mood. Alumnae events include the Alpha Gamma Delta club dinner at Mrs. Tompkins’s Elmwood Place home, with out of town guests arriving for visits and a formal dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Jones Sr. at University Terrace honoring Dr. F. E. Bryan of Ohio University. The table decor featured green and white college colors and abundant fall flowers, creating a brilliant scene for town and college guests.

Sigma Pi Fradernity House University Terrace Hallowe'en Alpha Gamma Delta Robert Tompkins Elmwood Place Faye Cline Hazel Cline Maude Skidsmore Albany Mary Virginia Crow Glouster E. J. Jones Sr FE. B. Bryan Ohio University

Prohibition Party Adopts Platform at Ohio State Meet

Delegates at Columbus on October 6 endorse anti cigarette stance strict enforcement of prohibition laws tax reform a graded rate scale to wealth judges for farmers eight hour work day and fair wages. They call for God in the constitution Bible reading in schools federal divorce laws movie censorship and oppose beer and light wines initiatives.

Columbus Prohibition Party Ohio

Women Suffering In Home Life Noted To Lydia Pinkham

A old editorial urges men to recognize wives pain from overwork and describes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as helpful. It cites letters of recommendation praising the remedy for headaches back aches melancholy and sleeplessness.

Lydia FE. Pinkham

Hear Argument in Taxing Case In Columbus

In Columbus the Franklin County appellate court heard arguments on Attorney General Price's appeal from Judge Kinkead's restraint on Secretary of State Smith placing debt limitation and taxation amendments on the November ballot.

Columbus Common Pleas Kinkead Secretary of State Smith Franklin County Price

Monoplane T-2 Circles San Diego for 25 Hours

Giant army monoplane T-2 continued circling over San Diego at Rockwell field, attempting to break the world sustained flight record. Officials said it had been aloft for 25 hours and was still flying at 7 o'clock this morning.

San Diego Cal Army Rockwell Field

Exposer Ust But Away In Nga Of Time

Samuel T. Saxon, a New York City lecturer, exposed Marcus Garvey at a negro hotel in Cincinnati on October 6 triggering a riot. William Ware and supporters clashed with Saxon, chairs were thrown, and Saxon was battered and cut before escaping. Police arrested Ware on assault charges and charged Saxon with disorderly conduct alongside four others.

Cincinnati Samuel T. Saxon New York City Marcus Garvey Moses Republic of Africa William Ware United Negro Improvement Association Arvey Saxon Rare Exvon

Spectator Sparks Fire In Akron Auto Rack Blaze

Akron reports a spectator leaped onto a burning auto rack as Fireman Howard Lacy prepared to apply chemicals. The spectator threw a two gallon gasoline can that exploded on the pavement, engulfing Lacy in flames and causing severe burns to his face arms and legs.

Akron Howard Lacy Lacy

Social card etiquette for women in shows full names

Guidance explains that a woman should use Miss or Mrs on social cards and display her full Christian names and surname. It discourages initials like Mrs. John J. Smith and prefers Mrs. John James Smith to avoid abbreviations.

John James Smith John J. Smith Dolly Sally

Haileybury Fire in Ontario Leaves Dozens Dead

Heavy rain in eastern Ontario slowed forest fires that devastated Haileybury and surrounding hamlets. At least 33 people were killed with fears of higher casualties as the town burned and residents fled toward Timiskaming Lake. Fire started in a potato patch and plans for rebuilding are underway.

Montreal Ontario Halleybury Haileybury Timiskaming Lake

Indictments and arrests in Pomeroy district

Two indictments allege assault on a female child under 16 against D A Michael of Harrisonville with bonds set at 500 each. Clarence Fish linked to the Beegle brothers' robbery was captured in Zanesville this morning. The C F Hill case, slated for today, was postponed due to the prosecutor’s grand jury duties, tied to Mr Hill’s candidacy for representative.

Pomeroy D. A. Michael Harrisonville Clarence Fish Beegle Brothers Zanesville C. F. Hill Hill

First woman embalmer licensed in West Virginia

Mrs. Elia Hellenbridge of Wheeling received the state license as an embalmer becoming the first woman ever licensed in West Virginia in that profession.

Wheeling W. Va Elia Hellenbridge West Virginia

Youthful Driver of Truck Dies Before Train

Cecil Howe, 17, of Falmouth Kentucky was killed instantly when the milk truck he drove collided with a passenger train on the Southern railroad between Sherman and Dry Ridge Kentucky. His body was hurled about fifty feet. The engineer said the track was blocked on the rails despite warnings and bell signals.

Cincinnati Cecil Howe Falmouth Southern Railroad Sherman Dry Ridge

Doctor Arrested in Ohio Fraud Scheme

Dr James A Carnes physician for the Central Steel company was arrested at his home by Deputy U S Marshal A L Gibson of Cleveland at 9 AM charged with sending fraudulent bills for services to the State of Ohio.

Massillon James A. Carnes The Central Steel Company United States A. L. Gibson Cleveland Ohio

Government challenges wartime costPlus contracts in Dayton suit

The United States sues Dayton Wright Airplane Company to recover 2,408,267 alleging overpayment and questions the validity of cost plus contracts used during the war, potentially enabling further actions.

America United States Dayton, D Dayton Wright Airplane Company

Mrs. Warren G. Harding Improves but Stays Bedfast

Mrs. Warren G. Harding remains bedfast as she steadily improves from a serious illness, with officials at the White House stating it will be considerable time before she can leave her bed.

Washington Warren G. Harding White House

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