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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1921
Page
6
London reports Britain ends seven years of government railway rule and returns the system to private management. The move costs the taxpayer about 181,081,149 pounds, while wage scales and eight hour day reforms are cited as factors in wartime losses and postwar wage adjustments.
A lighthearted look at World Series excitement and urban humor accompanies a detailed Athens building boom. Two lumber firms forecast nearly 150 new homes this season with costs around 4500 dollars each and a total spending near half a million dollars as the city braces for Christmas completions.
Burns Branham files for separation from Lizzie Branham citing extreme cruelty. He alleges threats to poison him in 1920 and that she bought poison to poison his food, plus repeated cruelty, untidy habits, and unsanitary living conditions at their Chauncey home amid adultery claims.
Major General Leonard Wood told the American-Japanese Society banquet in Tokyo that talk of trouble between Japan and the United States is nonsense. The remark was reported by United Press.
John Lewis and United Mine Workers leaders will visit the White House to discuss coal industry conditions with President Harding. The meeting is slated for tomorrow, as announced from Washington.
In Durant Oklahoma on October 8 shots were exchanged between Sheriff Taylor and his deputies and men in white robes during a meeting held in a pasture near the town.
Columbus Ohio October 7 Governor Davis was urged by Akron councilman Gus Kasch to use his influence to ease the unemployment situation in Akron.
The Cleveland Livestock Association filed a brief with the Public Utilities Commission seeking lower livestock freight rates. The filing follows the commission's ongoing investigation into rate structures and transportation costs affecting cattle and other livestock.
The first snow of the season covered Lancaster in intermittent flurries through the morning. Temperature recorded at 38 degrees.
A resolution introduced in the House by Representative Dowell of Iowa calls for a twenty five percent cut in freight rates on grain livestock coal hay and cotton shipments, marking a major policy move debated in Washington on Friday.
D Dailey of Albany arrived in Athens this morning returning home from a Herford cattle sale at Clarksburg West Virginia. Dailey a registered Herford breeder keeps contact with top breeders and notes falling snow as he left Clarksburg at midnight. Bryson Lumber Co Trimble praised for busy service and orderly queue akin to barber shop method.
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A fire started in an old house damaged the new D. T. and I. roundhouse in Ce line Friday, destroying the structure and four freight cars, one loaded with lumber. Fire units battled the blaze to prevent spread to adjacent tracks and facilities.
William West 82 of Albany died at home after a year of illness. He leaves his wife and eight children Bert West Clara Gillogly Emma Jones John Stanley Pearly West Worley West John West Will West plus twenty one grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral Monday at the Town House church with burial in the adjacent cemetery. West a Civil War veteran served three years in Company I 97th Ohio Volunteers Infantry. He was a retired farmer and lifelong area resident.
Trainning of subnormal and delinquent children will start here shortly. The Miami university laboratories, funded by a $10 000 state appropriation, establish a state bureau of special education. Dr E W Wallin of St Louis will head it with Miss M Rothnar of Cleveland as assistant. Lima and Dayton will be main lab fields.
W H Frost of Dayton, age 25, was recharged with grand larceny in Columbus after being held in connection with the theft of a tourist bag from cars, an incident carrying a claimed loss in the thousands of dollars.
Three Columbus men were killed when a south bound Hocking Valley passenger train struck their automobile near here shortly after noon Friday. The victims were occupants of the car and died at the scene. Authorities investigated the crash as the railroad and local agencies coordinated emergency response.
Rev. M. E. Chatley new minister at First Christian Church opens a sermon series on The Ideal. The first talk on October 9 uses responses from young men about faults and virtues of the ideal young woman. Choir will provide music each evening.
Abbot Y WicoX urges Presbyterians in Athens and unaffiliated residents to attend tomorrow morning and evening services by Dr Warren D More of Santa Barbara California. More is praised as an upstanding Pacific coast figure with a remarkable body of work and an engaging message.
Advertisers warn of dwindling Blue Devil ad stock and offer a rapid purchase option with a five dollar payout per ad used. The notice requests prompt submissions to meet demand as of October 3, 1916.
Captain DeVol of the Salvation Army is spending the weekend in Athens. Mrs. Devol is rapidly recovering from illness and is visiting relatives in Marietta.
The Department of Justice filed a brief in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia stating that the National Wholesale Grocers Association cannot intervene in the packers consent decree case now before the court.
United States weather bureau predicted fair but cold weather for tomorrow's World Series game. Skies are expected to clear in New York late today or tonight.
The Rev. John Spencer, formerly a Oklahoma physician, was found guilty today of murdering his wife Maude Spencer in Lakeport California as reports confirm the verdict against the defendant.
An ad fragment touts McCune Tire Co offerings for Highest Speed Gasoline with operating hours from 10 to 6. The message highlights fuel quality and service emphasis at the shop.
New York Oct 8 Jess Barnes, Giant pitcher, saved the Giants by limiting the Yanks to four hits in a tense moment and sparking a hitting rally. Barnes said the team found its batting eyes after George Kelly clicked yesterday and now they are happy.
Canaanville high school basketball swept both games against New Marshfield. Girls won 3 1 with 15 minute halves. boys dominated 45 6 over Marshfield as crowds cheered. This followed a 5 0 girls win earlier this month.
It was announced at the Yankee club house at 11:30 A M that Babe Ruth would not play in today's game due to an infected elbow.
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