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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1921

Page

5

Athens and area residents in social and sports events

Mrs Elza Dailey visits near Albany. F P Linscott returns from Columbus. W S Ferguson visits Athens friends. W E Moler takes Athens high school boys to the Athens Gallipolis game. Wyckoffs travel to Columbus for weekend. Jeffersons and Shirleys plan Bloomingburg visit. McClains and Cora McDonald host in Grahams Chapel. Effie Watkins hears of infant Linfield death in Manteno. Pythian Sisters plan Halloween masquerade with Knights of Pythias Uniform Rank. W H Logan to Chicago for family surgery. Kathleen Harwick ill in Columbus. sister Mary Harwick with her. Athens high school auto party to Gallipolis for football game. Arthur Johnson of Columbus Dispatch meets university officials on November 4 inaugural program. Johnson, Mrs. Johnson, and Mrs. Rhea in Athens.

Pythian Knights of Pythias Hallowe'en Arthur Johnson Columbus Dispatch The Ohio University Bryan Johnson Old University G. D. Rhea Athens

Executive board meeting set for 2 PM Monday

The City Federation executive board schedules a semi monthly meeting for 2 PM in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. The Council of Federated Clubs presidents or their representatives will attend at 2 30 PM.

The City Federation Chamber of Commerce Council of Federated Clubs

Lawrence Family Vacation Plans Then Trip to Cleveland

Mrs P B Lawrence and daughter Grace traveled to Columbus yesterday where they joined Mr Lawrence on a vacation trip. He will continue to Cleveland Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Rachel Helen Syx has returned from Columbus after tonsil removal surgery. Mr Syx left for St Petersburg Florida for an indefinite stay.

Clarence Wyckoff Columbus P. B. Lawrence Grace Lawrence Jack Apple Mr. Lawrence Cleveland Buffalo Niagara Falls Rachel Helen Syx A. J. Syx Mr. Syx St. Petersburg Fla

Hallowe'en House Party Held by Phi Kappa Tau

The Phi Kappa Tau chapter hosted a Halloween house party at 50 East State Street with 50 attendees. A three piece orchestra provided music while Mr and Mrs Beasley served as chaperons and refreshments were served during the evening.

Hallowe’en Phi Kappa Tau East State Street Carl Fi. Beasley

Georgia Projects Heavy Eleven for Harvard Clash

Georgia football team arrived in Cambridge to open battle with Harvard marking the first meeting of the programs. The Southerners bring a heavier lineup averaging 185 pounds against Harvard at 182 pounds as the Crimson prepare to host the contest.

Georgia Harvard Cambridge Mass University of Georgia Southerners Crimson

Mystery Team from West Comes to Battle Army

West Point hosts Wabash and its elusive “mystery team” that has unsettled Army in early season play. The visitors arrive with a strong record and challenge for supremacy, while Army fans brace for a tough matchup.

West Point N. Y West Army Wabash

Poverty is Inconvenient and Ignorance a Great Handicap

Quote reflects a Victorian era view on social conditions noting that poverty and ignorance hinder progress while tactlessness compounds harm.

A Social Call Mining Method Promises Safer High-Yield Coal

The report outlines an improved coal mining approach with six reel drama framing a plan to extract coal with less subsidence risk. It highlights undercutting strategies in soft bottom clay, machine driven entry loading, and the potential to boost output from half the current area while reducing costs and improving coal quality.

Rutledge

Toledo store defies Prohibition order over homebrew

In Toledo Ohio on October 15 the largest homebrew supplier rejects Haynes orders and vows to test the government's reach. Other dealers warn of similar actions while Malt and Extract Co asserts its products are not intended for alcohol making. About fifty stores continue selling malt extract today.

Toledo Prohibition Haynes

Bride of Judge Jones Named Federal Judge in Philippines

This photo shows Mrs. Charles A. Johns wife of Judge Jones who has been appointed a federal judge in the Philippines. Judge Jones formerly served on the Oregon supreme court bench and is sixty four. Mrs. Johns, formerly Elizabeth Busch of Portland Oregon, is about half his age and graduated from the University of Oregon in 1912.

Charles A. Johns Judg Jones Philippines Jones Oregon Supreme Court Johns Elizabeth Busch Portland Ore University of Orewa

Two Die in Gun Battle With Bandits Near Council Bluffs

Two men were killed and two wounded when railroad officers and police fought with a band of alleged box car thieves during a search of W. A. Bennett’s home four miles north of Council Bluffs Iowa on October 15.

Council Bluffs Iowa W. A. Bennett Here

New methods reduce coal costs and boost recovery

Washington, Oct. J. J. Rutledge of the U S Bureau of Mines argues that banning wasteful blasting and using permissible explosives along with electric cap lamps can cut coal costs and lower accidents. Modern mining could lift recovery from 60 to about 80 percent, aided by buying overlying land to avoid subsidence and enable scientific extraction.

Washington, D. C J. J. Rutledge United States Bureau of Mines Rutledge Bureau of Mines Coal Mining

Princeton Faces Navy In Season Opener At Annapolis

Princeton arrives in Annapolis for the first big football game of the season hampered by the absence of backfield stars Don Laurie and Carrity. The forecast calls for fair cool weather as Navy prepares to meet the visitors.

Annapolis Princeton Don Laurie Carrity Navy

City of Chicago libel suit against Tribune dismissed

Circuit Court Judge Harry M. Fisher upheld the Tribune demurrer in a $10,000,000 libel suit filed by Chicago alleging the paper said the city was bankrupt and unable to sell bonds. The judge said the suit does not fit the spirit or object of our institutions.

Chicago Chicago Tribune Harry M. Fisher Fisher The Tribune Wisher

Uses Klan Name to Scare Warden

COLUMBUS Ohio October 15 C E Hudson game warden at Alliance assigned by A C Baxter chief of the fish and game bureau to investigate an alleged Ku Klux Klan letter received by F R Dinger a part time employee of the bureau which resulted in the latter resignation has received a similar letter according to Baxter Hudson has reported to Baxter that he intends to pay no attention to the letter because he believes it came from a man whom he named and described as a repeated fish and game law violator.

Columbus C. E. Hudson Alliance A. C. Baxter Fish and Game Bureau F. R. Dinger Bureau Baxter Hudson

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Elza Dailey Albany F. P. Linscott W. E. Moler Gallipolis N. G. Jefferson Roy C. Shirley Bloomingburg Mr. Jefferson Robert McClain Nellie Grahams Chapel Cora McDonald Waldo Douglas Dairy Avenue Effie Watkins Elizabeth Ross Linfield A. E. Linfield Manteno, Til Mrs. Linfield Watkins W. H. Logan Sunace Ill E. C. Logan Mr. Logan Harry August Portmouth Mary Harwick Kathleen Harwick Athens High School Athens High Westinghouse Electric Walsh Electric Company Athens Electric Co Athens, Ohio the Hocking Power Co Nelsonville Ohio the Mutual Electric Co Middleport and Pomeroy Marie John Rascal Bellefontaine, O Indianapolis Gould Baal Mine Bureau Taft Cigar Berlin Lash Weg C. R. White Fern Street Mr. Edison Edison Cornwell
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