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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1922
Page
5
Mohawk Tribe No. 174 held an oyster supper after their Thursday night meeting at the West Washington street hall with about 100 members present. The ritualistic work was exemplified to candidates and several officers attended.
Mrs. De Forest Murch and son De Forest Jr. visit Cincinnati kin then plan a Cheshire Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy sail from New York on the Asyria to Scotland. J. H. Grayson reps attend Atlantic City convention. executives remain to join sessions. Various Columbus Athens and Cleveland residents travel for family events and a football game.
Mrs. Harold Mardis hosted a six oclock dinner at Congress apartments for Mrs. Gilbert McConnell of Zanesville. The Alpha Xi Delta sorority active chapter and the faculty advisor Miss Hedden attended. The hostess and guest are Alpha Xi Delta members. Seatings matched an orange and black table setting for sixteen.
The article notes that women rarely make formal evening calls while informal visits are acceptable. Men may make formal calls in the evening, with permissible hours from 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM in the city.
Marie Wolfe 22 of Crabb Orchard Kentucky took poison and died in a downtown Toledo hotel after Jockey Willie Kohn divided his affections with Lillian Donahue of Hamilton Ontario. Kohn and Donahue are detained while the coroner investigates.
By Bart J Campbell from New Orleans insiders expect a militant successor to Hanford Mac Nider as national commander. The convention focuses on the bonus hospital policy and veterans rehabilitation amid intra group tensions between conservative and reformist wings.
The Logan lodge of the Knights of Pythias held an old fashioned feed at the club rooms on Wednesday evening. Marve Martin organized the event with help from Harry Shaw Robert Reynolds Tom Rainer and Howard Rolston. The Buckeye Harmonious quartet Cook Sain Rhoades and Cohagen performed, including original songs by Anthony Cook. The gathering was thoroughly enjoyed.
Camden mutiny follows the removal from jail of George Hartley and Ed Hartley both white men convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Connie Hartley a relative in the Seventh Civil district.
Washington dispatch reports the government filed suit against Cleveland Brass and Copper Mills, Cleveland, for 454000 plus 188 dollars in recovery of alleged wartime contract dues. The filing seeks payment of 454,188.12 dollars.
Attorney General Harry M Daugherty said in Chicago that President Warren G. Harding has never given any thought to seeking a second term. He stressed there was no consideration of a run for renewal of the presidency.
Mack E Mount returned from Columbus after two days at the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Ohio. He served as master of the local lodge and represented his group at the session.
Edward Davis received a telegram from Leslie Michigan Thursday evening stating his sister Mrs Etta Gray had undergone an operation that day. Davis and his wife left Friday morning to be at her bedside.
At a Thursday Kiwanis meeting at Mrs. Belle Hysom home the club split into blue and red teams led by Buell Eby Frank Brown and Blaine Johnson Edward Davis for a seven week attendance contest. Miss Margaret Lutz Red Cross secretary outlined local Red Cross work and the club planned action to assist the organization.
Albert Maples a 32 year old foreman was struck and killed by a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Wheeling yesterday according to local police reports.
Stephen Kratonka was hanged today on a crude gallows by the Animas river near Aztec for the murder of Sam Gray and William Kelly Gallup cabdrivers. He proclaimed his innocence throughout the proceeding.
In Belmont county Ohio efforts press to assemble a jury for a second trial of Dan Agosta charged with first degree murder for the New Lafferty mine riot on June 27. The initial trial ended with a jury disagreement. The report notes seismic movements in Chile in 1922 and a value of over 160000 square.
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