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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1923
Page
2
Roy Gabriel sustained serious injuries on Monday forenoon while at work in the Hocking mine. Details on the incident and his condition were not released.
The Plains residents Mr and Mrs Raymond Augus tine and children Mary and Dewey visit relatives in Pos ton with Mrs Rhoda Augustine. George Gabriel Jr hosts dinner for Charles Conrad and two daughters from Athens. Local attendees go to Chauncey lecture. Raymond Leshie visits Darrell Moore. Renolds Leniger visits near Athens. Elizabeth and Maria Schmidt of Athens stay with Fred Schmidt’s family. Jeff Morrison hosts Walter Giesicke and family from Logan. Mrs Robert Noble hosts Clyde Kennard Helen Pritchard J Price from Columbus. John Pritchard accompanies them home. Charles McMillen Jr. and son from Rutland weekend with the Gabiels.
The text lists numerous Sunday visitors to the Whitlatch home including Guy McMillen and family from Zaleski, Mr and Mrs Jones and two daughters, Millard Jones, and others from Pomeroy Sand Ridge and Columbus. Rev Harter preached at the Methodist church and many locals attended. Nearby guests included the Keetons Burdette Slater and family from Betsy Lane Kentucky and Betsy Lane connections with Calhoun and Smith families.
William Beares misses school due to blood poisoning while Marie Yeager remains in grade three. Several students relocate to Pennsylvania or Beaumont and Columbus. Chickenpox and whooping cough affect a few. Esther Scott and Esther Powell join Monday. Grade program participants include Nagle Whitlatch and others. Plains teams beat New Marshfield 7 to 6. girls lost 10 to 2. Upcoming Jerseyville game. first-ever girls matchup. Board of Education and PTA actions noted.
A letter from Earl Shaffer superintendent of schools at Petersburg Alaska describes fox farming as a new Alaskan industry. The plan involves leasing a water rich island for three years at $25 annually buying 3 4 pairs of foxes for 200 300 each and after three years 49 60 foxes valued at 150 190 each with a decade of work. Alaska offers abundant game including ducks geese grouse deer bear elk moose and domesticated reindeer not hunted but kept like farm animals.
David Lloyd George arrives in Pittsburgh on a foggy October morning to a warm reception from city officials and about 50,000 Welsh residents. A morning parade and luncheon were planned, weather permitting, followed by a formal dinner at the synagogue and a scheduled evening address. His train leaves for Washington at midnight.
The crew of the schooner William McDonald was saved today by the steamer Sam Manuel after the ship caught fire off Sandy Hook. A wireless message to the naval communications station confirms the derelict was drifting in flames near rum row where liquor smuggling armadas are known to gather.
The Jerseyville M E church holds its annual homecoming this Sunday October 28 with a 10 o'clock Sunday school hour. Speakers are Pastor L F Miller and Dr H Burg former president of Rio Grande College now with Ohio University. The Ladies Quartet of Richland Avenue sings. A community dinner follows at noon inviting all former members, friends and neighboring church members to attend and bring dinner.
In heavy fog in Kansas City Missouri four bandits struck a jewelry store before dawn and escaped with diamonds valued at fifty thousand dollars. Police probe the daytime heist and review nearby surveillance for leads.
John Byrne 16 and William Byrne 13 of Detroit were picked up in Elyria after running away from a Lackawanna Pennsylvania parochial school last Friday. They walked most of the distance homeward, visiting cards noted.
Athens Lodge of Elks has arranged the annual minstrel show with Miller Producing Co. New York. Dates are December 12 13 and 14 at Ewing Hall Ohio University Auditorium courtesy of President Bryan. An entirely new show will be staged with former minstrel kings returning for the entertainment of Athens residents.
A report from Athens dated October 23 states a rebel airplane bombed a government troop train, killing thirty aboard. The event underscores intensified conflict and raises casualties in the region.
Wellington D. Tuberculin Prevention Association formed by cattle owners with Howard Rogers as president and George W. Warner as secretary. Dr. Zimmer, state veterinarian, outlined area work to eradicate tuberculosis from dairy herds.
David Lloyd George and party depart Cleveland for Pittsburg on a special train after a day of speeches and receptions. He praises Cleveland’s reception as the best yet on the tour. Dame Margaret and Miss Megan accompany him.
A noted skin specialist promises relief from unsightly eruptions, rashes, and blotches by applying Mentho Sulphur. Immediate healing begins as the germ destroying preparation dries and eases itching, with even fiery eczema drying up. Bowles Mentho-Sulphur is sold like cold cream.
The article traces mankind’s urge to honor the dead from ancient mounds and Druids to pyramids and the Taj Mahal. It notes President Harding’s burial in an asphalt sarcophagus and mentions Princess Anastasia as part of the continued tradition of monumental graves.
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