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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1921
Page
8
Latrobe residents and families travel to Columbus and Cincinnati guests of Dr. and Flynn and relatives. Others visit Bel ore Chillicothe Fairview Ravenswood Parkersburg Sharpsburg and Nelsonville events. Suffered sprained ankle noted. high school teacher to Younestown. numerous social visits recorded.
Sir Edgar Rees Jones after a U S trip sees America as a tremendous future force in world markets due to production finance and people but warns of current financial and industrial difficulties. He cites foreign demand shortages and banking method gaps and notes high American wages and cost of living. He praises American industry discipline and athletic achievement as signs of its strength.
Lima residents woke to empty gas mains as Lima Natural Gas Company halted service after its franchise expired. The city and Medina Gas Company dispute supply at 55 cents per thousand cubic feet, leaving hospitals and homes unable to heat food for hundreds of babies.
Harvey Eugene Loring son of Fred and Blanche Boring was born January 12 1921 in Floodwood Ohio and died August 21 1921 at seven months old. He leaves his father mother two sisters Audrey and Marguerite one grandfather two grandmothers and many relatives and friends. His death is described with religious reflections and hope of reunion in heaven.
A warm social event at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Milan Eby brought together many relatives. Guests from The Plains Columbus and Jacksonville enjoyed a noon chicken dinner followed by music from Mrs. Eby on the new organ and Mr. William Yeager on violin. Several Whitlatch and Yeager families attended with children, and the hosts’ family was joined by Mr. and Mrs. Smith who returned home Sunday evening. Mrs. Whitlatch and daughters stayed to Wednesday and Mrs. William Yeager remained until Monday evening.
Washington Aug 31 The federal government opens a new campaign to dam Atlantic coast ports against liquor smuggling from the West Indies. Commissioner Blair of the Internal Revenue Bureau says a flying squadron of prohibition agents sent to New York will lead the attack on the international rum running traffic.
Lawrence M. Bennedict reports from Cleveland that five major railroad brotherhoods are voting directly on whether to strike or accept wage reductions set by the railroad labor board. Ballots sent to half a million members mirror language used by trainmen clerks and shop workers who already backed a walkout.
Athens County treasurer James Woodworth turned over 11.25 to deputy auditor Harry Riley for a person signing as John Doe who four months earlier sent a letter saying Here are my taxes with no signature. The real owner must prove handwriting to reclaim.
Five more persons were killed in Belfast today bringing the death toll to thirteen. Sporadic fighting continued in the city this afternoon with clashes at five o'clock.
S Marshall of Mechanicsburg, famed as the seed grader inventor, left for London Ohio with the latest model to secure marketing backing. He recently showed the common sense rat trap in Athens and reports selling hundreds with notable success. Marshall organizes the Marshall Grader Company in Athens and plans large scale production once backing is obtained. The seed grader claims to be the only real seed wheat grader and cockle eradicating device, with a capacity of 126 bushels in 10 hours.
James M. Beck United States solicitor general spoke to the American Bar Association saying jazz is a musical crime modern poetry grotesque and brutal futurist art aesthetic bolshevism and condemned the immoral world with harsh words during the Cincinnati gathering.
Scientists report a flowering plant extracts water equal to two hundred times its dry weight from the soil across its life. This notable intake highlights the plant's efficient water use and environmental interaction.
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