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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 08, 1921

Page

2

Baseball Scores From Yesterday’s Major Leagues

In the American Association results Columbus tied Indianapolis 6 with Louisville 6 Toledo 4. Kansas City tied St. Paul and Minneapolis tied Milwaukee due to rain. In the National League New York beat Philadelphia 7 to 2 and 13 to 4 while Cincinnati defeated Chicago 6 to 2. American League games show New York 2 to 7 against Boston and 2 to 7 against Boston with Cleveland 5 to 4 over Detroit St. Louis 10 over Chicago 2. No other games were scheduled.

Columbus Indianapolis Louisville Toledo Kansas City-St. Paul Minneapolis-Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Cincinnati Chicago Boston Cleveland Detroit St. Louis Milwaukee Minneapolis Kansas City St. Paul

Games Today Across Cities

Indianapolis plays Columbus and Louisville meets Toledo while Milwaukee hosts Minneapolis and Kansas City visits St. Paul. Cincinnati journeys to Chicago and Philadelphia travels to Boston. Boston hosts New York and Detroit visits Cleveland with Chicago at St. Louis scheduled.

Long Game Ends In Darkness After Fifteen Innings

Labor Day clash at Doanville between New Pittsburg and Doanville ends tied 2 2 through 12 innings and 15th inning before darkness. Carson of Lancaster pitched for Pittsburg, Pyles started for Doanville and was relieved by Robinett in the 12th.

Doanville New Pittsburg Pittsburg Carson Lancaster Pyles Deanville Robinett

Yesterday's heroes lift teams in double header showdowns

Ray Caldwell struck out Bassler and Cole with the bases loaded in the ninth as the Indians upset the Tigers 6 to 4. Babe Ruth hit his 52nd homer and Meusel his 19th in a double header where the Yankees swept the Red Sox 6 to 2 and 7 to 2. Williams and Koney each homered twice for the Phillies in losses to the Giants 7 to 2 and 13 to 4. Grimes mishandled a ball to fuel a late Red rally as the Cubs fell 6 to 2. Russell, rookie White Sox pitcher, struggled as the Browns pounded him for 18 hits in five innings en route to a 10 to 2 victory.

Ray Caldwell Bassler Cole Indians Tigers Bambino Ruth Meusel Yanks Red Sox Williams Koney Phils Giants Grimes Cubs Russell White Sox Browns

Chile Refuses Bolivia Chile Treaty Talk at League Assembly

Chile's foreign minister Barros Jarpa says Santiago acts according to instructions and will not allow the Bolivia Chile treaty issue to be raised at the League of Nations assembly in Geneva.

Santiago Chile League of Nations Assembly Geneva Barros Jarpa

Horses fade from American life as autos rise

Fenn of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce warns the horse is rapidly disappearing from the United States. He cites New York City data showing thousands of horses and stables lost since 1919 and predicts the animal will become a museum subject within a decade as automobiles and tractors replace work horses. The note connects horse decline to economic shifts including possible wheat and debt implications.

New York Sept Natural History Museum United States F. W. Fenn National Motor Truck Committee National Automobile Chamber of Commerce Ciites Fenn New York Board of Health New York City

Athens man named chief of Ohio permit division

J. C. Copeland of Athens will head the permit division in the federal prohibition commissioner’s Ohio office according to Commissioner J. E. Russell announced today in Columbus.

Athens Columbus Ohio J. E. Russell

Cotton Prices Lift U S Textile Economy Signaled

New York reports a sharp rise in cotton prices seen as breaking the prosperity logjam. Brokerage officers say the rebound restores confidence among bankers, merchants, and textile firms, with mills re opening, tire makers ordering, and many workers returning to work as loans are repaid.

Harold PD Jacobs New York

Dance At Chauncey K P Hall Saturday Night

Dance at Chauncey K of P hall on Saturday night September 10 features music by Glouster orchestra. The article notes a quote about wealthy men seldom discussing how they earn their money.

Chauncey K. of P. Hall Glouster Orchestra

Five-County Kiwanis and Athens medical meet highlights

Kiwanis heard Dr. W. B. Chubb recount Roger Babson cycles predicting a real estate downturn. Athens hosts post graduate study under the Ohio State Medical Association with Dr. J. H. Upham as chief speaker discussing Routine Physical Diagnoss. Sessions run at the Presbyterian church with dinner and county physician leaders presiding.

Athens Athens County Ohio State Medical Association Athens County Medical Society J. H. J. Upham Columbus Ohio State University College of Medicine T. A. Copeland

Mark Drops to New Low in Berlin Exchange

The German mark fell to a new twenty month low on the current move, sliding to .0103 from the prior close .0103, a .0008% decline, after Berlin exchange had previously sold at .0101.

New York Berlin Exchange

Unemployment Decline Noted Across the Nation

United Press reports unemployment falling as public and private projects begin, with Hoover planning a national conference submitted to President Harding. Large cities show little acute suffering, and St Paul cites jobless between five and six thousand as among the lowest figures.

United Press Secretary of Commerce Hoover Harding Cleveland Buffalo Atlanta Pittsburg Chambers of Commerce St. Paul

Fixes Price for a Beautiful Wife

The Pas Man reports Eskimo land sets a market for wives. TrapJohn Littlebear of Hudson's Bay posts four wives in twelve days, each valued at tea and tobacco. Purchasers, tribesmen from Bri chette, bid after returning from the far post.

John Littlebear Brichette Fur Post Hudson's Bay Company John

Germs Cross Quiet Street Past Blue Devil House

A brief, whimsical scene notes germs looking sad and crossing a street before passing a house cleaned with Blue Devil. The image blends playful imagery with a household cleaning brand reference.

Class 6 Church Fund Aims to Ease Jobs Crisis

Members of Class 6 at First Methodist Church report unemployment in Athens and the county causing real privation. They started a relief fund to aid blameless families facing hard times with no work. A committee will review cases and direct aid, with Salvation Army relief via Elks support already spending hundreds of dollars.

Athens First Methodist Church Salvation Army the Elks

Marketing must be a given out of politics say Anderson

Representative Anderson of Minnesota who chairs the joint congressional committee of agricultural interests urged a cooperative marketing organization to raise farm output quality and prices. He criticized groups driven by politics and warned that attempts to secure an agricultural minimum would fail, leading to a clash of interests.

Frazer Edwards United Press Washington Anderson Minnesota Joint Congressional Commission of Agricultural Interests Congress

Delegates Tour Circleville Notes Ohio Conference

Delegates to the Ohio conference of the Saint Episcopal Church in Circleville went on an excursion to local points of interest during the session as September events continued in the town.

Circleville Ohio St.Duist Episcopal Church

Harding plans week long vacation cruise on Mayflower

President Harding plans to take a week off before Congress reconvenes pending official business. It is likely he will embark on a long cruise aboard the Mayflower.

Washington Harding Congress

Root Meets with Harding Today

Elihu Root arrived at the White House for a conference with President Ward. Rumors said Harding might ask Root to join the American delegation to the disarmament conference, but this was not confirmed.

Washington Elihu Root White House Ward Harding Root

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