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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1922
Page
12
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Oliver Hartley reports regional notes from Gallipolis and Pomeroy bend. Baptist Guild attends a meeting in Gallipolis. Mrs Powell and relatives planning a motor trip and camping. Clara Hanlin leaves for Pittsburgh teaching job. Pittsburgh Mine at Minersville resumes heavy work with power from Forest Run plant until Floodwood line comes in. Hobson shops rumored to add dining rooms and sleeping quarters for hundreds. Clyde Salser and Dorothy Seyfried marry in Syracuse by Justice Barnes.
Minersville’s idle Whiterock Salt works will restart operations after a period of inactivity. Workers have begun cleanup and site preparation to restore order and production.
Open season on squirrels runs from September 15 to October 20 with many hunting license registrations. Game wardens report fewer illegal hunts this year and note squirrels remain plentiful in the area.
Almost all Meigs Methodist Episcopal preachers have traveled to Logan for the annual conference. Changes are expected in local pulpits. Reverend W. F. Wilson, currently at Letart, will resign from the ministry next year.
Hudson Hudson of Clifton wed Miss Sauer of Middleport in a Sunday ceremony at the Clifton M. E. B. parsonage with Rev. C. J. Sleeth officiating. Miss Sauer is George Sauer Sr.’s daughter and active in the Presbyterian church. The couple will reside at the Sauer home in Middleport.
Tomorrow the Past Rules Association of the Pythian Sisters lodge in Middleport plans a picnic at Mrs. Alfred Elberfeld’s home on Lincoln Hill Pomeroy with hostess Mrs. R B Laughead. The Elberfeld residence is noted as a beauty spot and the event is expected to be enjoyable.
McArthur Ohio reports multiple wells in Jackson and adjacent counties with depths around 1050 to 2600 feet. New locations include Susan, Poore Nos 2 3 and 4 in Lick township and A B Leach in Milton township. A civil suit in Columbus cites Doss and Ward vs Harrison and Alice Carr for 1048.69.
Marriage license recorded for Oscar Leach of Hamden and Faye Taylor of Creole married by Dr C B Taylor in McArthur on a Tuesday. County notices mention adoption hearing for Ruth Estes by Francis and Viola Matteson set for December 12, 1922.
Reports from across the river claim major steel mills may anchor a site above Mason with coal from nearby lands. Investors have already taken options on hundreds of acres, betting on a large plant near rail and river routes. Moonshine arrests in Pityme include John Fry and John Medley, with Elmer Hysell jailed yesterday and two others at large. Howard Johnston returns home to Rutland after helping train horses with his son Tom. Rev R L Kelbaugh named U B minister for the New Haven district, Dr J L Foster remains district superintendent.
John Finnearty age 26 of Wellston was diving at Little Raccoon dam when he struck an obstruction and sustained severe injuries. He was hospitalized in Columbus in critical condition. Arthur Powell and Vince Schetel of Athens were visiting Wellston on Sunday. Evelyn Cotner plans to return to Ohio State University in Columbus to continue her studies.
Mrs Frances L Diles and family were en route to Dayton when Dorothys Ford touring car crashed into their vehicle three miles from the city at 11 p m. The accident caused considerable damage but no serious injuries. The Ford drivers admitted fault and paid the damages. Mrs William Bond of Erie and Mrs Charlotte Wollman of Paterson are visiting Murdoch relatives in Dundas and Athens and will proceed to the Vinton county farm.
The Logan county commission met Monday at the county commissioners' office to review their trip results. Eaton in Preble County attracted the most favorable view among courthouses visited. Eaton architect Harry H. Hiestead attended to present proposals not yet public. Plans were not finalized, with several questions to settle this week, aiming to show results after next Monday's meeting.
Judge E B Pettit presided as the common pleas court held memorial services for attorney C V Wright who died months earlier. The bar expressed sorrow at the loss of a prominent local lawyer with long association. Also announced is the marriage of Lawrence E Willige to Annie Davis in Augusta Georgia, with Willige now a Southern representative for National Cash Register in Dayton.
Teams from county girls' food clubs will demonstrate fruit and vegetable canning by the cold pack method at the Hocking County Fair. The clubs, part of Farm Bureau work in townships, consist of girls aged ten to eighteen who must can a set amount yearly and have canned hundreds of items unaided by older persons.
A group led by Buell Eby and Vernon Woodard left Tuesday for Toledo to attend the Commandry Conclave to be held there Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The delegation includes Eugene Wright Charles Keynes Walter Nixon Denzil Weltner A C Tipton L C Laube George Burgess Edward Fickel Wood Bowen J W Cooley E E Ewing Harry Eastman Edw Davis and J C Stoughton.
C. M. Gandee from near Nelsonville was brought to Logan Monday with acute appendicitis. He underwent immediate surgery at the local hospital and his condition was described as very assuring. Dr. Falk of Union Furnace accompanied him.
Irma Hall and Catherine Koppe, delegates from the local Ladies Auxiliary to the American Legion, left Tuesday for Dayton to attend the Auxiliary Convention.
Orland Mowery, son of Mr and Mrs T J Mowery near Gendale, swallowed carbolic acid after returning from school in this city. Drs O V Donaldson of Gore and M H Cherrington of this city gave antidotes and saved him. He was unconscious for hours. motive unclear though he was in good spirits earlier.
W. F. Oatley, current assistant fire chief of the city, takes the post of Fire Marshal at the Fair Ground during the Hocking County Fair.
The third baseball incident this month left Arthur McGov ern with a fractured shoulder after a collision with a teammate early this week.
McGovern Shoe Factory player fractures shoulder at fairground ball park during a game. Taken to local hospital for X ray and reduction. He is the third industrial league player to suffer a broken limb and will miss the rest of the season.
A small audience gathered Monday at Carrigan arena for boxing as Sammy Drake and Joe Karr bout was canceled with Karr absent. Aquila Brandson and Deacon Jones opened with a three round bout won by Jones. Hope and Leadbetter drew in six rounds with Hope leading but unable to pass Leadbetter’s guard. Woodson and Chapman drew after five rounds with Chapman showing the stronger punch. John Bell from this city defeated Chief Halderman in one round, signaling Bell’s promising pro debut.
The State of Ohio versus George Lutz for manslaughter was postponed from October 11 due to a Court of Appeals session set for that date. No new trial date was announced.
Albert Newville was found guilty of assault in Mayor Koppe's court and bound over to the grand jury with bond set at $200. He was arrested by Officer Farbearn after an incident at Crocketts Run where Newville allegedly struck Hashman with a rifle.
Two young men were arrested on the French side of the Franco German frontier after passing the customs line. International News Service reports they showed signs of fatigue and were apprehended as they attempted to cross into Germany.
Two large boxes weighing about fifty pounds each were opened to reveal communistic propaganda printed in Berlin and written in Moscow. Authorities described the material as radical political literature.
A fifteen year old girl, found in a lake near Akron with another girl and two men in a canoe, was reportedly clad only in a blanket. She told probation officers she removed her clothes to stay warm after falling into the lake fully dressed.
In Columbus on September 13 Democrats claim Maine results indicate a democratic year in Ohio based on a statement issued from the party state headquarters.
The narrator recounts Alec’s revelation of an affair with Mostelle and a charged mix of blame and heartbreak. She wrestles with public warmth toward him, laments a lost chance at love, and endures a dreary day as she contemplates future loneliness.
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