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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1922
Page
3
Miss Leona Wells visited her brother Dr C G Dew in Grant Hospital Columbus Sunday following a trip through Nelsonville.
The Berean class met Sunday with 107 men and a 12 piece orchestra and has averaged 150 attendees. They plan a banquet soon. Attending Gettle funeral were Mrs Charlies Barker and daughter Opal, Mrs Curtis Fuller of Columbus, Mr and Mrs Lou Dickle, John Dickle of Parkersburg WV, Mr and Mrs John Matheny and Robert Matheny of Haydenville, and Will and Robert Matheny of Logan.
John Carsons age 60 dies at home near Nelsonville. Funeral Wednesday at 1 pm at the residence with burial at Greenlawn. Survived by wife, Parker Sniffen and son Max of Marietta. guests included L. H. Hawkins and Mollie Six. Mrs. Tedrow dies at 70 after nine months illness. funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at the Wilson residence conducted by Rev. Arthur M. Mann. She leaves two daughters, four grandchildren, two great grandchildren, three sisters, and four brothers.
Revival began Sunday night at the International Holiness church drawing a large crowd. The preacher urged the Pentecostal Blessing as essential equipment to be a good worker for the revival. Tonight Evangelists Bradshaw and Saneholtz will sing and preach.
William Collins binding over for 40 days and placed under a 200 dollar bond while awaiting hearing. Bob Dourumple of the Dug Out fined 15 dollars and costs in Mayor McCune's court after being found intoxicated on Sunday.
Conductor Edwards and brake man Haley of Columbus were injured about 1 A.M. in a freight wreck near the focal brick plants. Edwards had scalp wounds while Haley had a badly sprained ankle. Dr. N Hill attended them and a Columbus wrecking crew cleared the tracks. Some mines could not operate today due to a string of empty cars blocking access. Miss Gladys Starkey spent the weekend in Columbus with Mrs Thelma Kentner, a local student.
Harold Bean Skunkwiler, seven days old and son of Mr and Mrs Charles Skunkwiler, died Saturday night at the family home in New Pittsburg. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 1 o clock, with burial at Greenlawn cemetery. He is survived by his parents a twin brother and four siblings.
Washington September 18 The house judiciary committee voted eight to three to postpone the impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Daugherty until the December session of Congress. Representative Oscar E Keller of Minnesota had brought the charges.
In Chicago on September 18 attorney Donald R. Richberg charged that evidence against striking rail workers in federal injunction proceedings rests on an avalanche of hearsay and in some cases perjury evidence.
Berlin dispatch reports that the Turkish government and Angora representatives told George Tchitcherin that Turkey will not attend a peace conference unless red Russia is admitted on equal terms. The statement came as Berlin observers noted the incognito visit by Turkish officials.
Bishop Anderson named pastors for Methodist churches across several counties. Assignments include Athens Daniel McGurk at Central Avenue. Nelsonville G. F. Tifft. Logan J. W. Blair. Pomeroy F. O. Weed. Middleport Otto Geisan. McArthur A. A. Turner.
In Harrison Arkansas on September 18 two of six returning from a dance near Enid were missing while four others were found dead from shotgun wounds. The victims were shot at close range in the back of the head by unknown assailants.
WGY in Schenectady will air The Man from Home in four radio episodes starting Monday September 25. Edward H. Smith stars as Daniel Vorhees Pike with musical interludes by the WGY string trio. The schedule includes musical programs on Tue Thu and Fri with a 10:30 PM Friday show, plus daily market weather time signals baseball results and news.
The 1910 image of Dr. Pierce of Buffalo N Y accompanies an ad touting Golden Medical Discovery a nonalcoholic blood tonic. It claims to purify blood aid digestion and improve complexion with roots extract and no alcohol. Consumers are directed to mail 16 cents for a trial package and contact Dr Pierce’s Invalids Hotel for confidential advice.
The Chauncey Parent-Teachers Association starts its year with a Tuesday evening meeting in the high school auditorium led by Mrs. E. C. Wharton. Program includes talks from school board members Rev Spayd and Rev Dabritz a solo by Charles Bradfield and music by high school students. Social hour and refreshments follow.
Chauncey Christian church members attended the Greens Run Christian church homecoming. Names listed include Rev and Mrs Spryd Lloyd Nye Brookins Wharton Gardner E C Wharton B Hill M J Gardner Charles Fiske Christine Courtney Mildred Sands and others.
Chauncey Ohio September 18 Barstow pitched a complete game shutout allowing six hits while fanning nine. Ashville’s Walford matched with 11 strikeouts but received little support as Barstow took a 5 0 win with key RBIs from Bradfield Whitlack McDaniels and Corbin.
The state department announced that all talks with Soviet Russia about sending an American expert technical commission to study Russia’s economy have been terminated and the entire project abandoned.
On September 18 1930 Chicago conciliator Oscar F. Nelson advised the labor department that a strike by Great Lakes marine workers could begin October 1 unless the Lake Carriers Association cuts the workday from 12 to eight hours.
Torch Ira Barrows and daughter Faye visited Athens with other locals such as Brooks Russell Jess Smith Clarence Fultz and sister Mary Fultz. The group traveled to Nelsonville with Mr and Mrs Watson Webster son Morris and Miss Hazel Wilson. Rev and Mrs E H Wilson hosted relatives including Elias Wilson and Lemon Wilson from Reedsville. Typhoid illness limited Bessie Billett’s activities but she returned home from Parkersburg hospital. A Baptist service was held September 24 led by Rev F A Maler. Mrs Cyrus Jones celebrated her husband’s thirty ninth birthday and their wedding anniversary with a lawn dinner attended by many relatives including Fern, Josephine, Ruth, Kenneth, Paul, Denver and Lucy. Josephine Dunfee returned to Parkersburg Sunday. her mother stayed longer with relatives.
The census of 1,315 students at Ohio University reveals 24 denominations, with five represented as new or missing compared to 1921. Methodists lead with 450 members, Presbyterians 177, and Baptists 64, while 24 Negro students span five denominations. No denomination is preferred by 56 students, up from 36 men and 19 women last year.
George Henry Tate of Hocking is jailed for drunken rampage after his wife telephoned Deputy Sheriff McKinley. In Athens the same day George A Hoolihan and his wife Muriel were arrested for attempting to beat a $22.50 board bill at Albany and held in the county jail. the couple, theatre-people, were found preparing to leave town.
Secretary Smith announced he will distribute advance notices about proposed constitutional amendments for the November ballot despite the state emergency board not approving funds. He said it is his duty to inform voters and would not delay over funding sources.
The Rt. Rev. Courtland Whitehead, 80, longtime Episcopal bishop of Pittsburgh, died today in Buffalo after a long tenure as a senior church leader.
Washington dispatch from Captain Arthur Hepburn reports the start of the blaze that destroyed Smyrna. Hepburn, commanding American naval forces there, relayed the event to the Navy Department on Sept. 18.
In Charleston West Virginia on September 18 the federal court ruled that a striker who refuses to vacate a company house after being asked to leave violates an injunction restraining trespassing on company property. The decision affects several thousand striking miners.
News reaches Athens of the death in Columbus last Thursday of Mrs. C. H. Warden widow of the late C. H. Warden founder of a local family. She was 73 and had suffered paralysis for some time. She was a former Athens resident until 1899 and is survived by a sister and a brother both connected to the Warden family in New York.
A giant monoplane piloted by Lieutenant John A. MacReady and Lieutenant Oakley Kelley took off from Mc Cookfield at 2 o'clock today bound for San Diego California confirming a long distance test flight.
Huntington report states mayor J. A. Bowen of Procterville Ohio offers a fifty dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who hurled a pint of moonshine liquor through a front window of his home late Sunday night.
A second jail break attempt within 36 hours was thwarted at Ohio County Jail Wheeling as authorities acted quickly. The crowded jail remains at capacity amid the incident.
English dancer Vera Olcott was awarded a prize for having the most beautiful legs in Fagis. Her limbs were promptly insured for 100000 dollars.
The Rev. J. C. Trotter Methodist minister held on embezzlement and wife desertion charges escaped from the McAlester county jail by filing the bars of his cell. He had been arrested a month earlier with Miss Audrey Campbell a nurse at Brooks Institute Hawthorne Oklahoma where the embezzlement was alleged.
A French note offered cooperation on defending the Turkish straits but warned against the warlike tone of Britain's semi official statement from Saturday, according to the Evening News in London.
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