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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1919
Page
4
The Chicago blimp crash underscores the call for new police and legislative rules governing air traffic. Aviation groups urge municipal, state, and federal action as Congress debates and cities test limited measures. Regulators face the challenge of safe routes and pilot compliance to protect people and property.
An Alabama American Legion post asks the state legislature to declare November 11 a legal holiday. The piece reflects on Armistice Day's significance, peace hopes, and the ongoing reconstruction era after World War I. It urges enduring recognition for posterity and the ideals of victory and righteousness.
A column riffs on Rooster Sunday advocating eating a rooster for Sunday dinner to create a “better egg” craze. It mocks feminist views, notes price insanity in markets, and comments on Bank of England profits, German passport costs, and Count von Bernstorff. It ends with light humor about children and chores.
Vignettes mix mischief and military life as a man chats about plastic acid for quinine and a ruggist, a darky leads six horses through a right turn, and an adjutant’s garden tale sparks envy during demobilization.
A reflective essay on how daily beauty dulls perception yet elevates appreciation. The author compares fresh visitors to locals, noting that regular exposure tempers wonder even as blessings remain. The piece likens beauty to a worn stone and a dulled knife edge and ends with the idea of a jewel hidden in danger or odd places.
Recipes describe Elimts PUDDI Peach Macaroon Pudding and Nesselrode Pudding with nuts, peaches, cream, and gelatin. Pineapple Snow Pudding uses gelatine and pineapple, with optional custard sauce, plus enamel cleaning and a spring washboard attachment for tubs.
Mr L H Smith visited Parkersburg on Tuesday. Emory Montgomery was a business visitor in Bartlett Wednesday. Mrs Bell McGuire of Bartlett visited her mother Mrs S Grimes on Tuesday. Nancy Brandberry was taken to Grant hospital Columbus for a serious operation. W B Montgomery finished a dry well on Monday July 28. Mary Ellen Phillips Mary Moss and Charles Montgomery spent the weekend with Mrs Carl Taylor Parkersburg W Va. Lucile Copeland of Washington DC visiting friends in Stewart. Albert Douglas of Columbus was guest Friday of Miss Mary Moss. Mrs M C Charlton and Mrs C B Jarvis were Athens visitors Saturday. George Gleason and son spent the weekend with John Gleason and family in Athens. Emory Montgomery was an Athens visitor Saturday. John Balderson and wife were Sunday visitors in Coolville. Mrs Carl Taylor of Parkersburg with guests Misses Mary Moss Mary Phillips and Charles Montgomery and Harold Monty and Violet Taylor spent Monday at Island Bathing Beach.
Mr George Graham is very ill. Mr William Six and Mrs Henry Pollard welcome a baby girl. Mrs John Burt and son Melvin visited Athens on business. Ruth Pollard visited grandmother Mrs Hunter and helped put up berries. Farmers busy with harvest. Ice cream social at Oscar Burts on August 9. George Vanmeter owns a new threshing machine and will call on Salem residents. Mrs Wes Brandeburg ill with sore throat.
Mr Mahlon Bradshaw of The Plains visited his daughter Mrs Mary Durst Saturday evening. Homer Durst and wife shopped in Chauncey. Alfred Cary and two children of Circle Hill visited his parents in Chauncey Wednesday. Ruth Fiske and Esther Fiske were in Chauncey Wednesday. Mrs Homer Durst and four children visited Mrs James Lee at The Plains Sunday. Mrs Julia Wyant was a business visitor in Athens Monday. Myrtle Pidcock visited Nelsonville Saturday evening.
Mt Hermon church schedules Homecoming on August 9 and 10 with speakers music and stereoptican views by Rev. Charles a Hawaiian Island missionary. Local obituaries include John Schooler and Mrs Theodocia Ogg. Community visits, war veteran returns, and a Hartford Kille welcome reception are noted among Amesville Athens and Broadwell area news.
Mr and Mrs Easich hosted John D Ear a saluted veteran recently released from twenty one months service including twelve in France and Germany He saw action in the Aisne Marne Oise Aisne Meuse Argonne offensives and served with the Army of Occupation in Germany from November to May Guests at the Sunday gathering included Emmett Earich and daughter Adolph Earich and family M E Christman and son Trimble Walter Border and family Franches Earich John Herman and Vaughn Earich and others.
Columbus Ohio July 31 L C Smith chief railroad inspector said a wire from Edward C Niles United States railroad administrator reported grain cars are being rushed to Ohio to ease the shortage Farmers complain it is hard to move freshly threshed grain due to car scarcity Inspectors are in Ohio coal districts to find the cause of coal car shortage
A poetic lament about human folly and drinking during hot summers. The piece contrasts gin and bitters with the banishment of red liquors, and imagines a bright afterlife where temperance prevails. It ends by recalling drinkers turning to cold water to fill emptiness.
By the Way-Sam Underwood of Trimble mourns lost revenue from a midway attraction idea. He proposed a Chauncey street roller coaster style ride with a high dive stunt. Local residents demand proof of safety before approval. The public will decide once he demonstrates the stunt.
Roland Rohlfs test pilot for Curtis Aeroplane and Motor Company reached 30 700 feet at Roosevelt field Mineola in a flight under two hours before engine chill forced descent. The wind tore the improvised engine wrap and stopped him from continuing. The 1918 U S Army record stood at 28 900 feet by Captain R W Schroeder at Dayton. The French world record was 83 136 feet set by Adjutant Casales at Villa Coublay on June 14 1918.
Notice that the Ath ens City Board of School Examiners will hold its last regular meeting for the school year on Saturday August 2 at 9 00 o clock in the high school building F MORGAN Clerk Cen 7-30-31
A warning about pride and potential ruin when past misdeeds become known, urging self restraint and humility to avoid exposure and consequences.
Howard Keihl of Columbus visits grandparents C. C. Calvert. Mrs. John Minnameyer and three children return to Columbus after a week with Mrs. J. E. Lawrence. Mrs. E. M. Coleman weekends with C. F. Smart in Reedsville. J. E. Lawrence and family visit Athens. Homer Moorehead hosts relatives from Palestine WV. Helen Williams of Linworth visits Dorthea Harper. Mrs. J. C. Stewart visits relatives in Jackson County. Cray daughters from Columbus and Athens guests of C. C. Cray. F. K. Coleman family to Reedsville and Ravenswood WV. R. W. Calvert and families enjoy hospital grounds picnic in Athens. Rodehaver and Inman families motored to Athens for a visit with Gaily Cottrell.
Ohio river stages show Point Bridge at 6.2 feet stationary Herr's Island 6.2 feet stationary Davis Island 9.5 feet stationary Beaver Dam 8 feet rising Parkersburg 11.7 feet rising Point Pleasant 4.5 feet falling.
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