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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1919

Page

2

Buckeye State Building & Loan invites savings

Has Always Been and Is Still Excellent Advice Money Provides Comfort in Old Age When Comfort Is Often Needed Therefore save and invest it The Buckeye State Building & Loan Co 22 West Gay St Columbus O Invites your account It offers you safety and 5 per cent interest It is one of the largest strongest and best known savings institutions in Central Ohio Call or write You will receive prompt and courteous attention

Buckeye State Building & Loan Co West Gay St Columbus Ohio

Public asked to aid state in Athens county price probe

The Athens county probe opened with William A Moorhead named special investigator by Prosecutor Bartels. Public help is sought to list daily food purchases with prices to aid the investigation, covering potatoes butter eggs vegetables and other necessities. Names and addresses will be confidential and lists should be sent to Prosecutor Bartels at once.

Athens County William A. Moorhead Moorhead The Food Administration Bartels Ohio

Scout Meeting Moves to High School Amid Repairs

Most Everything All Scouts of Troop One will meet Tuesday at 7 in Room 16 of the high school due to repair work at the Presbyterian church. Uniforms required. Ace medals to be awarded. Supt. Morgan to recount a two day visit with Orville Wright. Buckeye Lake camp plans outlined. ice cream and cake to be served.

Presbyterian Church Morgan Orville Wright Buckeye Lake

Dying Becomes Cheaper as Coffins Tax Exemption Declared

Los Angeles gains a tax break as coffins with metal ornaments are no longer taxed by the internal revenue collector. The ruling suggests lower burial costs while the cost of living remains a concern.

Los Angeles Cal Internal Revenue Collector

Monoplane From Seed Aims at New Flight Era

In Chicago Illinois a 15 year old boy Lee Ross dreaming of outside fell from a second story window and broke something. A French inventor modeled a monoplane from a winged maple seed. Englishman invents wallpaper from rubber.

Chicago Ili Lee’ Ross

Obituary of Audree Cary Burson of Shade Ohio

Audree Cary Burson aged 19 of Shade Ohio died June 2 1919 after illness including flu and endocraditis. She was an organist at Pleasant Valley Christian church and a Sunday School worker known for kindness and devout faith. Survived by her parents four sisters and two brothers and many friends.

Audree Cary Burson Arthur C. Burson Libby M. Burson Shade Caryl Pleasant Valley Christian Church Epworth League Jesus Roscoe Inez Catharine Andrena Mary Theodore Fouch

Traveling Man Recalls Cholera Morbus Recovery

W H Ireland of Louisville Kentucky writes of a severe 1888 attack of cholera morbus. He paid a porter fifty cents to buy Chamberlain's Cough and Diarrhoea Remedy and took a double dose. He slept and woke well at five the next morning ready for work.

W. H. Ireland Louisville

Bar Negroes from Stock Yards

Packers in Chicago announce an indefinite ban on reemploying African Americans at the stockyards following race troubles and fires. The move aligns with orders by Governor Lowden and the military authorities who sought to curb racial tensions after riots that left thirty five dead and many injured. Over 10,000 black workers had been employed at the packing houses, many imported from southern states.

Chicago Lowden

War Heroes and Oddities From The Great War

Paris dispatch details Major Vanhee's large brood and losses among his 36 children with 20 serving in French ranks. Roger Baxoux earns Croix de Guerre at eight for resisting Germans in Alsace. German air routes touted. salmon shipments to Italian forces. poilu candidate for French Academy. army dentists extract 67,133 teeth in a month. pardoned bigamist soldier Abele wins acquittal after two marriages reveal.

United Press Paris Lille Monsieur Vanhee Reminghe Ypres Alfred Dunkerque Little Roger Baxoux Saint Die France Roger A. EB. F Tyrol Marseilles Genoa Joffre Foch League of Poilus League Louis Arnould Gremilly A. BE. F America Jean Abele Commines Mile. Meurchier Mile Detroit Mme. Abele Abele

Permit Day brings unusual batch of marriage licenses

Probate Court Saturday issued a surprising number of marriage permits amid a steady rush of applicants. Judge Phillips refused one couple, citing unfitness for matrimony, while others received licenses. Issued licenses included Carl M. DeLand, 23, truck driver, and Beulah McCombs, 17, domestic.

Phillips Carl M. DeLand Beulah McCombs

Nelsonville Names and Residents in List

The record lists residents from Nelsonville and nearby towns including Arthur M. Hawk 22 a teacher Velma Johnson 25 Coolville Dewey Cubbison 20 R R foreman Coolville Beatrice Clark 19 Beaumont Oren B. Tubbs 24 farmer Pratts Fork Pearl A Woodyard Shade R D 1 Jesse Peters 26 farmer Esther Dugan 16 Coolville Shearley E. Northrop 24 miner Glouster R D 1 Clara Witham 20 Glouster Carl Antle 23 carpenter Trimble Vernice White 20 teacher Glouster Arthur H Dowler 21 mechanic Columbus Grace Goldie O Neal 20 Athens R D 2.

Nelsonville Arthur M. Hawk Velma Johnson Coolville Dewey Cubbison R. R. Foreman Beatrice Clark O Beaumont Oren B. Tubbs Farmer Pratts Fork Pearl A. Woodyard Shade R. D Jesse Peters Esther Dugan Shearley E. Northrop Miner

Rail shopmen press wage demands as strike vote unfolds

Bert M. Jewell, head of the AFL railway department, plans to urge President Wilson to act on wage demands as 500000 U S shopmen and 100000 Canadian shopmen vote on strikes. Directors say no funds exist for a 25 percent raise, while unions push Congress for extra appropriations to avert a walkout.

Washington Bert M. Jewell Railway Department American Federation of Labor Wilson Jewell United States Canada Hines Railroad Administration Contrv Rail Congress Rail Administration

Costa Rica’s Peaceful Balance between Teachers and Soldiers

Costa Rica maintains strong internal peace with a small military of about 500 personnel while about 2,000 teachers serve in active duty. The country has enjoyed relative stability for roughly 45 years.

Costa Rica

Grand jury called to probe food profiteering in Toledo

Lucas county Assistant Prosecutor Ralph Doty ordered a special grand jury to investigate food profiteering in Toledo. Indictments would be pursued under the Valentine anti trust and Smith cold storage laws.

Toledo Lucas County Grand Jury Ralph Doty Valentine

Ohio preps for federal Americanization drive plans

Ohio outlines steps for federal state and local cooperation on Americanization. An Ohio Institute for Public Efficiency plan calls for manuals for local use, forming 500 plus foreign language literate communities, full time directors in affected towns, and potential $300 000 for teacher salaries under a Smith Bankhead bill proposal.

Columbus State Ohio Ohio Institute

Highwayman Threat Forces $200 Ransom in Brooklyn

In Brooklyn a robber menaced Louis Barber and his eighteen month old child. His partner covered Barber as the highwayman demanded money and threatened to kill the baby. Barber surrendered $200 to escape harm.

New York Brooklyn Louis Barber Barber

Ohio War Savings stamp sales rise statewide profits

Ohioans hold War Savings Stamps valued at 125 million dollars with a six million dollar year increase. The War Savings Committee reports weekly sales averaging over one million dollars amid varied purchase amounts from 36 cents to 1000 dollars. Bankers call the savings a statewide economic boost and a sign of continued public gratitude.

Columbus Ohio War Savings Committee

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W. A. Moorhead County Price Investigation Ainty Dorothy H. P. I. H. C. Motor Press Brooks & Fierce Waterloo New Marshfield House of Justice East State Street Fred Beckler Hudson Beckler Athens Ray Duffee 77Th Regiment Camp Sherman T. W. Duffee Union Depot Camp Taylor M. E Prof. Copeland Martzolff Cotton Hocking Valley Woodworth Miss Burson Henry Wood Germany Berlin Hamburg Hanover Leipzig Weimar Court House Willard Service Willard Nhe Lostro’s
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