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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1919
Page
3
Nelsonville Ohio Haydenville Road job notice seeks four to five steady coal loaders for J A Herrold Coal Company with contact in Nelsonville.
A large W. B. A. membership enjoyed an annual picnic at Lewis Grove on Thursday afternoon and evening. Ladies traveled by 1:30 car to the grove and spent the afternoon sociably. At six o'clock a bountiful picnic dinner was served.
Mac Olliver was found guilty of non support of eight children yesterday in Mayor Donley’s court. He will receive his sentence some time today.
Mrs Walter Sanders entertained Friday night honoring Lawrence Lyons of Cleveland and her son Clifford of Columbus. The gathering featured a social hour and an elegant late lunch. Other honored guests included Frank Jackson Don Dugan Hubert Young Benson Preston Leonard Cooley Donald Spray Carl Lovett Walter Wilson and Ted Sanders.
Rev. Arthur M. Mann will conduct the funeral services Monday at 1 o clock for Mrs. Isaac Juniper at the family residence on Kontner St.
Mrs Stella Reigie and fellow hostesses held a surprise shower for Mrs Fred Long at the Maze home on Scott Street. The decorated residence featured hearts and flowers as fifty guests attended and gift tables displayed cut glass linen china silver and pictures. An elegant luncheon was served.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Frey, longtime resident, will be held Sunday at 1 30 p m at Stouts Undertaking Establishment. Local notices also report visits by Pauline Dawson in Columbus and Newark and others visiting Columbus relatives.
Classified ads publish half interest for sale in a Pool Room and Hot Dog Restaurant at 101 Columbus St. A gas range in like new condition priced at $35. A phonograph sale promises extraordinary tone and value at lower than cost with limited stock at Sauter's Phonograph, Meer Depot, Nelsonville, Ohio.
A Sunday school picnic is described at Whitlock farm with a pure air and cool breeze. The scene includes a feast labeled fit for a king and a list of attendees such as Mesdames Monks Evans Edgell Betts Robertson Whitlock Barker Green Bateman Bartoe Hoch Spencer Lynn Pauline Whitlock Marie Spencer Weltzheimer and Willard Bartoe.
Arthur M. Mann pastor invites Sunday school at 9 30 A M and divine worship at 10 30 A M with a sermon on The Kimberly Tragedy who was responsible for it No evening service offered The congregation notes fine weather and a cordial welcome to attendees and visitors
The Nelsonville post office announces sale of War Savings Treasury Certificates in $100 denominations maturing January 1924. Each certificate costs $83.80, is registered, and a person may hold up to $1000 maturity value. Also notes local social visit by Miss Verna Angelo and Miss Orpha Carsey.
C L Johnson invites Bereans to pick up Lookout front cover with the Bereans writeup. August 17 marks Victory Day for all classes with morning worship at 10 30 and evening service at 7 30. Sermons titled The Child in our Midst and Hearts That Burn. Miss Glendolene Pidcock returns from Coshoston Ohio after six weeks with aunt Mrs Earl Deeds.
The B K Bruce lodge 75 F and A M plans a reception in Athens county for about one hundred colored World War I veterans. The August 21 event at North Court street club rooms runs from eight to ten for banquet and reception, then dancing to midnight. George Russell, Herb Thompson, Stacey Boyer, and Harry McCarter head the committee with Guy Hale as toastmaster.
Mrs. Alex Russell died Friday night at her daughter Mrs. Ida Collins home in Cheshire. Funeral services will be held Sunday at the Christian church with burial in New Marshfield cemetery. Survived by four sons Heaster Richard Ludrig Alonzo Athens and Trunk of New Marshfield. daughters Mrs. Ida Collins Cheshire and Mrs. Sadie Eyre Gypsy West Virginia. one brother Perry Farmer of New Marshfield.
Three hundred members of the National Editorial Association arrived in Portland for a two day convention on wheels. The trip began in Chicago July 26 with stops in Winnipeg Edmonton and Vancouver. The group will unveil a monument in Oregon City and tour Crater Lake before continuing to Tacoma Seattle and Victoria with final sessions in Vancouver and Chicago.
Grace Beverage and Mildred visit Mansfield. various locals called to Cheshire Akron and Nel sonville for ill relatives. Grange picnic slated for school grove Saturday. Chester Collins arrives from overseas to Camp Merritt. Demands and visits by Dailey Albany Winnie Hunter and others. Algeria's tobacco crop last year exceeds prior output.
County Pros announce Walter Stuff will file in Ohio Supreme Court to remove the Northern Ohio Traction Company from the highway between Massillon and Canton. The company is accused of trespass since February 22, 1917, following a 30 day demand window given by county commissioners for compliance.
Police found a man’s body along the Erie tracks with pockets rifled. A blow to the head killed him. Receipts bore the name G. L. Milfird, tying the case to the week’s third homicide in Youngstown.
Secretary of State Smith announced a state wide campaign to enforce the automobile license law. Police and municipal authorities are to start immediately checking owners who have not obtained 1919 license tags. Chinese are estimated to raise 100000000 pigs annually.
Evening wraps echo gowns in style, with black satin and velvet jackets trimmed in gold braid or lined to match. Worth's showcases capes in black velvet with pink satin linings and criss cross detailing, while Deuillet highlights a beige wrap with golden brown silk.
Washington Aug 9 Representatives of fourteen railroad unions appeal to the public to back wage increases while denying any violence or threats. They distinguish wage issues from the Sims bill on nationalization and urge Americanization of the railroads, signing by leaders such as Warren S Stone and W G Lee among others.
A son was born at the Helwig home as the magistrate contemplates naming the newborn. Helwig plans to call the boy soon while he jokes about tears and the office’s future leader.
Sealed bids are invited by the Village Clerk of Chauncey Ohio for grading and paving Converse Street from Main Street northward. Bids must include all interested parties, a $2000 bid bond or certified check, and use provided forms. Bids due by August 30 1919. contract contingent on acceptance. Council reserves right to reject all bids.
Sheriff Parker and Chief Porter arrested a soldier thought to be from Camp Sherman on Captain Smith of the B&O detectives request. Smith said the man had held up and robbed a train and was headed toward the freight depot. Details of the case will follow.
Canton news reports normal telephone service in Alliance restored after striking linemen wire chiefs and troublemen of the Ohio State Telephone Company return to work following a conference with C. H. Swift general manager. A new wage package satisfactory to the workers is approved though its size was not disclosed.
In Port Colborne Ontario an explosion at the government grain elevator killed five men and injured fourteen. At least fifteen others were missing. A grain barge alongside the elevator was wrecked and the cause was not determined.
Miss Clarice McKibben of Carbondale visits until Sunday with Miss Aldena Stanley. Winifred Maxwell heads home to Athens after staying with Knox friends. Numerous residents move, visit, or return from deployments including Dana Williams and Esper Hursey. Local church ladies host. several travelers head to camp and funerals. wide town activity reported.
Safety Director Hamicker dismissed bribery charges against Patrolman Robert Pyle in Canton Ohio and ordered his immediate reinstatement. Pyle had been suspended July 31 after being accused of taking a $15 bribe from pool room proprietor Joseph Kodasci.
Eggs steady with fresh gathered extra first 42c per dozen. firsts 40c. ordinary 36c. seconds 33c. Live poultry: fowls 5 lbs and over 29c, under 5 lbs 29c, "of fie" 20c, broilers over 2 lbs 31c.
Cattle receipts light and market steady with choice at 15.25 to 16.00, common 11.50 to 12.25, veal calves 20.00 to 21.00. Sheep and lambs receipts light with prime wethers 10.40 to 10.75, good 9.00 to 10.00, fair mixed 9.00 to 16.50. Hogs receipts light and market higher, prime heavy 23.00 to 23.25, mediums 23.75 to 23.85, heavy yorkers 23.75 to 23.85, light yorkers 22.50 to 22.75, pigs 22.00 to 22.25.
Butter creamery prices listed for Chicago market with standards firsts seconds and figures in cents per pound across multiple grade categories. Market area pricing shows varied values for butter and creamery products.
The report lists futures and cash prices for corn No. 3 at 2.03, oats No. 2 white near 79–80 cents, barley No. 2 at 1.45, and Clover seed cash 30.00 with Oct to Dec futures at 32.00 to 80.00. Timothy bids show cash 5.40 and futures for Sept 8.95 Oct 5.80 Dec 5.90 March 6.02% with Alsike at Oct and Dec 25.00.
Cattle receipts 250 with market steady prices. Shippers paid 11.50 to 15.00. Calves down 25 cents with 650 head and extra 19.00. Hogs receipts 1300 and market steady with good choice packers and butchers at 22.00. Sheep receipts 1500 and market steady with good choice at 9.00. Lambs steady with good choice at 17.00.
The Ladies Aid of the U. B. church in Jacksonville announces a special program, lunch, and a sale of home made baking on August 12 at the church.
Mr and Mrs Alba Ballenger announce the birth of a son. Miss Freda Ballenger returns to Athens after seven weeks with relatives. Mr and Mrs Clyde Ballenger and family visited Mr and Mrs George Walker in R D 8 on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Homer Howell shared a Sunday visit with the Pugh household.
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