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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1918
Page
3
Several hundred phonographs with various names claim superiority but only one best. The Grandmiola is presented as the universal machine playing all records and needles, an Athens county product. Demonstrations offered, promises bargains, and invites customers to visit today.
A fragmented local column lists a lost key chain offer to return to Linscott and Hamm's store with a reward, plus a sale ad for a 9 year old 1100 pound horse. It also records numerous social visits and guests from Columbus, Logan, Haydenville, and Louisville with names including Mrs. Dora Betts, Miss Edith Magorsney, Mrs. L. N. Socie, Dr. Allison Jones, and Mrs. Julius Fischer among others.
All members of John A Logan Council No 119 Jr O U A M of Nelsonville are requested to send their names and street addresses to Henry T Sayers 204 Madison St Nelsonville at once. 12-23 1-p.
A dance will be held at Owls Hall on December 24 with a prize waltz at 10 oclock. The event promises good order and good music.
Young mother Mrs. Mattie Linton wife of Walter Linton died last night after a two week flu illness. She was a well known resident, survived by husband three daughters her mother and several siblings. No funeral arrangements have been made.
The Hyperion Club was entertained Saturday afternoon by Mrs W T Bean at her home on Columbus street.
Merle Nixon son of Mr and Mrs Alex Nixon sustained a broken bone in his left leg just above the ankle while playing Sunday afternoon in the Central school yard. Dr Cable was called and reduced the fracture.
Misses Milded Vorhes Eva Cotton of O W U Delaware visit parents here for holidays. Dowden of Leivathian guests sister Mrs Walter chem idgut. Thomas Allen guests of his parents Mr and Mrs E W Allen. Miss Mable Verity Sundays with Athens friends. Marie McCarty in Columbus weekend. Merbert Hyde of Delaware with Dr and Mrs M Hyde. John Cross of Athens and sister Mrs W W Kelley. Mary Lane of Hiram visiting parents here. Clara Priteshrd of Mt Vernon spending holidays here. B L Harrell Sunday in Athens. Wilford Woigell of Cleveland visiting here for Christmas. Ruth Davis of Athens visiting Miss Rhea Hoodlett. Mrs Charles Newton hosted Miss Bertha Ator and Mrs Dewey Root of Athens Sunday.
A local program announces its collaboration with a premier dry cleaning and dyeing plant in the state to offer professional garment care and repair services. The arrangement promises access to high quality cleaning, dyeing, and mending capabilities through the affiliated plant network.
President Wilson visited the Red Cross hospital at Neilly and the French hospital Val De Grace. He spoke with about 1200 badly wounded Americans from Chateau Thierry, spent over four hours touring beds, and praised their care and spirits. He predicted they would return home with renewed joy and service. Efforts in Australia seek to use brown coal deposits for powder.
France codes labor readjustment as the top afterwar issue with a government commission to study steps toward reconstruction. Demobilized workers, shattered workshops, and replaced laborers threaten employment as Britain and other nations prepare tentative plans and agencies to ease resettlement.
Washington and Oregon prepare a biological campaign against aphids that devastate crops. An army of ladybugs is being recruited by the U S Bureau of Entomology with help from game wardens to release in spring, with winter quarters at about 8000 feet.
A Belgrade dispatch reports Montenegro’s parliament officially announced union with Serbia. Also noted is a curious science item: a roller skate using three steel spheres in ball bearings instead of rollers.
The Senate defeated a amendment to cut luxuries taxes from the revenue bill by 38 to 32, preserving the tax on luxuries. Kenyon of Iowa led opposition to the amendment amid a tense debate. A separate local case in Justice Helwig's court involved a joyride in Green Run ending with a horse stuck in mud after a vehicle trade, implicating John Repeak and Frank Kluber. The county raised the reward for Warren Bulleford, alleged slayer of Charles Roush, from 50 to 300 dollars as investigators pursue leads.
The United States transport George Washington arrived in New York from Brest with 3805 officers and men aboard and 968 wounded from various parts of the front.
Burglars struck the Flynn grocery on May avenue late Saturday night taking 12 pounds of Star plug tobacco scrap baccofi stokings bananas and candy. No money was stolen though the cash drawer was open with copper and silver coins visible. Police hold a clue that may lead to an early arrest.
American airmen in France destroyed 254 enemy airplanes and 57 balloons as of Dec 15, per Major General Harbord, with official confirmations. Total air service casualties reached 442, including 109 killed, 103 wounded, 200 missing, 27 prisoners, and three interned. At armistice, 39 American air squadrons fought front lines, with 2161 officers and 22,251 men, plus 4643 officers and 28,353 men in supply. Light officers served with British forces. 49 officers and 525 men were with French forces.
Paris dispatch reports Ohio infantrymen in Europe will receive Christmas plans from army auxiliary groups such as Red Cross Y M C A and Knights of Columbus. The 332nd Infantry battalions are stationed in Italy near Cataro near Fiume and Treviso. Parcels from America reached France in the past week and were sent to the front to brighten their holiday.
The Elks lodge reports the membership card of Frank Collins, son of Mr. Michael Collins, was recovered in France by Fred Nauss of the New York lodge after the Chateau Thierry battle. Collins, attached to a medical unit, wrote November 24 that he was well and had previously lost his Elks and Knights of Columbus cards.
Fifty to seventy five thousand German soldiers have returned to their homes in the American occupied area. The demobilization process continues just outside the neutral zone and the numbers are rising daily.
Washington December 23 resources of national banks total 19 821 404 000 the largest ever reported by the federal reserve district system aggregate resources exceed the combined totals of national banks in England Sweden Denmark France Italy the Netherlands Norway Japan and Germany according to latest reports
At a Saturday stockholders meeting in the courthouse Athens County Agricultural Society elected directors A E Potter Lee Chas Daugherty Dover S I Beveridge Athens Leo Williams Lodi who were reelected or serving terms. Directors later chose Leo Williams president Charles Daugherty vice president C M Gill secretary and John C Harner treasurer replacing A C Risa. A spring meeting will address premiereists and related work.
Pay day at the county coal mines boosted business with a larger Xman rush than last year. Streets and stores were crowded as merchants forecast strong trade tonight.
W E Baughman of near New Marshfield pleaded not guilty before Justice Helwig. Trial deferred to December 31. Frank Kliber faced joy riding cruelty charges at Green Run. arraigned and pleaded guilty later fined ten and costs.
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