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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1919
Page
5
Untitled Athletics Snippet From Ancient Athens Column
fragmentary notes mention pits and oxi style references amid a historical Athens scene with fragmented names and terms. no clear events dates or people are readable.
Social News Briefs Hit From Lodi Township Visit
Mr. Robert H. Stewart visited on business in the area yesterday. Prof. Alex Root district superintendent inspected schools in Lodi township yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Root
Lodi Township
Mrs Cross Recovers From Illness. Church Meeting Planned
Mrs J E Cross of 19 Foster Place has been ill for twelve days with influenza and is convalescing. The Bishop Class of the Central Avenue M E Church will meet with Mrs Frank Hamilton Thursday evening at 7 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Cross
Foster Place
Central Avenue M. E. Church
Frank Hamilton
Sunnyside Needle Club to Meet at 2 This Thursday
The Sunnyside Needle Club plans a Thursday 2 PM meeting hosted by Mrs. A. A. Atkinson at 26 Morris Avenue. Mrs. J. L. Pickering and her daughter Miss Anna depart for Columbus to visit Judge and Mrs. T. A. Ones for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunnyside Needle Club
A. A. Atkinson
Morris Avenue
J. L. Pickering
Miss Anna
Columbus
T. A. Ones
Local headlines note veterans arrivals and church meeting
Flying Sergeant Robert Hawk returned home Saturday evening after a year at Kelly Field Texas and received an honorable discharge. The Do W E M of the Christian Church will meet Thursday at 2 pm in the church parlors. all women are invited. Mrs Ed Carleton of Coolville attended an Eastern Star event at the Masonic Temple and visited relatives at New Park Hotel. Sergeant George W Smith of the 872 Rassment 932 Division arrived from overseas at Hoboken with Major S M Johnson. Camp Upton destination noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hawk
Kelly Field
Texas
Do. W. E. M. of the Christian Church
Ed Carleton
Coolville
Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
New Park
George W. Smith
Rassment
8. M. Johnson
Hoboken
N. J
Camp Upton
E. B. Goins
Smith
Radical change in county commissioners term expected
A bill that passed the house would grant county commissioners a four year term. Local circles were surprised, believing the senate would approve. If enacted before the third Monday in September, all three commissioners would serve four years instead of twenty four months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Dog Tag War Hits Athens County Fairgrounds
Deputy Hoisington leads a dog grabber operation at the fair grounds where many canines are kept in a pond. He plans warrants for two to three untagged dog owners and may seek jail space or other quarters if needed to enforce dog tag laws this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Holsington
Athens County
Fair Grounds
Holsington
Hoisington
Court action prompts spike in dog license ledger
The passage notes dog license purchases are far below last year and predicts a rapid increase in the ledger at the auditor's office after Fred brings dog owners into court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Griffin charged with selling unsound mare to youth
A suit filed in court charges Guy G Griffin with selling an unsound mare to Esmond Brandeberry on January 21. The plaintiff is a seventeen year old boy to whom the mare was sold, with Elmer Brandeberry listed as plaintiff for the boy. The petition seeks a judgment of 135 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy G .Griffin
Esmond Brandeberry
Elmer Brandeberry
Dearing Appeals Over Fifty Dollar Bill Case
Henry Dearing charged that he sent Albert H. Soles a fifty dollar bill to exchange and received only twenty dollars in change. He appealed to Mayor Tolliver of Buchtel after the case was brought a few days ago, asking for the thirty dollars to be restored with interest and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert H. Soles
Henry Dearing
Tolliver of
Buchtel
Dearing
Sheriff Drives Warren Roush Jr to Ohio Pen for Manslaughter
Sheriff Parker escorted Warren Roush Jr to the Ohio penitentiary to begin an undetermined term after his manslaughter conviction for the shooting of local horseman Charley Roush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Warren Roush Jr
Ohio
Roush
Charley Roush
527 First Papers Filed for Naturalization in Local Court
Five hundred twenty seven aliens filed their first naturalization papers from January 1, 1918 to February 1919 in the local clerk of courts office. On May 9 last year a record 34 applications were made in one day handled by Miss Frances Hayes deputy clerk of courts while Clerk Copeland was away. Janitor Tom Roush assisted, copying difficult names with pen and ink for the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerk of Courts
Frances Hayes
Copeland
Hayes
Tom Roush
Tom
Courthouse Janitor Tom Roush At Center Of Courtroom Banter
Janitor Tom Roush of the courthouse is described as a pleasant slim man in a blue shirt who eats smoked ham each morning. He sweeps and completes his work before day end while courthous e boys tease him about standing in the doorway with ears inside and outside to catch any spitting on the floor during finals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Roush
Tom
Nine Pound Boy Born to Circleville Clark Family
Relatives report the birth of a nine pound boy to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Clark now living in Circleville. The Clarks formerly resided in Athena with Mr. Clark employed at Athens State Hospital and a member of Company L. He is now somewhere in France. Mrs. Clark is formerly Miss Lelia Kinkead and spent much time at Camp Sheridan Alabama with her husband in camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Clark
Circleville
Clarks
Athena
Clark
Athens State Hospital
France
Lelia Kinkead
Heney Defends Hearings Before Interstate Commerce Panel
Francis J. Heney testified before the House Interstate Commerce Committee at his request to rebut alleged misstatements by packed witnesses. He asserted he did not deny packers a chance to send witnesses or be heard at the federal trade commission hearings he led.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Francis J. Heney
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Heney
Packers
Federal Trade Commission
War Costs and Political Critique Prompt Senate Sparring
Senator Penrose assails Democrats as aiming at wasteful public spending in a satirical rebuke to the revenue bill. He cites potential ten billion dollars in new projects and mocks the railroad administration. Senator Smoot pledges to oust extravagant appropriations as public life battles over war costs and policy. France fears renewed German aggression and contemplates Western alliance protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Penrose
Senate
Finance Committee
Treasury
McAdoo
Publi Life
Smoot
J. W. T. Mason
United Press
New York
France
Germany
Alsnce-Lorraine
Alsace-Lorraine
Death of George Hester in New Marshfield
George Hester age 50 died Sunday at his sister Mrs. Joseph Coxs home in Toledo after influenza and pneumonia. Funeral 10 AM at M. P. Church with Rev. Franks. burial in local cemetery. Survived by sisters Mrs Ida Brandenburg Chillicothe and Mrs Joseph Cox Toledo and uncle Mr Charles Hester Mineral. He worked thirty years as a locomotive engineer for the B&O railroad and was a former resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hester
Infant Dallas Burge Dies After Five Day Illness
Dallas six months old, son of Mr and Mrs Will Burge, died Sunday after a brief five day illness from pneumonia. Funeral services were held Tuesday at two p m with burial in Chauncey cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas Burge
Methodist School Lifts Ban on Dancing at Edwards Gym
Ohio Wesleyan University ends the time honored ban on dancing at the staid Methodist college. President J W Hoffman and Mrs Kathryn McLean chaperoned 300 coeds at an old fashioned dance in Edwards gymnasium. Men may be invited later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist School
Delaware
Ohio
Wesleovan University
Old Methodist
J W. Hoffman
Kathryn McLean
Edwards Gymnasium
Stoffman
Local Social Roundup Highlights Visits and Dances
Mrs W R Holliday and daughter visited Gallipolis to see son Carroll in hospital there. Opal Amos, Orvetta Amos, and Marie Warner guests of Levi Washington. Several attended Dyesville dance. Harry Saxton and wife at Ross Amos. Fin Folden and wife with Charley Gray at Rutland. Ray Anderson of Charleston here over Sunday. Walter Halliday family visited W A Hampton. Doris Sanders visited Clemia Wales at Dyesville and attended the dance. R L Sanders entertained Joe Brown and families, Roe Brown and family, Robin Tove and wife, W H Hampton and wife, and WW Brown and wife. visitors returned to Columbus Monday. Miss Whith Davis returned from Pt. Pleasant. M L Vale and wife visited Mrs B P Wilson. Mr and Mrs Will McMarrow hosted Willie McMarrow and family of Dexter, Sam Cook and family, plus others from Athens. Willie McMarrow’s family were guests of Sam Cook Monday. Mr Crow of Pomeroy and Mr Merrit of Rutland visited our school yesterday. W R Amos traveled to Pomeroy on business. Vermont’s oldest marble quarry, opened about 1796, still sawn profitably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Holliday
Gallipolis
Carrol
Opal
Orvetta Amos
Marie Warner
Levi Marshington
Dyesville
Harry Saxton
Ross Amos
Fin Folden
Charley Gray's
Rutland
Ray Anderson
Charleston
Walter Halliday
W. A. Hampton
Doris Sanders
Clemia Wales
R. L. Sanders
Joe Brown
Roe Brown
Robin Tove
W. H. Hampton
Ww. Brown
Emma Saxton
Columbus
Whith Davis
Pt. Pleasant
B. P. Wilson
Will McMarrow
Willie McMarrow
Dexter
Sam Cook
Athens
Willie McMorrow
Mr. Crow
Pomeroy
Mr. Merrit
W. R. Amos
Athens County School Problems to be Discussed Saturday
A countywide meeting of Athens County boards of education is set for Saturday at Ellis Hall to review county school conditions. Topics include distressed rural schools facing debts and state tax policy, with Dr. Henry G. Williams addressing at 10 a.m. He supports repealing the Smith tax and boosting school revenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Boards of Education
Ellis Hall
Henry G. Williams
Ohio
Athens Countty
Williams
Japan's aggressive China policy unchanged says traveler
Dr Jeremiah Jenks, a noted expert on Oriental affairs, warns Japan will use pressure and threats to advance aims against China. He cites 1916 denials and later acknowledgments, saying restitution has not begun and policy is being pushed forward. The interview notes Japan could press its case at the peace conference if domination threats loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Messenger
Jeremiah Jenks
United States
United Press
Japan
Biing
New York
Aune
United Press Today
Peace conference aims to settle postwar disputes openly
The discussion notes that actions at the peace conference will settle all war era disputes. It warns Japan that Paris losses may prevent recovery and suggests strong measures if needed, while urging open settlements with China based on justice and disclosure of secret treaties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Paris
China
Million British workers discuss wages hours and conditions
London Feb 12 Representatives of more than a million British workers met to discuss wages hours and working conditions. Miners delegates representing 600000 men awaited the government's reply to a 30 percent wage rise a six hour day and mine nationalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
al Unien
Opera House Show Tonight at Metro Picture
Metro Picture presents Bushman and Bayar with neatness and dispatch in a six reel program at the Opera House tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House Tonight
Metro Picture
Bushman and Bayar
Dispatch
Cincinnati Cattle Market Slows as Receipts Rise
Cincinnati Ohio cattle market reports 7000 head receipts with mixed results. Market activity ranges from steady to weak with packers and butchers noting steady to higher prices for select beef and sheep categories. Trade conditions show continued firmness in some segments amid ample supply.
Cattle and sheep market report from Union Stockyards
Market notes show cattle receipts slow but steady with varied prices. Beef and stockers traded around $14 to $18 for common calves and feeders, while canners and feeders posted mixed figures. Sheep receipts were slow but prices ranged near $6 to $17 for different grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UNION
Pittsburg Live Stock Prices Report
Pittsburg PA February 12 cattle prices listed with choice grade at 16.76 and 15.76 per cwt, calves 13.00, lambs receipts 61? market steady with prime wethers 6.0 to 12.50, good 16.00, hogs 8.00 to 9.00, sheep 18.00, cattle and other livestock values shown for today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
New Department Head Joins Lestro Force
Mole Horton takes a five year post with the Cincinnati agency joining the Lestro force. A new department is to open at Wan Weatara and the West store room at Leetra place is remodeled. Several salesmen will be placed on the staff. Horton’s wife and children will join him in Ath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mole’ Horton
Cincinnati
Wan Weatara
Athens Lawmaker Speaks at YMCA Demobilized Soldiers Event
Representative Neary A. Match of Athens County was one of the speakers at a special reception and entertainment dance for demobilised men by the Columbus YMCA Tuesday evening. Notables attended the program including John W. Pontius, general secretary of the association, and J. Hetch who urged a YMCA effort among younger students, especially high school boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neary A. Match
Athens County
Columbus Y.M.C
John W. Pontius
J. Hetch
Revival Services Lead by Local Clergy At Sugar Creek
Rev. Blas of Amearilie and Rev. Elisa eaville conduct revival services at Sugar Creek. Teams from nearby communities are urged to assist Christian workers and volunteers in the meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blas
Amearilie
Elisa Eaville
Sugar Creek
Fresning Waris
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C. C. Sheldon
Chillicothe
Court House
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Kelly-Springfield
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