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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1919
Page
8
Local observers report ongoing unrest as streetcar strikes and slack industrial work depress retail in Pom-Pend. Voters urged to sign a petition to pressure councils and the street car company, hoping to avert drift to disaster. Meantime residents note visits from Cincinnati and Dayton relatives and several locals returning or moving, including military furloughs and property changes.
Sunday school classes of Miss Ebersbach and Miss Gertrude We, guests at a surprise party in honor of Mark Roller at the Roller home on Laurel St Pomeroy Thursday evening with Fogel the way of great fun. The West home Sugar Run hosted a valentine party last evening a highlight of local social occasions. Grace Episcopal church choir hosted a parish party Wednesday evening with an indoor picnic luncheon served potluck.
Dayton Strickland assigns Maxi to carry mail along streetcar line between ersville and Pomeroy, extending temporary postal duties amid service adjustments.
Public landing at the foot of Court Street is back in use by an accord between the village and steamboat operators. Boats once hauled freight upriver to a private wharf will now dock at the public landing, restoring townboat traffic.
In a brief local notice, Clara Moses and Adda Jobes depart from Pomeroy with unspecified reasons. The item listing notes their departure as a standing update in community records.
Mr and Mrs John Gans were called to Cincinnati by the death of Chas Holzworth. Survivor includes his wife Eva Gans formerly of Pomeroy and their three children. Death followed complications from a paralytic stroke.
Sister Veronica formerly connected with Sacred Heart school in Pomeroy died in Omaha Nebraska on Wednesday at age 79. Her later years of service were spent as a Sister of Mercy at St Joseph Hospital in Omaha.
A letter to the Messenger urges employers to mark the service flag with a red circle around a star for each returning soldier re employed. Some veterans are welcomed back, others face dismissal or sidelining, making this a timely call for fair reinstatement.
Senator Tom Jones of Meigs is named to Military Affairs as chairman and serves on Claims Corporations Enrollment Geological Survey Initiative and Referendum Mines and Mining Soldiers and Sailors' Home Orphans Home Prisons and Prison Reform.
The burning of the old salt works in town has enveloped Lincoln Hill in smoke and a strong odor of salt. The event gives the river valley a seaside feel as the landmark fades from Pomeroy. The old Pomeroy furnace was active in past decades.
Deplorable housing conditions in Ohio mining centers raised by Ohio organized miners may trigger an investigation. A house resolution calls for a three member commission to study the issue and report to the General Assembly.
A Chicago report notes Mayor Hanson of Seattle wrote a brief message mentioning I W W trouble and there was a hint of internal tension at the strike. The entry includes a postscript referencing I W W activity.
A social gathering at the M E event in Athens features a young woman eager to meet prominent locals. she is introduced to Bill Ring. Athens County rejects road bonds for the year due to rain and muddy roads, joking bonds might float or sink amid the conditions.
A cryptic remark attributes to Dal Lee about pursuing the person who prevented war. The line, spoken as a late night aside, hints at a public figure or anonymous savior role in averting conflict. No further details or corroborating context are provided.
Authorities arrested dog owners who failed to obtain canine tags not to suppress activity but to expand licensing compliance. The move targets increased revenue and adherence to dog license requirements.
The piece speculates whether lower laundry soap prices reported by stores will influence haircut costs. It notes a claimed correlation between soap prices and barber charges and asks if haircuts may fall as a result.
In the parlor three figures are named She, a lamp, and He. Two are enough company, so the small lamp goes out as the scene ends.
A cryptic note asks when a cow yields sour milk with a jumbled reply about timing. The fragment hints at timing terms like today and tomorrow but offers no concrete event dates or sources. The text lacks clear entities or a resolvable report.
A curious newspaper column titled Things You Ought to Know compiles assorted facts and jolting trivia. It catalogues varied items from geography misstatements to inventions and demographic notes, including references to Kaiser era wordplay and a Home Telephone directory with many numbers.
Cincinnati salesman Alex Cunningham recounts a Charleston bound C and O train incident in which a mountain district constable accused two dressed women of liquor. A melee followed with a fist to the constable’s nose and a detective arrested the constable for assault and battery after finding a bottle of whiskey. The constable was jailed in Charleston on multiple charges.
Washington February 15 casualty roll shows 40 names with 2 posthumous deaths? 109 wounded severely and 100 missing or listed as wounded. Few Ohio entries appear and none from southern Ohio.
Mr and Mrs J S Gaston and son Ira and Mrs Amos Townsend visited Athens last Saturday with L A Townsend family. Bruce Robinson and family were guests of Harlo Calvert. Mrs Nora Kincade and Miss Molly Buck shopped in Athens last Thursday. Mrs Bruce Robinson hosted dinner.
Mrs. Martha Secoy and others travel to Athens on a business trip. Carthage residents buy a piano for the Carthage Presbyterian church and another for a private home. Dalton Robinson visits Athens. influenza and colds spread in the neighborhood. Dr. Harper of Coolville makes frequent calls but reports no pneumonia cases. Sunday dinner guests include Mrs. Sarah Hawk Fred Annon and others from Sand Ridge Dutch Ridge and Clarence Colmer. Lewis Ryan returns from overseas and visits his parents. Mrs. Garrett Chalfant plans to leave soon for Marion where Olen is employed.
Ohio over Baldwin Wallace 42 to 19, dominating the first half 25 to 11. Binder paced the visitors with 9 points while Davis and Stockdale contributed for Ohio as both teams rested for a looming game with Ohio Wesleyan.
Charles Smith confessed to forging in several states after viewing a police photo he believed showed him but realized the image was not his. The confession followed police presenting the photograph as part of the investigation.
Fortner, 34, was hanged by a mob at noon in Bossier near Shreveport after arrest on charges of murdering T. C. Owens 65, a plantation overseer, and attempting assault on Miss Willie Jeter, Owens’s niece. A second note mentions a Philippines health project on cement rice husk material.
Columbus Feb 15 Judge Harvey C Smith of Zanesville will become secretary of state on Monday February 17 after the Ohio supreme court, in a unanimous vote, decided Smith was the winner of the battle for the post.
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