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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1919
Page
3
Property description lists 161 acres located 6 miles south of Nelsonville and 3 miles from Carbondale. Includes a six room frame house two porches good cellar barn outbuildings spring soft water fruit and a lease option for 60 adjoining acres at 30 dollars per year. Contact J. P. Huddy Nelsonville Ohio B D 3. 2-18-7 p.
Notice states a large quantity of dirt from excavation is available for removal and can be hauled away for a set price per load. Interested parties should apply to L. D. Martin. February 20.
A note describes Hocking Valley Kraut as containing lactic acid and an excellent tonic aiding digestion. The dated reference 2-21-38 appears as a publication detail.
Tickets go on sale at Fountain Pharmacy Nelsonville Saturday at 8 AM for the event Filo-Fio, listing date 2 21 2. Seat availability and pricing details are to be announced.
Parcel includes house and adjoining lot on East High Street. Inquiries directed to A Warner of Nelsonville Ohio. Notice appears in local listing dated 21 7 P.M.
Matty Matsuda of Columbus faces Greek Jordan of Detroit in a best two of three falls match on Monday February 24 at Owl's Hall Nelsonville. Preliminaries, first bout at 8 15. Ringside seats $1.00 with ladies free. Tickets at Arcade Pool Room.
A reward is offered for the return of fifteen dollars in currency lost between the post office and Nelsonville Dry Goods store. Notify Marie Martin at C. D. Shafer & Co. by February 22.
Classified notice offering one or two parcels: a 650 by 132 feet lot with 20,000 building bricks on the lot. Interested buyers should inquire at this office for details. Dated 2 22 7-p.
The West End building Parent Teachers Association held a Friday session with singing by Miss Kinney's pupils and two playlets. Mrs Elizabeth Preston resigned as president and Mrs Henry Lancaster was elected to fill the vacancy. Officers include Mrs John Saltz vice president Mrs William Mills secretary and Mrs Fred Coakley treasurer. A five cent per member dues levy to the state association was approved alongside a plan for a program committee. Prof Ferree praised parent teacher cooperation and the back to school drive aiding students in Nelsonville.
A community group announces its next meeting will be held on the third Friday in March. Members are urged to attend to discuss development plans and neighborhood improvements.
In Nelsonville last night the YMCA basketball team defeated the high school 32 to 17 in a fast rough contest. A juniors versus sophomores girls game preceded the men’s match with the juniors prevailing. The high school orchestra provided music as the crowd arrived, the largest turnout of the year.
About 20 couples attended a Victrola hop hosted by the young ladies at the Maccabee hall on Thursday night.
The Methodist Episcopal Church led by Pastor Arthur M. Mann invites all to Sunday school at 9 30 A M and worship at 10 30 A M with a sermon on Stewardship of Possessions. An evening service at 7 P M features Christianity or Bolshevism Which postponed for the centenary effort to raise 80 000 000 for home and foreign work. Epworth League meets at 6 P M.
J C Brillhart pastor welcomes attendees to Sunday school at 9 30 a m preaching 10 39 a m with marks of a growing soul class meeting at 2 30 p m song service at 7 p m evangelistic service at 7 30 p m evening message welcome and dismissal invitation extended to all to worship with us
The pastor will preach morning and evening with titles The Acid Test and An important disciple ship. Benevolences for the year and pledges for the building debt are due this week.
Pastor C L Johnson invites attendance at Bible school at 9 30 A M with dedicated departments and teachers. Morning worship and communion at 10 30 Sermon titled The Tragedy of Just Be longing. Evening worship at 7 Let Let's Go. Welcome to worship with us.
Miss Rhea Hoodlet visits sister Miss Dorothy in Columbus for Sunday. Miss Bertha Higgins of Lancaster stays with Nelsonville friends. Miss Frederica Easler stops in Athens on Friday. Mrs J M Lama of Logan guests Friday with Nelsonville relatives. Mr and Mrs D F Shafer and daughter Miss Vesper are Sunday guests of relatives here.
Washington reports Secretary of the Navy Daniels spoke by wireless with President Wilson aboard the George Washington. Daniels said plans exist for a Boston welcome upon Wilson’s arrival. The voyage covered about 1000 miles including land distance, with the ship roughly 700 miles offshore at 1 am.
Hundreds of representatives from various religious bodies convene to outline policy aiding Ireland in self determination and to press the Irish question before Versailles. Resolutions will be sent to President Wilson outlining Irish American aims.
Thousands of mourners attended the funeral of Sir Wilfrid Laurier former Canadian premier in Ottawa. Many viewed the body in state in Parliament wearing the Grand Knight Commander regalia. Monsignor Di Maria, papal delegate to Canada, led high pontifical mass.
Washington reports twins arrived today among the White House flock as a notable domestic moment in the capital.
President Wilson will address the public at 2 30 PM in Mechanics Hall after a two hour meeting with Secretary Tumulty and Mayor Peters. He will depart for Washington at 4 30 PM aboard a special train, with Tumulty and Peters coordinating plans and naval escorts in Boston Harbor.
Rome reports an American syndicate has offered to supply any number of locomotives to state railways with a twelve percent reduction off war-time prices.
Albert Rhye Williams told a Senate committee that landing the Soviets aimed to promote understanding of Russia to avoid brutal war at home. He claimed most Russians supported Soviets and that atrocities were exaggerated. He argued Soviet propaganda attacked Germany while America stayed out, and praised American public support.
Chicago political group labels Postmaster General Burleson a danger to American ideals and democratic institutions. They call for his removal by President Wilson, listing twenty charges over his post office policies and ties to corporate interests.
Governor Campbell of Arizona told the National Association of City Editors that the surest way to protect the public is to send Bolshevists and anarchists back to lands they came from. He spoke while accepting a seat on the association's governors committee to stamp out Bolshevism.
Camp Sheperman reports fourteen Ohio men wounded arrive from Hoboken this morning. Names include Chas. W. Bethel Flushing John L. Burgett Bergholz Clarence G. Santora Dover Gustav Brietkrietz Foster H. Wager Cleveland Warren A Sonnhalter Massillon Walter J. Spearman Homeville George L. Bergman Akron and D. M. Cochrane Toledo.
The Mall reports the British admiralty will ask the peace conference to have all surrendered German warships sunk in the Atlantic to avoid disputes over possession. This plan, presented from London on February 22, aims to prevent argument over who holds the vessels.
Joseph Bollringer, an American soldier from Warren Rhode Island, arrived on the transport Manchuria after being blinded in battle. He told reporters he would not be downhearted and planned to enjoy life chasing around with pretty girls, saying he has nothing to do the rest of his life.
Ashland Kentucky February 22 Mrs Lewis Hamilton thirty is in custody charged with shooting her husband a jitney driver through the heart early this morning Police report she said he came home drunk and abused her and that she fired in self defense to save her life
Colonel Wallace G. Kilner and Major Albert Smith piloted a 400 horsepower De Havilland plane from Riverside to San Diego, 115 miles, in 38 minutes claiming an average speed of 180 miles per hour.
Robert Smillie president of the Miners Federation said in an interview that miners may join with railway and transport workers to press government demands. He stated that representatives of the three unions will meet Tuesday to decide if a general strike is advisable.
Senator Jones of Washington denounces Bolshevism in high places and among the masses urging adherence to Americanism. He argues to defeat Bolshevism requires respect for law, institutions, and government by those in authority, and criticizes Wilson and Taft on related issues. He supports Prohibition enforcement and condemns opposing newspapers as un-American.
Otto Boehme 44 was found dead in the basement of his butcher shop in Chaleroi Pennsylvania. He was hanging from a joist, blindfolded and gagged with hands and legs tied. Robbery is suspected as the motive after he was battered over the head. a bloodstained monkey wrench lay near the body.
Count von Bernstorff, in a Berlin interview with Handelblad’s correspondent, voiced strong support for the League of Nations and cited three arbitration treaties with the United States as evidence of belief in arbitration, noting Bertin rejected all of them.
Munich crowds chant death to the iste as three socialist parties form a committee. Demonstrations rise in the Bavarian capital, with reports describing the scene as an assembly seeking change.
Sunday morning worship will feature the Prayer Service for Students with hymns from No. 78 W e re marching to Zion and No. 26 Sweet Hour of Prayer. Frank L Beck leads the lesson on Exodus 33 and the Story of the Laseeconcess ing for Israel. Everett M Stowe presents on present day problems. Chinese pineapple cloth is described as hand extracted from ig leaf fibers with 100 pounds yielding about one pound of fiber.
Union receipts total 28 000 with market steady. Beef: vealers 50 00 to 60 00, stockers 15 35 to 16 76, canners 6 26 to 7 60. Sheep receipts 1000 with steady prices. wool trades around 14 00 to 18 00, lambs 5 60 to 12 50.
Pittsburg prices show light receipts and a steady market across cattle calves sheep and hogs. Prime and heavy categories command around 15 to 18 dollars with various weights and classes listed, reflecting brisk but uneven demand in the regional market.
Cincinnati Ohio February 23 cattle receipts 400 market slow shippers received 13.00 to 16.50 calves 11700 hogs receipts 8800 market slow choice packers and butchers 17.85 sweep receipts 1080 market extra 9.60 to 10.00 steady extra 16.50
Columbus reports prices paid by consumers to producers and retailers for hay and straw. No 1 timothy 29 to 30 dollars, No 2 timothy 28 to 29 dollars, No 3 timothy 26.50 to 27.50 dollars, No 1 clover mixed 27 to 28 dollars, No 2 clover 25 to 26.50 dollars, No 1 light mixed 27.50 to 23.50 dollars, No 2 light mixed 26.50 to 94.00 dollars, oats stray 11.60 dollars, rye straw 11.50 dollars.
A series of property transfers and land sales are recorded across Athens and nearby townships including Merritt to Merritt lots, Goodin Eagle acres, and multiple transactions in Rome, Glouster, Jacksonville, and Canaan. Totals include prices from $120 to $8,000 for various parcels, coal and surface rights, and tax-related transfers.
A European inventor claims a method to form concrete articles with enclosed hollow openings by using ice cores that melt and drain water through small holes. The process produces hollow sections without leaving solid cores behind.
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