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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1919
Page
5
Social notes report a Pythian Sisters convention set for Friday in Nelsonville with a Friday afternoon and evening session. The Woman's Music club will meet Thursday at 37 Elmwood Place.
Dr and Mrs O O Fordyce have traveled to Columbus to view Lionel Barrymore in The Copperhead. They will be away for several days.
A fragmented notice traces Mrs John Anderson and Mrs M Johnson traveling between Detroit Athens and Washington D C. It mentions Mr R King and Charles Jay Moore and a Camp TM Major Johnson as part of the passage. The text indicates government work in Washington and a noon passing through Athens.
Mr Faerel Hart, recently demobilized from Camp Sherman on February 17, arrived from his Zanesville home to visit friends in Athens.
Howard Sands son of Mr and Mrs G H Sands of Stewart is matriculating at Ohio University He was demobilized from Camp Sherman February 12 and was overseas attached to Company H 830 Infantry
Mr. John Clark of the 136 Field Artillery has returned to his Washington D. C. home after visiting friends locally. He had previously resided in Athens and served with Company L in Alabama before returning due to his mother’s illness in France.
Mrs J Howard Cline of Albany and Mrs Earl T Dailey plan a Thursday departure to Columbus to spend the week. On Friday evening they will hear Mme Schumann Heink at Memorial Hall and return Saturday with Miss Blanche Moler who has been at the Ohio State sanitarium in Mt Vernon.
Most Harvard undergraduates who won their H and the 1920 football and hockey squads served in the army or navy at armistice. First Lieut. Russell B. Cooper of McConneleville, ex-Ohio University pitcher, visits old friends while deciding his return to college. He trained at Ben Harrison school, served at Camp Sherman, then France with the 381st Regiment, 88th Division, near Le Mans.
Athens hosts a two day high school basketball tournament starting Friday with Ohio vs Heidelberg and culminating Saturday night with the final. Sixteen Ohio and West Virginia squads compete, including Lancaster and Logan, with trophies for winners and runners up. Visiting teams will be hosted at Kenyon and Heidelberg games.
In a party line vote the Senate Naval Committee approved a navy bill for an expanded building program and a provision enabling the president to suspend it should a league of nations advise otherwise. The Public Lands Committee also endorsed Secretary Lane’s bill to appropriate $100000 to reclaim land for returning soldiers.
The public is invited to a memorial service for Prof Eli Dunkle during the regular convocation of faculty and students on February 27, 1919 at 8 90 a m. The program features two quartettes, congregational hymns, a bridge address by Judge E B Sayre, and addresses by Prof C L Martzolff with scripture readings by Dr D J Evans and Dr A Y Wibor.
Strong Bell Telephone operators resume work in Bowling Green after management promises faster pay raises once the Wood County Telephone Company consolidation is completed.
In Los Angeles on February 36 Charles E Van Loan a noted writer is reported seriously ill in a Philadelphia hospital with a fighting chance for recovery as per a statement from his wife to her mother received last night.
Carter Glass, secretary of the treasury, rejects the idea that purchasing War Savings Stamps is a sacrifice. He contrasts 60,000 overseas dead and 4,000,000 enlisted with the notion of thrift. He calls thrift a virtue and urges War Savings workers to build a lasting savings habit.
Governor James M. Cox endorses the Ohio War Savings Committee plan Bring Em Back Clubs to secure War Savings Stamp pledges. He says the clubs honor service members, support the financial war program, and let citizens invest in the world’s best, while expressing loyalty to soldiers. Major Charles B Farnsworth of the Thirty-seventh Division in France also approves organizing Bring Em Back Clubs.
Postmaster General Burleson issues new 1919 War Savings Stamp duties for postal employees in distributing stamps. He stresses the war is not over and urges cooperation with county city and village War Savings chairmen as 1919 operations begin.
Investors may buy equal amounts of the 1918 and 1919 War Savings stamps. The Ohio War Savings Committee cites Treasury instructions: no one may hold more than 1000 in total for a single series. Buyers of the 1919 limit receive a gold star seal to attach to the 1918 certificate signed by the governor, WSB director, and county chairman.
Springfield Illinois Arthur Long asks for an additional twenty days to finish a 66 day sentence in the county jail citing continued cold weather.
An English inventor attempts to harness tidal rise by trapping water in a chamber to drive turbines linked to generators. The plan envisions converting tidal energy into electric power through mechanical means.
Dr Chevalier Q Jackson of Pittsburgh told the American Roentgen Society in Atlantic City that many physicians misdiagnosed tuberculosis and sent patients for treatment elsewhere due to imaginary cases. He cited discoveries of misplaced objects within patients and urged annual Roentgen ray checks for bronchial conditions. Dr Charles A Waters praised rapid field surgery figures in France and at Chateau-Thierry.
The flax district once a European center near Washington was destroyed by war. German forces sold flax barges as firewood, requisitioned copper from mills, and quartered soldiers in factories. The Leiweerschen plains were plowed with tobacco and potatoes, turning fertile fields into battle sites.
In Boston, Mass a lodger at the Mariner's Home Sim on Hassell put his head and shoulders into a glowing furnace and was burned beyond recognition ending his life in a fatal blaze.
A new convenience for motorists folds compactly to fit a car running board bar and can serve as a single or double bed or a tebie.
Today in Cincinnati market eggs listed firm with primes at 87 cents least. ordinary firsts 37. seconds 37. Poultry steady with fowls 30 cents per lb and over, broilers 40 to 50 cents, roasters 38 cents, ducks white 82 cents per lb, colored 80 cents, turkeys 37 cents for hens and 37 cents for toms, geese 18 cents.
Cincinnati cattle market reports 600 head receipts with ships paying 13 to 16.50 and calves at 7.50 to 17.50. House receipts total 6000 with market steady while cattle show strength and calves demand remains high.
Illinois posted 42 to Princeton’s 43 in a crowded meet. South Lima recorded 38, while Wooster finished with 2.68 dollars in shown figures.
The Union Stockyards market shows varying bids and prices across beef and livestock categories. Slaughter cattle and cows range around 11.60 to 18.06 with mixed bids for butchers, feeders, calves, ewes, and canners. overall activity appears slow with prices fluctuating.
Catttle receipts steady. choice US 16.00 per cwt, prime 16.00, common 14.00. Veal calves light receipts. wethers 13.00 to 13.78, good 11.60 to 13.75. Mixed priees 9.50 to 11.00, fair 13.00 to 18.75. Double decks heavy at 18.00 to 18.10. hogs 16.60 to 16.25. stags listed.
Liberty bonds were quoted at Chepageten prices in New York today with 84s at 76 and 06, First fours and other issues showing varied yields. Fourth 4 percents traded around 4.16 to 4.08 off, while 4% issues hovered near 96.52 to 90.6.
The report lists prices for butter creamery standards and various poultry and grain items. It records corn prices per bushel, barley futures, and seed cash with monthly values for February through May, noting times for new and old cash and monthly futures.
Sallie Hubert aged 82 died February 24 at Athens State hospital from gangrene after a nine month stay. The body was sent to Gallipolis for burial by Undertaker Baughman.
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