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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1921
Page
2
WONG SY STEN ene wre weer ENO RURETONS BOWLING GREEN, O., Jan. 19. Mrs. Sarah Long, Pemberville, celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday and declared that new fangled dress styles are more harmful than pipe smoking, saying she has smoked a pipe since girlhood and finds dresses more unhealthy.
The International Association of Machinists with 350000 members plans an anti strike campaign including shop committees arbitration and the Norfolk idea to handle disputes. They bought a $40000 mortgage on a Maryland shop to pressure settlement and seek reductions in strikes and lockouts. Davison says losses total 921134760 to employers and about 207000000 to the public.
The piece notes renewed cultivation of fashionable medicinal herbs in Manchester gardens and their export to the United States. It mentions imports from Turkey and China and highlights medicinal value recognized by leading physicians. It also references Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a popular remedy for women’s ills and ribbing about gin production using herbs.
TV meeting Tuesday addressed pony county wool growers urging them to join the Albany stock buyers central wool pool to secure fair prices. Speaker J. F. Walker warned that selling locally would harm the cooperative system and long term benefits, noting many sections already ship to the state pool.
New York January 19 reports indicate fur prices and wartime restrictions have permanently lowered the fur trade. The War Production Board exchanges and related controls are cited as decisive in stabilizing market conditions, affecting stenographers to grandmothers in the trade.
The second series of cottage meetings for union evangelistic services by First Methodist and Presbyterian churches will be held tomorrow Thursday at seven o'clock. Attendees include William E. Clark Hull Foster Prof Ash Carl Stickney Frank Bellows Mrs C D Gist Carl Norris and others at the First Methodist parsonage 15 College Street. It is hoped these meetings will be appreciated and well attended.
Toed o, O Jan 19 Pittsburg and Cleveland police sought cross city help to trace two white men linked to a New York Central messenger robbery that yielded 9000 dollars in cash and 600 in checks and left two railroad detectives wounded. Edward Foley 18 confessed naming a Pittsburg meeting, but the address given does not exist. Roy T Richardson 32, a suspect and the first captured, has remained silent though Vivian Larrimore says he and two others divided the money and burned the money bag. Larrimore's account is supported by Mrs Mattie Thornton.
A reply to American demands for equal oil rights in Mesopotamia has been drafted and will not be sent until Ambassador Geddes arrives in London to explain the requests.
Funeral services for Mrs. Alfred Nichole will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at the M E church in New Marshfield with burial in the New Marshfield cemetery.
Friends and relatives gathered at 10 North Lancaster Street to pay last respects to Andrew W. Connett. Rev. Strecker officiated the M E church service with a fitting sermon. Rev. Loring Matheny recalled their Civil War bond and two years with the 63rd regiment. Mrs J Maurice Hyde sang two hymns accompanied by Robert Lowther on violin. The remains were laid to rest in West Union Street Cemetery.
Canaan Coal Company officials confirm temporary mine closures at Canaanville. The move highlights the higher costs of idle periods versus part time operation, as other county mines struggle with unsold coal and slack. Workers migrate seeking new jobs in other states.
Ex students are invited to a Thursday 7:30 pm meeting at Ewing Hall to form the largest Ohio University alumni association. Judge Sayre and others will give brief talks. no long speeches. Attendance urged for anyone who ever attended Ohio.
Pittsburg reports that employers warn a 20 percent workforce reduction unless railroad workers sign an agreement to accept one day weekly layoffs until the company restores full-time status. The notice cites management positions on job security and manpower adjustments.
New York Jan 19 United Press reports the motion picture industry fights state censorship and Sunday closing laws. Censorship bills in about thirty states and blue laws in a dozen could end Sunday recreations. The National Association of Motion Picture Producers runs the campaign with major producers and distributors. Estimated costs may reach 25000 dollars.
Miss Juanita Pace of Roseville, a former Ohio University student and now a teacher at Jeffersonville, was in an automobile with several students when the car was struck by a train. The vehicle was carried 150 feet before ditching. Pace suffered a broken leg and numerous bruises and cuts. The students escaped with lighter injuries.
Postmaster vw. RK. Lash says local post office remains busy with heavy mail daily and that Christmas appears not to have passed yet to staff. He noted workers are kept busy every moment at the government building as mail flow remains strong.
Dr Strecker of the First Methodist church will speak at the union service this evening at the First Presbyterian church. His topic is Jesus' Favorite Method of Winning People. At the close the music committee, chaired by Dean Chubb, will meet.
Fire destroyed a frame house owned by H. Jackson in Akron. Two children, Wayman 18 months and Raymond three, perished as firefighters arrived after the structure was already afire. Jackson was at work and the mother, returning from a neighbor's for water, could not save the youngsters.
George M. Wilber, Marysville farmer, told Ohio lawmakers that middlemen add value only when needed and urged farmers to seek congress roles. He cited low calfskin wages, high transport costs, and debt increases among Ohio farmers, urging merchants to accept losses to restore general business strength.
In Chicago Hyde Park after a gun battle five suspects in the mail pouch robbery at Union Station are held for investigation. The bandit leader warned allies as police closed in and the group fled toward the American Club, exchanging fire before capture after ammo ran out.
Toledo officials activate the known crook law allowing police to detain and jail anyone identified as a burglar pickpocket or swindler in an effort to curb crime through strict enforcement and quicker confinement.
A brief health ad urges protecting children with Grove's Iron Tonic Syrup to prevent colds grip and influenza. The ad notes a price of 75 cents and markets the product as a remedy for a healthy system.
G A Gessell of Cuyahoga county tax association spearheaded a drive to unite 27 Ohio counties and press the state tax commission to order 61 counties to re appraise real estate. Farmers testified this move could push many into bankruptcy and were backed by the Cornstalk Club in the general assembly which urged rescission of the commission s pending reap praisal order suspended until February 1.
In New York on January 19 a general covering movement began toward the end of the first hour, producing active trading after three quiet days. Short sellers likely reacted to yesterday’s developments in the specialties as trading intensified.
Cardinal Filippo Camassef, born 1848 in Italy and created a cardinal in 1919, died in Rome yesterday of apoplexy. He previously served as Patriarch of Jerusalem.
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