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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1919
Page
5
West Union street residents update with many relatives moving to Akron and Lancaster house parties. Families announce overseas news, visits to Washington, Camp Grant furloughs, trips to Detroit and Cleveland, and a homecoming after U.S. service. Reader notices include vacations, picnics, and sightseeing across multiple towns.
Private Clinton B. Oxley of the 809th Engineers, 84th Division, arrived in New York aboard the Luckenbach and is now at Camp Mills. Telegrams reach his wife and parents with the glad news. Sergeant Howard L. Goodwin returned to Hoboken yesterday and expects discharge from Camp Merritt after serving in postal duty at Le Mans, France.
Sergeant Otis Vernon of Glouster has landed in the states and is stationed at Camp Mills. He is brother of Ed Vernon and was attached to Bakery Company 331. He has been overseas since September 1918 and has served two years.
Elton Edison Gillogly of New Concord visits Miss Mabel Gillogly at P. G. Dowler residence after thirteen months in Neuwied Germany as a first class private with the 308th Engineers HQ detachment. Clyde K. Dean, from France with the 35th Division, and Bergene Dean join Morris L. Cranmer and family for Sunday dinner at 141 East Mill Street. W R Bean of the 23rd Infantry, 2nd Division, ends a two month furlough to visit his sister in Chillicothe before July 19 duty at Camp Sherman. Bean, who served in Coblenz and hopes for a furlough to reserve, has seven years of service remaining three more unless released.
Then Swanson argues the United States should not reject the treaty as it carries limited risk and preserves flexibility. He warns against fear driven by imagined dangers and urges clear duty with the option to retire from obligations if needed.
Glouster venue announces Mary Pickford latest production Daddy Long Legs showing Friday and Saturday July 18 and 19 with admission 15 and 30 cents plus war tax. Burr Oak reports a heavy wind and hailstorm causing damage. Venezuela begins manufacturing vaccine virus in government laboratories.
A strong wind damaged outbuildings and caused flooding that cut three mines in the Glouster region. Mines 256 in the city and 22 and 23 at Trimble were shut down by high water, risking entrapment if the creek breaks into any mine through underground connections.
O T Wilson from the U S Department of Agriculture in Cincinnati visited to inspect locally sold home grown potatoes for potato wart a dangerous disease. Local stocks were free but he urged vigilance and reporting any future signs to Cincinnati headquarters. The disease attacks tubers not vines and forms rough warty outgrowths at the eyes that blacken and decay.
J. L. Goldberg of Cleveland, a former Jacksonville merchant, visits his brothers Adolph and David Goldberg here after relocating to Cleveland following the sale of his Jacksonville store. Mrs. B F Achauer and daughter Miss Vera head to Lake side Park for a week at the Achauer cottage. Mrs. C C Faires of Akron, summoned by the death of her father Alex Crawford in Trimble, was a guest here over Sunday before returning to Akron.
Glouster falls to Millfield in a sloppy game as Millfield leads two of five in the series with two games remaining. Next games include Millfield at Nelsonville and at home July 27, with August dates listed for open play.
Judge Julius M. Mayer rules the German government alone responsible for the Lusitania sinking. Cunard Steamship Co cannot be held at fault in a federal suit filed in New York. Claims seek five to six million dollars against Cunard.
Edzel Ford testified in Mount Clemens on July 14 in his father’s libel suit against The Chicago Tribune. He described changes to Liberty motors and Eagle boats to meet government demands and said costs rose beyond government allowances. He claimed Ford & Co carried the government for over 32 million dollars without interest and that the government still owes on every contract.
Sub readers report salted buttered corn a rarity as city gardeners enjoy roasted ears. A Friday Logan crash injures a pilot with details scarce. Attorney Keenan handles home service Red Cross matters in Hughes absence. Phosphate price set at six cents with two for eleven cents, a penny war tax saving noted by a city girl.
Dan Carsey plans to operate a twelve cylinder 120 horsepower bus around town and will be able to buy real gas he said today He has washed 33 autos since May first.
A local motor party traveled to New Lexington then Corning and faced a cloud burst that left sections of road impassable. In low gear the motor stalled, forcing occupants to push the machine free. They reached Athens at 2 A M Monday.
Nelsonville will face the Athens Elks at L. A. field Thursday afternoon after Nelsonville defeated the local nine Sunday and the Elks vow to avenge the loss by February.
State troops were rushed from Oneida to Rome to curb riots by about 4,000 Italian strikers at Rome plants. Governor Smith ordered the action after local authorities failed. The strikers overwhelmed 100 special policemen guarding the plants and injuries were reported.
Washington reports that under Baker the Mint moved thousands of tons of silver from Philadelphia to San Francisco in 18 guarded trains for India. Each brick weighed 62 pounds and was worth 1000 dollars, with trains carrying 5 to 10 million per trip and guarding with armed personnel to prevent theft.
Dr. Cooper Holtzelaw of Chattanooga urged against open air therapy for influenza at the twenty third annual meeting of the Association of Surgeons of the Southern Railway in New Orleans. He argued that patients should be kept in traditional care indoors with minimal exposure, reflecting old school measles care.
Bridgeport, Conn. Charles Brownell reports that friends of the groom staged an “unpractical” joke by kidnapping his bride after the ceremony. An auto pulled up after the wedding cake and the bride was taken to a conspirator’s home, held overnight, and returned the next morning, leaving Brownell unimpressed with the gag.
In Lilanerch, a man broke into Sam uél Love’s home while the policeman slept, stealing Love’s revolver and a pair of his shoes. Roy Jenkins, another village officer, spotted a suspicious man with a pair of shoes and detained him after a brief pursuit.
In Wheeling West Virginia Squire A A Minder ruled the law treats natural and artificial dogs the same James Sellers a music dealer was ordered to buy a tab and place it on the neck of an artificial dog displayed in his store window.
Columbus Ohio July 14 Mr and Mrs John Savey Jr celebrated their 67th anniversary at Grogan near Columbus. He is 89 and she is 86. They crossed the Atlantic by sailboat at ages 11 and 8 and later settled in Grogan after travels via Erie and Ohio canals.
In Washington on July 14 the House blocked attempts by wets to repeal the war time prohibition act. Representative Igoe of Missouri tried to amend the enforcement bill to repeal the act, but Chairman Good ruled the motion out of order. Wets plan another bid when the bill moves from the committee of the whole to the House.
County Auditor Riley today urged school boards in the county to act immediately to secure benefits from Senate Bill. The measure, known as Senate bill, requires prompt action by boards to implement provisions and access state funding and reforms.
The article notes bill 187 to allow school districts to levy up to two mills if approved by a special August 12, 1919 election. It cites funding deficiencies and speed urged by Riley to pass before the primaries, with tax commission mandatory special elections and exemptions from the fifteen mill cap.
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