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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1919
Page
3
Nelsonville Christian Church announces Bible school at 9 30 A M morning worship at 10 30 A M with Pastor C L Johnson delivering Why Peter Went Fishing. Christian Endeavor at 6 45 P M for all youth. no evening service due to Chautauqua.
The Sunday schedule lists a 9 30 morning service with sermon The Angel by the tar There will be no evening service at the church.
An enjoyable Home Missionary meeting was hosted last evening by Mrs. Lee McDowell with help from Mrs. Herbert Leyshon. Mrs. Harriet Freer led a splendid program focusing on The Indian. Retired missionary Mrs. Howard Musser, Mrs. Cash Cummins, and Miss Frances Scott gave engaging talks, with reports on the Centenary trip. Twenty ladies attended and a elegant lunch followed.
Arthur M. Mann pastor announces Sunday school at 9 30 A M and divine worship at 10 30 A M with Rev Howard Musser of Detroit preaching for the morning service. He was raised in this city and many friends expect to attend. D of A members were hosted by Carbon Hill Lodge Thursday evening on a trip via Gorsuch and Newman tracks with a large crowd of ladies enjoying the event.
Troop Two of the Boy Scouts organized a pleasant surprise for Fred Harrel last evening, marking a cheerful community moment.
Classified ads list a 1917 Ford Touring car in first class condition for sale by Bert Young with a July 18 date. Also advertised is a 1918 Overland Touring Car in good condition with four new tires offered by Carl Charles Hankinson of 1037 Poplar Gt Nelsonville.
At his home on Columbus street a farewell party was held for Fred who leaves today for Greensburg Indiana. Fifteen boys attended the event. The group presented Fred with a Scout shirt while Mrs Harrel served ice cream and cake. The Scouts regret losing him but praise his good service.
Mrs Ethel McCombs and John Hay were quietly married Thursday evening in their Monroe street rooms. Rev A M Mann performed the ceremony with the groom’s mother and a few friends present. They will visit the groom’s mother in Shelby before returning to reside here.
All businesses closed yesterday afternoon for the funeral of W. G. Crook a longtime Nelsonville merchant. The Masonic service was at the Presbyterian Church with Rev. Leon Arpee speaking burial at Greenlawn. Community notices follow of visitors and guest stays in town.
The Nelsonville Lincoln Chau tauqua begins Sunday at 2 30 P M with the Ionian Concert Company and returns for an evening program followed by E W Serl the local superintendent. The six day event features Smith Spring Holmes Concert Co Daddy Ghooleck ers Yodlers General Messop Newton Argapetain and Louis Kreidler Ground Opera Co. Local sales of season tickets are higher than ever as Nelsonville residents anticipate high grade talent entertainment.
H C Hap Scherer of Tacoma Washington broke the Three Flag record by shaving off five hours and two minutes from the former mark riding a Harley Davidson in the new sport model event.
A lively slate promises a big week of music, lectures, and entertainment, aiming to be the standout event of the year with diverse programs and guest speakers lined up.
George W. Lewis aged 42 killed himself with a .32 caliber revolver at his mother Mrs. Aaron Lewis home near Floodwood. He had been burned at a Floodwood power plant weeks earlier and lived with his mother in York township. Survived by wife and ten year old daughter Helen. Funeral Monday at 2 30 p m at his mother's home with interment in Chauncey.
Fourteen mills and factories owned by the Oscelo Mill and Elevator Company in Minneapolis were closed by the wheat administration. Allegations claim the firm took more than the twenty five cents permitted under food control regulations. The shutdown extends over the northwestern states for an indefinite period.
Today's market notes from Cincinnati show eggs steady with slight loss, prime and ordinary firsts quoted around 42 to 44 cents, with various batch prices for fowls, poultry, and roosters. Toledo grain prices close include corn No 3 yellow at 1.98 and oats at 0.84 to 0.85, with seeds, butter, eggs, and hay also listed.
Daily corrected prices list hogs 20 to 21 cents fat cattle 8 to 12 cents sheep 8 to 13 cents calves 10 to 15 cents wheat No 1 2.12 No 2 2.09 No 3 2.05 corn 2.00 oats 83c timothy hay 20.00 No 1 mixed 20.00 straw 8.00 hens 29c springers 35c roosters 14c fresh eggs 42c per dozen.
Cattle receipts 2000 with market steady and shipper prices 11.50 to 15.00. Calves steady with extra 18 to 18.50. Hogs receipts 9000 and market steady with good to choice packers and butchers at 22.25. Sheep receipts 1900 and market strong with 7.75 to 8.00 for good to choice. Lambs steady with extras 15 to 17.50.
Hogs receipts 3000. market steady with prices 25 cents higher. Butchers 20.65 to 22.35. packing 20.65 to 22.40. light 20.25 to 21.75. pigs 19.50 to 20.50. roughs 19.75 to 20.60. Cattle receipts 7000. market steady. Beeves 10.75 to 18.25. butcher stock 7.25 to 14.50. canners and cutters 5.75 to 8.50. stockers and feeders 8.00 to 12.50. cows 7.25 to 14.50. calves 18.25 to 19.25. Sheep receipts 9000. market steady. Wool lambs 10.00 to 17.75. ewes 3.00 to 9.50.
Livestock receipts were light with steady cattle demand and a range of prices for cattle and veal calves. Sheep and lambs had light receipts with a strong market and varied prices for prime wethers, good and mixed categories. Hogs showed slow market activity with prime heavy and medium types fetching around the high twenty dollar range.
Fragmentary Chicago market notes show butter and creamery prices and trade activity. Readable terms indicate upcoming shipments and supplier names though many details are obscured.
Mrs. Mae Matthews of Glouster files divorce from Luther C. Matthews amid cruelty charges and claims she left home this month. They wed in July 1903 and have seven children aged three to fifteen. She seeks custody and protection of assets. he denies cruelty and seeks temporary alimony and access to funds for child support.
Benjamin Ervin 21 a miner and Mil dred Swyers 17 both of Nelsonville obtain a marriage permit. The license names both as applicants and cites their ages and residence.
DECIDE STRIKE COLUMBUS July 19 The state public employes league of Ohio will meet Monday to decide if a strike will be called to push the state indus trial commission for higher pay and better working conditions. Other state departments are expected to seek admission to the league at the meeting. WILL HONOR SAILORS WASHINGTON July 19 In response to President Wilsons recommendation that the permanent rank of admiral be given William S Benson and William S Sims Chairman Butler of the house naval affairs committee introduced a resolution authorizing such action.
Columbus July 19 Attorney General Price ruled the legislature increased mothers pensions to one fifth of a mill, delaying the measure to September. He said the amendment does not go into force June 6 when filed by the secretary of state because it is an amendment not an original taxation measure.
Ben Justus and George Louner of Wellston pleaded not guilty to transporting liquor into dry territory and were bound over to the federal grand jury under 600 bond each. Richard N. Hart, arrested on similar charges, to be taken to Indianapolis for trial for offenses alleged in Indiana.
New York July 19 The van guard of the Fighting Fifth division of regulars, among the first troops to see action in France, arrived aboard the cruiser South Dakota. The Fifth faced the possibility of few friends or relatives greeting it as a war camp committee met it. The group took part in St Mihiel and the Argonne drives. The cruiser carried 1 981 troops including part of the Eleventh Infantry and the Fortieth Depot Service Company.
In a letter to Representative Tinkham the National Consumers League says it is fed up with cost of living investigations and urges passage of remedial legislation, favoring the Kenyon bill.
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