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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1919

Page

5

Social News Roundup Highlights Local Guests and Visits

The Woman's Beefit Association meets at 7 30 tonight. Several Athens residents travel for hospital, family and business news. Mrs Dessie Fields goes to Columbus hospital. Mrs Charles A Sheldon returned from Logan. Mr Brent Metcalf returns to Akron after weekend with Eva Martin and the Martins. The piece lists visitors from Mansfield Cincinnati Clinton County and Terre Haute with brief notes on health, work, and travel. A social nurse gathering at City Hospital in Athens is described with attendees and a formal valued evening of dancing and luncheon.

Brent G. Metcalf Akron That City Mrs. Metcalf Eva Martin Charles P. Martin

Wedded Today Mr Ann Walsh and Elizabeth Welch Tie"

Mr Ann Walsh of Athens wed Miss Elizabeth Welch of Little Hocking in a 9:30 morning ceremony at the bride’s parents home. Father Anthony officiated. They plan to reside on the Walsh farm south of Athens with the groom’s mother Mrs James Walsh nearby. The bride, an Ohio University graduate and former Little Hocking teacher, and the groom, also an Athens High School graduate who attended Ohio University, begin their married life together.

Ann’ Walsh Athens Elizabeth Welch Little Hocking Thomas Walsh Anthony Walsh James Walsh Ohio University Athens High School

Alpha Gamma Delta Founders Day Picnic Held at Sunny Acres

The active chapter and alumnae of Alpha Gamma Delta celebrated Founders Day on Friday May 80th with a picnic at Sunny Acres the home of Dr and Mrs W F Cope land. Forty five were present including patronesses their husbands and several out of town alumnae with additional invited guests.

Alpha Gamma Delta Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity Sunny Acres W. F. Copeland

Palmer Dille wed at Free Methodist parsonage

Harold L. Palmer and Mildred Pauline Dille of Mansfield were married by Rev. O. M. Shaw with Rev. R. B. Niles assisting at the Free Methodist parsonage. The couple's families from Amesville and nearby towns attended as guests.

Naomi V. L. Carson Vernice Mansfield O. M. Shaw

Bituminous coal market slows as production drops

The Coal Age notes the bituminous coal market is colorless with demand weak. Producers remain optimistic and price levels hold with occasional reductions. production through May 17 totals 8,383,000 net tons for the week, and Jan 1 to May 17 output falls to 160,599,000 net tons versus 212,511,000 net tons a year earlier, a drop of 52,000,000 net tons.

Coal Age

Bates to Hold Memorial Day Program Sunday

Memorial services are planned at the Mount Pleasant church in Bates for Sunday afternoon. Prof. T. N. Hoover of Ohio University will deliver the address and a special Athens quartet will provide music. Civil War Spanish American and World War veterans along with the public are invited. Bates church children will participate.

Mount Pleasant Bates T. N. Hoover Ohio University Athens Bates Church

Martial law urged as Winnipeg exsoldiers rally at parliament

June 2 Winnipeg Canada three thousand returned soldiers march to the parliament buildings demanding a collective bargaining law. Mounted police stand by as Mayor Gray reports readiness for instant service at city hall amid the dispute.

Winnipeg Man Gray

Ohio to Lead in Free Employment Offices Reopening

Marietta hosts revival of local welfare and civic agency funds shaping Ohio as a pioneer in free employment offices now part of the United States Employment Service Soldiers Bureau. Thirty of thirty eight offices were back in operation after curtailment last March. Edward A. Rumley, former publisher of the New York Mail, loses Supreme Court bid to avoid transfer for trial on trading with the enemy act charges.

Marietta Ohio United States Employment Service Washington Edward A. Rumley The New York Mail Supreme Court Today Rumeley New York

Men and Women Plan Joint National Political Campaign

In Washington the Republican national committee leaders and the Republican women’s executive committee met to discuss a national political plan. President Will Hays spoke at the banquet, with Mrs. Medill McCormick presiding as chairman of the women’s group.

Republican National Committee Republican Women's National Executive Committee Washington Will Hays Medill McCormick

Bread From Straw Describes Russian Famine Tales of Returning Soldiers

Returning North Russia soldiers recount dire hunger in Petrograd and Vologda as famine grips villages. F. Evia…mief of Archangel recalls scarce bread and coalless winters, with peasants eating straw. Some prisoners seek refuge with the provisional government and many join the white guard.

Russia Germany F. Eviampieff Archangel Petrograd Vologda Red Army Torozh Eviampieff Provisional Government North White Guard Army Bolsheviks

Computing machine aids navigation through Saint Hilaire method

Washington reports Dr Charles Lane Poor described a new computing machine that automates the logarithmic calculations used in the Saint Hilaire navigation method. He notes current plotting methods fail to solve all navigation problems and the device offers offshore and aerial accuracy comparable to four‑place logarithmic tables.

Washington National Academy of Science Charles Lane Poor Poor Saint Hilaire

Training Betters His State Washington Story

A Chicago machine shop job seeker with minimal experience becomes a trainee in the labor department program. He shifts from sweeping to watching boring mills and hand screw machines, then gains new skills and increases wages by 60 percent in six months.

Washington Training Service Department of Labor Chicago

Two Army Airmen Killed in Yale Bowl Collision

Lieutenant Melvin B. Kelcher aged 23 and Corporal Joseph Wizm an aged 21, both army aviators from Mineola New York, died after their airplane collided with another at about 1000 feet near the Yale Bowl yesterday.

New Haven Melvin B. Kelcher Joseph Wi Zman Mineola N. Y Yale Bowl

Johnson urges referendum clause to make League of Nations prevent war

Senator Hiram Johnson denounces the covenant as a war trust and calls for a congressional resolution to amend it. He argues a peoples referendum before any war would ensure wars are fought by those who bear the burdens, making wars into peoples wars. He warns the covenant shifts guarantees and could empower Japan and Britain, threatening American policy.

L. C. Martin United Press Washington Hiram Johnson League of Nations Johnson Senate League League of Free Peoples League of Armed Nations League of Peoples United States France Britain Italy Japan China Great Britain

Daily Market Report for Cincinnati and Toledo Markets

Today’s markets show Cincinnati produce with prime firsts at 38 cents per dozen, various broiler prices, and eggs around 48 to 50 cents. Toledo grain lists corn No. 3 at 1.80, oats 73 to 74 cents, barley 1.28, and seed prices for clover, alsike, and timothy with weekly futures noted. Rubber-stamped notes include rye at 1.53 and dairy packing prices for creamery and hay spaces.

Toledo Alsike Timothy Alter—Brick Creamery

Cincinnati Cattle Market Report Highlights Receipts and Prices

Cattle receipts 1500 with market lower and shippers at 13.00 to 15.00. Calves steady to 25 or 50 cents lower, extra 15.00 to 15.50. Hogs receipts 8000 with market steady to strong, good packs at 20.75. Sheep receipts 300 steady, extra 9.00 to 10.00. Lambs strong with 16.00 to 17.50.

Cincinnati

Market Cattle and Hog Prices Report Summary

Cattle receipts 80 cars with slow market. prices: choice 16.00 16.50, prime 14.00 14.75, common 11.00 12.75, real calves 16.00 16.80. Sheep and lambs receipts 15 doubles. market stronger with prime 10.50 11.00, good 9.00 10.00, good mixed 7.00 8.00, fair mixed 8.00 15.00. Hogs receipts 25 doubles. market higher with prime heavy 21.25, medium 21.25 21.40, heavy yorkers 21.25 21.50, light yorkers 21, pigs 20.50 20.75, rougher 17.00 18.75, stags 13.00 14.00.

Liberty bond quotations drift in New York market

Liberty bond quotations today show 31's at 99.30 off .20 and First 4's at 95.30 with a .20 decline. Second 4's trade at 95.70 down .18, First 444's 95.88 up .19, Second 44's 95.04 down .16. Third 44's 95.78 down .18, Fourth 4344's 95.18 down .22, and Victory 44's 99.98 up .02.

New York Liberty

Chicago Produce Market Butter Prices and Grades

Butter creamery prices listed at 53 cents with standards at 53, firsts at 51 cents and 624 cents?c, seconds at 49 cents. Prices reflect current market rates and grade distinctions in Chicago produce trading.

Chicago

Millfield Family Reunion Dinner Reported

Mrs. Kate Lantz and daughter Mrs. Leah Van Gundy with her two sons Jank and Roy of Lancaster visited their sister and aunt Mrs. George Wend and family of Millfield. Mrs. Lucy Howard hosted a six o'clock dinner Sunday evening for the group in Millfield.

Kate Lantz Leah van Gundy Jank Roy Lancaster George Wend Millfield Lucy Howard

Sheep losses to dogs rise in Athens County session

Athens county commissioners opened a three day quarterly session and learned more sheep were killed by dogs in recent months than in the prior settlement period. No exact payout total was set, but the award to raisers is expected to exceed last year as sheep values have increased.

Athens County Grollers

Honors for Virgil Davis Return from Overseas

Hollister Ohio May 30 Mr and Mrs Mathew Davis hosted Decoration Day in honor of their son Virgil Davis who spent a year in the service of Uncle Sam including eight months overseas. Attending were Mr and Mrs Richard Gibbs and family Mr J W Davis and daughter Vera Amy Madaline and Thelma Bethel Arthur and Kermit Bethel and Mr and Mrs Edward Davis and three children. Friends including Mr and Mrs Jim Love and family Mr Bert Love and family and Mr and Mrs Will Shaw and family joined the afternoon. They enjoyed ice cream and Virgil Davis travels. The early bird gets the buckshot.

Hollister Mathew Davis Virgil Davis Sam Richard Gibbs J. W. Davis Vera Amy Madaline Thelma Bethel Arthur Kermit Bethel Edward Davis Jim Love Bert Love Will Shaw

Wedding Permits for Thurman Turner Sylvia Simms and pairs

Thurman Elsworth Turner and Sylvia Simms both of Nelsonville obtain wedding permits. Worth Lynch a Harrisonville farmer of R D 1 and Grace M Robinson of Albany R D 3 also secure marriage licenses. Fishing is a great sport, but probably not for the fish. The troubles that never come singly travel fast and far in a day.

Thurman Elsworth Turner Sylvia Simms Nelsonville Worth Lynch Farmer Harrisonville R. D Grace M. Robinson Albany

Supreme Court rules intra state rate power to Postmaster Burleson

The Supreme Court decides that intra state telephone rate setting rests with Postmaster General Burleson as wires director. The ruling came in South Dakota's suit to stop a company from charging Burleson set rates while other states pursued cases against him. Hearings resume for many deafened patients after a French physician massaged ears with sound waves.

Washington Supreme Court Burleson South Dakota

Virginias Seek Gas Export Halt Blocked by Court

Ohio and Pennsylvania won temporary injunctions in Washington to restrain West Virginia from halting natural gas exports. The injunctions stay in effect while suits seek permanent limits on West Virginia's non exportation policy.

Washington Ohio Pennsylvania Supreme Court West Virginia

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Social News Woman's Beefit Association of the Maccabees Dessie Fields Pratt Street Columbus Charles A. Sheldon Logan Nathen Cox R. G. Averill Mary Josephine Grace Conner Elma Starr Race Street Miss Conner James Williams Franklin Avenue Middleport Anna Stevens Terre Haute Ind David Johnson Walter V. Lackey Ada and Mary Elizabeth McKay Clinton County Frank McKay N. Congress St Mrs. Lackey Miss McKay J. H Long Delaware Springs, Osteopathic Sanatorium Delaware G. A. Spaulding John Douglas Guy Allen Jr Madge Canter Mary Elizabeth Aleshire S. D. Brown Phillips Rose U. S. Rubber Co New York City E. T. Rose Pittsburg Washington D. C J. H. Caldwell Lindley Hall E. C. Buck Caldwell Philadelphia W. A. Carpenter Elmwood Place Tarkersurg W. Va John Wroth Edawra Harriet Shields Frances Shields Elaine Cramer Margaret Funk J. S. Wilmuth Theodore T. Lansbury C. H. Wright Frank Flaig O. J. Betterton Edith Carpenter Elizabeth Shileds City Hospital Quincy Street Edith Devore Lucille Potts Richard Dotson India Miss Vernon Grace McGregor Marden Marie Uhl Anne Devore Lenore Wheaton Florence Howes Lonal MccDougle Laurel McDonald Rata Johnson Josephine Johnson Madge Withers Nettie Dawkins Effie Spiker Lucy Randolph Julia Pell Elizabeth Wetzel Georgia Marden Messrs Willard Brown Tom McGrail Cecil McKitrick John Reddaway James Townsell, Jr Bee Henry Harry Leonhardt Harvey Shears Richard White Parkersburg K&s Evior Fatherland JA Topian Junction Selyman Fields Turtledove Grove Trysting Springs Bill and Codeburg Paradise Cupid's Bow Happy Hollow Niagara Falls Qushnell Vation League Power Trust Ata Pittsburg Livestock Ered Millfield Rey’s Lash Lostro Oxfords Patent Oxfords Kid Colonials Kid Oxfords Atchinson & Stickney ONEST the Cline Pharmacy Co
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