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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1919
Page
3
Tommy Riley and Blanche Dewhurst left for Athens on Saturday and were married. The groom is son of Mr and Mrs John Riley and the bride daughter of Mr and Mrs James Dewhurst. They will reside in Nelsonville.
Mrs Emma Switzer aged 56 wife of Al Switzer of Doanville died Monday at Athens. The body was brought to the Doanville home. She is survived by her husband two daughters and one son. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 PM at the family residence.
Mr and Mrs Frank Skiver entertain a chicken dinner in honor of their son Pearl recently arrived from overseas with M G Co 125th Infantry. Guests include the Valkinburgs Fisk Hartley Powell and others. Charles Wright left for Marion. Mechem Wooly Wade Betts Hoch Rice all noted among local visitors and visitors.
We express gratitude to neighbors for kindness and floral offerings to our mother Mrs. Caroline Edgell. We also thank Rev. Roush Rev. Johnson and C. L. Stout for their help and service. The Children and Sister.
Miss Cecil Davis of this city and Fred Williams of Athens married in a quiet ceremony at Athens Friday officiated by Rev. Mr. Murch. The bride is beloved locally and the groom is a traveling man for Stedman Packing House in Athens. They will reside in Athens.
The Cham ber of Commerce directors will hold a regular session this evening at 7 30. The meeting agenda includes standard reports and organizational matters. The session is open to members and the public.
The regular bi monthly chamber of commerce dinner will be held Thursday evening June 5 at 6 30 oclock. Arrangements are being made for an interesting session and a good attendance is expected. The dinner will be at the Elks Club rooms.
Mrs Eli Johnson will host the past chiefs of the Pythian Sisters on Wednesday evening at her Short Street residence.
Sam Minkin announces a new blacksmith shop offering horseshoeing woodwork and wagon repairing with 25 years of experience. Prices vary for horseshoeing and services include painting varnishing and carpentry. Calls for estimates and a list of satisfied customers. Lost pony report from HUB Clothing Store seeks information. Rent notice for five to eight room Nelsonville house listed by D. P. care Messenger.
Pairs on the hall notes that the last meeting in present quarters will occur this summer. St Bernard Chapter meets Wednesday at 4 PM to confer the Royal Arch degree. Haybrow Council holds a regular session Wednesday evening with council degrees for several candidates. The two bodies close for summer, while Blue Lodge plans to continue meetings in other quarters.
Paris June 8 1919 United Press correspondent reports Bolshevik rule appears orderly with no open opposition yet many admit practical limits on the platform. Moscow leaders hint conservatism while foreign notes seek recognition and peace terms for Russia amid strict wartime censorship. External news is barred and worded for Russian domestic consumption.
Officials predicted in Washington that Republicans would endorse immediate intervention in Mexico following Speaker Gilletts call to a Pan American conference for a united American policy. The move lined up with reports on the Angeles Villa revolutionary movement in Northern Mexico and was seen as a bid to force a stable government.
In Canton Ohio on June 3 mosquitoes swarm over the city in record numbers. They invade dry residential areas away from usual breeding grounds, driving residents to retreat behind screen doors to escape heat. Excessive May rainfall is blamed for creating new breeding sites.
W H Tracey about 60 of this city was jailed in Athens on a charge of entering the Domenico home with intent to commit rape. Mrs. Domenico identified him by flashlight, and he was bound over to the grand jury on a $1,000 bond after initial $500.
A militant proclamation from The Anarchist Fighters declares class war on the capitalist class. It asserts readiness for bloodshed, murder, and destruction to overthrow tyrannical institutions and empower the proletariat, warning against cops and hounds.
The county service gang spent a day stocking winter coal for the courthouse and the sheriff’s residence. About a carload will cover the courthouse building for next winter. The sheriff’s coal cellar is filled and a furnace was installed last winter. Sile Hedges shares a chicken tale backed by County Treasurer Jim Woodworth about a hen that lays daily and reportedly laid two eggs last Saturday. Neal Bresner of Sugar Creek, famed as a valley pitcher, is among Athens county men who served in Italy with the 332nd regiment, 83rd division.
In Columbus Ohio on June 8 authorities seized 5 860 quarts of whiskey 160 proof bonded and 0 proof from shipments into Michigan and within Ohio as dry law costs. District Attorney Bolin and associates plan to present the cases to the federal grand jury convened for its June term and the liquor will be destroyed.
The Ohio National Guard will be reorganized and use the historic name 37th Division. The War Department allows the name for the new guard with Camp Sherman as a headquarters. Col Benson W. Hough and Col Frank C. Gerlach were authorized to organize two infantry regiments for the new guard.
Carpenter farm hosts the Southeastern Test Farm Field Day on June 14 featuring wheat as the lead crop. The event highlights yearlong experiments on corn and wheat yields, soil fertility, and fertilizer efficiency under local conditions. Meigs County inquiries boost anticipated attendance on July 14.
Rioting occurred in several Spanish cities following national elections. Disturbances were reported in Seville and Granada where socialists secured wins in the ballot.
Commander Read of NC-4 states after a Rockaway to Plymouth flight that regular commercial trans Atlantic aviation is not yet practicable. He notes only one of five planes reached the destination and says a lengthy report will be prepared for the navy to guide future aviation and commercial prospects.
From Paris sources, Germany may be asked to state whether it intends to sign the postwar treaty before allies modify terms. President Wilson discussed proposed changes with American commissioners, outlining four key points: reparations of 25 to 30 billion, reparation commission powers, four-year payment window for initial 5 billion, and allowing Germany to lease or acquire merchant shipping.
Audra Caryl Burson of Shade died last evening at 11 at the family home after three weeks of rheumatism leading to endocarditis. She was a Pleasant Valley high school graduate. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 PM in the Christian church at Shade, conducted by Rev. Miller of Jerseyville. Interment will be in the Shade family cemetery.
Newport News Virginia June 3 Units of the 88th Division from Camp Dodge arrived aboard the U S Canonius with the first battalion and machine gun company of the 352nd infantry and 313th supply train totaling fifty five officers and 1825 men bringing Middle West draft troops to the port for embarkation.
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