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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1919
Page
2
American Red Cross mission members returning to Warsaw after an eight day inspection tour covered 1505 miles in 20 cities and many villages. They found typhus and other epidemics widespread with famine in isolated areas as peasants begged for food.
The department of commerce launches a waste reduction drive linking War Savings and Thrift stamps to recycling. The plan aims to divert thousands of tons of waste paper from city dumps by enlisting local waste councils and encouraging housewives to convert waste into stamps. The effort mirrors Britain’s wartime paper collection expansion.
A wartime appeal urges citizens to invest money in War Savings stamps to keep dollars working. The text notes England has extensive railway tunnels and emphasizes thrift and patriotism.
Ten churches in the Marietta District have surpassed their Centenary goal of 15 000 000 dollars for Christian world reconstruction, totaling over 100 000 000 subscribed toward the 115 000 000 Centenary. Dr Fr I Johnson announces the drive’s progress with 706 of 1600 churches reaching quotas and many more expected to meet or exceed targets by June 1.
There will be a special meeting of the Amesville W. C. T. U. at the M. E. Church in Amesville at 1 P. M. Friday June 6. County President Mrs. Kate Blake of Athens will address and open the Jubilee Drive. Members from last year and new workers are urged to attend.
Washington June 4 The House approved the agricultural appropriation bill carrying 31.6 million dollars by a 345 to 1 vote. A repeal of daylight saving was struck from the bill on a point of order before passage.
Athens happenings include the last pupils recital in Music Hall on Thursday at 4 pm, with a strong program. Harry L Brown of Albany Ohio recovered from kidney surgery at Mt Carmel Hospital, and the Athens Hi commencemen t program will feature stereopticon views. Licenses issued in Parkersburg WV include Charles James Maude Carpenter and Frank Emrick Dora Munden. Troop trains and local sports events are noted, with a volleyball game at OSU gym and a Scouts victory 11-9 at playgrounds.
Two smart satin hats appeal to children. One navy plaited satin coronation style fits snugly against ocean breezes. The other brown satin uses braided strips with little rose, mignonette, violet, and buttercup sprays around the crown.
June 4 Washington The Department of Agriculture launches a campaign to end careless threshing to keep clean straw and save grain. It cites 25 to 27 million bushels lost annually practice losses from out of repair or misadjusted machines in Minnesota 25 to 50 bushels per day and averages of 4.69 bushels of wheat and 9.1 bushels of oats per machine. Sheep are used as beasts of burden in northern India carrying 20 pound loads.
Buckeye State Building and Loan Co located at Rankin Building 22 West Gay Street Columbus Ohio promotes higher real estate values. They claim thousands of mortgages are now worth more as homes security. They offer six percent on time certificates and low loan rates with assets over 17 million dollars. They invite inquiries and business.
The Wheeling Township Coal Mining Company of Belmont County filed in federal court to move three wage tax suits from Belmont County justice courts to federal court. The suits allege the company deducted eight percent from wages for the U S income tax of aliens. A Philippine Assembly prize offers for the best method to destroy tobacco pests without harming the leaf.
In Columbus the Franklin county grand jury began an investigation into alleged bribery in the Ohio legislature. Witnesses W. E. Haley and Dr. Russell Skeels testified, with future testimony expected from Senator William Agnew and Representatives E. J. Hopple W. D. Gongwer Howell Wright and Dr. Andrew G. Flower. Indictments, if any, will not be public until arrest.
Twelve prominent northerns die and twenty four gravely ill after a May 22 dinner at Yukon Gold Company Hunter Creek plant. Food was mostly canned goods making traceability difficult. A rare germ described as botitus found in victims' blood.
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