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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1919

Page

4

Summoned to Indianapolis Spares Mullin Family

Mrs Anna Mullin and her son Clarence Mullin of Chauncey were summoned to Indianapolis Indiana on Monday due to the serious illness of Mrs Mullins daughter who lives there. Miss Neva Ferrer and Kate Noble attended a party at Miss Lucy Rorrs home south of town. Mr and Mrs Daniel Smart and Misses Flossie Emma and William Smart motored to Rutland Sunday to visit Mr and Mrs Harvey.

Indianapolis Anna Mullin Clarence Mullin Chauncey Indiana Mullins Neva Ferrer Kate Noble Lucy Rorr Daniel Smart Flossie Emma Smart William Smart Rutland Harvey

Necessities and higher life in the household budget

A domestic science teacher discusses how budgets split into necessities and the higher life. She lists essentials such as food shelter and operating costs including soap and soap products, and notes education health and savings as higher life items.

Making Wills and the Simple Way to Do It

A New York woman near death drafted a will with a neighbor using an almanac form on brown wrapping paper. The court ruled it valid, illustrating how easy it is to make a will. The piece urges everyone not impoverished to plan ahead, renew wills, and treat it as sensible business. It also notes Italy's politics and a peace gardener’s remark, then cites Congress debating self interpretation of treaties.

New York

Dinner Stories and Farmyard Folklore

A read-through of overheard banter and small-town humor from the Wellsville Bugle. The editor visits a farm, sly quips about a society woman with “her own big ears,” a crooked sale of a horse crock for $40, and jokes about color names. A ballroom scene ends with a shy Indiana exchange between two teens new to college life.

Wellsville Bugle Slim Crockett

Opinions Reprinted From The Brooklyn Standard Union

The Brooklyn Standard Union argues Republicans must cut government expenditures and restore a peace basis. It says separating public revenue consumers from profits will be hard but necessary as war funding has overrun needs. It warns ongoing borrowing is unsustainable and interest must be planned for long term loans.

Brooklyn Standard Union Republican Congress

A Taste For Reading Over College Education

Ruth Cameron argues reading shapes happiness more than a college degree. She cites Napoleon as a reader who sacrificed comfort for books, notes Beecher on reading three aims, and adds a fourth purpose, linking broad knowledge to less unhappiness.

Work or Die in Wartime Looming Night

Wartime poem expresses citizens urged to toil relentlessly as war ends and peacetime dreams fade. It contrasts prewar ease with postwar labor, noting soldiers and workers must keep digging, sowing, and building while the nation endures a long, costly struggle. Strong imagery links labor to survival and resilience.

Earth

Household Hints for Cooking and Cleaning Recipes

Practical domestic notes cover asparagus soup cut, dark fruit cake, string bean and radish salad, rhubarb pie thickening with crackers, keeping milk sweet, yellow cake color without eggs, removing paint from windows, and homemade laundry soap with lye. Includes tips on bristle wear, turmeric for color, and safety for soap making.

Sound Finance and Tariffs Shape Government Spending

The text argues for doubling the principal and insists that government expenditures be limited to funds raised by protective tariffs and internal taxation that do not hinder national prosperity. It presents a fiscal doctrine linking tariff protection to restrained public spending and economic growth.

Haarlem Oil Capsules Offer Kidney Relief Ad

An old advertisement urges strengthening kidneys and purifying blood to prevent disease. It claims GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules provide relief from kidney troubles and advises asking pharmacists for GOLD MEDAL with a money back promise if not helpful.

Haarlem Holland

Chauncey residents face medical ordeals this week

Chance Never Pt. Warren V. Sprague was taken to a Columbus hospital Sunday for appendicitis surgery after the doctor, who had appendicitis last week, fell seriously ill. He was accompanied by Mrs. Sprague. Mrs. J A Drake, treated in Bucyrus, is improving at her daughter’s home in Saffell, Bucyrus. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. John Swezy of Chauncey has been quite ill.

Warren V. Sprague Chauncey Columbus Ele Sprague J. A. Drake Bucyrus, O E. L. Saffell John Swezy Prince Albert R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co Winston-Salem N. C

Storm Downed Trees and Flagpole During Weekend Gale

Last Saturday afternoon’s storms felled several town trees and brought a large flagpole down on the High school hill. Naomi England of Chauncey visited Nelsonville on Sunday with Navada Sommers. Mrs. William Hines and Mrs. Linsecott spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Sayer in Ames. The Church of Christ choir plans regular practice Friday at 7:30 PM.

Naomi England Chauncey Nelsonville Navada Sommers William Hines This City Linsecott S. C. Sayer Ames

Social gathering honors Columbus guests at home

Mrs. Ethel Ferrel entertained for the pleasure of Misses Naomi Fouty Neva Ferrel Kate Noble Frances Galomb and Anna Bell Robinson of Columbus in a cordial afternoon event with light refreshments and lively conversation.

Ethel Ferrel Naomi Fouty Neva Ferrel Kate Noble Frances Galomb Anna Bell Robinson Columbus

Mae Syx Weds William Turner In Chauncey Ceremony

Mr and Mrs Charles Syx announce the marriage of their daughter Mae to William Turner of Toledo. The ceremony occurred last week at the bride s aunt Mrs J Hamph s home on Woodville street Chauncey residents applaud. The couple will reside in Toledo where Turner works in a major manufacturing firm.

Charles Syx Miss Mae William Turner Toledo J. Hamph Woodville Street Chauncey

Union C E Meet at Chauncey Church Lawn

The Christian Endeavorers of Chauncey Church of Christ and Millfield party join for a union meeting at Miss Sarah Guthrie's home on Sunday evening June 15 at 6 o'clock. The lawn gathering will feature a Co E prayer meeting led by Miss Guthrie with the topic What We Owe and How To Pay It and special musical numbers from local artists.

Dinner honor to Mrs Noble on High Street birthday

Mrs. Harry Noble hosted a surprise dinner at her High Street home Sunday evening to honor her husband’s birthday. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Henry Osborne, Mr. and Mrs. William Noble, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Osborne, and many Osborne and related families. Also visiting were Mr. and Mrs. James Fouty of Chauncey with Mrs. John Phelps and Mrs. W. H. Wilson of Buchtel, Mrs. E. C. Annan and Miss Annabell Robinson of Columbus.

Harry Noble High Street Henry Osborne William Noble I'red Osborne Pearl Miller James Johnson Kate Hannah Noble Millie Ruth Osborne Guy Hal Osborne Dana Osborne Everett Bingman James Fouty Chauncey John Phelps W. H. Wilson Buchtel E. C. Annan Annabell Robinson Columbus

Chauncey Party Attends Buckeye Lake Outing

Mr and Mrs C W Ferrer and family Miss Mary Evans Mr and Mrs Clarence Butts and family Marion Slater Frances Galomb Kate Noble and Mr and Mrs Fred Shaner and family enjoyed a Buckeye Lake outing. A large crowd attended the Tuesday dance at the K of P Hall with music by the Buchtel Orchestra. H A Beche begins building a new barber shop in Chauncey.

Chauncey Buckeye Lake C. W. Ferrer Mary Evans Clarence Butts Marion Slater Frances Galomb Kate Noble Fred Shaner K. of P. He Buchtel Orchestra

Baseball game box score update with notable steals

Stolen bases credited to Bradfield Smathes Stewart Simonds and S Simpson. Sacrifice hits by Crosser G Simpson and Stone. Pitching: Simpson seven strikeouts McClellan five. Walks to McClellan two Simpson plunked by Edwards Jos Taylor. Umpires Wayne and Sweeney.

Bradfield Smathes Stewart Simonds S. Simpson Crosser G. Simpson Stone Simpson McClellan McClellen Edwards Jos Taylor Wayne and Sweeney Chauncey Murray City Smathers Joe Taylor Eoeesee Stonelb Roberts Jack Taylor W. Taylor Palmer If Ey Storer If Ween Skinner Wwe McClellan P ABR H. Poa Bradfield Ib Sfatzenbach If Smathers of Ce Stewart c Svatend Wah Tee Hayes Rf

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