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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1919

Page

3

Record Rally Marks One Of Best D of A Gatherings

Nelsonville hosts district rally for Daughters of America drawing twelve councils and three state officers. Afternoon program features addresses and solos, followed by a District No. 7 business session, a dinner for one hundred fifty, and thirteen initiations. Ice cream and social hour cap the event, with praise for local hostess efforts.

Nelsonville Daughters of America Zelda Crouse Ruth Wolfe Mrs. Hyde

Social notes from Barnesville and area events

Miss Blanche Broomhall of Barnesville is the guest of friends here. Don Johnson has received his discharge after two years overseas service and visits his sister Mrs. W. H. Cain. The Woman's Relief Corps holds a memorial service Saturday at 2 PM at the K P hall then decorates graves. The M F C entertained with an 8 PM luncheon at Casey Corner and a theater party at the Pastime honoring Miss Broomhall. Other locals host and visit relatives and attend a Logan concert and a Columbus visit by Edward Sharp and Mrs. Rauch.

Blanche Broomhall Barnesville Don Johnson Uncle Sam's Army W. H. Cain Woman’s Relief Corps K. of P. Hall Casey Corner Barnesville, O Mildred Hewitt Muriel Graff Clara Key Hazel Shafter Margaret Lewis Myra Higgins Anna Monks Marie McCarty Hazel Bagley Harry Jackson Bernardine Woodard F. X. Rauch Margaret Mann Meta Johnson Wilbur Johnson Colum

Berean Social Night Ends With Upright Lesson

Mrs. James Pidcock broke her left arm and sprained her left foot after a porch fall. Dr. C W Cable treated the fracture. About 200 attended the Bereans social for the Christian Sunday school adult department with a program and refreshments. The trial of Old Man Slump ended with a guilty plea and six new scholars pledged by the judge to work hard this summer.

James Pidcock C. W. Cable Bereans Christian Sunday School Old Man Slump

Nelsonville Classified Ads Opening Sale Deals

Nelsonville classified ads show a closing out sale with phonographs priced from six fifty up and a $250 phonograph offered at 125. The ad promotes furniture and stock for sale at a barn event on Saturday June 14 with listings from F S Tedrow and J H Hickman. Other items include a seven passenger Studebaker and various household goods at 87 Fayette St and 806 Chestnut St.

Sauter Nelsonville F. S. Tedrow Studebaker J. H. Hickman Chestnut Street

Boy Scout Field Meet At O U Field In City

All Boy Scouts from Troops One Two and Three are ordered to appear at the O U Field Saturday at four oclock to compete in races and novelty events for all ages. After the meet a picnic will be held on Hospital grounds with families bringing baskets and Dr. and Mrs Fordyce and Mr. and Mrs Garrett organizing meals. Supper the aim is to begin around six as preparations proceed.

O. U. Field Elks Hospital Fordyce Garrett Supt. Morgan

Free Field Inspection of Improved Wheat Varieties

Tests show certain wheat varieties yield best in different regions. Farm Crops Department inspectors will sample fields via county agents to verify purity and vigor. If fields are clean of other varieties and diseases, farmers will get assurance for seeding purposes.

Farm Crops Department College of Agriculture

Box of Cinders Filed in Ohio Supreme Court

In Columbus Ohio a box of cinders was filed as Exhibit A in a suit by Ida A Smith of Columbiana County against the Pennsylvania Railroad. She seeks 5000 dollars damages plus costs from the lower courts for property damage caused by the railroad engines.

Coliembus Ohio Supreme Court Pennsylvania Railroad Ida A. Smith Columbiana County Sgciter

Shepherd of the Hills at Glouster Opera House

Glouster Opera House presents a tin picture showing Harold Bell Wright's famous novel Shepherd of the Hills directed by the author. June 25 admission 25 and 50 cents with war tax extra. Show features the popular tale on the screen.

Morgan Writes Musical Comedy For Local Players

Local audiences will see The Valley of Hocus Po a musical comedy written by Superintendent Morgan for Scouts and the Laffalot class. The plot follows Hittemup and a princess as they seek the treasury despoiler with interwoven romance and about eighteen to twenty musical numbers performed by Troop One and the Laffalot class.

Valley of Hocus Po Athens Morgan Poppy Homer Baird Richard Daggett Frances Carr Lenora van Dyke Rose Harold Wise Paul Hall Baker Young Villian Frances Hatch Faries

Bomb Plot Uncovered by Chicago Police

Nine handmade bombs filled with black powder were found under coal in a freight car from Caxton Pennsylvania. Detectives suspect an attempt to ship the bombs for a radical demonstration. In Philadelphia two men, Paul Olson and John Winter, await hearings on bomb plot knowledge as police from Pittsburgh and Cleveland prepare further questioning.

Chicago Ills Caxton Philadelphia Paul Olson John Winter Pittsburgh Cleveland

Baker Says He Has Had Enough As War Secretary

New York June 13 New ton D Baker states he would like to retire as secretary of war and return to private life but notes war tasks must be completed before stepping aside.

New York Newton D. Baker Grosvenor Clarkson Council of National Defense

Cincinnati Markets Report From Today’s Trading

Market data for butter eggs hogs cattle and sheep from Cincinnati shows steady butter and eggs with various price points. Hogs and cattle receipts are listed with ranges for market and feeder categories while sheep values are noted and described as uneven with lambs and ewes priced accordingly.

Cattle and hog markets show light receipts and steady to higher bids

Cattle receipts light with steady market. Choice cattle bring 14.50 to 25.50, primes 14.00 to 15.25, veal calves 16.00 to 17.50, common 11.00 to 12.75. Sheep and lambs light receipts with steady tone. primes 9.50 to 10.50, good 9.65 to 9.75, good mixed 7.00 to 8.00, fair mixed 13.00 to 18.00. Hogs receipts 10 doubles. market higher with prime heavies 21.25 to 21.40, mediums 21.25 to 21.40, heavy yorkers 21.25 to 21.40, light yorkers 20.40 to 20.50, pigs 19.50 to 20.00, roughs 18.00 to 18.75, stags 13.00 to 14.00.

Local Dairy Prices Listing

Butter Creamery items and eggs posted with standard and firsts prices. Cheese and live poultry listed at set per unit rates.

Market Report: cattle hogs calves and lambs steady to firm

Cattle receipts 600 with a slow market and lower prices. shippers paid 12.00 to 14.00. Calves steady with 17.00 to 17.50. Hogs receipts 4500 with a strong market. 25 higher for good choice packers and butchers at 20.75. Sheep receipts 2500 slow market. extra light 8.50 to 9.00. Feeder calves steady with good to choice 18.50 to 19.00.

Commodity Prices Reported for Grains and Dairy

The notice lists corn No 3 yellow at 1 811 dollars per hundredweight oats standard white 7 314 cents rye 1 47 barley No 2 1 22 seed prices include clover 22 00 Oct 21 65 Dec 21 55 Alsike Oct and Dec 19 75 Timothy cash 5 32 1 4 Sept 5 92 14 Oct and Dec 5 67 14 butter brick creamery 59 packing stock 36 eggs selected fresh 44 fresh candled 41 hay unchanged.

Alsike Timothy

Colored Troops Sent to Border at El Paso

Two battalions of the 24th United States infantry arrived from Columbus New Mexico to El Paso for duty at bridges and forts between El Paso and Juarez. Officials seek precautionary use despite no fighting with Carranzaist or Villista forces reported. A stray ironic line about marriage ends the fragment.

EL Paso Texas 24Th United States Infantry Columbus N. M Juarez

Big Four Complete Answer on Occupation Armies

Paris June 13 The Big Four completed their reply to the counter proposals on the armies of occupation. The communicated answer reportedly includes important changes to the treaty and outlines adjustments to the occupation section.

HMS Paris Big Four

Wreck toll mounts as Carranza troops die near Agu Calientes

Laredo Texas June 13 United Press reports 150 to 200 Carranza soldiers were killed when a troop train bound for Juarez from Mexico City via Chihuahua wrecked near Agu Calientes. The Montery Porvenir said scores were injured and flames engulfed the wreckage. General Rentorio Luvi ana led the column.

Laredo Tex United Press Carranza Agus Calientes Mexico Juarez Mexico City Chihuahua Montery I Porvenir Rentorio Luviana

A Quip on Softeness and Rivalry in a Witty Maxim

A terse aphorism counsels acceptance of rivals and luck in securing favorable “soft snaps.” It suggests persistence may yield a reward, while failure remains unsurprising. The line frames competition as a matter of chance as well as effort.

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