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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1918
Page
5
Social notes report Herbert Finney returning from Atlantic City and multiple relatives visiting or traveling between Lancaster, Nelsonville, Athens, Lan caster, and other towns. Attendees include Mrs. Gilbert McConnell, Miss Mary Slutz, and Miss Helen McKay with various family gatherings and church events noted.
A Thursday night dance at the Magonic Temple was a joint affair hosted by the Delta Tau Delta and Beta Theta Pi fraternities. The event showcased campus social activity and fraternity cooperation with student attendees.
An advertisement claims catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated internally. It states Hall's Catarrh Medicine works through the blood on mucous surfaces and was prescribed by a leading physician. Prospective buyers are urged to send for immortals and related information from the Toledo, Ohio company.
Facing wartime demands, the two organizations joined to boost sociability. Seventy members attended the dance, serving as a fitting finale to the week’s social events marking commencement.
Mrs. Fred Lemley entertained Wednesday afternoon at her Mor ris Avenue home from two to five o'clock honoring her guests and nieces Lucile Gaskill Olive Morrison of Mc Arthur and Onita Gaskill of Middleton The young people spent the hours happily in playing games Light refreshments were served Those present included Ella Grimes Millfield Dorothy Cotner Ludell Boden Virginia Hewitt Pauline Swanson Mary Phillips Katherine Overmeyer Mary and Mildred Mansfield Beatrice Kinsel Helen Burson Margaret Sprague Madge Wyatt Theodora Lawhead Marie Haning Jane Cooper Loretta Belle Lemley the hostess little daughter of the hostess
Announcement says Miss Brooks Shields daughter of Mrs. Emma Shields of 17 Elliot Street wed Mr. Raymond Clark at Canton on June eighth. Clark, an Ohio University graduate of 1917, taught in Chillicothe and Massillon. Shields completed a two year elementary education course in 1916 and taught in Athens and Massillon. she is a member of Aloquin.
Eighteen pupils performed solos and duets at Miss Elma Starr's Race Street home on Friday afternoon. Participants included Helen Keck Nellie Jones Dorothy Martin Floride Sprague Bernice Stanley Margaret Collins Naomi Leota Blackford Mildred Sands Mary Elizabeth Mansfield Ruth Lucy Low Albert Smith Beatrice Border Margaret Shields and Harold Brown.
Local wrestling at Ohio Gymnasium Athens features Skinner versus Olson with weight as a deciding factor and potential two to three fall finish. Perry county bets favor the Athens man if weights stay close. Also reports of mine car shortages and idling at Ohio Collieries Glouster Modoc Hollister with worker attendance issues and funeral tied coal-field tensions. Opera notes promote Theda Bara Du Barry and Jack Pickford Tom Sawyer tonight.
A Vienna restaurant scene ended in a brawl when Dr Stenck president of the Czech League and Czech deputies argued in Czech at dinner provoking German guests to strike the Czechs. The incident highlights rising tensions between Czech and German groups in Vienna.
The Court of Common Pleas continues probate of Daniel Fleming's 1912 estate. John D Fleming seeks 4226.16 as his share. Forsythe administers and has 15030.12 to distribute. The case settled with costs paid from the estate and each Fleming indebtedness cut by 50 percent. Daughters Minx and Linscott not indebted.
Nashville Tennessee Maud Muller has nothing on the girls of Sunny Tennessee. With the thermometer at 100 in the shade the lassies of many sections have donned overalls and are working 10 hours a day in the fields. Many of them are driving mules to binders.
An editorial notes that pro German sympathizers likely view the War Savings Campaign as foolish. It suggests local attitudes toward national fundraising efforts during the war and hints at public sentiment dividing supporters and opponents.
June 21 dispatch reports Italian forces near Nervesa on Montello Crest fighting toward the Piave river. Italy, with British and American air aid, claims 1000-plus prisoners taken as weather limits Allied supply and enemy effort.
Mrs. Clapp awaits news of her son George wounded in war while the Old Lady argues against turning cripples into dependents. She asserts the war frees cripples with government aid and Red Cross programs, promising George a life of work and independence.
Mrs Clapp speaks of a young man choosing a trade he loves and the possibility of marriage and children. The Old Lady jokes about future duties, suggesting he may soon be caring for grandchildren as he grows.
Eggs firm with prime firsts 35c a dozen and firsts 83 1-2c. Ordinary firsts 28c, seconds 27a. Live poultry steady with fowls over 4 lbs 26c, under 4 lbs 26c. Broilers 1 1-3 lbs and over 46c, under 1 1-2 lbs 40c, roosters 18c.
Pittsburg stock notes report cattle market unchanged and sheep and lamb market unchanged. Hog receipts of 160 cars show a lower trend with Prime Heavy $16.40 to $16.50 and Heavy Yorkers $17.00 to $17.10, light Yorkers and pigs $17.10 to $17.25.
Cincinnati market results show cattle receipts 706 with weakness. shippers paid $18.50 to $18.50 and 1650. Calves steady with extras $17.00. Hog receipts 6510. market lower with good packers and butchers at $16.25. Sheep receipts 3880 and lambs slow to lower. extras up to $19.50.
On June 22 in Toledo Ohio cash corn at 1.60, oats 0, rye 1.95 and clover options listed. Alsuke, timothy hay, and rept. values noted with Oct Dec and March futures. prices range from 3.55 to 16.60 for clover and around 4 for timothy and reptiles.
Chicago market brief shows corn futures with June at 1.41 and July 1.44. oats futures at June 0.781 and July 0.728 with August at 0.686. pork futures quoted for July at 42.45 and September at 42.80, all from Chicago on June 22.
New York report says the Michigan Republican organization will not endorse Henry Ford for the Senate. John M. Magnum, chairman of the Michigan State Committee, stated the position here.
Colonel Goldie of the Canadian Engineers arrived at the Atlantic port and said German soldiers are eager to end the war. He described Kaiser's officers as arrogant and convinced Germany can win, noting they think they have the brains among the fighters.
Lexington Kentucky jurors acquitted Ethel Ballinger of a robbery charge after sentencing her husband James Ballinger to five years in the state penitentiary. Jurors raised funds from the court to send her back to her Rockcastle county family.
A wartime appeal urges civilians to endure shortages and cut nonessential comforts mirroring soldiers' sacrifice. The message emphasizes national unity and frugal living to support the Army and Navy during the conflict.
There will be heavy demand for rooms for summer students and all persons with rooms for rent should notify Dean Voigt at once and inform when rooms are engaged so they can be taken from the list, saving annoyance for all concerned.
Mrs W G Shaffer of Cincinnati formerly of this city attended the state convention as a member of the Auburn Rose Temple team from Cincinnati. The state meet occurred in Springfield where the team won high praise.
Sam Lafever from Putnam County Tennessee was found dead in No Man's Land France after reportedly killing six Germans with an empty pistol. A memorial is planned in his home county.
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