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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1919
Page
3
Multiple classified style items announce sales including two bargain lots and a five room residence on Church Street with acreage. Personal notices list visits and stays in Columbus Mansfield and Logan with friends and relatives, plus social callers and travel mentions.
A Methodist meeting last night drew a good crowd. Mr. H Mulligan of Marietta spoke for the minute-men outlining the cause and its demands. Mr. B Jewett, local chairman, presided and delivered a strong address praising the effort and predicting reward for effort.
A new six cylinder motor ambulance has been added to Nelsonville’s equipment. The fully equipped vehicle includes a modern aid outfit and the latest Bumgardner wheel out system, marking it as one of the finest ambulances in the region.
A Mulligan of a gay era visited the old Methodist church Sunday while in the city as a guest of Mrs. M. B. Stratton and daughter Miss Neil.
The city extends sympathy to Mr and Mrs George Patton on the loss of their only child. Services will be held tomorrow at 1 pm conducted by Rev Arthur M Mann at Poplar Street, with burial in Athens.
Levell faces a hearing after a $10 fine and costs imposed by Mayor Wells for cruelty to animals. Marvey Turvey will answer to an assault and battery charge. J Green has returned to Columbus after a wake visit.
Winners from six, seven, and eight grades selected for state contest in Columbus. Sixth graders Audrey Ailes and Frances Merritt. seventh graders Alvin Lamb and Ruth Price. eighth graders Richard Coleman and Ruth Evans. State winners receive $5 gold before April 6. Mrs. Carrie Grimm of Columbus visited here. Miss Lo Hutchinson, Columbus teacher, spent weekend with her parents.
Thrift stamps sales in Nelsonville schools through February 28 totaled 1794.75 dollars, averaging 1.20 per pupil. The banner room this week was Miss Der’s eighth grade in the High school building. Totals by building include East 49.00 from 9 rooms Central 56.50 from 12 rooms West 97.00 from 6 rooms High school 87.26 from 9 rooms. Also noted are social visits and gatherings involving local residents and friends.
Mrs Stanley Dew hosted a Friday dinner with pretty appointments to welcome her home guest Miss Lillian Butcher of Youngstown.
Red Cross headquarters relocate from Elks Club rooms to East Washington Street in a building formerly used by Mrs. Maria Sheppard as a private school. The group praises Mrs. Sheppard and the Elks for their central, courteous support.
Mrs Clyde Woodard died at home in Columbus after a serious illness with flu and pneumonia. Survived by husband Clyde Woodard and four children. Mrs John Straz attended the bedside. The remains will be brought to Columbus Tuesday at ten and placed in Greenlawn vault until her husband’s condition improves.
Mr and Mrs Fred Voigt hosted a Saturday afternoon party for their son in the home. Games entertained the little guests with a candy hunt won by Ruth Hill and a boobie prize going to Frances Newton. Attendees included Mary Monk Frances Newton Cathryn Hall Grace Warrick Thelma Mills Mary Roscoe Cathryn Saltz Gertrude Grose Helen Roscoe Hazel Grose Ruth Hill Mary Heffner Jack Powell Lillian Campbell Eleanor Heselden Florence Wood Ruth Voight and Ted Leroy Voight.
London March 3 Winston Churchill secretary for war told the house of commons that delay in reaching a preliminary peace with Germany may leave the Allies with no stable government to negotiate with in Germany. He said Germany is starving and dangerously near collapse.
The Red Cross in France supplies coal to returning refugees. Fifty one story portable steel buildings have been provided by the Red Cross for the earthquake victims in Porto Rico.
A novel sterilizer for surgical instruments, bandages, and gauze operates with solidified alcohol, offering a potential method for sterilization in medical settings.
Greenville court hears divorce answer from Tra EB. Bickel who denies wife’s allegations and claims she refused to raise chickens or perform duties of a dutiful wife as part of the disputes in the county court case.
Twelve to fifteen taxis operating from the courthouse to Mine corner report sharp slack times and a dwindling public salary for chauffeurs. A few weeks ago during mine operations one man earned 255 in four weeks, now cars run light with one to two passengers and weekly earnings range from about 15 to 25. Drivers await spring improvements and fear street cars may cut into gasoline buses.
Columbus lender Buckeye State Building and Loan Co offers loans on improved Columbus property and Central Ohio farms. Rankin Building located at 22 West Gay Street promotes terms and privileges worth investigating.
General Peyton March announced official figures showing France with 2,550,000 men, the United States with 1,050,000, and England with 1,715,000 on the Western Front at the armistice. The U.S. force surpassed Britain in strength, counting every included man as ration strength.
Greek naval authorities are examining American submarine chasers in the Adriatic with a view to purchase. Greece already operates two former American battleships and may augment its fleet with additional American craft as Malta prepares the chasers for overhauls.
Canadian soldiers returning from the front forced city employers to discharge aliens within three days and to require all aliens to kiss the Union Jack. Plants like the Swife Canadian at Almwood were visited and aliens replaced by locals amid near riots and firings. The mayor General Ketchen and plant managers enforced the demand.
On January 1 the company announced a 25 percent price reduction for IDEA AMERICAN Radiators and ARCO WAND Vacuum Cleaners to speed up building and remodeling. The action accompanied a demand to employ demobilized men.
Athens lawyers gather to fix standard charges for tasks with only minor changes from prior fees. A memorial for Judge Joseph M Wood, who vacated the chair, is to be entered into the court journal. Contingent fee set at one third plus per-task rates.
A Paris meeting of labor chiefs from the United States United Kingdom France Belgium Italy Cuba Japan and Czecho Slovakia discusses plans to harmonize working conditions worldwide. In the front row M Vanderveld M Collierd Samuel Gompers G M Barnes M Loucheur. behind Gompers Edward N Hurley.
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