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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1919
Page
3
Red Men of Kill Eagle Tribe No 179 are urged to attend a 9 30 A M meeting on Monday March 17 to make arrangements for the funeral of Brother Thomas Price by order of Sachem Chas H Dalton C or R
Mrs Sarah Silscott entertained a small group at her High street home on Thursday evening. Late in the evening an elegant lunch was served to guests including Mesdames Dave Siberts John Hill T Spray Isaac Hellyer M Price Ruth Hall Mrs Paulk of Athens and Misses Vivian Dowler and Grace Siiscott.
The remains of Thomas Price killed in a Pomery mine were brought to the city this morning and taken to Stout's Undertaking Establishment. Funeral arrangements will be made later. Price formerly lived here and was a member of the local Red Men order who will oversee the funeral.
The sales total for the period ending March 14 was 1119.25 with January 1 cumulative at 3000? The per pupil average is 2.01. East School fourth grade banner room led by Mrs Hohenade with 1001.25 in stamps.
The AW A C T A W C T U held its Tuesday afternoon gathering at Mrs John Murphy’s East Franklin Street home. President presided. devotional by Mrs Roan Moore. program by Mrs Mechem. close with benediction and a social hour with refreshments served by Mesdames Murphy Johnsons Grace Lydia and Rola Howe.
Traveling salesman J A Prince was taken by Stout's Ambulance to Cherrington Hospital in Logan on Friday for pneumonia. He was removed from the Dew House.
Members of the Elks euchre club enjoyed a fine banquet at Taylor's restaurant last night, ending a series of exciting contests.
Arthur M. Mann, pastor, invites those not attending other churches to Met Episcopal church. Sunday school at 9:30 A.M. Divine worship at 10:30 A.M. and 7 P.M. Epworth League at 6 P.M. Morning sermon, A World With out a Sea. Evening sermon, Taking Ship for Tarshish.
A church invites all not attending elsewhere to 9:30 A M services and welcomes all to the 3 30 P M service led by Rev Wm Plummer. New courses begin in all classes and a Lenten sermon is planned.
The notice proclaims a special Meng and Boys Day with over 600 in attendance expected at 0:30 A M. and preaching at 10:30 A M. An evening service features a play titled Who Is It and a sermon The Spluttering Lamp at the Christian church.
Pastor J C Brillhart leads Sunday services with preaching at 10 30 AM on The True Saint at Apostolic Holiness Church Godest at 9 30 AM Clags Meeting at 2 30 PM Song service 7 00 PM Sermon 7 30 PM The Sea Captain's Call mixed quartet sings Elbow Room Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 00 PM Come and enjoy the services with us.
The Presbyterian church will hold morning and evening sermons on The Return of the Ransomed and Impenitence. From 2 to 6 pm members will be canvassed door to door, with a $922 benvolences quota and a separate $2500 local expense budget to raise.
Mrs Julius Fischer is in Circleville to attend a southeast district conference of the Ohio Federation of Woman's clubs.
Mrs. Fischer serves as General Federation Secretary of the district. Serg Carl Lovett visits as guest of sister Mrs. B T Spray after receiving his prize. Numerous residents travel between Columbus Logan Athens and Delaware for visits and business including M M Kasler, Arthur Hawkins, L F Carpenter, J L Murphy, and E J Juniper.
FOR RENT Three rooms upstairs and two furnished rooms downstairs Nelsonville Ohio. Mrs William Walters Dean ville home police 70n 109 3-12-3-p.
Two good bicycles for sale if sold at once. Contact Carl Star Key at Citizen Phone 1131.
A penny social will be held in the Junior Order hall on Tuesday evening March 18. Admission is 10 cents. Save your pennies and attend.
Advertisement advises lack of outdoor exercise over eating and insufficient chewing as causes of constipation headache anxiety and worry. Recommends Chamberlain's Tablets after supper to relieve constipation and improve digestion followed by gradual habit correction walking three to four miles daily and eating thoroughly for wellness.
Chicago dealers say wheat futures wait idle as corn and other grains set a course. They expect action on resuming normal wheat handling by midsummer, aided by a settled hog price, while hog price changes have shifted market cues.
Fright crowd witnessed the season opener at Stuart Opera House with Paul Bowser of Newark defeating Lee Hendricks of Chicago in straight falls in 36 minutes and 10 minutes and 80 seconds Bowser weighed 165 pounds while Hendricks topped 180. Thor Olson of Athens refereed the bout and promoter Sisson announced plans for future matches.
The department of labor today ordered a halt in the deportation reconsideration process for twelve of thirty-one aliens for whom J W W attorneys recently filed locations. The move follows submissions seeking reopening and reconsideration of the department's prior deportation decision.
Consolation games opened at 8 30 with Parkersburg Logan and Troop 2 Athens and Parkersburg. Parkersburg Troop 2 led by Rathbone and Connelly scored multiple goals while Troop 1 Athens and Parkersburg Troop 2 clashed in a third consolation. Athens Troop 1 and Parkersburg Troop 3 contested a semi final with Athens leading 20 to Parkersburg 5. Parkersburg out of the tournament with unbeaten teams Athens Troop 1 and Athens Troop 2 set to meet Chillicothe Troop 1 in the second semi. Finalists to play tonight with high interest amid poor weather.
In Detroit Flora Baird wins a divorce from Robert Baird amid gross neglect claims. The Frank Ladd suit against Lois Ladd was dismissed after lengthy testimony. Mrs Ladd keeps the two children amid adultery allegations.
At noon today a Scoutmas luncheon for assistant Scoutmasters patrol leaders and Scout officials was held at the inn. The Boy Scout Congress held last summer was discussed as a success with plans for another meeting next summer. Prolonged talk ended when basketball games resumed with Chillicothe and Troop One of Athens advancing toward the finals.
Detroit Mar 15 C Harold Wills long associated with Ford Motor Company as production manager and chief engineer resigns to launch his own business. He reportedly earned about 2000 per year.
Joseph E Ev erard of Plainfield New Jersey filed in New York federal court for an injunction to stop the James Everard Company from closing May 1 due to wartime prohibition He argues the beer with 3 1 4 percent alcohol is not intoxicating and that the laws are unconstitutional The suit seeks to challenge the status and impact of wartime liquor rules on his stake in the company.
New York dispatch reports the Majestic Hotel and nearby eateries cutting meal prices by twenty percent as post bellum conditions take hold. The move marks the earliest known reopening signal with a wartime pause ending.
The famed Ohio university figure Most Everything Herb Bash has been discharged from the navy and becomes a member of the Rotary Tire and Rubber in Columbus. He writes to friends that he greatly enjoyed his naval experience and plans to travel the state, with a visit anticipated in Athens soon.
Sunday evening a service for men will be held at the First Methodist Church. The program features a sung The Ninety and Nine by ninety men, with numbers from the Sunday school orchestra and a chorale choir. Dr. Strecker will preach on Is it Worth While to Win.
Collectors for war sufferers are swamped with donations of petticoats in Canton Ohio on March 14. Tight skirts keep stylish Canton women from wearing them, so they are giving them away.
A fragmentary OCR item notes an alert in New York with a reference to a religious group and a local Presbyterian circle. The readable portion mentions sleep and quiet after an unspecified event, with no clear names, dates, or actions.
Readable text fragment mentions electrifying hundreds of malls of its railroads and obtaining seven units, but details are garbled and names or dates are missing.
Ohio coal miners in Bellaire defeated a motion disapproving nationwide prohibition to urge quit-work if the nation goes dry. The convention opposed state ratification of the amendment, condemned compulsory military training, urged clemency for T. J. Mooney, endorsed the League of Nations, and demanded bosses lose sole firing rights.
A fire of unknown origin early today destroyed the Delaware and Hudson railroad shops in Carbondale Pennsylvania with an estimated loss of about the amount not stated in the report.
Police said disturbances between Korean nationalists and government authorities are calming. Two rioters were killed and several gendarmes injured in Kokai province today. Other provinces show no further unrest.
The article notes two marriages at the First M. E. Parsonage. Ed Frost wed Dwight Junod with Dr Strecker officiating and Dean Vore witnessing. The couple, from Athens, plan to reside there. Junod works in his father's mill. A second couple, Riley Dennis and Mrs Lottie of Gloucester, were married by Strecker at the parsonage.
Columbus March 15 The standout feature of Ohio s present recurrence of influenza is a higher death rate relative to cases than during the January flare up. Cases appear fewer than in January but the deaths are about the same. Officials cite relaxation of precautions and more public gatherings as factors with improving weather expected to aid the trend.
American cavalrymen press toward the border near El Paso as Villa forces move from Hachita New Mexico. Buck Spencer, Choctaw Indian foreman at a Mexican ranch, is held captive with ten Mexican employees. Supt. R. V. Moorehead of the Three Oaks ranch may pay the $5,000 ransom for release. Spencer has been freed previously for ransom. Cavalry plans guard against ammunition smuggling while Villistas loom near the border.
A poem like question discusses income tax affecting public transportation and asks how tax would apply to taxi fares if the tax were expanded. The verse contemplates policy impact on cabs and city travel under a proposed framework.
A fragment hints at a small boy’s suit craft using gingham and similar fabrics. The note references Bremen and near materials suitable for children’s clothing. No concrete date or full itemization provided.
Announcement promotes a new Model FB touring car bearing the Chevrolet name with emphasis on mechanical sturdiness, economy, safety, and beauty. Valve-in-head motor performance is highlighted, with pricing listed for five or six passenger variants and notes on design elegance and comfort.
Cincinnati wholesale market notes show eggs steady at 87 cents per dozen for prime figures and 86 1/2 cents for firsts, 8 1/2 cents for ordinary frets. Poultry prices list live fowls six pounds and under at iffy figures, chicks at 8 1/2 cents, roasters ickons at 88 cents, fryers 36 cents per pound, young roosters 27 cents, turkeys over 13 pounds at 37 cents, hens over 8 pounds 37 cents, old toms 30 cents.
Market items include Butter-creamery products and stand ards with varied prices. Also listed are seconds ikon, Grats Diesel twin, Young Assert ing Pty wareen and ordinaries with prices and percentages varied.
Toledo closes grain trading with mixed quotes for corn and oats. Prices listed include No 2 at 1.02, cash and March contracts at 26.25 and 32.60, oats around 16.25, and forage prices for alfalfa and timothy with March and new cash figures.
Cattle receipts around 800 with slow market for shippers at 13 dollars and steady market overall. Extra bids near 17 to 17.60 dollars. Ore cattle steady with 11 to 11.60 dollars. Lambe market steady with 17 dollar extras.
Crude of Tsete listed at 2.43 with Princeton at 42.42 and Nor North Lime South Lima at 38. Arr Wasnter at 2.28 and Senet at 3 aa.
Market steady to lower with various livestock prices listed. Prime beef and veal ranges noted, along with sheep, lambs, and calves, including prime heavy and medium grades and roughs with several price points.
New York March 15 the weekly bank statement indicates increased reserve levels with the Federal Reserve Bank holding 34 state banks and trust companies and 1 380 000 in state banks and trust companies. Net demand deposits rose by 110 476 000 and total clearings show sustaining reserves plus 788 810 in other sections.
Deposits of petroleum have been discovered in Golealuand and will be investigated by the British government.
Bisha Sisson born October 4 1962 died March 11 1919 age 67 years 6 months and 7 days. He left behind family and was a loving father called daddy by all who knew him. He died after a surgical operation at Grant hospital and wished to be laid beside his mother in Athens.
We thank friends for kindness shown during our father’s death and for floral offerings. Gratitude to Rev. Strecker for words and to the undertaker Mr Walburn.
Sergeant Thearle W. Shafer and Carl Wallace aboard the troop train of casuals passing through Athens today at 11 46 en route to Camp Sherman. Shafer is son of Mr and Mrs G W Shafer of 17 Walker street, Wallace is son of Mr and Mrs Isaac Wallace and brother of Mrs Henry Frost of this city.
A fragment mentions shaped bees or coying at a Canadian site linked to Meek. Readable details are sparse. core entities include Canada and Meek with minimal context. Further text needed for a stronger summary and dated specifics.
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