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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1919
Page
3
By The Way The Fairmont Creamery Company moves its plant into the Dr Harper building. A wagon of Coleman and Kimes delivers 600 dollars worth of eggs to the station for shipment. Dr Frye reports three new baby girls arriving between 2 and 10 am on May 1.
About one hundred attended the Bohemian dinner as Nelsonville Pythian Sisters hosted Logan Chapter members in the E P hall dining rooms. Spring flower decorations brightened the tables, a 6 o'clock meal was served, and the work of the local sisters followed the dinner.
The Hyperion Club hosts a Saturday afternoon gathering for ladies. Telegrams announce sons Tom Jr at Camp Mills and Corporal Harry Bumgardner of the 308th ammunition train overseas. Chamber of Commerce reports a large Elks club meeting with Victory Loan remarks and a strong road drive push between Nelsonville and Murray City.
Chief Pearson recovered a stolen Ford yesterday and returned it to owner D. S. Smith of Rockbridge. The vehicle had been taken near Sugar Grove on Sunday.
A classified notice from Neilsonville invites inquiries about paper hanging services. Floyd Call handles the ad from the Call Bell 606 office, with call lines open for information. The brief item indicates a local advertising service placement in the paper.
Italian representatives in Paris reportedly will not return to peace negotiations without an explicit invitation from the Allies. Some quiet efforts may occur, but Italians argue the Pact of London blocks a separate peace. Dispatches note Italian forces and matériel have landed at Zara and Sebenico, marching from those ports toward the demarcation line.
In 1909 Wm. B. Wisler of Douglassville Pa. says a free sample of Chamberlain's Tablets by Mail helped his indigestion. He tried them, bought a package, and reports no similar attack since.
Announcement for a Monday evening dance at Odd Fellows Hall featuring a couple’s entry priced at 50 cents. Also includes a puzzling code 5-2-2. The text adds a note that phosgene gas is described as valuable for bleaching sand used in making fine glass.
About 125 Elks held a jubilee banquet and smoker last evening to honor returned soldiers and sailors. The event featured patriotic decor, music, meals, and talks by Capt. J B Allen and others, plus a plan to aid injured veterans through vocational training and loans from the Elks.
Citizens prepare for the Victory Loan event at 7 30 pm on the depot square where Boy Scouts awarded medals for the Liberty Loan drive later tonight. Constable Henry Williams, newly appointed deputy sheriff and dog catcher, enforces licenses with 114 sold to date. Baccalaureate services for Glouster High’s class of 19 will be held at the opera house Sunday at 10 30 am with John G Dickson delivering the sermon. Drury’s drug store ticket line begins at 2 am, with early arrivals securing seats. first buyers often purchase 50 to 150 tickets.
The plan allows each graduate to remove two tickets for parents before public sale, totaling 84 tickets for 41 graduates. No single buyer may purchase more than 16 tickets to prevent early buyers from dominating. Ticket sales begin next Tuesday morning, with commencement at the opera house Thursday evening. Nearby, the Trimble Township Board of Education will hire teachers at its last meeting of the month, and local residents Mr and Mrs Wm Thornton plan to move to Hemlock. Opera House offers a double bill tonight featuring Alice Joyce and Mme Petrova, with upcoming serials and films announced for May 9.
A Vienna radio dispatch reports Jugo-Slavs broke the demarcation line set with American cooperation. The Austrian Foreign Office protested and demanded withdrawal of Yugoslav troops.
In Chicago on May 2 the US Court of Appeals declined to require bond acceptance for William K Haywood and J W W chief currently held at Fort Leavenworth. District Attorney Clyne said one signer had a criminal record and co-signer William Bross Lloyd faced $140,000 in existing bonds.
President Carranza told congress last night that Mexico will treat Mexicans and foreign oil interests exactly alike as it considers laws to govern petroleum and mineral combustibles. He framed passage of production laws as an urgent priority for the day. A combined irrigating stand and surgeon's lamp for hospitals can be adapted quickly for either use or folded for travel.
A Federal brief notes visits and guests including Mr. and Mrs. Arza Linscott and families, Harve Linscott, Fred Linscott, and Ollie Johnson with two children. J. W. Wilson and W. O. Phillips families traveled to Stewart. Esther Wilson joined Ruth Byron’s guest group. Harlin Lent, overseas, now in a New York hospital. N. Lochary and two children visiting Chauncey and Crooksville. Additional notes on Mrs. Hannah Lent, Miss Jeil Lent, Jessie Owens, and local business updates.
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