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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1919
Page
5
Social news notes the U C D club meeting postponed with a future date to be announced. Mrs A S Bethe will host Thursday afternoon at Sunnyside Needle Club at two o clock. Several local residents visit relatives and travel between Athens Coolville Columbus and Nelsonville with health and work updates.
Many 88th Division soldiers return to Ohio without the 308th Engineers though attached men from Trimble Township such as Henry Hekkin and Shirley Northup await details. The 808th and 308th Engineers fought in key actions from Chateau-Thierry to the Vesle and Verdun, advancing with the infantry and marching into occupied territories.
Most Everything Paramathia Lodge No 25 F A M will be inspected Friday evening with one candidate. Work starts 5 30 PM. supper at 6 00 PM. A large crowd is expected. Congressman Foster has word that Joseph G Klein of Athens County now in France is to return to the United States soon. The Shakespeare declamation contest at the high school building features judges Dean Voigt Mrs F W Bush and Charles Cameron with both boys and girls taking part at 7 00 PM admission free. Foster plans to travel to Washington soon as the special session call for May 19 prompts his eastward move.
The article outlines postwar terms: Germany cedes Alsace Lor raine to France and territory to Belgium and Poland, while Danzig and East Prussia face plebiscites and international oversight. It mandates a larger German tax base and annual shipping for allies, with international control of ports and other sections of the treaty pending.
Allied terms require Germany to fund army occupation costs from armistice date and keep free ports. international control of opium trade. rivers Elbe Oder Danube and Niemen internationalized. transfer of German concessions to Allied reparations. creation of clearing houses. Slovakia rail access to Kume and Trieste. lease of Czechoslovak ports in Hamburg and Stettin. Geneva based international labor office. eight hour day measures. validity upon ratification. ships decrees by allied prize courts.
From January 1 to April 30 receipts of the 50 largest post offices, yielding about half of postal revenue, rose more than nine percent versus the same period last year. April receipts increased by about 14 percent, reflecting stronger mail volume.
A Nippon government aero nautical commission headed by Rear Admiral Kiyokaze Yoshida and comprising Japan's leading naval engineers arrived in Dayton at Wright Field and McCook Field to inspect facilities and discuss aviation cooperation.
The War Department will issue only new or reclaimed uniforms in good condition to soldiers today. These outfits must be suitable for wear on parade and at ceremonies.
Washington May 6 shipbuilders on the Pacific Coast were asked to send Chairman Hurley to Washington soon to discuss the Shipping Board plan to replace cancelled contracts and arrange employment for workers in shipyards as a war emergency measure.
Mr M J Bobo a son of the Civil War died at his home in Zaleski May 7 at 1 45 PM Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 PM and burial in the cemetery He was born July 27 1838 in Athens township now in Vinton county He married William Scott September 14 1859 and later Mrs Josephine Wilson Canney in Middleport He volunteered August 27 1862 served three years in Co K Ohio regiment He lived in Athens and Zaleski most of his life Was band leader for many years He leaves a widow two daughters Mrs Nandy Levis Zaleski and Mrs J R Jostro Athens two brothers and one sister with several relatives preceding him in death
E N Turner contractor of Logan won bids for the Pomeroy Athens road repair and the Athens Mc Arthur road paving. F H Beckler of Athens offered the low bid on the Millersburg Canal Dover highway at 90000 dollars, about 5000 under the next bid. A detour will open Thursday morning between Circle Hill and Floodwood during the paving of the gap.
Nine prisoners indicted by the May grand jury will be arraigned Friday at 9 a m in the court room. Prosecutor Bartels faced a heavy docket with key cases heard. The Perkins murder case led to an indictment on first degree murder, and the Ohio Hotel raid prompted additional preliminaries and an indictment against the hotel proprietress.
A call to keep Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy at hand warns that neighbors and medicine access may fail in sudden bowel illness. The ad claims many deaths could be prevented with timely medicine and urges purchase for 85 cents.
In Ohio during the week ending April 7, about 19 000 persons were referred to jobs by the U S Employment Service. Exact totals show 9 656 referred and 7 592 placed. For the first time in months the number of available jobs neared the applicant tally.
The Carl Hagenbeck and Wallace Circus reached Athens at 8 30 from Charleston West Virginia under rainy weather. The Fair grounds buzzed with tents banners wagons and animals as crowds lined the parade route one mile long featuring two calliopes bands elephants and camels. The show promises two performances today at 2 and 8 with waterproof tents, marking the season finale for circuses in the area.
The U S Employment Service placed nearly 700 soldiers in jobs during the week of April 19 in Columbus Ohio with 955 referred to work. The era of more applicants than positions ends as churches rally to aid discharged men in finding work. During that week two soldiers applied for each job listed in Cincinnati produce markets.
Franklin D. Roosevelt acting secretary of the navy telegraphed Lieutenant Commander D. P. Wickersham in New York urging a vigorous national campaign to recruit sailors. The navy faces an acute shortage of men for active service as of May 6.
The write up highlights bright colored jewelry as essential accents. Amethyst and green gold stones on a silken cord enhance a frock, while a pair of earrings features three pearl pendants set in green gold.
Poet Charles Albert Chatfield writes of leaving failed hopes behind and chasing ambition. The speaker mounts the steed of ambition to ride toward fortune, facing foes and uncertain outcomes with defiant resolve. He rejects mourning for dead hopes and presses forward, asserting hope persists despite decay.
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