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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1918
Page
3
Nelsonville news note lists messenger branch at 26 Fulton Street near the depot with C. H. Bartlett and Mrs. C. H. Bartlett as business manager editor social reporter and circulation manager. Delinquent carrier reports should be made to the office. Home phone 98 Bell phone 290W.
The notice lists many geranium varieties for sale at Sauter's Avenue Gallery near the Depot in Nelsonville. The report also notes Rev. W H Hendershot resigned as pastor, effective July 10, after about two years in the town.
Lawrence Hoye aged 25 son of Mr and Mrs James Hoye was killed when a truck driver who offered to take him to Camp Sherman lost control outside Columbus and struck a telephone pole. Hoye had been visiting his parents in Columbus and was formerly a local resident.
James Evans aged 3 was buried at Greenlawn after being shot Friday in Columbus. Amos Robinson visited Columbus Monday. Mr and Mrs Walter Saunders and two sons Ted and Jack visited Millfield Sunday as guests of the Saunders family. R R Stalter spent Monday in Columbus on business.
The text notes Gibson the florist planting flowers on the Public Square and urges owners to keep pets and vehicles off the grass for summer. It mocks overbuilt store entrances and urban driving trends, predicting a shift from walking to motorized movement and roller skates as a future habit in Nelsonville.
Local Masons are asked to attend two Decoration Day meetings on Thursday May 30. The first session at 1 P M will join the G A R parade. At 6 P M the Master’s degree will be conferred on four candidates. Large turnout requested.
The Retail Merchants Association adopts a summer Thursday afternoon closing rule. All stores will close Thursday afternoons from May 23 to October 1, except when the 10th or 25th falls on a Thursday. Memorial Day will see all stores closed all day.
Charles Yarber and Harrison Jacobs each received $25 and costs in Mayor Wells court on Monday for operating an automobile while intoxicated. Jacobs could not pay his fine and was sent to the county jail today by Chief Pearson.
John W. Young of Norwood is in the city jail awaiting arraignment on a charge of non-support. Mr. T. C. Galvin received word of the death of his oldest sister Mrs. Margaret Blenta in Columbus yesterday.
At yesterday evening's Red Cross meeting Mrs. R H Jackson resigned as secretary and Miss Kate Newman was elected to succeed her. The group also voted to secure sieens for the headquarters.
Mrs. Micahel Ely of Nelsonville R D 3 reports a post card confirming her son Corporal Guy Ely has safely arrived in France.
James Payne aged 73 died suddenly of heart failure Sunday at his home on West Franklin Street. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 PM at the residence with burial in Greenlawn cemetery.
Scout volunteers will greet delegates May 24 25 26 in Nelsonville. They will escort delegates from trains and streetcars to the church registration and then to parade rooms. Every child and adult from six to one hundred years is needed to make the event a great display. Citizens urged to decorate cars in C. FE colors or patriotic hues and to be ready by 6:30 Saturday evening. Merchants will add special window trimmings and citizens urged to show patriotism with flags and banners.
The body of Lawrence Hoye arrives in Nelsonville Wednesday at 10, with a military funeral to follow at the M E church conducted by Rev. Arthur M Mann. Hoye was a member of the K P and Forcerer orders likely to attend in a body. Burial will be in Haydenville family ground after the service.
A meeting is organized for all volunteers to assist in registering children under six for U S government data. The effort aims to document preschool age children and support life-saving measures. Local residents, including the Murphy, Newman, Artis, and Reigell families, visit nearby camps and hosts, with additional notes on travel and enlistment.
The Athens County Fair will run August 20 21 22 23 and follow strict war time rules including food administration recipes. Thrift Stamps must make up 40 percent of prizes while exhibitors can still accept them. A world class horse show is planned with prizes real and money valued. Junior Clubs work led by County Farm Agent DeLashmust and area superintendents will showcase prize pigs and domestic science projects.
The May city council meeting, led by acting president pro tem Gill, approved speeding the Byard street survey after the railroad admitted deed errors. The plan to reduce the grade and remove a high retaining wall near the McBee plant was endorsed, and Cable Lane was moved east to align with May Avenue with costs borne by property owners. Council to reconvene on June 3.
Geneva May 20 reports from Vienna papers say Nicholas II and his family have chosen exile in Switzerland over Romania. The Soviet government reportedly granted this on the condition he refrain from seeking the Russian throne and return.
Funeral services were held at 10 o'clock this morning at the M E church for Bertha Elizabeth Vivian Brooks eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harrison Brooks of The Plains. The child died Saturday night at Logan hospital after an illness of nearly three months with spinal troubles. Seven other children are left to the bereaved parents amid community sympathy.
Washington May 20. Indications point to the American government soon clarifying its stance on the Irish situation. Resolutions from Irish mass meetings in the United States and the expected visit to Washington by Dublin's lord mayor are said to press officials for decisive action.
Twenty two of fifty five Redpath Chautauqua guarantors met in the City Building with J A Bumstead of Columbus, Assistant Manager, to approve a revised July program. Enthusiasm rose after Bumstead outlined promising lecturers and entertainers, though Father Deville remains unavailable. Bert S. Thompson leads Promoters with C H Horn as secretary to boost attendance.
Michael Valentine, 37, a laborer, shot and killed his wife today before shooting himself. Five children are left to cope with the tragedy.
Columbus Ohio Retailers receive warning from Food Director Croxton not to mark up wheat flour substitutes beyond sixteen to twenty percent of selling price. He notes that elevated prices for corn barley and oats used as substitutes cannot be justified. Wholesale margins on substitutes sold pound for pound with wheat flour are capped at ten percent.
Five people died as a tornado ripped through central Kansas early today near Salina. The storm caused thousands of dollars in damage to farms across the region.
Winnipeg Manitoba eight thousand railroad workers walked out today. Street railway men announced a strike starting tonight.
In Charleston, WV, a rescue party brought out four of fourteen entombed miners from the Mill Creek Canal Coal Company mine ten miles away. No trace of the remaining workers was found as efforts to extinguish the fire continued to fail.
Admiral Delbono of the Italian navy stated in Venice that Italy has good reasons to regard itself as masters of submarine situations in the Mediterranean. He said many enemy submarines have been sunk in these waters and that the situation is viewed with confidence.
The navy department officially reports the loss of the American tanker William D Rockefeller at sea. Announcement is withheld while casual ties involved are established.
Washington reports Senator Ollie James of Kentucky is critically ill with Brights disease at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Doctors monitor his condition as his illness prompts concerns over his legislative duties.
The admiralty reported that Allied ships other than British and merchant vessels lost in April totaled 84,293 tons, while British tonnage losses amounted to 20,709 tons.
General Korniloff died in combat near Yekaterinodar as his 13 000 strong army was routed by Soviet forces. The retreat ends organized resistance to the Bolsheviks in the south, leaving rebel leader Fitimonoff with a small 2000 man force.
Community notes show Mr Earnest and Main Chapman plus Pearl Woodson attending Ringling Brothers in Columbus. Attendance at Glouster dance and visits by several residents to Athens, Lancaster, and Camp Sherman accompany a K P rally and joint church service at the A M E church led by Rev Isom. A U S Army sergeant spoke on mother love as $29.45 was collected for day expenses.
Harold A. Angel Moore earned a commission as second lieutenant in the signal corps aviation section after six months of training. He reports an excellent flying record, no ship damage, and intends to attend pursuit pilot schools in Dallas, Lake Charles, Memphis, or Rantoul. Moore, a 1915 Ohio University graduate, previously worked with the U.S. Geological Survey in the Southwest before enlisting and training in Columbus and San Diego.
The sixth general fraternity entered Ohio University Saturday as the local Alpha Tau Epsilon became a chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha. Warren A. Cole of Swansea Mass served as installing officer guiding sixteen local members. Lambda Chi Alpha began at Boston University November 15 1911 and now has 44 chapters. this is its first in Ohio. Cole plans to install more chapters before returning home. The badge features horns around a monogram LXA, colors purple green and gold, and violet as flower.
Advertisers tout San Cura Ointment as first aid for burns cuts and bruises with a money back guarantee at Cline's Pharmacy and Fountain Pharmacy Nelsonville Ohio. The San Cura Soap with antiseptic scalp benefits sells for a quarter a cake, with mail order available via Thompson Medical Co. Titusville Pennsylvania.
The Hocking Valley Christian Endeavor Union will hold a three day convention in Nelsonville at the Christian church Friday through Sunday. Strong state and local speakers are on the program. Athens Presbyterian and Christian churches are among the union members well represented at the event. The article notes a local joke about Russia with many Russians there.
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