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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1919
Page
5
Boston plans a male only garden at Police Station 19 yard. Ada of the force will plant violets and cabbage and other crops in the yard as part of the effort.
Rome May 22 Salvatore Barzillai a member of the Italian peace delegation has resigned today Barzillai returned from Paris with the other delegates and never officially re attached himself to the delegation German breweries are manufacturing yeast to mix with stock foods to boost nourishment.
Miss Winnie Lou Carnes returns from a Cincinnati business trip. W R C plans Friday 7 30 pm Memorial day service preparations. Mr and Mrs H S Davis of Franklin Ave entertain this week with the latter's grandfather Mr J R Topping of Columbus visiting. Mrs B F Stout of Pittsburgh Pa visits with her parents Mr and Mrs F Roach. Mr Stout returns home. Mr Thomp Zahniser ends a week with his daughter Mrs Carl J Hibbard in North Lancaster St and will return to Dayton. Mrs Zahniser stays longer. Major S M Johnson travels to Columbus for a Masonic gathering and attends a National Guard officers meeting on Sunday to discuss Ohio National Guard reorganization. Mr Alex Mooney of Princeton Ind leaves after visiting cousin Mr Robert Smith of Athens R Oh 8. he is 76 and enjoyed the Buckeye state after 20 years away. Captain R R Rounsavell of the 37th Division HQ has stayed two weeks at Uncle Joseph Mulligan Sr.'s country home. formerly Columbus, he worked copper mining on Vancouver Island and returned at war's outbreak to enlist with Ohio. Mrs G J Wetherholt of Gallipolis also featured.
Mrs. Wetherholt visited over Wednesday with her sons Messrs. Paul and Frank Wetherholt students at Ohio University in Athens staying with Mrs. Bertha F. Dailey at University Terrace. She traveled from Cincinnati to visit daughter Miss Besse Wetherholt and returned home at noon. Mr. J L Pickering travels to Carthage Tennessee due to ill health of his brother William B Pickering, eldest son of late Samuel Pickering, last surviving of seven. Mrs. Thor Olson plans a gymnasium picnic this evening at the Caves with guests Miss Frances Develyn Katherine Coe Catherine Overmeyer Mary Frances Lawhead Beryl Cone Emma Jane Price Hazel Weber and accompanying Olson family members.
The Child's Conservation League held its open yearend meeting at Mrs. J J Woolley's home on North Congress street. Members invited guests enjoyed songs readings and character skits with a flag drill finale. Luncheon served to twenty eight. An annual picnic for members and families is planned at Mr and Mrs Simon Brouwer's country home.
The Athens County Red Cross women of the Wednesday sewing unit gather at Hillcrest the Chubbs summer home for a social evening with husbands joining for supper.
The wedding of Miss Alice May Athens to Mr. Bartlett M. Gibson took place Tuesday at 4 PM in the home of the bride's grandmother, Mrs. Nancy J May, 151 East States Street, Columbus. Rev. Dr. C. L. Strecker officiated and the couple pledged their vows in a small gathering. The bride is a graduate of the Normal Department of Ohio.
An Athens County clock seller urges buyers to choose reliable watches and buy from firms that back their claims. The ad notes a long history since 1869 and promises watches that meet customer needs at the right price.
The bride, a university graduate and former instructor in art and domestic science, taught in Norwalk then Barnesville and belongs to Alpha Xi Delta. The groom, wounded in service on November 1, resumed as cashier at the Hocking Valley office. They will live at 151 East State Street after a wedding trip to Columbus. Parents of the groom from Columbus attended.
Washington May 22 Representative Fitzgerald argues government food control drives up prices. He cites army stockpiles including 100 million cans of beef and 50 million pounds of bacon and cites poultry stock increases from May 1918 to May 1919 as evidence of shortages amid high costs.
Mount Clemens, Mich. May 22 The Ford Tribune libel case was postponed as defense counsel could not finish arguments in time for evidence. Judge Tucker excused the jury until tomorrow morning. The defense urged the case be opened to allow admission of all facts.
Pittsburg cattle receipts light and hog market lower with primes at 21.50 to 21.60 and assorted weights. Cincinnati reports 1200 cattle, market steady for shippers at 14.00 to 14.50, calves strong with 16.00 to 17.00, hogs 20.76 to 21.00, sheep and lambs steady to weak with lambs at 17.00 to 18.50.
Liberty bonds were quoted with various series showing prices and upticks including First 4s Second 4s and Third 4s. Toledo grain markets list corn oats barley clover seed timothy rye with cash and futures prices for several months and grades.
Announcement notes the dedication ceremony of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Zanesville on June 8 with President A W Smith of the Ohio Conference and others speaking. It invites all, especially Athens Baptists, to attend and join the Friday to Sunday program at Hocking Valley CC E Union with multiple church addresses by Rev J J Tisdale Dr A Y Wilcox Stanley Vandersall and others.
Notice of a partition sale by Sheriff of Athens County Ohio for the west half of NW quarter Section 11 Town 11 Range 15 in Waterloo Township. Real estate appraised at 1000 dollars to be sold cash on day of sale per order of Common Pleas Court. Sale at courthouse door Athens Ohio. May 22 1919.
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