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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1919
Page
9
The American Legion opens its first band in the armory with 14 veterans from various military groups rehearsing under William P. Junod. He projects 8 to 10 additional members who served in the war can join, aiming to form a band of real merit influencing the local post and earning praise from state headquarters.
Lorain Ohio October 9 workers at the National Twire plant faced picket lines at the main entrance as several hundred steel workers urged idle men to stop work. Officials planned more pickets but none materialized. No injuries reported amid scattered flights and escorts out of town.
London reports a potential 10 million Europeans seeking emigration as transport limits bite. Britain tightens border controls while US warned to prevent being swamped. Officials hope 2 million Jews may reach Palestine, but most must stay or rely on aid. Food storage, production shortfalls, and political instability persist across Europe.
A waterspout formed off Roton Point and rose at least 100 feet, traveling a mile and a half. It struck the forty five foot launch Anna at Betts Island lifting the cabin off and leaving the rest undamaged. An adjoining house near the shore was moved several feet and its second floor and attic were smashed away. Debris lined the coast for two miles.
Former British officers returning from France and Belgium describe nature covering No Man's Land with scarlet poppies and the rusted barbed wire vanishing, while trenches and timber remain as stark reminders of the war and its near constant threat.
A promotional notice urges taking Father John’s Medicine this fall to build resistance against germs. It claims the pure food medicine is alcohol and drug free and has 60 years of use for colds coughs and body boosting effects.
Ad touts Danderine as a hair tonic that cleanses dirt and oil with a damp cloth while leaving hair soft, glossy, and lively. It claims to restore youthful color, fight dandruff, and prevent shedding, available at drug or toilet counters for a few cents.
Akron Davts George aged 50 a carpenter probably died when a heavy timber fell on his head authorities investigated the accident at the site with standard safety procedures and regional officials responding to the incident.
J A Violet announces conversion of the second and third floors of Violet Flats into twenty apartments and opens a rental agency offering personal attention to tenants.
Shipping along the New York waterfront was tied up with few exceptions as longshoremen walked out unauthorizedly starting Tuesday. An estimated thirty to thirty five thousand workers remain on strike today.
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