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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1919
Page
5
More than 100 witnesses summoned for the trial of Mrs Stanislaw Lypczynska charged with killing sister Mary Janina eleven years ago. Jury secured after a delay. hearing begins Monday afternoon. Also notes a New Jersey factory finishing a geometric lathe for engraving Mexican paper money plates.
Local ads list Maxwell car for sale at low price on Walnut Street, a large five room house for rent with water and electricity, whiskey barrels, seven pigs, bulk beans and potatoes at Gadbury's, expert repair at Bell's Garage, and Owls Nest meeting notice with date October 13.
October 8 1919 notices show names Cordell Jéthro Lake J Dar an Marchal McKee Jance Switzel Superintendent Ad ters advertised at Nelsonville Ohio with James Sharp P M on file.
Local Girl Scouts Council met Tuesday to organize a membership drive and appoint committees. Mrs Emery Shaw hosted a twelve o'clock dinner Thursday with guests Mrs Robert Williams Mrs John Briggs Mrs Will Bland Mrs James Bland Mrs Anna Coleman and her son Edward.
Friends, neighbors and relatives joined Rev. Mann and Rev. Johnson to honor the long respected city resident at his funeral. Burial followed at Greenlawn. Local social notes mention visitors and guests in Columbus Athens Murray Circle Hill Salem and other area towns.
About twenty five members of Ath ens Shrine from Nelsonville and Ath ens went to Marietta Thursday and initiated for them a class of candidates. Upon arrival they received an auto tour of the city followed by a six oclock dinner at the Baptist church. After dinner the group gathered at the I C O F Hall where Athens Shrine demonstrated the work in a capable manner.
Columbus Ohio October 10 Ohio's corn crop is forecast at 158 456 000 bushels the state s second largest on record behind 1912 s 174 410 000 bushels The oats crop is expected at 653 667 000 bushels below average due to wet spring and dry June Cochran head of the federal bureau of crop estimates also predicts a potato yield of 9 405 000 bushels
John E. Fay of 51 Campbell St Dayton Ohio, a lumber buyer, credits Dreco with ending years of pain after surgeries for appendicitis and gall stones. He reports restored sleep, regular bowels, renewed appetite, and energy for work, noting Dreco eases digestion and tones the system. All good druggists stock Dreco, endorsed by The Cline Pharmacy Co.
An advertorial note claims Ney Pills vitalize weak kidneys and bladder at 505 8th Ave Sioux City. It recounts a user who suffered back pain and misery, then found relief after taking Foleydney Pills. The copy mentions headaches rheumatic pains and floating specks about the eyes. Sold everywhere.
Paris Oct 10 The supreme council approved Marshall Fochs note threatening a blockade unless German forces withdraw from the Baltic region. An allied commission will observe evacuation. another commission will inventory requisitioned goods in Hungary by Roumanian forces. Bulgaria gains ten days to answer the treaty.
In Columbia Ohio on October 10 delegates to the American Legion convention planned statewide campaigns to recruit 100000 members by March 1920 and to speed naturalization for veterans. State officers were reelected: Galbraith commander Cochran first vice Roberts second vice Wilson secretary Conklin treasurer. New executive committee members include McDermott Priddy Aldridge Darlington Henderson. The convention did not act on league of nations or soldiers bonuses.
Akron Ohio reports a surge in building with permits for new homes and apartments in five days ending Friday topping one million dollars. Estimated total cost of buildings with permits issued through October 1 reaches 19,641,955 dollars per Building Inspector L. E. Welker.
Warrants charging illegal practice of medicine sworn out against Prof and Mrs A C Frenelogista alleged to have advertised as real fortune tellers and physicians able to cure any disease Canton people contributed over 1000 dollars in a few days Mrs Frenelogista was
The Reds returned to Cincinnati in triumph, marching uptown to cheers as schools dismissed and the mayor declared a half holiday. The town celebrated with bands playing patriotic tunes while the team, once shy, endured the glare of adulation from a city eager to honor its heroes.
A fragment notes an arrest occurred after a professor departed before a warrant served. A woman admitted assuming a false name. In another fragment twelve patients signed affidavits.
In Rock Island Illinois on October 10 Captain Lowell B. Smith led San Francisco entrants in the air derby but weather kept him grounded for hours. In New York Captain L. H. Smith led the trans continental race ahead of Lieut. B. W. Maynard who faced engine trouble near Cheyenne Wyoming.
The central committee of shopmen in Pennsylvania railroads in this district ordered a general strike to begin at two o clock in the afternoon. The men walked out on the scheduled hour.
New York reports unfilled tonnage of the United States Steel Corporation at 6,284,638 tons as of September 30, up from 6,109,108 on August 31 and 56,578,661 on July 1. The increase since August is 175,535 tons.
Mrs Maggie Worden and Mrs Jane Rizer were visitors in Columbus Monday. Mrs Bessie Hook visited sister Effie Beal at Myres Crossing Tuesday. Daisy Hammond and son Raymond shopped in Deanville Tuesday. Sophia McGee and son Dale visited Athens at Albert Boggs home. Dorothy Holmes visits sister Nellie Bittner in Murray City. Vese Burley bought a new Chevrolet touring car. Mr and Mrs Millard McGee returned from W Va. Edith Hall slowly improves after severe burn. Millie Boring visits brother Fred Boring Tuesday evening.
Rr Fy Torch and J. G. Leverson of Cincinnati have been in the area for a week buying apples. Ted McGrew and family from Logan visit his parents in town. Rev. Elias Wilson of Toledo spends days with his wife and son. Will and Orpha Robinson stay with G. P. Russell family. Roy and Florence Dunfee of Xenia visit Thomas Dunfee’s family. Florence Bingman of Athens visits J. E. Fultz. J. A. Griffin and Maggie Blackburn, Marietta guests yesterday.
United Press dispatch from Pittsburg reports the Senate labor committee led by Chairman Kenyon arrives to interview steel workers and families in McKeesport Braddock Duquesne and Homestead. The inquiry aims to assess wages living conditions and foreign worker treatment with an emphasis on potential Americanization legislation and preventative measures against future clashes.
A visiting committee met at a Pittsburgh hotel and toured the Homestead works, but reporters were barred at the gates by armed guards without an explained reason. Senator Phipps, formerly treasurer, was mentioned in the proceedings.
An active display at the Carnegie Steel mill highlights gate areas and ongoing work. The exhibit emphasizes the mill’s operations and the role of gates in daily production and security.
For sale 40 acres underlaid with coal near Hisylvania mine in Glouster Ohio. Quick sale offered by Mason An.
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