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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1919
Page
2
In the sixth inning of the sixth game Weaver, the White Sox slugger, delivered a Texas leaguer for a double as Kopf and Duncan misplayed. Jackson followed with a single, and Weaver scored from second. The White Sox rallied with three runs to tie the game.
Athens county forms townships and municipalities to start a membership drive October 15 for two thousand members. Citizens may join by paying five dollars, with three dollars used for road signs and markers and two dollars shared among local state and national associations. Local and municipal chairmen are named across numerous townships and towns including Athens, Amesville, Glouster, and Nelsonville.
Sunday school lesson outlines Peter and John joining Jesus in service. General title echoes Jesus calls Peter and John with cited passages from Mark Luke and training themes on citizenship and civic duties. The note marks Citizenship Day and references I Peter chapters on Christian conduct.
E D Murch leads a Bible School rally with Morning worship at 10 15 and sermon The Next Great Advance by W G Loucks. Evening evangelistic service by Loucks, Christian Endeavor at 6, junior group same time. Welcoming note invites all, with a home like atmosphere for students.
The pastor will preach tomorrow at both morning and evening services. The morning sermon is titled Removing Mountains and the evening one The Breadth of Jesus. Sabbath School starts at nine, followed by a Young Peoples meeting at six. All are invited.
Armed robbers seized a payroll bag valued about 11000 from Sam W. Emerson Company workers Ralph W. Laubscher and Albert Chalupka in Cleveland Ohio. Two men confronted them on the sidewalk and five accomplices waited in a nearby car before fleeing.
Four highwaymen shot George Hillman paymaster for the Pinkerton Tobacco Company through the chest and escaped with the weekly payroll of 5000 dollars here this morning. An assistant Charles W. Kirk was unhurt. Hillman may die.
A portable jointer for bench work operates from a lighting circuit, offering compact wood planing capability. The device emphasizes ease of setup and suitability for small shops.
The Pennsylvania rail shops in Altoona Tyrone and Hollidaysburg halt operations with about 15 000 workers out. Car inspectors and cleaners quit at 7 am crippling traffic and delaying trains while thousands of freight cars and hundreds of engines await winter repairs in the yards.
The week of October 25 to November 2 is set aside as Girl Scout Week with a drive for associate members in Athens county and nationwide. The Girl Scouts aim to foster wholesome habits for capable civic minded women and follow the English Girl Guides model. Theodore Van. & was struck by a car in Akron in front of the Firestone plant. he suffers a skull fracture and may die. A new tool design features a coiled spring ferrule on a fire tang handle with elastic grip.
Episcopal church at State and Carpenter announces Sunday evening service at 7 30 with Rev C B Plummer in charge A note invites all to attend and mentions special music and a cordial invitation to worshippers
Sunday school at 9 A M and 1 30 P M at Strouds Run Church with preaching at 10 A M and 2 30 P M by named pastors and visiting professors. Evening service at 7 30 P M features Prof C L Martzolff. Music Hall preaching at 7 P M. Everyone welcome.
B. F. Timmons, pastor, leads Sunday school at 9:00 A M and a sermon at 10:00 A M. Evening Praise follows at 7:00 P M. Thursday service at 7:00 P M and a special workers meeting Tuesday at 7:00 P M invites all.
Lloyd Strecker invites all to Sunday school at 9 with Mr. R M Slutz as superintendent and morning worship at 10 30 including a sermon The Cross A class meeting at 2 30 Epworth League at 6 Topic Christianity and the Health of America Evening service at 7 The second discourse in the series on Great Personalities will be given by the pastor Subject Luther Pioneer of Religious Freedom Invitation extended to all services.
Pastor L. R. Roberts preaches at 2:30 P M with a class meeting and the 7:30 evening service. Prayer meeting is Wednesday at 7:80 and a cottage prayer meeting Friday at 7:30 in the church basement. The church proclaims the Christ of Calvary can save from all sin.
Sunday services at Carpenter and Congress Streets start with Sunday school at 9 15 A M then a sermon at 10 45 A M on Christianizing the Social Order. Evening service features sermon at 7 30 P M titled Things of Importance in the Development of the Race. Prompt start requested.
One of the first to laud Babe Ruth for his season home run mark was Buck Freeman. Freeman, who set the record while with Washington in 1899, hit twenty one homers in the season and is now an umpire in the American Association.
Dr McCuaig cites global gender ratios, noting 1910 US males exceed females by 2.7 million and total US population around 107 million. He argues census will settle truth, warns against polygamy justifying scripture, and cites Isaiah on women seeking husbands amid wartime desolation.
New York dispatch notes little worry for the second day of the 1919 college football schedule. Except for Brown and Colgate at Hamilton, the eastern big three appear to have simple games and are virtually marked as winners in advance.
The article recalls a 1916 Colgate upset that ruined Brown's championship hopes after Brown beat Yale and Harvard. It notes the Big Three outlook and lists upcoming games Yale versus North Carolina New Haven Harvard versus Colby Cambridge Princeton versus Lafayette. It also notes Japan's mineral output last year at 11 067 083 gallons, up about 20 percent.
The Search and Seizure section of the Crabbe law enforcement code is described as a state wide Prohibition enforcement tool. Critics claim it invades home privacy and enables warrantless searches by undercover dry detectives, while supporters note official approval and governor endorsement. The provision will appear on the November ballot.
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