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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1919
Page
3
Irvin Nanna runs for York Township trustee promising fair treatment of public roads. The appeal urges support and cites two date numbers 10 18 3 and 20 3 as identifiers.
The Chamber of Commerce will hold a special meeting at the Elk club rooms next Thursday evening at six o'clock. The Presbyterian church ladies will serve the dinner.
A bronze tablet gifted by students was unveiled in the high school chapel honoring six World War I fallen heroes: Harry Collins, Glenford Dugan, Clarence Hoodlett, Noble Lax, and Arthur Stratton. Rev. Arpee led devotion with song and a Ferree talk recalling experiences with the boys. Visitors week aims for 3,000 attendees as families visit over the weekend.
Mrs Lawrence Young hosted a Sunday dinner with many relatives and friends including Mrs Winfield Johnson and Lillian of Newark. Several couples traveled to Columbus and Lancaster, while others visited Athens and The Plains relatives. Mrs Bird Bruce moved to Jackson Michigan.
Two pilots landed near noon in Nelsonville and did aerial tricks drawing a crowd. Passengers, including several ladies, took rides over Logan in the afternoon. Pete Merz Jr. enjoyed the trip while neighbors offered support after the illness and death of Thos Raine.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Brannon of Chattanooga together with Mrs. Elizabeth Richmond and Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Barker of this city attended the Pickering family reunion held Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Pickering. Thirty five relatives shared a bountiful picnic dinner served at noon.
Mr and Mrs Brannon depart for home on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs J L Jack and son Charles visited relatives in Athens on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Cliff Joyce spent Saturday at Lancaster fair. James Smith was a Columbus business visitor on Monday.
The body of Catharine Tipping Raine was buried in Green Lawn Cemetery Nelsonville Ohio after a large public tribute. She died October 15 after a brief illness at age 51. Funeral services were held at St Andrews Church with Rev Father Byrne officiating. She is survived by her husband Thomas Raine and three sisters Mrs James Carr of Nelsonville Mrs Andrew Kellner and Miss Rose Tipping of Columbus.
Friends held a birthday party for Beatrice Smith at her home on Thursday evening. Guests joined in games and music and a two course luncheon followed, with attendees including Muriel Baugh Regina Whyte Evelyn Hartley Lillian Stewart Doris Huddy Ada Klein Ella Gilbert Nell Rosser Lillian McKee Mabel Robson Grace Nixon Imelda Smith Agnes Creighton Olive Gilbert Mary Mathewson Beatrice Smith and others. Mr and Mrs Ed Cranmer and their little daughter are visiting Mrs Cranmer's parents in Athens.
Local notices list repairs at Bell's Garage and a request to return a borrowed paper mache skull. Ads include rentals, farm goods, a shoe repair shop, a closing out sale of phonographs, and a horse and cabbage listings. Also a note on using rice milling refuse in France for fuel briquets.
The opening meeting begins at 7 p m in the First M E church with Dr F I Johnson delivering an illustrated talk. Other speakers include Dow Bancroft head of the Methodist minute men and Dr Heckelman a returned missionary from Japan. A second illustrated lecture is planned for Wednesday evening at the same church.
An enthusiastic Troop Three meeting drew the year's best attendance with all enrolled scouts present. Two new scouts tested for tenderfoot, Serena Shaffer received the first merit badge from the troop, and first class scouts pursue more badges at the next court. Dr Studer spoke on dental care and a new Troop Three feature was introduced. Ice cream and cake followed as the group advanced toward life and star ranks.
A brief voting instruction urges residents to vote Yes on two referendum laws and No on two amendments.
Guidance from home economics specialists on packing away summer wardrobe items. Clean and organize washable whites and colors, store palm beach suits in separate boxes, treat hats by material, and dust off shoes with shoe trees. Maintain desk records with box labels for quick spring retrieval.
Paris reports Dr Serge Voronoff asserts interstitial gland grafts can delay aging. He notes thyroid and supra-renal secretions stay alive three hours postmortem, advising rapid transport of bodies from accidents to hospitals for grafting. He proposes grouping glands for cold storage to be kept indefinitely.
London report shows 6390 births in August 1919 461 more than August 1918 annual rate 18 per thousand. Dr Mary Scharlieb notes more boys born in war times while girls may outnumber during prosperity.
An inventor mounts a step ladder on wheels and equips it with propulsion and steering controls allowing a user to move and steer without descending. The device aims to improve access and mobility in high work areas.
Washington Oct 21 Congress and the justice department move to avert a sugar shortage. The senate agricultural committee hears Louisiana cane sugar growers and debates Senator McNarys bill to revive the sugar equalization board to production conserve supply and regulate distribution. Attorney General Palmer awaits replies from beet sugar refiners over a proposed 10 cent a pound price and the board cites market withholding as a shortage contributor.
The Messenger reports a flood of questions about three American babies and a crooked back asks who will be found a home for the mother. Money received by The Messenger is placed in a bank and the home will be released from debt. The American people will wake to home affairs.
Bids addressed to the Clerk of Jacksonville Ohio are due by 12 noon Saturday November 8 1919 for grading draining curbing or paving Main Street with bituminous filled macadam plans and specs on file. Bid must name all interested parties and include a $1000 bond or certified check. The village may reject any or all bids. Dated October 21 1919 by Clerk D Williams.
Secretary of Labor Wilson pressed about 100 delegates of miners and operators to seek a conciliatory path to prevent a strike set for November 1. Miners demand a wage raise for a six hour day and five day week while operators warned of uncertain outcomes as talks aimed to reopen negotiations.
Washington October 21 President Wilson learned from Senator Hitchcock of the treaty situation in the senate and was briefed on other issues including a miners strike and industrial conference deadlock. Reports to him came through Mrs. Wilson and Dr. Cary T. Grayson with Tumulty coordinating details.
Pork chops on the hoof hit season's low in Chicago with hogs averaging 74.10 dollars per hundred pounds at 1 pm, down twenty five to fifty cents from yesterday. The year's high 23.50 per hundred for granters was set in August. Retail prices held steady as wholesalers await meat released from refrigeration later this winter.
At Leland Michigan a defense witness described a staged skeleton scene used to frighten Mrs Stanislaw Lypczynska into confessing to killing her sister Mary Janina Felician at Isadore convent eleven years earlier. The defense argues fear rendered her unconscious and mentally unbalanced.
Washington October 21 legislation to permit commercial use of naval wireless on the Pacific coast advances. Debate centers on regulatory scope and potential wartime implications.
An eye clinic pledges honest opinions on children's vision. They avoid unnecessary advice but strongly advocate glasses when needed and emphasize properly fitted lenses to improve sight.
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