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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1920
Page
5
Dean Irma Voigt and Cresset members invite Ohio University girls to an at home gathering Saturday afternoon at the Lawrence building. Girls with initials A to H are welcomed 2 to 3, H to R 3 to 4, and R to Z 4 to 5. All OU girls welcome.
A Child's Conservation League meeting hosted by Mrs W B Cable featured papers by Mrs J A Brown on Music in America and the profession, Mrs Ralph Woods on Music for the Masses, Mrs C W Stone on Art School Training and artistic careers, and Miss Bertha Bridgeman on Art in schools. Contests followed and a salad course was served. Mrs Ray Slaughter attended as a guest. Alequin Tea at Mrs Frank P Phillips home hosted pledges of Aloquins with soprano and piano performances by Miss Janice Hahn and Miss Juanita Tefft.
Mrs White the house mother of the Pearl Street cottage attended a party related to the residents. The brief item records her involvement and the event's social nature within the home.
The hostess entertained the girls of her sub-dormitory with The Idol Dancer at Majestic theater Tuesday. Afterward they shared garces and mush, tea sandwiches, and wafers, served by the hostess and her daughter Melba White, with guests Irene Houck Clara Houck Jean Loofbourrow Regina O Rourke Agnes Lyden Dorothy Crites Ruby Carpenter Victoria Vallery Helen Hawk Clara Cropper Melba White.
Berlin reports that German toy makers shift from metal to leather and velvet animals after the war. A leather cow toy costs roughly four hundred marks wholesale, with its calf, reflecting higher material costs and a reduced emphasis on military tin soldiers.
Virgil Gabriel of Trimble Darrell Tom of Athens and Mildred Strubel of Haydenville recently had tonsils and adenoids removed at Athens Eye Har Nose and Throat hospital. George T. Loper of Murray City is admitted for treatment suffering from corneal ulcer.
Brooklyn club president Charles H. Ebbets warned District Attorney Lewis that any players found involved in the rumor would be suspended at once, signaling a firm stance on disciplinary action.
An advertisement extols Bulgarian Blood Tea as a top all around remedy for stomach, liver, kidneys, blood purification and fever prevention. It claims rapid recovery from ailments and success during the 1918 1920 influenza era, urging households to keep a box on hand and consult a physician or grocer for a trial.
A Tuesday evening gathering of Democratic women in the county courthouse formed the League of Nations Study Club. Mrs. C. G. Martzolff spoke on the league’s aims while emphasizing peace through arbitration and restraint, with debate and applause from the audience.
Tokyo reports women gain access to public meetings after a 政治 law change. Women and minors may attend political gatherings, but may not join political associations, with broader latitude yet to come in Japan.
Chicago financiers say readjustment to normal prices has started and will be slow and gradual. Forgan of First National Bank cites a cautious path as Cheage hotel men plan menu price cuts up to 30 percent. Landlords like Joseph Greenburg urge participation, cutting rents ten percent across three buildings.
Washington dispatch quotes Jonathan Bourne Jr and the Republican Publicity Association arguing supply and demand beat government price control. They cite Boston restaurant patrons shifting to bring-your-own lunches and consumer actions reducing costs in shoes clothing sugar and other goods. They defend free markets, oppose general price fixing except for monopolies and suggest profiteering laws as partial remedies.
The Girls Glee Club at Ohio University, led by Mrs. A S Thompson, reports 40 enrollees and strong balance of parts. A return concert is planned at the Deshler Hotel in Columbus after practice. The club lineup includes numerous named sopranos and altos with room for 2 or 3 more altos if available.
Athens county board of elections outlines new precinct divisions for Rome town ship and The Plains area. The Rome township split places all east and north in Stewart precinct and all south and west in Guysville precinct, with exact boundary lines described along Section 19, Miller Run, Pike Road, and river features.
The document outlines precinct boundaries in Athens including ward 4 divisions and precincts 1 to 3, with east west splits by Second and Chestnut streets and a northern boundary along a Plains road creek. It also notes Troy Township lines from the Hocking River to fraction lines and section corners. Chicago dispatch reports Eddie Chottte, a White Ger player, investigated for conspiring to throw the 19198 series and returning to a farm near Detroit.
Prices were cut today with Carnation Milk Company reducing preludes by 12 percent and Harland Wilson shirt manufacturers trimming shirt prices by 12 percent as announced.
Jean Dubuc former pitcher for the New York Nationals now with Toledo of the American Association was ordered to appear before the Cook county grand jury on October 4 officials believe he may know about gambling in the National League. An inventor claims a farm tractor design increases efficiency by 25 percent through enclosed gearing.
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