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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1919
Page
3
Nelsonville classified section notes a reward offer for better volume and features a Welch buggy and harness for sale. ARLES HANKEISON lists a 1037 Poplar address as the seller with immediate sale intent.
Piano tuning services offered by E. M. Norris of Green's Music Co. Nelsonville Ohio. Also for sale a 12 room house in front of East End school building, priced to sell quickly. Call Bell phone 829 for details.
A special matinee of Uncle Tom's Cabin at Stuart's Opera House is advertised for Thursday at 3 45. Admission for boys and girls is 17 cents and adults pay cents. Mrs Clifford Taylor of New York City visiting sister Mrs R H Jackson in Columbus. Mrs E D Ross of Norfolk Virginia visits her three sisters and one brother here.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Presbyterian church will meet at the church with Mrs. Charles Myers as noted in yesterday's paper.
Mrs Ida Rosser Holden aged 43 wife of John Holden died at her Columbus home after weeks of illness. She was born Ida Rosser in this city and lived here before moving to Columbus. Survived by husband two sisters Mrs Will Powell Nelsonville and Mrs Lynn Columbus and four brothers Ti E J Nelsonville William Logan Reno Texas. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning in Columbus with burial there.
A local reception honored Nelsonville's colored soldiers with a gathering Saturday. Community members praised their service and shared refreshments, acknowledging the contributions of veterans from the area.
Local social round up with church gathering at the Masonic hall highlights Beckoned by Rev Hart welcome remarks and a veterans’ address. A lunch is served while eleven Nelsonville colored boys drill in uniform. Numerous visitors and upcoming meetings are noted across town.
Mrs. Harry Edington hosted a six o'clock dinner Monday night in honor of her mother Mrs. Maria Sheppards celebrating her 76th birthday anniversary. The event was held at a prettyly appointed setting.
Dinner covers were laid for the honored guests Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Sheppard and their son Tom and daughter Martha Ellen, along with Mr. Charles Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Edington in attendance.
Albany Ohio reports the 1919 Albany High School class of thirteen with five enrolled in universities. Chester Swett Vaughn Chase and Victoria Wood attend Ohio University, Lowell Lew and Carl Vandervort at Ohio State University. Vandervort earned a scholarship to the Agricultural department after competing among twenty-two counties. The district notes nineteen graduates since 1907 have earned college or professional degrees. Principal J E Nesbit with assistants Miles Cagg and Ethel Burson lead a 72-student enrollment, including 32 freshmen.
In Shawnee on Sunday Sugar Creek lost 3-1 to Shawnee after leading 1-0 into the seventh. Bill Bresnen struck out 18 of 24 faced and fanned 93 in eight games while Daugherty managed 13 Ks. A seventh inning homer with two on topped Sugar Creek's rally. Sugar Creek players include Bresnen on the mound and Leo Bradley Koon Bradley etc. George Robinson manages.
Cauto reports from Rome detail D Annunzios claim of a state of war with the Jugo Slavs after severing telegraph links with Fiume and Agram. Serbian plans for action against D Annunzio were debated by ministers who chose to delay a hostile expedition. General Badoglio, dispatched to Fiume, returned to Udine with no success in settlement.
Mrs Emma Stake of Belleville weds fifth husband D H Burkholder in a ceremony witnessed by her sons from prior marriages. Local attendees include family and friends. The event marks a notable family milestone in Mansfield society.
Representative Volstead said wartime prohibition should stay in effect until steel strike settlement. He warned lifting bans amid demobilization could raise violence in steel districts. Volstead predicted final prohibition enactment by week’s end while noting army strength remains above peace levels.
In Cleveland Ohio three holdup men robbed the Central Jewelry Company after noon today taking jewelry valued between 10000 and 12000. Joseph Mayer 21 son of the shop owner reported to police that the men entered pointed revolvers at him bound and gagged him and left him in the rear of the store before escaping with the safe jewelry. The father later found his son.
President Wilson is reportedly informed that the senate's stance on ratifying the peace treaty has grown more favorable during his speaking tour. Administration sources say progress has continued for ten days and supporters now foresee possible ratification without reservations or amendments. TOLEDO updates note D. E. West pleads not guilty to murder charge and a streetcar collision injures two people.
Coach Mackie aims to shape the Athens High squad in three evenings for the Friday game against Logan. The 1919 team presents a green line but an experienced backfield with punch. Uncertain ends and wing, several players compete for tackles and backfield spots as Kircher handles center snapping.
Jacksonville High School lost 6 to 5 to Chauncey High School in a game troubled by fielding and base running. Brinkley of Jacksonville struck out 13, Bradley of Chauncey 12, and a rematch is set for next Friday at Chauncey.
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