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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1918
Page
11
Corporal Willey H. Knapp of Fort Greble Rhode Island home on twenty day furlough spoke to Scouts from Troops 1 and 3 at the Bairds home. The gathering featured patriotic music on the Victrola and ice cream and cake on the porch.
Notice states no work at Red Cross headquarters Tuesday or Wednesday with days open as usual for the rest of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Baird entertained at dinner on Thursday with Mrs. Baird's brother Corporal Willey H. Knapp of Fort Greble Rhode Island and Mrs. G. W. Knapp of Logan along with Miss Margaret Kittsmiller of Logan.
The W C T U meeting will be held at the Presbyterian Church Tuesday the 13th at 2 p m. All members are urged to attend. Devotional leader is Mrs. Maggie.
The body of 45 year old D G C Hale who died in a Graham and Rosser mine fall was taken Saturday to Defiance for funeral and interment. Hale and his family recently moved from Jackson Michigan to the city last March. He leaves a widow and four children. His father and sister reside in Defiance, his former home.
Wilbur Jones was moved from Jacksonville to his home in the city Saturday. He had been burned while visiting a mine at Jacksonville and is now recovering.
Logan police reported a stolen automobile, a Cole 8, located with a pennant bearing Nelsonville on the back. Officers held the vehicle for the rightful owner while investigations continued.
J. Sheldon Scott left Saturday for Steubenville Ohio where he has accepted the position as city chemist of that city.
Miss Margaret Hoodlett returns to Columbus after visiting her grandmother Mrs. Fluke. Hubert Hyde of Columbus spent the week-end with his parents. Miss Catherine Collins of Columbus visited Mrs. Bartlett and Dorothy. Dorothy, of Kansas City, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Steigerwahl of Athens were guests of the Bartletts. Sarah Sheppard returns home after visiting Mrs. Hickman. Mr. and Mrs. Preston visited relatives in Albany. Mrs. Hampton visited Logan on business. Ethel Gibbs stayed with Dr and Mrs. Von Scheele in Jacksonville. Gail Galvin spent time in Westerville and Columbus. Will Fleck and son Ralph spent week-end at Camp Sherman. W. H. Bennett spent Sunday in Columbus. The Shafer family and Mrs. Ohlinger and Helen Shafer motored to Columbus. Chas Wright and Pearl Wend of Camp Sherman spent Sunday here. Mrs. Pensyle guests include her sister Miss Marie Myers of Columbus and Mrs. Sheppard and Clinton Sheppard of Tulsa Oklahoma.
C H Terry visits Toledo on business. Mrs Ed Fluke hosts relatives in Logan. Bertha Longstaff of Columbus weekend guest of parents. Geneva Raise of New Comers town visits grandfather George Raise. A group including Tom Smith and Florence Mulligan plus families tour Camp Sherman. Stanley Johnson of Huntington visits sister Mrs N H Cauf. W B McCarty returns home from Camp Sherman. They report a son Charles H McCarty in France with a July 18 letter.
Nelsonville beats Parkersburg 7 to 6 in a slow contest. Bartoe pitched his first full game for Nelsonville and Kimble and Butcher sparked offense with steals and timely hits. Parkersburg's team shows defense around the bases with key plays from Anderson and Taylor.
Letter from Don Dugan describes arrival in France with his unit. He jokes about weight loss from local eating and notes land sighting at 9:30 a.m. He admires French scenery, old stone houses, rock fences, and railways, and invites his parents to join the war effort. He mentions rest camps and local living conditions.
Corporal R. D. Dugan writes from an American Army Y M C A camp describing transports and ships ride in, local customs, and farm plans, asking for addresses of friends, and expressing health and happiness. Other local notes report visits, a colt injury, and threshing ending with baling as drought strains crops and war effort.
The young ladies of the M. E. Sunday school will host an ice cream social on the Hebbardsville school grounds Saturday evening August 17. Preaching at the M. E. church August 18 at 2 30 p m, with Sunday school at 1 30. Mr Abe Jordan, recently ill, is not much improved.
Athens reports a Red Cross appeal from Lake Division to ship eight hundred or more nurses weekly for two months to satisfy Allied needs. Surgeon General Gorgas backs the plan and Ohio Indiana Kentucky divisions rush enrollment.
The twenty four hour man of the John Robinson circus was in Athens today arranging for the big show at the fair ground tomorrow afternoon and evening. He arranged groceries and feed for the animals and leased the fair grounds. The circus will arrive tomorrow from Gallipolis and then move to Zanesville before showing Thursday at Lancaster.
Officials probe seven five men of the Forty-seventh company, One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Depot Brigade after ham at breakfast causes poisoning. Fifteen seriously ill, two or three still critical. Base hospital reports some improvement, relatives asked to come in certain cases.
Dayton August 12. Three hundred alleged slackers were rounded up last night. Most were caught without draft cards and some accused of ignoring the work-or-fight order. A number were excused after proving compliance with draft regulations. Several members of prominent families were among those rounded up.
Sheriff Lowry arrested a man named Jack Warren from Charleston West Virginia for stealing a Buick six from Parkersburg. The vehicle bore West Virginia tag 8675. Warren was jailed. Parkersburg and Coolville officers planned to transport him.
Warren confessed to officers that he stole the car in a case tied to Guysville and a tow near Canaan town. If roads were better he might have driven through Athens that night, a detail highlighted in ongoing police notes.
The instruction describes preparing peppers by removing stems in rounds with a sharp knife and laying them aside. Fill peppers with a mixture of chopped cabbage, grated horseradish, and salt, wash, reseal, tie lids, and pack in a stone jar with cold vinegar. Ready for use in two weeks.
A brief note describes peppers parboiled and stuffed with mixtures of cooked rice and meat or cornmeal mush. It mentions peppers with cheese as a salad option and peppers with cabbage as a tasty pairing.
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