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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1918
Page
13
Social news item reports Evan Powell visiting Columbus for auto races. Helen Townsend reti res from a two week stay at Chautauqua NY. Local groups plan sewing at Red Cross, U C D Club meets with hostess Mrs Addison Bryburger. Several residents travel or visit family including Tyers, Powell, and Bradley family furloughs and trips noted.
Mr and Mrs E T Dailey and daughters Dorothy and Christine motored yesterday evening to Gallipolis to visit Mrs Dailey's brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs J S Biddle for a few days. Miss Bertha Ator Gladys Partlow and Mildred Jennings were visitors at Camp Sherman on Sunday.
The Misses Anastasia and Cecelia Collins went yesterday to Columbus for a week's visit with friends.
Sergeant William A. Moorehead of Camp Sherman Chillicothe resumes duties after a short leave spent with relatives and friends.
Mr and Mrs Dow S S Grones and Mrs Harriet F Carr drive to Gallipolis where Carr visits her brother Fred Foster and family. Austin Robinson leaves for Montgomery Ala to take a government post, with his wife joining later. Dr and Mrs Claude B Parker of Gallipolis visit in Gallia City and stay over Sunday with Mrs C D Gist family. Grace Jean Gist accompanies them home.
Mrs. Jeannette Harris and her sister Miss Blanche Light of Guysville depart today. Jeannette travels to Cleveland for two weeks in a wholesale millinery house before taking a position in Canton. Blanche goes to Napoleon for a two week visit with sister Mrs. J. H. Lowry.
Miss Nellie Ely of Mineral publishes wartime letters from service members and notes space limits require condensed copies. Hustin Ray Conkey at Camp Sherman writes of hot weather drills and packing blue denim uniforms while awaiting possible moves.
Miss Holmes related to Mrs Williams and Mr Johnson. Mr and Mrs Hugh Jefferson hosted Mr and Mrs W F Jefferson and son John from Bloomingburg. John and Mr Jefferson left for a southern business trip. Mrs Jefferson to stay till Wednesday with daughter Mrs Lucile Allemany and infant Jean. Robert Cousins, navy, visits Mollie Campbell before ten day leave. he plans to rejoin after hospital discharge in New York after fractures to his right hand.
London reports a rapid growth of anti-Bolshevik sentiment in Russia with Lenine and Trotsky considering flight to Germany if the crisis deepens. Isvestia notes counter revolutionary uprisings where Bolshevik soviets were toppled and replaced by Menshevik led councils in several unoccupied towns.
A soldier writes from the front describing time markers during deployment, wishing to be with a familiar companion Henry Pidcock, noting encounters with new comrades, and predicting the Stars and Stripes over Germany as the 336th arrives. He mentions seeing Mineral boys recently and signs as Hustin.
Private Gerald McWhorter writes July 3 1918 from France to his parents in Ohio describing time abroad The letter notes mail arrival a chat with Roy Pixley an interest in pitching for a ball team and fond memories of home He mentions churning butter and longing for bittermilk while observing farms goats and cattle in the countryside and hopes for a return trip to England after the war
The letter dated July 12 1918 from Lieut Emery Collins of France Company A eighth M G Bn A E F to his sister in Nelsonville describes eating supper on the front line while shells fall overhead. He promises victory and his return, shares a photo, and notes life under bombardment as he asks about the meal and jokes about Fritz sending music with shells.
A 1918 letter from William G Rector to Mr and Mrs Conant Amesville dated June 9 1918 describes life in a Red Cross canteen in France. He writes he is well enjoys life and washing dishes in the canteen. He notes shells are harmless egg shells and remarks on wine gifts and restraint from liquor. He mentions Bible class at the Y and asks about Oscar and presents duties.
The navy department announced the destruction of three vessels off the Atlantic coast. The British steamer Penistone was torpedoed 12:15 August 11 about 100 miles east of Nantucket Maas. The American schooner Herman Winter was sunk by gunfire on August 11. A Swedish steamer was reported bombed and sunk August 8 about 100 miles southeast of Nantucket. Secretary Daniels dismissed Cyclops sinking reports as a hoax.
Local markets report pay rates for dairy this week at 46 cents per pound for sour cream and 52 cents per pound for sweet cream. Cream testing stands at 17 percent.
In Columbus on August 10 the market lists No. 1 timothy at 19.75, No. 2 timothy 17.50 to 18.50, No. 8 timothy 13.50 to 15, No. 1 clover mixed 16 to 17, oats straw 8 to 8.50, rye straw 6 to 6.50.
Cincinnati cattle receipts 3700 head with slow market. Shippers paid 18 to 16.50 for cattle. calves steady at 16.50 to 16.70. Hogs receipts 600 head and steady with good packers and butchers at 19.65. Sheep receipts 2600 head steady with extras at 19.65. Lambs strong with extras at 18 to 18.25.
An official note in the Stuttgart newspaper hints at Germans preparing public opinion for evacuating large areas between the Avre and the Somme. The zone includes Nesle Roye and Chaulnes, key battlefield towns.
Chicago market update lists corn futures Aug at 1.60 and Sept at 1.62 with Oct 1.63. Oats futures Aug 0.68, Sept 0.6914 and Oct 0.70. Pork for Sept on the market at 44.25.
Columbus reports that whooping cough threatens Chil dren's Year goals as seven month totals near 8,300 cases and 450 deaths. Through six months in 1918 Ohio logged 6,792 cases and 406 deaths, most under five, with state estimates predicting about 14,000 cases and 700 deaths for the year. Regulatory quarantine measures aim to curb the outbreak and protect babies statewide.
Miss Shott and a women’s committee at Camp Sherman sent flowers and fruit to the boys in the base hospital. Private Joseph J. Van Sossan of Ward 6 writes a card of thanks to the people of Athens county for their kindness and flowers.
The Archangel proclamation dated August 6 declares the northern district government welcomes allied troops to fight the foreign enemy. It says Bolshevik rule fell as people opposed Brest-Litovsk betrayal and ruin of Russia’s economy, and urges citizens to aid the effort. A Japanese bacteriologist is noted for a germ-proof glass house with filtered air.
A local political notice urges residents to vote for Dutton in the State Senate race. The brief promotes support for the candidate and emphasizes civic participation in the upcoming election.
A German prisoner wearing a Red Cross brassard aided in carrying American wounded near the Vesle on August 12. While doing so he faced enemy fire from German snipers. Frustrated, he seized a captured machine gun and shot at the snipers, reportedly killing two bowie snipers in a tree.
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