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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1918
Page
5
Social notices report Evan Powell visiting Columbus for auto races and Mary Powell visiting Buckeye Lake with Virginia Kircher. Several groups plan meetings at Red Cross rooms and Athens outings at Camp Sherman. Families travel to Chillicothe Chicago Gallipolis Hebbardsville and Camp Sherman for short visits and vacations.
The Misses Anastasia and Cecelia Collins traveled to Columbus yesterday for a weeklong visit with friends.
Sergeant William A. Moorehead of Camp Sherman Chillicothe resumed duties today after a short leave spent with relatives in this area. Mrs Dow S and Mrs Harriet F Carr visited Gallipolis to see Mr red Foster and family during the same period.
Mr. Austin Robinson left Sunday morning for Montgomery Alabama where he has accepted a government position. Mrs Robinson will join him a few weeks later.
Dr and Mrs Claude B Parker of Gallipolis motored to the city for a Sunday visit with Mrs C D Gist and family. They were joined by Grace Jean Gist niece of Mrs Parker who will accompany them home and visit there.
Mrs Jeannette Harris and her sister Miss Blanche Light of Guysville depart for two week visits and work trips. Harris heads to Cleveland for wholesale millinery work before a Canton position, while Light visits Napoleon with sister Mrs J H Lowry.
Mr and Mrs R O Williams host Mr and Mrs R B Johnson of Saint Joseph Missouri en route to New York state and Miss Ethel Holmes of Franklinville New York who will depart September first for Detroit Michigan to begin a post Nellie Ely Mineral receives a letter from her cousin Hustin Ray Conkey at Camp Sherman dated August 1 1918 from which he describes heat at the camp and his chores as room orderly while awaiting a possible move and noting a home visit last Sunday.
Miss Holmes connected to Mrs. Williams and Mr. Johnson via family ties. Hugh Jefferson hosts his parents and son John from Bloomingburg before a southern business trip. Mrs. Jefferson stays till Wednesday with daughter Lucile Allemany and Jean. Navy recruit Robert Cousins, from Pomeroy, visits on ten day leave after trials in France and hospital recovery in New York. He plans to rejoin service.
London reports say the anti Bolshevik movement grows in Russia as Bolshevik Soviets crumble. Premier Lenin and War Minister Trotsky allegedly plan to flee to Germany if the situation worsens. Isvestia cited by Isolated Petrograd fronts show counter revolutionary uprisings replacing Bolshevik Soviets with Menshevik councils.
Readers are urged to copy important portions of letters from soldiers due to space limits. The editor notes a flood of correspondence and asks friends to help by duplicating key sections while retaining originals.
A wartime letter describes a departure at 1 p m and return at noon, the writer lamenting not fighting beside a cousin Henry Pidcock and describing fellow miners, meeting new troops, and believing the Star and Stripes will fly over Germany when the 386th arrives.
Private Gerald McWhorter of the 308th Engineers writes from France about daily life in July 1918. He describes travelling, meeting Roy Pixley, churning butter, and plans to visit England after the war. He notes mail arriving after a month and asks family to write often.
Lieut Emery Collins known as Ren writes from France to Mr and Mrs F A Collins. He jokes about eating supper between shell bursts and says they will win the war. He signs from France Company A eighth Machine Gun Battalion A FE F Via N.
A letter from a Amesville son in France dated June 9 1918 describes life in the Red Cross canteen washing dishes instead of flying and dodging shells as he notes egg shells. He mentions liquor and wine in the country and asks about family friend Oscar. He plans to write again and mentions attending a Bible class at the Y M C A.
Washington reports three more vessels destroyed by German submarines off the Atlantic coast. The Penistone was torpedoed 100 miles east of Nantucket on August 11. The Herman Winter schooner was sunk by gunfire early August 11. A Swedish steamer was also sunk about 100 miles southeast of Nantucket. Navy secretary Daniels dismisses Cyclops hoax claims and questions a reported sinking.
Local markets report pay rates of 46 cents per pound for sour cream and 62 cents for sweet cream. Cream testing shows 17 percent.
An official note in the Stuttgart Neu stadblatt is believed to prepare German public opinion for evaluating territory between the Avre and the Somme. The area includes much of the current battlefield with Nesle Roye and Chaulnes as key cities.
In Columbus on August 10 the catalog shows No 1 timothy at 19 19.75 per unit, No 2 timothy 17.50 18.50, No 8 timothy 18.50 15, No 1 clover mixed 16 17, oats straw 8 8.50, rye straw 6 6.50.
Cincinnati Ohio cattle receipts 8 700 head market slow shippers 13 16 50 calves market steady extra 16 50 16 70 hogs receipts 600 head market steady good choice packers and butchers 19 65 sheep receipts 2 900 head market steady extra 19 65 lambs market strong extra 18 18 25
Chicago on August 12 reports corn Aug at 1.60 percent Sept 1.62 percent Oct 1.60 percent Oats Aug 68 cents Sept 69.1 cents Oct 70 cents Pork Sept 44.26 dollars.
Ohio faces a severe whooping cough surge as six month totals reach 6792 cases and 406 deaths with children under five most affected. July figures push seven month totals toward 8300 cases and 450 deaths, risking a yearly tally near 14000 cases and 700 deaths unless new health rules curb spread.
Miss Shott leads Athens county volunteers sending flowers to Ward 6 at Camp Sherman Base Hospital. Private Joseph J. Van Sossan thanks the committee, noting the wards’ appreciation and ongoing flower deliveries.
Washington reports a proclamation from Archangel dated August 6 stating the northern revolutionary government welcomes allied intervention in Siberia. It says allies pursue a common struggle against a shared enemy and urges public aid while blaming Bolsheviks for Brest-Litovsk betrayal and economic ruin. It notes Bolshevik fall and regional governance by popular representatives. A Japanese bacteriologist also reports a germ proof glass house with filtered air.
A political appeal urges voters to back Dutton in the state senate race, urging participation and support ahead of the election.
On August 12 near Veale a German POW wearing a Red Cross badge helped carry in American wounded under fire from German snipers. Enraged, he seized a captured machine gun and shot at sniper positions, eliminating two bowie snipers hidden in a tree.
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