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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1918
Page
2
New Zealand officials study better roads to open hinterland. Concrete lanes, four inches thick, cost about 2000 dollars more per mile than stone, but promise 1200 dollars annual upkeep savings for five years and 7000 to 8000 dollars by ten years, due to heavy rains and washouts.
The federal aid highway act of 1916 is administered by ten district offices led by district engineers in Portland San Francisco Denver Minneapolis Omaha Fort Worth Chicago Montgomery Troy and Washington The process uses project statements from state highway departments for review by district engineers and Washington offices before formal agreements and vouchers for funded work are issued.
Plans for Lincoln highway improvement in Ohio for 1918 advance so that only 19 miles of the 234 mile route will remain unpaved after current year contracts are finished. Most of the completed road is brick.
Paris April 17 A railway over 130 miles long behind the front has been completed in under 100 days and opened for traffic. It links the northern and southern sections of the northern railway system and includes two major bridges and a tunnel 875 yards long.
The list names numerous residents of Athens County owning the full limit of War Savings Stamps, including Lodelle Cubbison, Walter M. Cubbdnson, Howard Walden, Mrs. Howard Walden, C. H. Welch and many others. It notes more names are missing and invites $1,000 stamp buyers to notify W. S. S. Headquarters at Chamber of Commerce. Also references Gene Stratton-Porter's new book A Daughter of the Land at Henderson's Book Store and notes in England private employment agencies have been discontinued since the war began.
London reports a naval attache observed about 50 American marines in hospital cheerful and eager to return to the front. They held the Germans in contempt, noting long-range fighting only, and vowed to wipe Fritz off the map when back in action. The piece describes morale, front-line work, and the gunnery teamwork shaping the war effort.
Washington on August 17 reports that retailers were asked by the War Industries Board to report immediately their stocks of knitting yarn in oxford khaki natural and grey colors so the American Red Cross may have opportunity to buy the stocks.
Mr and Mrs Frank L Mace of Richland Avenue learned their son Earl Mace with the 6th Engineers in France was severely wounded by five shrapnel wounds on July 14 and is hospitalized. Wheeler Dew, grandson of F L Preston, reports he was gassed and in hospital but recovering well with Rainbow Division in France. Dew, about eighteen, serves with Company L 166th from Lancaster. several Lancaster lads have been killed or wounded in the fighting.
Nine year old Ida May Sweeney daughter of Charles P Sweeney of 15 Clark Street was struck by a bolt that shocked the telephone in the dining room Wednesday rendering her unconscious and unable to walk briefly. She has recovered from the ill effects.
Mrs N M Klein of Chillicothe Missouri reports Chamberlain Liniment relieves rheumatic pains and has been used for years she recommends it to neighbors as well. Washington August 17 the bureau of industrial housing plans to tax landlords overcharging rents for war workers to curb profiteering.
Sunday school focuses on Working in the Church from Acts 2 41 47. Epworth League discusses The Hidden Pillars of My Life.
Morning Sunday School at 9. No church service. Afternoon Prayer and Worship at 2 30. Evening Epworth League at 6 30. Union meeting of all young people's religious organizations. No church service.
The War Department reports ninety U S casualties from the near front with seventeen killed in action and two died of accidents or other causes. Among the names listed are Sergeant A J Ortman of Columbus Ohio and J Johnson of Bellaire Ohio as dead from wounds or in action, with others wounded or missing including N Yushik of Cleveland and A H Buddemeyer of Cincinnati. Wallace of Akron was listed as killed in action in today’s list.
Special communication of Para mathian Lodge No 25 F and A M held Tuesday August 20 at 7 p m. Work in MM degree on one candidate. James A Palmer, C H Horn, Secretary. W M. 8 17 3
In Kent an English dirigible floated above the town as Corporal Joe Gannon of the Tenth Infantry was buried with military honors. He died at Blue Island Illinois after striking a bridge and being buried from a train. A band and soldiers served as the funeral escort.
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