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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1918
Page
5
Social news notes a string of visits and travel including Fred Alderman in Columbus and Fred Beckler to Charleston West Virginia. The King's Heralds will not meet Sunday due to influenza and many locals travel to see relatives or attend funerals as influenza spreads.
Henry Carrel of Fairfield county was informed in Washington that his son Harl M. Carrel was killed in action October 15. He becomes the twenty first man from the county to die in the war.
Officials warn the Spanish influenza toll exceeds wartime American losses and urges strict winter precautions. Avoid crowds and coughing without a handkerchief, do not share cups or towels, breathe germicidal air, and carry a personal inhaler to kill germs and prevent infection.
Senate records reveal William Bayard Hale, an Hearst employee, served as confidential German embassy agent and led German propaganda with a $15,000 annual salary. Cablegrams from Von Bernstorff show Berlin urging Hale to press Hearst for favorable coverage and interviews. A French inventor patents gyroscopic mountings to align aviator telescopes.
Obituary for James W. Woodard born September 7 1872 in Nelsonville Ohio to William and Sarah Ann Woodard. He married Edith Sherrard in 1896 then Anna May Erbel in 1903 and had five children including Mabel who survives. He worked as a coal operator and grocer and was active in the Methodist church and fraternal orders. He died in Athens after a long life of service with a devoted family and friends who recall his faith and kindness.
The Woodard family expresses gratitude for the kindness and sympathy shown after their loss. They thank Rev Strecker the singers and Mr and Mrs Dowler for floral tributes and support.
Plan to demobilize Paris outlines an official December 17 announcement in the Chamber of Deputies on extending the armistice. Troops not in active service to be discharged by April with full demobilization after peace is signed. Also notes extreme road dust and mud in Argentina affecting wagon wheel sizes.
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