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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1918
Page
3
Classified notes include a Nielsonville stove for sale at 80 E Columbus St, a doctor covering for Dr Russell in Hoodlet Building on select days, a Redpath Lyceum Course opening Dec 11 with Charles H Plattenburg, season tickets at Parks Clothing Store, and several obituaries and local social notices.
During early December the health officer reports 127 new influenza cases across the district with Nelsonville bearing 50 to 60. About 102 to 100 families with schoolchildren had cases in successive weeks. daily absences hovered near 380 with 210 pupils affected by influenza and 170 absent through fear or truancy. Officials urge continued precautions and honest attendance while noting fumigation of all buildings last Saturday. D. A. Ferree.
Funeral services for Mack Scott will be held Wednesday at 8 30 in St Andrews Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Logan.
Mr and Mrs Geo Patton hosted a turkey dinner at their home on oplar Street Sunday with family and neighbors in attendance.
A wartime photo shows England's king and prince with naval officials and American officers sharing a laugh as the German fleet sails in to surrender, marking a reversal from triumph to capitulation in the war.
Miss Lucile Wells visits relatives in Bremen. Blair Adams from Dayton Aviation School stays with the Cooley family. Athens visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ohlinger and Mr. John Reuter. Mrs. Gene Shafer visits Columbus with Mrs. D. F. Shafer. Mrs. Harry Kelley and family spend time with Athens friends. Mrs. Mabel Barnecut and daughter Joe return from Camp Oglethorpe Ga with Capt. and Mrs. C. E. Welch. Mrs. J. L. Wilson stays with sister Mrs. Jesse Van Horn in Columbus.
President Wilson scheduled a cabinet meeting for this afternoon to be presided by Vice President Marshall. The conference will include heads of the government branches and be held by wireless communication from Washington.
Berlin reports show Allied demands for surrender of interned merchant ships and German under construction warships. A naval commission arrives to supervise the process amid German protest. An army of 70 000 Poles under General Haller is expected to land at Danzig to seize Prussian Posen. Bolshevism spreads in Bavaria with Munich meetings dispersed and flags torn down.
Readjustment problems caused by the war's end are debated as the Ohio Manufacturers' Association opens its eighth annual session at Hotel Deshler. President C B McCoy cites government intrusion into private ownership while praising a strong US merchant marine. Governor Cox to discuss Ohio in war and peace. Germany achieves coal gas purification with electricity. Cork disk inserts in auto brake lining promise non slipping action.
A notice lists price increases for several magazines starting December 16 and January 1 1919. Delineator Designer Everybody's Woman's Magazine Etude Good Housekeeping Metropolitan Pictorial Review Pearson's Magazine all announce higher annual rates. Readers urged to subscribe or renew now to save.
American and Allied destroyers aided by French and British ships battle German subs day and night to keep the convoy lane open for troopships to France. August marked peak danger with several attacks. several freighters were sunk while crews and escorts saved valuable cargo including arms and aircraft.
A Dill proposal for drastic controls on the American meat packing industry was offered today by Interstate Commerce Commission chairman Simms. It includes plans to regulate refrigerator cars, refrigerating plants, and related facilities as recently urged by the federal trade commission. Senator Hitchcock and Prof Albert Bushnell Hart denounced German propagandists linking them to German intrigue in America before entry into the war.
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