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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1918
Page
3
Classified items include a new three room house for sale on the east end of Walnut Street with immediate possession, a lost four-key chain, and a listing for two safes sold by Flor ence Horton. Local names appear with visits, furloughs, and hospital operation notes among Columbus and Hyde Road references.
Knights of the Maccabees Nelsonville chapter will meet next Monday night December 23 for election of officers and important business. Every member is urged to be present. Will Bols P C.
Four doctors reported eight new flu cases with two pneumonia and one death. The partial report from about half of the physicians indicates a decrease in new cases compared with last week.
Mrs Mary FE Carmichael aged 64 years died Wednesday at her Adama street home after months of illness. The Carbondale transplant moved here last April and leaves a husband two daughters and four sons with two daughters deceased. Funeral services are set for New Marshfield Sunday at 10:30 AM.
A flood of foreign mail brought cheer yesterday as local boys wrote home after the year’s end. Letters from Roy Ashly Ray Barrow Clifford Sanders Will Tedrow Leonard Cooley Harry Sisson Dow Dugan and Norman Erwin said they were in good health. Capt John M Cooley’s nurse informed Ed and Mrs Cooley that he had been very ill with a shoulder wound when flu and pneumonia struck but is now past danger.
Funeral services for Michael Dash son of Mr and Mrs Michael Dash were held at ten o clock this morning at the family home on Patton Street conducted by Rev Arthur Mann. He is survived by his parents two sisters and one brother. Burial followed at Green Lawn cemetery.
All members of John A Logan Council No 119 Jr O J A M of Nelsonville are asked to send names and addresses to Henry T Sayers 204 Madison St Nelsonville. There will be an important DP of A lodge meeting at their hall Friday evening December 20 at seven oclock prompt. All members urged to attend.
Next Sunday at 2 P M the Red Cross Society in York township will hold its annual executive election at the Elks Club rooms. All Red Cross members are urged to attend to choose officers for the coming year. Mrs Claude Pettit of Haydenville is the guest of Mrs Edgley and Mrs Gladys Betts visited Loran with Mr and Mrs Harry Edgell. Mrs John Wood returns from Columbus visit.
Emmett Lyle aged man of Gallipolis who disappeared Monday morning was found at Union Station by Chief Porter at noon. He said he had been to Parkersburg since arriving in Athens this week but offered no reason for his disappearance. His army lieutenant son had searched the city all day without trace. Lyle was escorted home to Gallipolis this afternoon by W. R. Fiar s.
In Washington on December 19, 1916, Alfred I. Becker testified before the Senate German propaganda investigators about Bob Pasha's winter activities in the United States and his alleged connections with William R. Hearst and other leaders. He read affidavits claiming Bolo and ambassador Bernstorff visited Hearst's New York apartment, and Bertelli’s deposition noted a letter of introduction to Hearst before Bertelli sailed for America.
State Registrar McCurdy announced that over 200000 sets of automobile tags for 1919 have been sent to Ohio cities for distribution by local automobile clubs. Cities include Cleveland, Toledo, Akron, Canton, Youngstown, Warren, Ashland, Lorain, Bellaire, Dayton, Hamilton, Cincinnati, Middletown, Portsmouth, Wooster, Bucyrus, Mansfield, and Marietta.
A promotional notice touts the Grandinola phonograph with claims of superior volume and tone compared to Edison, Victor, Columbia, Pathe, and other records. It highlights a violin tone chamber, wood fiber diaphragm, and a world class tone arm, with service to improve any machine and demonstrations offered.
Chicago reporters describe the city receiving its first airplane mail by train as aviator A B Johnson completes the second leg from Pennsylvania and plans to return east with mail. Earlier, aviator Ebersole abandoned the flight due to a broken propeller and will depart at six tomorrow morning.
Louis E. Calderon, Peruvian counsel, shot and killed himself in his San Francisco hotel room. The motive remains unknown.
Dayton report details Rodman Law testing a 12 pound Japanese silk parachute at Wilbur Wright field. Officers watched as he jumped from a crippled aircraft after six weeks of sand bag assisted trials to show safe landing methods in air navigation.
United Press reports a House committee favored a bill ordering a survey for a proposed canal from Toledo to Cincinnati via Defiance. The route would reuse and improve portions of existing canals to connect the two cities.
Canton Ohio December 19 Ralph H Stafford indicted for second degree murder in the death of John Beardsley an aged patient at the Massillon State Hospital for the insane was found guilty of manslaughter. The state alleged Stafford beat the patient with a club and a piece of garden hose.
A. J. Sack of the Russian information bureau says Russia has at least 8 million war casualties with 3 million killed and 1 million disabled. He warns that millions more face death from starvation this winter unless Allied aid is generous and immediate.
Dr Ehren Preis, Stockholm chief rabbi, asked Ira N Morris to relay to Jacob Schiff in New York a appeal describing the dire needs of Galicia pogrom victims. Lemberg faces terrible conditions with thousands homeless and many old and sick exposed to winter. Immediate aid is urgently required.
One thousand employees were dismissed from the Watertown arsenal, with Brigadier General Tracy C. Dickson indicating that further cuts could follow if new work is not soon assigned. The affected include skilled machinists, blacksmiths, patternmakers, molders, as well as laborers and operators.
The House approved the annual post office appropriation bill totaling 357.85 million dollars with an amendment to have army aviators operate the air mail planes under the postmaster general. Supporters say it lowers costs and trains aviators. opponents warn it could complicate operation by splitting authority between post office and war departments.
Captain Harry W. Ford U S A of Detroit former president of Saxon Motor Car Company died in a New York hospital of pneumonia after being discharged from the motor transport corps at Jacksonville Fla He died today December 19 due to illness while in service.
An American warship was ordered to the Baltic to join the British fleet reopening the waters and uphold the international character of the demonstration amid postwar tensions.
Columbus reports the Ohio War Savings Committee chief is headed to Washington to map the 1919 drive. Ohio’s quota mirrors 1918 at about 106 million dollars of a new 2 billion issue, with detailed plans to be announced soon.
Secretary Baker announced a fixed policy denying all promotions to officers on active service. The November 11 blanket order remains in force, with promotion only possible by transferring to the inactive list of the officers' reserve corps.
The transport George Washington sailed from France on December 1 bound for America with 331 officers and 3,461 enlisted men, 29 civilians and three ex-officers, according to the war department report.
Francis Silk O'Laughlin, longtime American League umpire from Rochester New York, is in a serious condition with pneumonia in Boston on December 19. Doctors say he has slight chances of recovery and the last rites have been given.
In Fort Worth Texas the Everman aviation field uses motor propelled mowers to cut a square mile of lawn. Sergeants Fairfax Williams and William McFarland built the machines from discarded aircraft parts and spare motors.
Sandusky resident Andy Mahon known as a patriot and shoe shiner subscribed 50 dollars then 12 and finally 20 to the war work fund drive. His installments and extra gift reflect personal sacrifice and support for the committee amid a last minute shortage.
Three pigeons colored red white and blue soared above a hill in Wilton New Hampshire with the white bird leading the trio as sun rays highlighted their hues.
A new English method for fireproofing timber uses chemicals that do not discolor wood and allow it to be nailed, glued, painted or polished as if untreated.
Captain H Laning acting chief of the bureau of navigation told the House naval affairs committee that legislation to boost permanent enlisted strength from 131000 to 217000 is recommended. It would include 175000 seamen 240000 apprentice seamen and firemen in training 12000 in trade schools and 6000 in the flying corps. The increase supports a program to make the U S Navy the most powerful maintained by any nation.
A modern gas filled incan descent lamp features an integrated shade design that provides indirect non glare illumination. The geoformed fixture combines light source and shade into a single unit for a softer, ambient glow.
The notice explains that Sunday is the shortest day of the year, with sunrise at 6:50 a.m. and sunset at 4:09 p.m. It notes winter begins at 10 a.m. Sunday and days lengthen thereafter, while Monday will be four minutes longer than Sunday.
New York December 18 The Pennsylvania Railroad Company issued the largest postwar labor call at the U S Employment Service headquarters asking for 8500 men. More than half of the positions are for skilled work and the remainder for laborers.
In Woodsfield on December 19, instructions After reopening of schools were issued that any student caught sneezing would be sent home. Several boys planned to create an influenza scare and obtained a quantity of sneezes, leading to several pupils being sent home.
Senate Chairman Smith announced an inquiry into all aspects of the railway situation beginning January 2 with Director General McAdoo as the first witness. McAdoo said freight rates are likely to fall in the next year if Congress approves continued five year control. A stray note mentions salt field towns in Russia with salt houses.
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