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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1919
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text references Indiana with scattered phrases about cards and curiosities. The legible bits show names like Say and Ayne and a brief mention of aces, but the record is too garbled to identify a clear event, person, or date.
The text appears as damaged OCR about preserving jars and freshness. It mentions natural whitening and cleaning notes. No clear event or names are readable.
An ad copy touts a corn removing product claiming instant relief with a few drops per application. It markets affordable pricing in drugstores and asserts painless removal of corns and calluses, even between toes, branding it a sensational Cincinnati invention.
An American occupation photo from Niederbreisig shows Rainbow Division soldiers on guard at the Rhine bank. The sentry stands with the relief corporal between them as they take up arms for the shift in a routine occupation routine.
The Washington weather observer had predicted rain or snow at the start of the week. A brief spell of snow fell last evening but melted quickly, and temperatures stabilized to near normal for the rest of the week.
Athens faces continued paving needs with fifteen to seventeen miles of streets and hopes for more. The brick plant closed likely permanently, raising brick costs to about 12 dollars per street job. Soupy Graham faced two charges after drunkenness and jail damage. he pled guilty to the wet charge and paid eight dollars and twenty cents, and was bound over on malicious destruction.
The Messenger reports scattered flu cases across Al Sees area with ongoing symptoms among hundreds previously affected. Medical note confirms continued illness and lingering effects such as shortness of breath and weakness.
Deadly flu claims Pat Murphey president of the class while in Kentucky where he was teaching. Bil Dunkle, class professor of 1919, dies. Prof. Dunkle known for memorizing student names, ages, parents and addresses, a testament to his retentive mind.
Jay Witham was arrested last evening by Chief Porter after months out of the public print and police court. He was taken into custody for being drunk on a street corner in Athens and will be arraigned this evening before Mayor Woodworth.
B S Meriman of Marietta secured a patent this week for a new process to extract gasoline from natural sources. The method is described as a movement beyond the usual refining technique.
Report notes the Columbus Athens road above Logan as worn and detour like. The section above Nelsonville is torn up and rough but not as bad as the Logan area.
Local taxi drivers at Shrapnel Corner swept pavement near the courthouse and chalked a curb message. The note read Don’t epit on the floor. The act drew attention as a small gesture described as every little sweep helps.
A nine coach troop train carrying about two hundred Ohio and Indiana soldiers passed through Athens at 11 yesterday on the way to Camp Sherman Chillicothe. The boys, eager for demobilization, waved from their seats as they stopped at Union Station where a women’s committee handed out popcorn balls. No troop trains are scheduled for today and most soldiers have eastern origins with many transports arriving in New York last week.
Last night several high school students caused disorder at Central school by stacking books in a study room. Morning witnesses reported the chaos as teachers and janitors restored order before work began. W. S. Southerton appeared before Justice Warrener, changing his plea to guilty for an unlicensed dog after initially denying ownership and later obtaining a license. He was fined.
A testimonial from Chas W Byers of Terre Haute Indiana describes severe tuberculosis and rapid gain after using Milks Emulsion. The ad touts improved digestion appetite and flesh, claims cure for coughs colds and chronic stomach trouble, and offers a six bottle trial with money back guarantee. It lists prices 60 and 1.20 per bottle and local dealers Athens and Nelsonville.
Athens resident Mrs. Samuel Woodruff of 113 Franklin Ave. reports two years of backache and kidney trouble improved by Dean's Kidney Pills bought at Cline's pharmacy. She says the remedy cured the back misery and she has not needed a kidney remedy since. Price 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A vintage ad touts Begg's Mustarine as the original mustard plaster in a yellow box. It claims fast relief for headache neuralgia toothache earache backache and more within six minutes and markets mustard-based action without blistering.
London reports the admiralty released details of British submarine cruisers built while Germany boasted. The craft run 24 knots on the surface, displace 2000 tons surfaced and 2700 submerged, 340 feet long, with eight to ten torpedo tubes and two to three four inch guns. They feature dual engines and quick funnel dismantling for submergence.
Supt Morgan notes Columbus city schools have shifted to a post war study plan to emphasize citizenship and American history. Geography continues through grade 7 and history begins in 7 A while civics shifts to 8 A with more English in 7th grade for non English students. Sir Arthur Pearson, famed blind publisher educator, arrives in America to lecture for the Red Cross on training the blind and to promote the St Dunstan’s hospital method.
Paris dispatch reports the supreme war council made no definite policy on Russia. Britain and the United States plan to withdraw troops from northern Russia as soon as feasible, with spring ice break anticipated. French calls for armed intervention persist while a joint conference at Prinkippa may be canceled.
Seattle plant No 1 of Skinner and Eddy built 26 steel steamships totaling 282 400 deadweight tons in 1918. Five shipways averaged 46 480 tons each, a record in world shipbuilding. The final ship Edgefield delivered year end, a 9 600 ton vessel.
Alliance Ohio conductor Edward Johnson, praised for safety, was struck when a train jerk threw a brakeman from a box car. The brakeman escaped injury. Johnson is hospitalized with injuries from the incident on the Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago line.
Opera house announces show on Thursday February 20 featuring The Prussian Cur a dramatic Hun struggle epic and The Fox picture First Snow at 6 30 with admission 10 and 25 or 25 cents.
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