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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1918
Page
3
Regular weekly Buick Six-Cylinder Roadsters and Five and Seven-Passenger Touring Cars arrive but sell within hours. Buick performance reliability and value drive quick sales. With stock running low prices are expected to rise after current material is used. We have three roadsters and two touring cars enroute and unsold. Nursed, if you are a wise buyer.
Nelsonville residents rally behind War Savings Stamps with strong early sales and pledges. The post office reports 10087.92 dollars in stamps sold over the first two days, reflecting broad community commitment to supporting the war effort and encouraging local draftees.
An Athens Sunday gathering shows draftees taking the fight seriously with hair standing on end and resolve to aid the Allied cause. Public sentiment shifts toward vengeance as Germany’s crimes harden resolve to end the war and crush the Kaiser to secure lasting peace.
Harry Matheny to face Mayor Wells on an assault charge from Virgie Goodin. Skiver waived preliminary examination and bonds for next Grand Jury. charged with assault on Walter Saunders. Little Richard Howell dies at four months from whooping cough. twin ill, mother and grandparents in mourning. Nellie Stevenson returns home to Hast Bank after visit. Tatting Club hosts a kitchen shower for Mrs. W. R. Stiers with gifts and refreshments. Red Cross headquarters closed tomorrow for the Fourth. township chapter sets ambitious sock and sweater knitting goals with multiple coordinators and schedules at headquarters and East Nelsonville programs.
Arrangements set for a Track Meet at the Playgrounds tomorrow starting at two o'clock. Prizes will be awarded for event winners. There will be games contests and stunts with Boy Scouts drilling and a demonstration. Children can enjoy games and a fun afternoon. admission is free.
Troop No. 1 of the Boy Scouts toured Camp Sherman on a Wednesday outing. About 30 boys left Nelsonville by auto around six o clock.
Mrs H A Hama returned to Circleville after visiting her sister Mrs Ollie Wilson. Anna Harbarger and four children came back to Logan from a visit with Miss Louise Pence. The Terry family plans Fourth of July at Findlay and Lake Side. Bertha and Stella Liston visited Beaumont with sister Mrs Jesse Atkinson. John Love and son Gilbert left for Columbus to join Arthur Love of Akron for a Buckeye Lake outing. Reverend Arthur M Mann conducted Henry Pugh's funeral in Athens then to Waterford for a Methodist conference. Charles Baird spent a day in Columbus on business. Frank North visited son Oria at Camp Sherman. Mrs W B Edgar to Columbus to ship household goods to Athens for residence. C J Sanders and Carson with SS Love plan Fourth in Columbus. Lost Maltese cat with white breast. reward offered at 131 Fayette. Fay Hammond to Chillicothe to visit friends.
Taken to Columbus Hospital, Mrs. Robert Murphy moved to Grant Hospital in Columbus for treatment. Clark Higgins Sr spent Tuesday with family in Lancaster. Prof R Rike left Tuesday for Pittsburgh to attend the N KE A convening there. Mrs F J Sauters returned after a week's Cleveland stay. Mrs Chas McLain and Miss Emma McLain of Logan were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Ed Cooley. Albert Barron left Tuesday for an extended visit with his sisters in Chillicothe.
A U.S. Navy recruiting party led by J. J. Harrold and Quitman B. Kreh will hold sessions in room 23 of the post office building on July 3 4 and 5 to discuss enlistment in the regular navy and naval reserve. Applicants aged 18 to 35 may enlist with a local draft board permit if in quota. A second party will visit July 10 11 and 12 with the same purpose and locations.
Clermont Howell, 22, son of Mr and Mrs Nathan Howell, was killed in action on June 14 while serving with the Rainbow Division in France. A popular Nelsonville youth and former Ohio University student, he left behind twin babies four months old. He had joined the Athens Guard last summer and went to France with the Rainbow troops last fall.
Washington July 3. The senate adopted Senator King of Utahs resolution annulling the federal charter of the National German American Alliance without debate or a record vote. The measure goes to the house. Pigeon raisers urged to focus on homing and racing pigeons in demand by the Signal Corps. Idaho Minidoka sheep growers consolidate flocks for summer grazing.
H C Bayliss, former Y secretary, heads to France to lead a pioneer hut near the Rainbow division. After 80 days post completion and nine months overseas he returns to New York for Decoration Day and plans further war work. He speaks at First M E Church Sunday evening 7:30 about Y and Chautauqua war aims and week events. Cincinnati factory fire destroys Hickory Carriage Co plant with $200000 loss. Chief Houston injured.
British stations report a new offensive on the lower Plave. Forces moved from 2000 to 3000 yards between the old and new Plave on an eight mile front, according to an official source.
The fragment suggests that poor vision increases energy expenditure, leading to nervousness stomach trouble or other ailments due to diverted bodily resources and consequent distress.
The report notes German forces directed a fourth assault in the area near Albert and Avuluy Wood after earlier spring attempts. British positions were regarded as threatening to the German advance, with the objective of seizing the area at any cost.
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