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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1918
Page
2
London reports a manicured misadventure where Mabel Coppings spent a day in handcuffs after a man’s prank left her wrists cuffed. The key was lost at home, locksmiths failed, and only an Army depot freed her as the man vanished. Also noted, Britain grants agricultural workers a weekly half holiday after hostilities.
At Camp Sherman Major General Hale ordered the first general court martial life sentence for a conscientious objector remanded. Private Herbert M. Lake of Cha grins Falls Ohio was reassigned to the conscientious objectors camp after pleading guilty to refusing to police the camp while claiming objector status. New rules restrict objectors in uniform from leaving camp or visiting Chillicothe and bar hat cords. Fifteen objectors have recently sought combatant roles, all granted, with diverse religious backgrounds.
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Post of Los Angeles visited Marietta Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mills before departing for Battle Creek. Post once lived in Marietta from 1833 to 1838 making this his first return visit in 80 years. His son C. C. W. Post invented Postum.
McKee Drug Co markets Mi O Na tablets with a guarantee to relieve stomach distress within ten minutes after meals. The ad claims regular use builds stomach walls to prevent indigestion and that the product sweetens sour stomach and stops gas belching.
War brief highlights furious German assaults in Champagne to regain ground in July 1917. It notes a July 16, 1916 counterattack in Picardy driving British from positions, and reports on villages retaken from the French. Paris statements first mention Russian troops fighting with the French in July 1915. Also notes Austrians crossing the Dniester in a new push, U-51 sunk per Russian ships in the Baltic, and Romania denying German munitions transit to the Ottoman Empire.
In Snohomish Washington on July 16 Charles Ludwick a 70 year old man who is deaf writes to the national war garden commission saying he is in the war with Uncle Sam and has his war garden in good shape He asks for a canning booklet and for information about the commission 10000 prize for canning
A motorman claims Mayr's Wonderful Remedy cured his chronic stomach trouble and bloating after years of illness. He says he has not missed a run since using the preparation, which is described as harmless and capable of removing catarrhal mucus and easing intestinal inflammation. The ad notes a money back guarantee and McKee Drug Co. as a distributor.
An insect of the Hercules variety weighing three ounces supported on its back a brick over a pound. The text notes that a human subjected to a proportionate weight would be crushed, illustrating astonishing strength of the insect.
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