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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1918
Page
2
For Truck Owners we in conjunction with The Athens Foundry and Machine Co are prepared with the proper machinery to press on solid truck tires for the trade irrespective of tire or truck make. We sell and recommend the Good year truck tire proven best by test but will retire your truck whether you buy from us or not.
United Press reports the army bean, once a staple at the front, is disappearing from military menus as tastes shift. Soldiers note it is now served only rarely in meals and compared with lighter stews and other staples.
In Paris on July 19 Georges Leygues the French minister of marine said Allied submarines are sinking German submarines faster than Germany can build them and that in several months France destroyed three times the submarine output. In Athens also on July 19 the Spanish minister to Greece aboard a Spanish torpedoed ship reported he is safe and wireless dispatches confirm the vessel was torpedoed by an Austro German submarine.
The column lists visits and stays from families across Shade and Athens including Mrs. Edna Sanborn of Akron and Mrs. Homer Gatehell of Colorado, plus numerous relatives from Flint Michigan to Jerseyville. Births and church announcements appear alongside weekend guests and social gatherings at the homes of Colburns Ackleys and others.
Jacksonvill e pastors announce a one month revival led by B F Richer of Indiana with preaching by Rev B F Richer and music by H J Richer and wife. Services begin Sunday July 21 and continue each Sunday afternoon and every evening except Monday with a large choir.
Mr and Mrs John Frazier hosted a Sunday gathering with many relatives from Amesville Columbus Nelsonville and surrounding towns on weekend visits. Guests included James Jewell George Williams Arthur Burchfield and others. Several attendees traveled to Camp Sherman and enjoyed dinners and outings with family members at homes in Poston Athens Nelsonville and Chauncey.
In Los Angeles on July 18 a German named Bernard Capone told a man beside him in a streetcar that Kaiser Wilhelm would make America a better place to live. The man was Deputy U.S. Marshal Cavanaugh. Capone was arrested and to be interned for the remainder of the war.
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