The Old Lady Talks
The Old Lady relates a humorous sea tale from Teddy in a submarine chase near New York. She then ponders young soldiers marching toward war in 1920, contrasting rough fate with moral consequence and shared humanity.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1918
Page
2
War lessons and the homefront faith in a rising star
A tense exchange about war's impact on youth and society. The Old Lady insists the true guiding star is homegrown decency and discipline, while William questions ideals. The dialogue hints at wartime expectations and moral schooling for boys returning from conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Woman Says Tanlac Gave Her New Stride and Appetite
Mrs. Lena Haag of Cincinnati says three bottles of Tanlac rebuilt her health. She describes relief from constant nervousness headaches and gas and bloating and says she now feels like a different woman with a restored appetite. Local pharmacy listings and social notes follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. Haag
Lena Haag
East Twelfth Street
Cincinnati
Mrs. Haag
Taniac
Cline
Taniac Rheumatism Treatment Gains Public Notice
A new remedy named Taniac claims to help hundreds with rheumatism and is available at Cline's Pharmacy. The notice highlights its purported benefits and the local availability of the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cline’s
Red Cross Rooms Receive Small Sock Yarn Shipment
The local Red Cross rooms have a small sock yarn shipment, while sweater yarn has been shipped but not yet received. Additional copies of directions are available at the rooms with no change in content, and printing costs are to be saved by care in preserving them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Presbyterians Schedule Evening Meeting and Youth Social
Presbyterians request members bring information on church growth from religious and secular papers for the meeting this evening. The Young People's Society plans a social and picnic for Summer School students tomorrow, with a 4 PM church departure and a 5 PM return option. The Session and Trustees with families enjoyed a pleasant lawn outing at Dr. and Mrs. Gardon North Hill yesterday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Peoples Society
Tomorow
Gardon North Hill
After an operation a man gains strength with Vinci
Ohio man Joseph Weiser from East Liverpool testifies after surgery to Vinci boosting his strength appetite and sleep and urges others to try it. The ad credits Vinci with body building effects and mentions beef cod liver peptones iron manganese peptonates and glycerophosphates as active ingredients sold by McKee Drug Company and druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Liverpool
Vinci
Joseph Weiser
McKee Drug Company
Community News From Little Hocking and Surroundings
Local notes report residents attending Camp Sherman for Army training and visitors traveling between Athens Torch Parkersburg and Columbus. Social events include a Red Cross sale raising thirty dollars and multiple family updates with illness travel and wartime news. Julius Harlow Rose is mentioned as well and three Romine brothers serving in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. A. Dutton
Athens
Clarence
Camp Sherman
Clarence Wires
Roscoe Schoonover
Austin Hall
Ralph Scarlet Brooks Russel
Robert McGrew
Torch
John Seeley
Little Hocking
Red Cross
Gail Hessee
Columbus
Herbert Dutton
Adda Tracewell
Cleveland
Mary Parker
H. E. Adams
Abbie Parker
Cincinati
Louise Wells
Washington
Otho Elliott
Mary A. Stone
Joseph Miller
Frances
Olson Dutton
Martha Morris
Clarksburg
Ira Coney
Fanny Safreed
Akron
Charles Hayden
John Lukens
Spencer
W. Va
Cyrus Jones
France
Lester, Austin
Frances Romine
Julius Harlow Rose
Family visits and social outings near Canavanville and Carthage
Green Branch residents visited relatives including Art Bean and Lennie Calvert while others attended a Athens circus. Several joined D BE Love’s funeral at Clarks Chapel. The Plaire hosted friends and ice cream supper. Attendees included Whit Bean, Lizzie Munn, Maud Willard, and Mrs Amos Matheny visiting The Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Bean
Owen Riley
Canavanville
Rhce Calvert
Lennie
Bruce Robinson
Carthage
Athens
Alex Simith
Nelsonville
Dean
Victor Carpenter
D. BE. Love
Clarks Chapel
Charles Lreetse Thomas Jresise
Geoe Rodehaver
Pote
the Plaire
Whit Bean
Charles Flanders
Asbury
Lizzie Munn
South Canaan
Anna Bean
James William
R. Baker
Rome Center
Charlies Tresise
Maud Willard
Amos Matheny
the Plains
Fought Bought Draftees Stock at Athens Candy Firm
Athens Ohio July 23 1917 Fought and Co announce they have purchased the stock and goodwill of the Athens Candy and Cigar Co from Chas Russell and will continue wholesale operations on Pratt Street with prompt mail service. The YMCA seeks men to train others to sing for overseas service in camps and in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Otho Elliott
Marietta
Fred Nixon
Columbus
Richard Nixon
Amanda Forest
A. EB. Lawrence
Majel
Pomeroy
A. Dutton
Austin Hall
Camp Sherman
Athens
Hall
Hali
Mine Workers Earning Large Wages Amid War Effort
Article notes high coal wages as patriotic workers speed production. In Thayer Virginia a miner and son earned 25 dollars in a day, while the superintendent’s nephews cleared 45 dollars for a day and 100 dollars each for five days. Similar earnings are seen in Fairmont districts with monthly totals reaching 300 dollars. Some workers extend hours toward a 48 hour week, driven by war support and personal savings for later service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thayer
Kaiser
Fairmont
Alabama
Athens Boy Writes to Mother From England
Mrs. N. Z. Van Dyke of 16 Stimpson Avenue received two letters from her son Fred J. Van Dyke now Somewhere in England. The messages dated June 25 and 26 note travel in Europe since landing around June 13. He expresses a preference for the United States and mentions a belief about Sammies eating Christmas dinner at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Z. van Dyke
Stimpson Avenue
Fred J. van Dyke
England
Easy Way to Kill Rats and Mice Exterminator Paste Sold Widely
The article promotes Stearns' Electric Paste as an inexpensive, effective rodent and insect killer. It claims stores stock the product, a small box suffices to rid buildings of rats and mice, and that the U S government has purchased thousands of packages for pest control including cockroaches and water bugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stearns
U. S
Bouht
Berry Hunter Trespass Notice Issued for Fence Breakdowns
John R. Elder warns berry hunters that repeated fence damage has caused stock to escape. The notice declares trespass in defense and states prosecution for anyone disregarding the warning, dated July 23, 2002.
Austrian Cabinet Shuffled in Vienna Dispatches
Former Minister Hussauer takes over as head of the Austrian cabinet succeeding Von Seydler. Reports say Count Czernin, the foreign minister, sought to form a cabinet with himself as prime minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Hussauer
von Seydler
Vienna
Count Czernin
Record Coal Output Reaches New Weekly High
The United States Geological Survey reports a record weekly coal production of 18,843,000 tons for the week of July 13, with an average daily output of 2,207,000 net tons, up 7.6 percent from the prior week and 8 percent above Fuel Administration requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Geological Survey
The
Fuel Administration
Italians in Russia Join Czecho-Slovak Forces in Siberia
Dispatches from Petrograd report Italians living in Russia have formed a battalion and joined the Czecho-Slovak forces in Siberia. The note appears in the National Zeitung published today in Berne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas
Yankee Flyer Death in Air Near Tuesday
United Prera London reports American aviator Malcolm Cotton Crown of Chicago was killed when his aircraft plunged from a height. A separate item notes C M Racey in Chicago learning from his son Forest injured in France on June 6 was captured and carried to his own lines by two Germans ordered to replace stretcher bearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankee Flyer
MIT
United Prera
London
Malcolm Cotton Crown
Chicago
Hans Caldwell
C. M. Racey
Forest
France
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