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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
3
The article notes British and Italian forces on alert and taking opportunities alongside American and French units in the counter offensive. It highlights the questioning of German prisoners for military value as they yield information under pressure.
Three houses each on one acre are offered at Coe Hollow near Hearest Line with a house and lot at the corner of Harper and High Streets. Contact Charles Breee at 647 High St Pell Phone 473 R. Also note a Lost entry for three ponies two black and one bay geldings belonging to Frank Irvin Citi zen Phone 2212.
Police Court records show John Hellyer of Sugar Creek to be arraigned before Mayor Wells today on a charge of appropriating the Bennett truck last Saturday night. Mrs. Tom Riddle of Hamley Ran also faces a drunk and disorderly charge before the mayor today.
Mr and Mrs Charles Newton hosted Wheeler Newtons fourteenth birthday with Troop One A service flag for William Riddle was donated Alfred Scott presented it Walter Whitlatch Scout Master gave a talk and the troop performed a salute A scout orchestra played with Virgil Brown Lowell Bunnell Howard Longstaff Wheeler Newton and Donald Johnson An achievement button went to William Lancaster A place medal to Frank Tedrow Jr Whitie gave a present of spiral put tees to White Eleven oclock lunch on the porch concluded with taps Guests included John Jackson John Zeller Harris Wood Wilbur McKee Wilbert Hall Raymond Patton Clifford Hartley Lowell Burnell Virgil Frown Stanley Wolfe Landon Shaffer Wheeler Newton and others
Misses Bessie and Virgie Shanon of Louisa Kentucky stay with aunt Mrs G A Hamm. Mrs Mary Stevens of Buchtel travels to Charleston West Virginia for an operation. Miss Besse Davison leaves for Leesburg Ohio after a visit with relatives in Athens. Bertha Higgins of Lancaster visits friends here. Mrs C Shafer and son visit Cleveland for two weeks. Mrs John Rhodes attends a friend’s funeral in Logan. Dave Topling goes to Cherrington Hospital Logan for surgery. Mrs Jenn McManaway and daughter Sylvia return from Ora West Virginia. M M Easler visits Columbus for business. Pearl Allaway of Columbus stays with Mrs Lulu Sanders. Mrs Lena Smith and daughter Lena of Columbus visit Higgins on Mill Street. Mrs Edward Schloss of Athens visits sister Mrs M L Rosser.
Engine trouble delayed Train 34 arriving at 3 20 yesterday by over an hour. The disruption pushed Train 87 to arrive around 5 30, also an hour behind schedule.
Miss Blanchett Anton entertained with a six o'clock dinner at her Jefferson street residence last evening. Covers were laid for Mesdames Harry Galvin, Gilbert Pritchard, F. O. Schmidt, Darrel Gibson, Miss Jeanette Verity and Miss Linton.
Mr and Mrs Winfield Scott entertained after the Chautauqua program at their West Franklin Street home. The gathering included five members of Van Vilet Mathieson Company and speaker Judge George D Alden.
Local note lists advertised letters for Barron Leonard Chapman J G Emerick Herbert Everts Lawn Evans Flossie R F D 2 and others awaiting pickup at the post office. Readers with these names should inquire at the window for delivery.
Advertised letters include Jack, Josie Gaeta Laguzza Floodwood LeFever W Miller Daniel Mrs Myrtle Syma Joe Wanboth Neva R D Box 85. James Sharp P M. Apply to T M Matheny Mine Superintendent Middleport Ohio or Ber Lama Nelsonville Ohio. 7-22-3
Mrs Myrtle Neal twenty five of Cheyenne Wyoming was arrested in Omaha while riding the rods of a freight train with her two year old child in her arm part of the way to Omaha She says her husband mistreated her and she was employed in the Union Pacific shops She planned to work as an engine wiper but the husband arrived and they were reconciled
Monsignor Ratti, a Vatican investigator, has been forbidden to visit Poland where he was to conduct inquiries. The decision comes as protests were filed with the German governor of Warsaw.
Moscow dispatches report the Bolsheviks have left Orenburg and a new Urals government formed led by General Dutoff. The move signals a shift in control amid ongoing civil conflict.
Paris reports Prince Christopher brother of Constantine Greece seeks marriage to a wealthy American now in Switzerland to fund a return to the throne. The Temps dispatch notes Constantine strains for funds and that the German emperor supports the plan as Geneva coverage cites.
After twenty years of testing at the Ohio Experiment Station, stored stable manure increases land productivity. In a three year corn wheat and clover rotation eight tons per acre yielded about $57 in crop returns, roughly $7 per ton. ordinary barnyard manure brought $46, $11 less. Stored manure thus adds about $1.25 per ton by preventing leaching.
During a severe rain and electrical storm in Athens shortly after noon, lightning struck Frank Mitchell's house on McKinley Avenue, demolishing the chimney.
Geneva July 24 The American Red Cross has donated 500000 francs to support Switzerland in combating the Spanish influenza epidemic.
Photographers based in Seattle Washington have organized a union to pursue collective bargaining rights. The move aims to address pay hours and working conditions across studios and freelance work.
An advertisement from Athens Ohio promotes Dr Parker's Treatment for indigestion constipation and related conditions with a money back guarantee. It also markets Dr Parker's Nerve Tonic and Stimulant Tablets and Liver Tablets with pricing and a local retailer Cline's Pharmacy.
Six Hungarians connected with the Kuzdelem newspaper were arrested in New York by justice department agents as dangerous enemy aliens. They allegedly led Hungarians in the I. W. W. and were connected to a paper that urged industrial unionism against the war and urged readers to join the I. W. W.
Great Care is necessary in examining the eyes and should not be entrusted to the unqualified. We are educated and experienced, with the proper scientific devices to ensure positive accuracy in every examination.
Washington July 25 The Teutons, having been defeated in France, are believed ready to strike back in Italy. Major General Emilio Guglielmotti Italian military attache says they will try to halt Italian movement to the west front and cover up the Rheims fiasco at home.
County Agent De Lashmutt says today's heavy rain was overdue by about two weeks and will help pastures and second cuttings of clover and alfalfa more than crops like corn or potatoes. Water runoff was severe and a five to six inch flow was noted past Morrison bridge. full impact will be clearer in about three weeks.
Mrs. W. S. Bingman receives from her brother in France a June 26 1918 note. Private Charles H Trickett Co H 330th Infantry A E F writes about locating relatives in Athene County and limited writing due to circumstances, sending money and promising frequent replies.
President Wilson met 50 Boy Scouts and 20 Scout leaders from Akron Ohio returning from Boston where they aided in a war savings stamp drive.
Botanists at the Ohio Experiment Station say tipburn, not late blight, kills potato crops. Dry weather prevents water uptake, leaves burn. spraying keeps foliage healthy and acts as potato insurance. If late blight appears later it’s checked by Bordeaux mixture sprayed every two weeks.
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