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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1918
Page
6
In a wartime hospital Sally pleads to keep caring for a gravely injured man believed to be Steve Torrance. Dr. Rolf hesitates as Sally insists on staying through the night, arguing she can help as she did for other desperate cases. The doctor cautions but concedes, while Sally vows to act as a guardian for the wounded.
In a June 19 dispatch from France, a cheerful American soldier guarding an outpost alone signalled approaching Germans. The next day his body was found beaten and near him lay a club wrapped in barbed wire and the bodies of three Germans he had killed. The piece honors a company that will never forgive Germany.
Five men including Athenians and Bart Davidson were badly burned when a gas pocket ignited in a Jacksonville mine as the group toured after the mine fan started to vent accumulations. Injured: Davidson, Wilbur Jones, Lou W. Roberts, P. E. Shirley, and Roy Shirley.
A vintage advertisement touts Resinol Ointment as a gentle treatment for eczema ringworm itching and burning rashes and sores. It claims quick relief for mosquito bites insect stings wind or sun burn and even shaving irritation with wide dealer availability.
In Narragansett Pier Rhode Island Mrs Hannah Randall reports severe exhaustion backache and fatigue while caring for four children. She credits Vinci a tonic with beef and cod liver peptones iron and manganese glycerophosphates for restoring health and urges others in similar condition to try it.
The body of Grover Cleveland Sedgwick 28 a railroad brakeman from Columbus was killed Friday by a train near Fostoria. He was brought to Athens late Saturday and moved to the Broadwell family home that evening as his wife and children stayed with his parents at Broadwell.
Local recruiting office records show new enlistees including Thomas Whit latch of Jacksonville in Cavalry Herbert D Emerick of Nelsonville in Field Artillery John E B Williams of Athens in Field Artillery John B Dukeman of The Plains in Coast Artillery James Hart of Albany in Infantry.
One hundred registrants from the class of 1918 are ordered to report this week for physical examinations. Twenty are slated for Tuesday and forty for Wednesday and Thursday.
The United States Department of Agriculture article notes that road design rests on judgment and local factors. It reviews surface types from earth to brick, detailing when each suits traffic volumes and weather, and stresses ongoing maintenance to fit community needs and public costs.
It costs little to fix and beautify the road in front of farm buildings. Proper grading keeps the road free from weeds and rubbish and improves overall appearance and access along the farm borders.
Licensed to marry Earl Davis, 21, miner, New Marsh field, Corn Minear, 19, New Marshfield. Floyd E. Wilson, 21, carpenter, Ath ens. Clara Smith, 19, Chauncey. Harry Dust, 21, surveyor, Jackson ville, Stella Anderson, 23, Jacksonville.
In Buchtel Ohio Catherine Sayre aged five died at Logan Hospital after a 22 caliber rifle she was near was discharged by her mother Mrs George W Sayre on the family porch. Coroner Johnson reported the mother had previously unloaded the repeater but a cartridge was later added and the gun fired wounding the child in the abdomen. The mother is overwhelmed with grief and is mother to six children, four living, with five additional births in five years according to the coroner.
Notice records T F Wells appointed and qualified as Administrator of John R Reynolds estate of Athens County Ohio. Dated July 15 1918. Probate Judge H T Phillips signs.
The photo shows steel waistcoats for British troops in the trenches. They are effective against spent bullets shrapnel and bayonet thrusts. Weighing under five pounds they use many small steel plates joined by welded steel. They are worn under the...
Washington reports 1,007 light heat and traction firms saw rate raises by city councils or state commissions in early 1917. McAdoo Williams and the president urged relief, urging authorities to allow higher wartime rates to maintain maximum efficiency and essential services.
Street Commissioner Drake complains about difficulty keeping streets clean as miners lure labor away by high wages. He cites local business men on Court Street discarding waste paper and trash, hampering cleanup efforts and asking for public cooperation.
Sheriff Lowery and Deputy Parker were dispatched Saturday night to Bailey Run for a reported fight. They found no fight in progress and made no arrests as the information was unclear.
The report notes M. G. Scott of New York was re-elected president of the International Typhographical Union. Earlier, a domestic incident at Sugar Creek involved a husband and wife with minor injuries but no serious violence, as witnesses described the couple as loving.
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