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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1918
Page
3
A bay mare eight years old described as gentle and kind and a good driver is offered for sale in Nelsonville Ohio priced as a bargain by SIPPLE at 615 Chestnut St. This notice also contains a long local society blurb listing numerous residents’ visits and travels in the area.
Entertained Miss Florence Woodring and guests from California Pennsylvania Monday evening at a party hosted by Misses Esther and Lucile Verity. Music and dancing continued late followed by an elegant luncheon with Mae Stratton Beatrice Cook Sigrid Love Martha Keister Susie Esther Maze Lucile Fiske Fern Parry Beth Verity and Helen Verity also attending.
Former Nelsonville man Mr. Chas Dowler, long known in the city for operating a grocery, died at Pickerington. He is survived by a widow and three children. Friends expect the body to be brought here for interment.
Mrs FEF E Rosser entertained Monday evening with a six o'clock dinner honoring Miss Gladys Skinner of New Lexington. The tables were decorated in red white and blue with the color scheme carried through the dining room. Covers were laid for Miss Esther Vorkes Vesper Shafer Helen Ohlinger Claudine Whing Lucile Stalter and Margaret Rosser.
At a special meeting of Eudora Chapter Order of Eastern Star candidates were initiated. Names listed include MP. and Mrs Hambleton Floodwood Mrs North Mrs James McKee Mrs Harry Rodda Mrs Richard Gibson Mrs Walter Morrison Mrs Chas Moler and Mrs Walter Morrison.
Hubert Manger Ernest and Fred Love and Tom Davis were arrested by Special Officer Goldsbury for train riding and each drew ten dollars and costs in Mayor's Court yesterday.
A fragmented OCR segment lists multiple individuals with surnames and titles, including Miss Frances Coon and Mrs Maud Perry among others. Specific roles or contexts are not provided in readable text.
Cleveland July 21 Bert Bomen of Galion was found guilty by a federal jury of uttering disloyal remarks in violation of the espionage act. He was remanded to jail pending sentence to be imposed Saturday. His defense contended intoxication at the time of the remarks.
The National Special Aid Society Aviation Committee asks readers to donate gold or silver items to the Treasure and Trinket Fund. Gifts from Taft era silverware to raise money for equipment for U S aviators. Send to Mrs. William Allen Bartlett at 250 Fifth Avenue New York.
At midnight government control will replace private operation of the nation's wire communications. No immediate changes expected in method or personnel as the Postmaster General Burleson and David J. Lewis plan gradual policy shifts after consultations with company officials, including Western Union.
Columbus Ohio July 31 recruitment of unskilled labor for plants on war contracts with combined skilled and unskilled forces over 100 will be taken over by the United States employment service starting Thursday August 1. Private recruiting for such labor will be forbidden and Ohio will have 62 district officials under federalized plan replacing 22 prior offices. C H Mayhough to direct Ohio operations urged employers to report labor demands or risk not obtaining workers later.
Paris reports German losses reaching 4,760,000 since the war began as published in L'Homme Libre. It states 5,430,000 German personnel remain, with 4,000,000 on the west front. Since March, losses total 1,600,000, including 1,000,000 out of action.
The National War Labor Board will fix street car workers wages from forty two to forty eight cents an hour. The board plans to issue a formal award later today. Car men from over thirty cities are pressing their wage increase request before the board.
Allied diplomats in Russia have reportedly left Vologda. They say American Ambassador Francis and others were given options to go to Moscow or head north to the Murmansk coast. Russian wireless dispatches claim allied consuls will stay in Moscow.
The article reports an estimate that about 1,000 African American women in Birmingham and nearby areas are now employed in manual labor roles. It notes employment trends and the shift in job opportunities for local Black women.
Cryolite, essential for aluminum production and used in making glass and solder, is nearly all imported from Ivigtut, a small Eskimo hamlet on Greenland's southern coast.
A wartime dress idea for children features a blue military cape with brass buttons and a white frock styled after a sailor suit. The outfit includes a blue belt cuffs collar and a middy tie in black for a classic miniature uniform look.
Camp Sherman Ohio July 30 Uncle Sam will furnish eyeglasses free to every soldier who needs them following Washington orders. This marks the first government provision of spectacles for fighters. Previously good eyesight was required for enlistment, but induction relaxed the standards, allowing thousands with eye defects to serve with corrective glasses.
A notice lists marriage licenses issued for Lloyd D. Ruben 26 electrician Frederickstown and Louise Robertson 23 nurse Athens and J C Carpenter 46 farmer Athens with Fern F Duncan 28 Trimble and Frederick W Slater 20 miner The Plains and Bertha Hardy 22 clerk The Plains with Bertha Hardy.
The Hibbard Millinery store declares a closing out sale with twelve days remaining. Managers urge customers to visit for discounts on hats and accessories before the sale ends.
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