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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
3
About one hundred fifteen dollars was cleared from a Methodist church recital led by Miss Mae Lines with helpers Mrs. F X Rauch Mrs B F LeFever Miss Marguerite Nelson and Mr Ralph Parks. The money supports the local Red Cross.
The many friends of Mr. John Mooney will be pleased to learn that he is nicely recovering after a recent wine accident. It is thought that he will be able to be out in a few days. Lawn Party. Mrs. Sidney Cook and Mrs. Starkey entertained a crowd of girls with a lawn party on the Cook lawn on Ash-
Albany notes recount visits and guests across Carpenter Athens and Columbus. Families such as Whitlatch Gillogly and Coe share weekends with relatives, while Miss Alta Coe returns from Chillicothe where she taught. The report highlights travel to Buckeye Lake Snowville and Indianapolis with several household hosts.
The Nelsonville Home and Savings Association sues A. K. Schenz Co for 1928.85 plus 7 percent interest from June 10 1918 on a July 28 1914 loan of 2000 secured by 20 shares of stock No 1512 and a mortgage on a Buchtel lot. The petition alleges eight missed payments and seeks foreclosure if the debt is not paid.
Mr Miles Linscott spent Saturday in Morgan county. A large crowd attended the flag raising at Mine 253 Saturday afternoon. Mrs Ethel Wood of near Millfield visited here last week. Miss Vernell Bescoe works at Ralph Burdett s Green s Run home. Lorenzo Shaffer Albert Cannon and Doen Cannon with families visited Rockbridge Sunday. Mrs Sanford Bentley and children visited her parents on Green s Run. Herb Mingus and family and A Daft s family called on Lottie Cannon Saturday evening. Pearlie Kierns and children visited M C Linscott Sunday.
Two Zanesville churches completed a pledge campaign to buy Thrift and War Savings Stamps. They agreed to raise one thousand dollars cash and pledges for each star in their service flag, yielding $50,000 for one church and $20,000 for the other in a single meeting.
The German submarine can remain underwater while resting on the sea bottom for as long as 48 hours, indicating extended underwater endurance and stealth capability during patrols.
Miss Margaret Wilson was honored at her funeral Tuesday afternoon with attendees including Miss C. Dick Carl Van Horn Mr and Mrs Jesse Van Horn of Columbus and Mrs Mace of Zaleski. Chief of Police Pearson attended as well.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Six hosted a farewell party in Salem honoring Birgie Morgan and Evan Morgan who depart for Camp in a few days. A large crowd of young people enjoyed games and dancing followed by an elegant three course lunch before bidding the brothers good luck and a safe return.
Washington officials forecast war department action to extend the draft ages to 18 or 45 or 49. The move would align the draft with Britain and support an allied treaty, with education campaigns planned to explain the need and offset Class 1 depletion. Ratification would add about 700000 men to allied forces, officials said.
American forces on a three mile front between Bouresches and Torey repulsed two German assaults on their twelfth day of fighting. They captured fifty prisoners including a captain and seized several machine guns. The enemy suffered heavy casualties.
Reports from El Paso say Francisco Villa personally led fifty Carranza soldiers turning bandits who halted a train near Santiago Papasquiero Durango killing fifty and carrying eleven women passengers into the mountains.
Paris reports General Pershing has adopted two of sixty eight French war orphans adopted by American soldiers this week. An Ohio regiment adopted fifty four of the orphans. Kaiser's call for a strong German peace is noted with some irony in the report.
Lieutenant Arthur Rhys Davids, an Eton-born pilot of Royal Flying Corps, credited with downing 22 Germans, including Voss and Schafer, is reported missing and presumed dead after a deadly October clash. His family recalls daring escapes and a final brave ascent amid heavy enemy fire.
A quotation about finding happiness by uplifting others. It frames happiness as a result of personal effort to improve the mood of those around you, suggesting the best person is one who fosters joy in their circle. The tone is inspirational and reflective.
Report from Frederick Oklahoma describes discovery of a six inch coal vein at 90 feet while drilling in the northwest Tilman County area. The bore passed through five small gas strata at a depth of 13 000 feet.
Sergeant H Clyde Balsley of San Antonio, Texas, the first Texan to return from France as a Lafayette Escadrille flyer, spoke in Austin on leave. He described his 3 years in the air, wounds from German combat, and urged America torouse patriotism and humility toward allies while planning a staged 1918 to 1919 push in Europe.
Carl M. Palmer, twelve years old from Sunfield Michigan, allegedly enlisted as an eighteen-year-old in the federal forces last summer. His sister revealed his true age when visiting camp, and Capt Hogarth praised him, noting he is only twelve years old.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the sickness and death of our husband and father and for the floral offerings. Mrs. H. H. McDaniel and children.
Geory M Sanger of Company B 148th Infantry was captured at pistol point by Sheriff Pannett near Claerbrook Virginia while trying to flee to see his mother before going to France. He is charged with desertion and taken to Camp Lee Virginia. Sanger denied the charge and became entangled in a barbed wire fence during his escape attempt.
London June 12 Arthur J. Balfour secretary for foreign affairs told the house of commons there is no truth to the report that America and the allies have entered into an agreement not to intervene in Russian affairs.
Berlin newspapers quote an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam saying Germany will not renew a peace offer. Also notes a pilot must shoot down at least five enemy planes to become an ace in military air service.
Pursuant to an Athens County Common Pleas Court order dated June 3 1918 the sale of real estate Lot No 68 Albany village appraised at 2 is set for July 20 1918 at 1 PM The sale also covers personal property including kitchen furniture glassware dining ware chairs desks wardrobes and dining room items Real estate to be sold for not less than two thirds of appraisal and personal property to highest bidder The listing mentions the Masonic Lodge and indicates the sale date and location.
New York on June 12 reports more than 2000 soldiers and sailors on leave slept in city parks last Saturday night due to accommodation shortages. The mayor's committee of women on national defense urged cities to host servicemen or lend vacant houses to caretakers, vouching for men recommended through its bureau.
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