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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1918

Page

2

Trial by Fire in War Time Sermon at Ewing Hall

The D A commencement Sunday service in Ewing Hall featured a sermon titled Trial by Fire by Charles D Williams LL D Michigan. He argued the world war tests moral character and calls for sobriety, purity, and strength in faith as the nation undergoes spiritual reform.

D. A Ewing Hall F. Wright Charles Schaefffer F. L. Tom Marie Richter Sara Long Margaret Marshan Thompson Fred Pickering C. M. Copeland W. H. Cooper A. & Thompson Charles D. Williams Ichigan Pillis Europe Red Cross Balvation Army God Christ Earth

Religious service closing with hymns and benediction

The text notes Miss McKay Mrs Thompson and Dr Thompson singing Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah as the service closed with benediction pronounced by Dr B D Evans and A 8 Thompson.

Miss McKay

Ohio women urge bands with gold stars to honor fallen soldiers

The Ohio branch of the council of national defense urges the public to abandon mourn ing attire and instead wear a black band three inches wide with a gold star for each deceased family member on the left arm. The policy, approved by the president, aims to keep spirits hopeful while recognizing sacrifice amid the war. A Danish scientist claims a method to produce yeast without grain.

Ohio England Humanity Women's Committee Council of National Defense Belle Sherwin Ohio Women's Committee Anna Shaw

Woowen's Labor Division Headed by Capen Mulhauser

A new leadership line shows Capen Mulhauser at the head of Woowen's Labor Division, overseeing the department responsible for women’s employment services. The photo accompanies the latest personnel update from Tabor's employment agency.

Capen Mulhauser Peearees Ems Ee - Employmen Ervicg Tabor

Glouster’s odd lawmen and harvest notes fill Glouster news

Saturday evening the county dog catcher rounded up six dogs with no visible purpose and shipped them to the county seat. Harvest of clover and alfalfa begins on Trimble township farms, crop heavy but weedier than usual. Funeral today for Andrew Redish and George Thomas noted as local business figures. Forty Hours Devotion opens at Holy Creek Church with sermons by Rev. Dunne and Rev. Berry.

Glouster Ohio Trimble Township Holy Creek Catholic Church Father Dunne Junction City Father Berry Athens

Special Calls Filled by Selected Men

Austin Oliver Owens of Athens and William Lowry of Nelsonville depart for Vancouver Barracks Washington for limited service in spruce forests and railroads. Alexander Hayes of Bellefontaine, formerly Athens, heads to Fort Wayne Michigan as bricklayer. Merrill Higgins of Nelsonville leaves June 19 for Washington DC as telegraph lineman. Harvey Edwards of Athens leaves tonight for the Veterinary Training School Camp Lee Virginia under competent orders.

Austin Oliver Owens Athens William Lowry Nelsonville Vancouver Barracks Washington Northwest Alexander Hayes Bellefontaine Fort Wayne Michigan Merrill Higgins Washington, D. C

Scholars Strike at Her Command Spark San Diego School Walkout

Miss Veda Wiebans leads a student walkout at a San Diego high school in protest of the school board firing about twenty teachers. The action mobilizes the entire student body as a notable strike of the year.

Veda Wiebans San Diego High School

Congress weighs extending military draft age to 45

Washington reports Provost Marshal General Crowder testified the draft aims to reach 3,000,000 by August 1 with 2,000,000 from registrants and the rest volunteers and National Guardsmen. He endorsed but did not approve the proposed age extension and warned class 1 could exhaust this year without it.

Washington Senate Military Committee General Crowder Crowder France Maryland War Department

Trustees Meet at University On The Morrow

Ohio University observes commence week with Art Department exhibits and the Annual Oratorical Contest on the third floor of Ewing Hall and in Ellis Hall from three to five this afternoon. Tonight at 7 30 the contest draws large crowds.

Ohio University Ewing Hall Ellis Hall Board of University L. J. Addicott South Congress Street A. B. Thompson

German forces dissolve Romanian Rada and expel members

German troops disband the Romanian Rada Congress and force its members to surrender with bayonets. The government is declared at an end as officials are ordered to raise hands.

Rada Congress

Congratulatory Messages for Cox Family Welcome New Son

Governor and Mrs. Cox received nationwide congratulations yesterday after the arrival at Trail's End near Dayton of their son Thomas Blair Cox. Mrs. Cox, formerly Miss Marguerite Blair, honors her father, Thomas Blair, a Chicago businessman.

Cox Trail'’s End Dayton Thomas Blair Cox

Alberta's marital rift over home versus apartment

In a chatty note the newlywed Alberta contemplates living in an apartment while Noble wants to keep house. The narrator counsels starting a home, but Alberta wavers, hoping to discuss the choice with Noble before deciding.

Alberta Rose Noble Annie

Auto hits pony rig on Lancaster St injuring none

Saturday evening a pony rig was struck by a large auto believed to be driven by a man from York township. The collision hurled the rig, buggy, and pony over a steep bank but both men escaped injury though the buggy was damaged. The rig owner was reportedly made whole by the other driver. Line up and sign up on National War Savings Day.

York Township Lancaster St

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