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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1918
Page
2
American Expeditionary Forces at the Front are described as the men back home forming a strong bond with three American girls pictured on a mantlepiece in a French home. A medic and his aides visit, sharing tales of love and upcoming weddings as letters and photos highlight the personal ties sustaining soldiers amid war.
A postcard from Corporal Herbert 8 Richardson notes he is at Camp Sheridan Alabama and spoke with Athens county men now in field artillery formerly of Company L Seventh Regiment. The Machine Gun unit was in Virginia. the artillery unit was said to have left Sheridan days earlier, though Richardson wrote before the departure.
C F Myers appointed and led as administrator of the estate of Leo B Myers, late of Athens County Ohio, deceased. Dated June 7 1918, H T Phillips probate judge of said county.
Experienced doctors urge a spring tonic to flush impurities from the blood after winter eating heavy foods. Phosphated iron in capsules is promoted as a blood and nerve builder to renew health and vigor, with a warning to insist on genuine capsules from McKee Drug Company and major druggists.
Local board prepares to send questionnaire blanks to men who registered on June 5 1918. They will also receive orders to appear before board physicians for medical examination. The second edition of the draft questionnaire and classification cards have arrived from state headquarters.
Mrs. N Burnell of Drewsville New Hampshire says her anaemic daughter improved after using Vinci a tonic with beef and cod liver peptones iron and manganese glycerophosphates and other minerals. The ad credits McKee Drug Company and druggists for distribution urging readers to try Vinci for blood and strength.
Washington reports that wartime wheat substitute programs have spiked demand for rice flour. Only four of California's ten mills can produce rice flour, with plans to increase capacity. Several producers have formed a corporation to build and operate a new rice mill.
Misses Bee and Martha Mannering of Wellston are guests of Mrs. Ethel Ball and Mrs. Dorothy Ball during their stay with relatives.
Charles P. Harder, a former postmaster and sheriff, enlisted at ten years old and served as a drummer boy in battles such as Onvid Harbor and Petersburg, surviving through the war with minor injuries. He played at Lincoln's funeral and, at 64, works making shells at a Milton munitions plant.
A government raid on a wireless plant in New Canaan Connecticut leads to two recruits for the United States navy. William OShaughnessy aged 20 and Thomas OShaughnessy aged 18 were recruited after a neighbor's tip about a supposed German spy. They said they were practicing for the navy wireless service.
Columbus announces Lieut Col. J. E. Gimperling Jr will succeed George H. Wood as adjutant general. Wood remains a colonel in the 37th division of Ohio National Guard. Gimperling, former captain of the Third Ohio Infantry on the Mexican border, will earn a 3500 dollar yearly salary.
Wayne B. Wheeler, counsel of the anti Saloon League, told the Senate Agricultural Committee that liquor interests were disloyal and responsible for much German propaganda in the United States. The remarks were delivered Tuesday during the hearing.
The Kaiser in a Berlin dispatch replies to Hindenburg praising his reign’s thirtieth anniversary. He vows German principles of right and freedom must prevail against Anglo-Saxon mammon and asserts Anglo-Saxon rule would enslave peoples. McAdoo quips patched trousers as patriotism, seen by some as a sign of loyalty.
Patient Perry Weaver of Lancaster Ohio credits Dr Parker’s Treatment with curing years of indigestion and constipation in three weeks. Advertises Dr Parker’s Nerve Tonic and Liver Tablets with guaranteed relief and money back offer. Sold by Cline’s Pharmacy.
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