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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1918
Page
2
All day services at Hebbardsville M E Church next Sunday with children at 9 30 am Prof Truedley to speak in the afternoon Wood s Band performing all day
Treasury Department figures dated June 1 1918 estimate U S population at 105,725,000 up 144,000 in the prior month and 1,725,000 over the last year. Money in circulation totals 5,246,662,253 down 71,884,464 from a month earlier and up 516,336,271 from a year ago. Per capita 49.63. January 1 1879 population 48,231,000 and per capita 16.92 with money in circulation 816,266,721.
Both morning and evening services at the First Christian Church will feature notable events. Superintendent Morgan will speak on a popular subject to draw a large audience, followed by a Children's Day program from the Sunday School with a patriotic pageant. Everyone welcome.
Athens county Food Administration committee summarizes a U S Food Administration ruling on egg dealers and shippers. All dealers selling beyond consumer hand must be licensed. license applications go to Washington D C. Car lot shippers and robbers must handle eggs on a loss off basis with ticketed dates and license numbers.
Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock Rev Wilcox of Athens will preach at the Guysville Presbyterian Church Mr Charles Schaffler of Athens will assist in the music and sing several popular patriotic airs
Ohio War Savings Committee issues yellow cards to record reasons for refusing to buy War Savings Stamps. Timeframe June 24 to 28 1918 for War Savings Pledge Week. Cards held by county chairmen and later shared with local officials for public inspection and preservation.
Miss Edna Haning and her brother Alva Haning plus wife from Athens visited Camp Sherman on Sunday. James Adair farm owner near Albany has done repairs there. Iva Ator of Pratts Fork visited son Zeddee Ator and family. Blake Tubbs called on W B Woodyard. Delbert Reeves family from Downington visited J T Carbaugh. Eli Hamilton and Milton McKinley families from near Hebbardsville stayed with J B Bolen. Robert Coates of Athens moved to his parents home. Bessie Lynch and son James of Marion visited here this week. Jeonard Woodyard of Albany helps Beecher Woodyard harvest. Fred Carbaugh and family shopped in town Tuesday evening.
Representative Sissions of Mississippi urges the House wave and means committees to impose prohibitive taxes on deadly weapons for private use. He argues the taxes aim to curb crime, not raise revenue, and reminds that many men at the front have given their lives.
A brief note credits United States Tire Sales with demonstrating the industry’s growth and the unusually high quality of United States tires.
Columbus reports the state will limit beef to four meals per week through September 15 to meet demands for soldiers and allies. Beef may be served at noon only Sundays Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays with by products and veal allowed. Mutton and lamb unaffected. Hoover notes storage beef down to 227 million pounds as of June 1, with about 130 million in process for army use.
Mrs. H. H. Goodwin of Duked Tenn says she lived on a farm with six in her family and fell into a nervous run-down condition. After using Vinci she reports she is much improved and stronger. The ad claims Vinci contains beef and cod liver peptones iron manganese peptonates and glycerophosphates. McKee Drug Company and druggists nationwide sell Vinci.
The state liquor license board attributes 300 saloon keepers going out of business since last year to prohibition and dwindling profits. May licenses issued reach 6729, versus a year ago with an unknown total.
An appeal promotes S. S. S. as a reliable blood purifier made from vegetables. Drugists report success and offer medical advice from the Swift Specific Co. office in Atlanta Georgia. The piece notes S. S. S. has been sold for over fifty years despite many medicines fading from use.
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