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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1918
Page
2
Washington reports preparations to add a fast single seated fighter plane to US aircraft production. The design follows a modern Purault derivative, building on success abroad. General Pershing advised restricting home single seaters to foreign procurement to keep pace with rapid front line changes.
Lord Curzon says conscription in Ireland is abandoned and home rule dead for the war. Sinn Fein plot and priests urging resistance alter the situation since the government backed home rule and conscription. Opposition papers call it abject surrender. Government papers blame Sinn Feiners and priests for killing both home rule and conscription.
Joseph Shaplen reports in Stockholm that M Schuaiansky of Siberian soviets warns of Bolshevik loose alliance with all groups to resist German penetration. He suggests Brest Litovsk may be abrogated and Siberia would seek loans and trade treaties with America. Lenin and Moscow factions may call in Germans as a last move.
The local draft board seeks figures for Ohio's adjutant general on the available men for the July quota. It calls for the Class One total on July first and how many are colored, with deductions already made from the needed call.
From the American Army in France on June 22, reports say German forces are selecting German troops who can speak English and stationing them opposite American lines. Captives use American slang, suggesting some came from the United States.
Washington reports the nationwide home canning campaign to preserve 1.5 billion quarts of put up foods in 1918. Some 3,000 home demonstration agents and thousands of volunteers will teach canning across the United States, with 850 million quarts already produced last year.
A 1831 Edinburgh wheat-saving plan is cited in a US pasted pamphlet from The Repository of Arts and Sciences. It describes making flour from turnips potatoes parsnips and white beet by repeated washing drying and grinding to produce coarse or fine flour with rind removal. Potatoes allegedly yield fair white flour and a mill near New Ross in County Wexford is said to profit from this method.
Allied nations push food production behind front lines as soldiers cultivate tens of thousands of acres. England uses camps and prisoners, with 60 000 acres in France and 7000 in Salonika. Mesopotamia expects 265 000 tons of wheat and 100 000 tons of barley. Tractors threshers and hand tools arrive from India Australia and Great Britain. Salonska sees ongoing cultivation.
Real estate transfers list numerous deeds across Ames and neighboring townships. Names include G. W. Carter Theodore Fleming and Martha McAfee, with acreages from 0.8 to 78.66 and values ranging from 50 to 5 500 dollars, reflecting broad parcel activity.
Washington reports that by the end of 1918 the U S will have sufficient troops in France to hold the western front firmly and begin an offensive to push Germany back across the Rhine. Secretary Baker and army officials assure the house military committee.
James Owen Maxwell born August 26 1843 near McConnelsville Ohio died June 16 1918 in Athens County aged 74 years 9 months 24 days. He served in the 92nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry from 1862 to war end facing Chickamauga Missionary Ridge Lookout Mountain and Sherman’s march to the sea. Survived by wife Hannah Robinson Maxwell seven children three living Benjamin Charles Minnie. many grandchildren. two grandsons Owen and Dan Downey in Navy. Lived in Canaan township then Athens spent final years with wife. Card of Thanks. We thank friends for kindness during sickness and death.
Following a wage demand of two dollars per thousand, the Pollock Stogie Company locked out its 300 workers and announced the plant would stay closed indefinitely. Some idle workers may find jobs at other plants paying the demanded scale. In Murcia Spain there are sulphur deposits including La Surata de Lorca with beds ten by one to two kilometers. The war effort calls for producing more, consuming less, and lending to the Government.
Homer Koise from the W. J. Thorniley farm on Newport Pike delivered the season's first home grown tomatoes to Willard Thorniley & Co on Friday morning. He brought two 20 pound baskets and was paid $3.50 per basket.
L. L. McVay of Athens says Doan's Kidney Pills cured his kidney trouble after meat intake caused dull pains and frequent congested secretions. He reports restored health and recommends the remedy, priced 60 cents at dealers. Doan's Kidney Pills are distributed by FosterMilburn Co. Buffalo NY.
Chicago reports Lord Dunmore of England warning that Germany has six months to secure a decision or be beaten. He notes the grave situation but says the balance shifts in favor as American troops pour in and expects continued fighting through the summer with a major offensive along the Somme corridor or near Mont Kemmel.
United Press reports 9,000 men slated for technical training will entrain July 15. Ohio quotas include 103 to Toledo University and 360 to Ohio Mechanics Institute in Cincinnati. John H. Pierce, brother of Leo Pierce of the Athens post office, trains at Fort Howard Maryland for Coast Artillery after attending Athens High and two years at Ohio University.
Ohio Experiment Station officials warn farmers about dangerous livestock hazards from discarded poison containers and baiting materials. Paris green, London purple, arsenate of lead, calcium arsenate, arsenic compounds, nicotine and zinc products pose fatal risks to cattle if ingested from trash piles, paint buckets, or unclean containers.
Secretary Baker calls for saving to the utmost and purchasing War Savings Stamps to hasten the return of 800,000 servicemen at the front.
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