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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1918
Page
3
Local notices list business manager and editor roles, social reporter, and circulation manager. Advertised letters include Will Adir and dozens of residents. Social items mention upcoming July 4 event with Camp Sherman soldiers and local visits by Clark Ross, Hattie Baird, and other residents.
Jesse Brooks was arrested by local police in Kimberly for being absent from a soldiers training camp without leave. Brooks claims he was stationed at Camp Sherman but officials there have not confirmed the assignment.
Mrs James Daugherty aged 45 died at her home in Bone Hollow after a lingering illness. She leaves her husband and six children, the youngest about two weeks old. No funeral arrangements have yet been made.
The Majestic theater installed two latest type Simplex motion picture machines and a “Gold King” screen for improved projection. Mrs. Ray Parry left Friday to visit her husband stationed at Camp Jackson in South Carolina.
Preparations are complete for a big patriotic parade and ball game tomorrow as Camp Sherman sluggers visit Nelsonville. A large crowd is expected for the event with ceremonies at J. B. Fenton in Columbus and various locals taking part in social visits across Athens and Mansfeld.
United Press reports new demonstrations in Vienna with huge crowds marching for bread ration restoration higher wages shorter hours and a general peace. Police intervened as authorities issued a proclamation threatening severe measures to quell the disorders.
General Pershing reported renewed Allied gains northwest of Chateau-Thierry on Friday with improved positions. Brisk artillery engagement occurred in the Woevre and Vosges sectors as American forces advanced.
Philadorean Lodge No 157 F and A M holds a special meeting at Masonic Hall Sunday morning June 23 at 9 45 to attend divine services at the Presbyterian church Members are urged to attend the St John’s service C H Bartlett W M Attest A P Scott Secretary
Zurich dispatch says the Deutsches Tages Zeitung reports Nikolai Lenine has resigned as Bolshevik premier but no independent source confirms the claim.
Columbus O June 22 Ohio State University will play a major role in current battlefield history with 2640 alumni in khaki and navy blue Nearly one third are commissioned officers including two brigadiers six colonels six lieutenant colonels 51 majors 57 captains and over 700 lieutenants in service.
In Columbus Ohio Judge Osborn told Green Fields 38 of Harden County Kentucky to go back to the green fields and stay sober after he imposed a suspended sentence for drunkenness in city court.
Private D Rankin artilleryman at Camp Mills wed Miss Theodora A Johnson of Cokato Minnesota by telegraph in 11 minutes. The ceremony marks the fourth telegraph wedding at Camp Mills since its founding. Rankin and his bride previously resided in St Joseph Missouri.
The Eastern Star plans its annual memorial service Sunday afternoon at 2 30 in the Masonic Temple. The public is invited to attend this meeting.
Mrs. Jane Ayres learned Friday her son Clyde Ayres with the M G Co 332 Inf of the 83rd Division has arrived safely over seas. Miss Esther Shafer visits Denison Ohio relatives. Mrs Guy Mattox returns home from southern camps where she stayed with her husband for months. Mrs Matrix plans to spend the summer with her parents Mr and Mrs Tony Blum in town.
Sunday School will be at 9 30. Morning service at 10 30 features a Masons attendance honoring St John s Day. Pastors themes include The City of God and What if Nelsonville Were That City. Evening sermon: Whom He Loveth, He Chasteneth.
Four Berlin residents escaped Thursday in two Albatross planes and landed safely in Denmark. The pilots said they fled conditions in Berlin. one occupant was Dr. Nicolai, once a Berlin University physiology professor and author of a book criticizing Prussian militarism. The Rudkeebing landing carried two deserters in infantry uniforms, one with the iron cross, who said they preferred death to returning to the front.
For many purposes cast iron is preferred to steel because it is comparatively rootproof, offering a sturdier option in environments where roots threaten steel structures and integrity.
National Geographic Society war geography bulletin notes Hazebrouck as a key rail junction near Calais and Ypres. The town of 13 000 sits on marsh land with a historic 260 foot Saint Eloi spire and a former Augustinian convent hospital.
Two soldiers were killed and a third severely injured by a premature trench mortar bomb explosion at the Aberdeen proving grounds in Maryland. Secretary Baker and several ordnance officers stood nearby but were not endangered as the blast occurred inside a bomb proof enclosure.
Washington reports the Ohio state fair grounds may not serve as an aviation concentration camp. The War Department finds capacity lower than expected and space for housing is limited, though no decision has been made and full consideration will precede any choice.
Paris reports military experts foresee a new German attack as the German cannonade intensifies. The fourth army group led by Crown Prince Ruprecht of Bavaria has trained for a fresh push after three weeks of reorganization following prior battles.
Columbus June 22 Officers at Camp Sherman release for prosecution Scott Folmer of Pomeroy indicted by the Meige County grand jury on attempting to burn a coal tipple near Pomeroy. McBee of the state fire marshal's office led the evidence and Folmer confessed later.
The reception for the Loyal Girls and Lillie Class at the Christian Church ran from 7 30 to 10 30 with thirty young women present including Mrs H J Long. Decorated with daisies ferns lilies and pennants the event featured games and luncheon. A surprise shower for bride Mrs Dewey Root was hosted by her mother in law Mrs Alex Root 15 Oak Street with thirty guests enjoying gifts and games.
Miss Frances Agnes Wright daughter of Rev and Mrs Wright of Wellsville Kansas married Prof Allen R Kresge at eight oclock Thursday evening in the home of Mr and Mrs C C Millikan with Rev Dr B L Evans officiating. The couple plan a honeymoon in Philadelphia Bethlehem and Adirondack mountains before settling in Athens. Frances Wright a Columbus North High and Ohio University graduate is active in church music and sororities while Allen Kresge a piano organ teacher at Ohio University College of Music is an organist of note and engages in post graduate study.
Mrs Nettie Haning spends time with Miss Elizabeth McCole on Lancaster Street. Mr and Mrs Leonard Bost wick of Coshocton host a year of residence with their daughter. Mrs John Rowan returns from Granville with her son Thomas and Miss Marie Josten. Lieut Carroll Webb of Columbus, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Webb, visits en route to Albany Meigs county and will report to Washington DC for navy training July first.
The Ohio case of Clyde Miller versus the State reversed a prior decision. Miller was fined and sentenced to the Columbus work house for non support of children, though the docket did not show a guilty finding. The lower court record was discharged.
The United States held no ambassador in Germany as war was declared, relations broken two months earlier and Ambassador James W. Gerard had received his passports.
The United Press reports a vast wartime artillery plan in a fortifications bill before the House. The bill allocates 5.435 billion dollars, with over 5 billion for mountain field and siege guns and ammunition, plus 40 million for a Neville Island big gun plant. Borland says the program aims to enable movement warfare and Rhine crossing to defeat Germany.
Rome reports Premier Orlando told the Chamber of Deputies last night that it is now permissible to state the battle has been won as the Tribuna announced today.
Indianapolis judge Leonard Snitkin of New York City received five years in federal prison after conviction for conspiring to illegally obtain draft exemption for A J Schur the government appeal agent for the eighth district board and Maurice Snitkin an attorney who were said to have conspired with the New York judge who got six years each.
Reports from Morgantown West Virginia say Mother Jones urged miners to return to work and support the government, ending the strike at the Serepta coal mines.
Saskatchewan and Manitoba estimate combined wheat production at 210 million bushels for the year. Saskatchewan projects 160 million bushels while Manitoba forecasts 60 million.
An Italian cheese of high repute is marketed only after a minimum four year seasoning. The piece notes a critical view of German practices and urges using savings to oppose them.
Circle Hill Ohio June 22 a formal flag raising will occur Tuesday at 2 pm with a bright American flag on a staff. It honors miners at New Pittsburg No 9 and reflects Athens county mine sentiment. Local union led by James Hardy will host music and speeches by I M Foster and Judge J M Wood. The mine will close and all are invited.
At the Chamber of Commerce luncheon last Wednesday it was voted to continue this feature during the summer months. Inducted men leave next Wednesday so the luncheon will start at 11 30 to allow companions to the train. A short fifteen minute program will precede adjournment at 12 15.
Columbus Ohio June 22 new regulations for control of venereal diseases in Ohio become effective July 1 reporting of every case with patient name to the State Department of Health within 24 hours probable source of infection if obtainable medical examination by local authorities of all suspected cases including known prostitutes cooperation of local health officials with police to repress prostitution enforcement urged as essential to wartime duties and a jump in reported cases from 180 in April to 501 in May.
Carl Lock former Oberlin high school football star and Paul McRoberts Marine Corps member were the first Oberlin men killed in the war. They died in action on the western front, according to word received today.
Everett Stevenson, son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Stevenson of Walker Street, has landed safely overseas. He served in the 83rd Division which trained at Camp Sherman Chillicothe and included many Athens county boys.
The six o'clock funeral tradition begins in Jeffersonville Indiana to accommodate Odd Fellows workers at the Quartermasters Depot. Joseph Norris Myers, a lodge member, had his services scheduled for six so fellow members could attend after military duties.
Nashville June 22. Ice dealers cannot deliver due to a shortage of delivery men. With temperatures above 100 degrees hundreds gather at plants to haul home ice as prices rise to fifty cents per hundred pounds.
Secretary Baker calls 800,000 American soldiers at the front and appeals for savings to fund the war effort. He urges citizens to maximize their savings and purchase War Savings Stamps to help bring troops home sooner.
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