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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1918
Page
2
Washington reports Gen. Peyton C. March states 12 000 marines are in France as the devil dogs earn a fearsome reputation. Casualties total 1 093, or one in twelve, with only two missing prisoners. the corps gains new esprit de corps amid heavy fighting.
Hanford Maine resident recounts long nervous condition and stomach trouble that left him unable to work. After using Vinci tonic containing beef and cod liver peptones iron and manganese it restored his energy and strength. McKee Drug Company and druggists advertise the product.
Special ad list for W H Brooks featuring canned goods and household items with prices. Items include soap bars, Old Dutch Cleanser, large cans of plums apricots pineapple salmon coffee and more with prices ranging from 6 to 30 cents. Also notes gas mantles toilet paper matches and fruit items priced per can or pound.
President Wilson calls on all 100 million Americans to pledge thrift and join in a nationwide effort to increase production, conserve resources, and buy Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps. He urges enlistment in the war savings program by June 28 to ensure united effort at home.
The No 211 mine union raised a flag and a service flag with nineteen stars amid a large crowd. James Taylor led the event, aided by Mr and Mrs Pichu Wood whose two sons Oakley and Edson serve and Frank heads to the next contingent. Speakers included Judge J M Wood and State officials, stressing labor duty in wartime and coal needs. Proceeds from refreshments funded the Red Cross.
Nearly 600 attended the First M K E Sunday School service with 84 officers and teachers 6 visitors and 655 scholars totaling 6594. The largest classes included Prof Copeland 183 Martzolff 148 126 Prof Dunkle 32 Mr Weaver 17 and Mr Porter 16. The collection totaled 25 65 with Class 6 contributing 9 25. An evening program featured a patriotic drill by fourteen girls with flags and singing of Civil War hymns.
County draft figures list 211 white men in Class 1 qualified for general service after 143 inducted, 25 delinquents, 44 colored men qualified for full service, total limited service 122 with 116 white and 7 colored. Inductions total 605 since questionnaires filed plus 120 before Jan 1, Athens has furnished 626 through the draft. Names of residents and marriages noted.
Federal investigators probed a morning fire that destroyed the Superior Glass Company in Martins Ferry Ohio a maker of lantern globes for the French government with losses estimated at 200000 dollars. The current Munsey's Magazine features Israel Putnam of the city among descendants in service.
Washington June 24 The week ending June 8 saw the largest bituminous coal production in U S history at 12 465 000 net tons. Daily output averaged 2 077 000 tons with anthracite shipments up 28 3 percent to 40 754 cars. Causes of output loss include labor shortages and Memorial Day effects.
M J McDonough of Fall River balks at enlisting after bringing a large black cat to the Providence recruiting station. Sergeant Pearlin refuses the feline mascot and orders him to leave. McDonough cites rats in trenches as his fear and vows to take the cat to Paris Island training camp.
Dr Wheeler S Murray, a first lieutenant in the infantry at Camp Sherman for almost a year, resigns his commission and returns to Athens to resume his dental practice in the Nelson Block. He plans to rejoin the army later as a commissioned officer in the dental reserve corps.
A new United States Highways Council is created to coordinate all government street and highway functions. It includes one representative from the War Department the Agriculture Department the Railroad Administration the War Industries Board and the Fuel Administration. The council aims to prevent delays losses and uncertainty from agency-by-agency highway decisions. It follows a suggestion by the Secretary of Agriculture and will work with State Highway Commissions nationwide.
Ohio's May disease report shows measles leading with 2596 cases followed by German measles 1525 whooping cough 1271 small pox 1161 mumps 939 scarlet fever 647 chickenpox 623 and tuberculosis 696. Other diseases remained under 500. Smallpox near April totals. May rises over April for several illnesses. Little Giant Trucks price advance noted in Athens.
London reports General von Ludendorff states Germany cannot provide further food aid to Austria. He says scarce supplies will come from Bessarabia and the Ukraine, while western front reserves are exhausted. A Central News dispatch notes grain shipments from Ukraine are delayed by unrest.
Mabel Bradley obtained a divorce from Donovan R. Bradley on grounds of criminality after proof of his 1917 forgery conviction in Ohio County West Virginia. Married April 27 1917 at Wheeling no children were born. she resumes maiden name Mabel Musser.
Wheeling West Virginia June 28 heavy army trucks are damaging the newly paved national pike in northern West Virginia County Road Engineer W O McCluskey says the issue will be presented to the Ohio county board of commissioners and may involve the national government for a solution.
Funeral services for Mrs. Maude Connor who died yesterday in a Toledo hospital will be held tomorrow at 2 p m in the Christian church with burial at West State street cemetery beside a sister in law. The body was taken to the home of her parents Mr and Mrs William Glass of Depot street. Mrs Connor was born in Gallipolis and is survived by a husband seven brothers three sisters and both parents.
An ad notes a cake of Germicidal Soap for 25 cents available at Cline's and suggests keeping a clean suit.
Farmers should sell the wheat and invest the proceeds. The Buckeye State Building and Loan Company offers five percent earnings and recommends buying Liberty Bonds and Thrift Stamps. Read the booklets for how money is received and loaned. Assets total 14,800,000.
Petitioners residing near Canaan Two in Athens County Ohio request altering a public road. The plan begins at the gate on Selous Road near C. H. Brown’s farm, travels west to Dana M. Poston’s land, then east to the hilltop and intersects River Road at the hill’s foot. A viewing is set for 9 a.m. on a date in 1918 with a hearing on August 5 191 ATHENS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS noted.
Federal revenue agents captured a home made whiskey still at Norfolk Virginia that turned out thousands of gallons of contraband liquor. The device was built from a 50 gallon gasoline tank and the head of the apparatus was described in reports.
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