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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1918
Page
8
Faye Young was taken to Gallipolis Hospital for appendicitis after spending time at her sister Mrs Stephen Martin’s home at Naylors Run. Mrs. Howard Wilson near RutJona was badly bitten by a copperhead while picking, in serious condition.
Mrs M F Davis received many pretty remembrances as friends gathered Thursday evening at her home for a social birthday event. The gathering featured light refreshments and pleasant company.
Letters arrive from Pome roy and Middleport residents as relatives reach France and beyond. Cards from Earl Renshaw Arthur Wise and many others confirm safe arrival overseas and in France. Reports from Lieut Heritage Lewis and Drew Webster note their service status and location.
A poem from Mina P. Kohler of Washington Pennsylvania dated May 29 1918 expresses assurance to soldiers at the front. It evokes maternal presence with lines about shared danger and steadfast love as a shield unseen yet strong behind the battle. The piece encourages bravery and faith in democracy and lasting peace.
United Press dispatch recounts the wartime career of Lieut. Col. Richard H. Griffiths and Maj. Alexander Rassmussen in the Western Front and Dardanelles. The piece notes Griffiths’s aggressive tactics and his role in the American Legion of the Canadian army during three years of brutal campaigning.
Ohio Experiment Station reports rye as the most dependable cover crop for fall planting and winter hardiness, outperforming crops like wheat and others for green manures. It remains viable even when sown late, while many tested crops failed to withstand freezing or produce sufficient growth.
Treasury figures show 2,698 coal firms reporting profits for 1833 and losses for 865, with total coal company gross receipts of 760 million dollars. Net income across all firms was about 102 million dollars, amid rising year end coal prices. Ohio and West Virginia had mixed results with many firms profitable in those states.
Six German U type submarines were built. four have been destroyed by American warships. Navy department officials expressed pleasure at the achievement and attributed the losses to American destroyers.
United Press reports from Picardy that American horses adapted to French commands after being sold to France early in the war. Once returned to American forces, they learned English again, responding to both languages as drivers found success with bilingual teams during reviews.
Columbus Ohio June 28 Advises all School Sammies of Ohio to devote part of their time on July 4 Uncle Sam s Birthday to the sale of War Savings Stamps Educational division of the Ohio War Savings Committee appeals to all school boys and girls to push sales on that day Results of School Sammy Million Dollars Week were encouraging and the state committee wants the good work continued on the Fourth of July Hundreds of Vacation Thrift Committees exceeded their $1000 allotment in War Savings Stamp sales during School Sammy Week Sale on July 4 is expected to boost results
Washington reports that Congress faces a clash over the Norris amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill. Laborers and brewers argue the change is unjust, as it would ban brewing three months after law authorization and affect beer with low alcohol content that currently circulates.
The text notes a deteriorating condition of supply affecting beverage quality and cites a presidential ruling limiting foodstuffs used in brewing to 70 percent of last year's consumption. This restriction would hinder brewers from producing and storing significant beer before the allowed manufacturing period ends.
Washington reports Bernard M. Baruch, chairman of the war industries board, rises at 6 each morning. He alternates a half mile run and a half mile walk along a Washington area path to stay in fighting trim for his war work.
Mrs. Janette Beck testified she married William Beck an interior decorator in Kansas City on January 3 at 10am and he left at 11 30 stating the union a silly business. The couple later separated leading to a San Francisco divorce decree. The article notes a claim about Spaniards in Cuba later in the page.
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