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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1919
Page
2
The Vicks VapoRub shortage is re instated for March with a 10 percent shipment allowance to retailers. Production has run day and night, delivering 13 028 975 jars since last October, with 1 jar per two U S families.
Mr and Mrs S F Hooper of this city announce their son in law Major Hooper has been in the army medical service for nearly two years. He went to France in June 1917 with an ambulance company of the fifth division and served at front lines under fire for months. He was formerly on the medical staff at Athens State Hospital.
Ronald Fuller, former East High athlete and Ohio University standout, led North Arizona Normal College at Flagstaff to a claimed Southwest football championship by defeating Arizona University. He travels to Washington to become an athletic director at a military camp under the Red Cross after earlier wartime service rejections. Reports also note a flu epidemic in Sugar Creek with several cases and no deaths. Captain Emmett L. Hooper, son of...
A Saturday troop train of 11 coaches carrying Kentucky Tennessee Ohio and western-state soldiers passed through Athens at 11 20 en route to Camp Sherman and Camp Taylor. Most aboard were colored men and the crowd cheered the welcoming reception. Two more twelve-coach troop trains were scheduled for today at 12 30 and 2 30.
J. C. Kimball, who wandered from Nelsonville a week ago, was found in McArthur Saturday. He is described as mentally unbalanced and will be probated in Judge Phillips court this week. He is about thirty five, married with a wife and children, and was brought to Athens yesterday by Sheriff Parker to the county jail.
In the clerk of courts office two men filed second papers for naturalization in Jacksonville. Nick Clnicera, born in Austria Hungary, and Joe Rotka, 36, a miner born in Germany, are the applicants.
Five dogs caught by Dogcatcher Hoisington were executed today because owners did not claim them within the required time. It was noted that dogs are caught without tags on their collars and placed in the pound at the Fair Grounds. if not paid for within a few days they are killed.
The new Athens Hi School band made its first public appearance at the morning assembly. Five selections were played in a creditable manner and the band, trained by Principal McCormick, scored a hit.
A columnist notes the cost of a cold in time and effort and recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to shorten illness. It claims a bottle at home is a prudent winter purchase and encourages proper care to recover in about ten days.
A circulated report claimed the new mine on the Stoecklein farm would be abandoned due to coal quality. Officials say opening work is paused pending timbers and equipment, with test wires and further tests underway on various land areas. M and Mrs B Atlas journeyed to Chattanooga then possibly Florida before returning to Glouster. Be F Skinner, famed wrestler, finished a strong match in Mt Gilead earning two falls in 37 minutes against Henry Tanberg of Norfolk. He plans to promote with Mt Gilead Metal Flanged Concrete Pipe Co. while remaining active locally.
An advertisement from Medical Advisor Swik Specific Co. promotes S. S. S. as a remedy for rheumatism. It asserts the condition is caused by a germ and that this blood tonic reaches the germs to relieve pain. The note promises guidance from the company’s Atlanta department.
Mrs Pearl Dorris aged 29 died Sunday at her home near Spencer church after a short flu illness. Funeral services will be held at the home Tuesday at 1 PM with burial in Dew cemetery at Burr Oak.
Cancer caused the death of Mrs. John Ryan at her home in Modoc last Friday evening. She was 56 and survived by her husband and children. Funeral services were held at the Green Run church Sunday afternoon at one o'clock, with interment in Bethel Ridge cemetery. Opera House tonight. No. 5 chapter.
Gladys Brock remarks on the Fox 6 reel feature Iron Test and Ahi of the Soul. The brief note highlights a viewer comment about the titles and their presentation in the station lineup.
A report from Rev. William C. Terrill warns that Islam aims to spread across Africa via 10,000 missionary trainees from Cairo. He says the Cape to Cairo railway will aid this advance, while Christian missions must send more workers and funds to hold the line against the perceived surge.
Six men were arrested in Chicago in a petty graft case tied to seaman discharges at Great Lakes naval training station. The probe followed the death of Sammy Moscovits after police confronted him with discharge fraud charges. The named arrestees include Sydney Ouvette Carl Moffitt B J Markoski Wayne Chase Brown Carpenter and Benjamin Glazer. All but Onyette face charges of paying for early Navy discharges. the commander noted the case is local and of minor importance.
The Berlin Tageblatt reports a city wide strike by all public service employees in Berne on Wednesday in sympathy with central Germany strikers.
The 22nd annual farmers institute at Amesville convenes Friday and Saturday March 7 8 in the Presbyterian church. Speakers include Jacob Dean of Chester Meigs County and Miss Pearl Dorsey of Moundville W Va with village leaders guiding discussions on field crop production safety first farm management and education after the war.
Pearl Johnson gained wider recognition when a party outfit made her the hit of an event, but she was later arrested for shoplifting.
An electrically driven device from Japan can grind a large batch of beans into flour in 40 minutes, matching the output a man could produce by hand in a full day. The invention highlights accelerated food processing and mechanization potential.
Athens friends learn of the death of Ethel Dana Constable in Pocatello Idaho. Funeral services were conducted at the Episcopal church with burial in the city. Born and educated in Athens she taught in the west for years. Cousin Captain John Dana is the sole Athens relative. The Constable home stood on West State Street opposite the DeSteigner residence. Her forebears were early Athens settlers. The passage notes Red Cross milk distribution to Italian soldiers for over ten months.
A bold claim notes Bio-seven can transform weak nervous women into vigorous healthy individuals in two weeks. The scheme urges two tablets after meals and one at night for seven days, then continuing until finished, with a money-back guarantee if not improved. It also lists ingredients like Lecithin and Iron Peptonate and warns readers to buy at druggists.
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