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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1918
Page
2
Mrs E N Anlon from Newaygo Michigan praises Vinci cod liver and iron tonic for lifting her frail son from weakness after a long cough. The ad urges mothers to try the tonic with a guarantee. Sold by McKee Drug Co and local stores nationwide.
Realization of a potential Mexican crisis prompts Washington to transfer Major General Willard A. Holbrook to command the Southern Department with HQ in San Antonio Texas. Army officers report continued Rio Grande threats as deployments shift for overseas duty, underscoring growing border tensions.
A new director, Uncle Sam, presents The Remaking of a Nation a seven thousand foot government film about Camp Sherman Chillicothe and the National Army. Major General Edwin F. Glenn supervised filming showing recruitment training hospital and Red Cross work. Local showings start Friday with Camp Sherman officers speaking. profits aid Ohio soldiers and dependents in Nelsonville Glouster and Murray City.
The Vandevert family visited the Clutter home near Union on Sunday. Alva Verity bought a new Ford touring car. Melissa Moore of White Hall visited her daughter Ada Parker. A son named Kenneth Clifford was born to Clifford and wife. Sherman Parker and son Carl visited Will Lash. Children's Day observes at C P church May 26 and at M B church June 23. Mother's Day program and patriotic address at the M and church. Next Sunday May 7 Sunday school at 10 then class service. Everyone welcome.
The Pomeroy Leader will cease publication in Pomeroy after this week and begin issuing from Middleport with next week’s issue. The Republican office is being remodeled and new advertising contracts helped moved the paper. S. F. Smith and family will relocate to Middleport.
After a Monday melee at Kerr's Run Arthur Davidson Scott Fuller and Taylor Bass clashed. Bass was critically injured by a blow above the eye and taken to a Gallipolis hospital. Davidson was arrested at Rutland and a warrant is out for Fuller as officers pursue him.
Pomeroy Red Cross Aid plans a Friday night jitney dance at the Armory with the Athenian Saxophone Orchestra of Athens. Several local residents visit relatives and attend church events as others report personal improvements and travels.
At a meeting in the Pomeroy and Middleport Water Company office the purchasers organized and elected officers Frank C. Dunbar as president Phillip Burgess as secretary and treasurer and W H Miller as general manager All old officers retired The local superintendent position was not formalized but Elmer Ashworth, longtime manager, is expected to be retained if he desires the post.
Word from Frank B Will son of Mr and Mrs BD Will of Pomeroy says he left Friday for Cincinnati and has joined the Base Hospital Unit ordered to report for duty at Camp Sherman where he is now located. He is a former assistant at the New York Clothing Store, well liked by friends who wish him success in his service to the country.
James Mahoney 21 and Alice Pearl Hurd 16 of Jobs Onin were married at Parkersburg Monday this week per Parkersburg papers.
Mr and Mrs Peter Stark Sr of Pomeroy were notified that their son Peter Stark Jr a member of the 308th Engineer Corps at Camp Sherman is ill with scarlet fever and will be removed to the base hospital today for treatment.
Reverend Taylor formerly pastor of the Middleport Baptist church for two years leaves Pomeroy Bend Nevada with Mrs Taylor to establish a new home in Mt Hope West Virginia.
Recruiting Officer Chapin added two new recruits this week Charles Shannon from Nelsonville R D 4 in the Cavalry and John Bradley from Poston in the Coast Artillery During April the local office recruited 22 men a fine record that should place Athens in second in this district
A list records men qualified for full military service numbered 2701 through 2900 in Ohio counties including Athens Nelsonville and Glouster. It names individuals by name and hometown plus a second group of those accepted for limited or special service with entries for 2701 to 2900 and 2801 to 2900. Spring enlistment processing details appear to reflect draft-era documentation.
Captain Ting Cha Chen, military counsellor to China’s president and war minister, says Chinese troops are en route to France to aid the Allies. Pekin plans to deploy about 40,000 fighters by early summer, with officers selecting training camps in France. He notes a strong Chinese resolve against Prussianism.
Two officers and four enlisted men will be in Athens this week stationed at the Opera House for the first local showing of The Remaking of a Nation. Captain Montgomery will supervise and lead lectures on the life of Ohio soldiers featured in the Camp Sherman produced film.
A writer questions renaming sauerkraut as victory cabbage to appease anti German sentiment and boost consumption. He argues the odor remains the same and suggests calling it American sour cabbage, though many Americans enjoy the dish as is.
An old health advertisement argues skin diseases like eczema stem from impure blood, not surface irritation. It urges using S. S. S. the vegetable blood purifier, claims to cleanse impurities, and offers free medical advice from the Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta.
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