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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1918
Page
3
Nelsonville paper seeks hustlers to sell the Messenger noon edition with papers arriving by 12 45 PM. Delinquent carriers urged to report to Mrs C H Bartlett, business manager and editor. Various local notices and social reports follow from law enforcement to community events and town visits.
Senator Chamberlain announced in the Senate that the military committee will investigate the aircraft program to locate how appropriated money was spent. He said the panel will identify responsible individuals and will not whitewash. He added no American built battle plane has yet been sent to Europe, though large quantities of material were shipped abroad for assembly.
Special Correspondence recalls farm chores and social visits around Bern. A heavy shower boosts corn planting while carding keeps poor women busy. Mrs Harris visits a ill brother in Stockport. Mrs McCune of Mt. Carmel is seriously ill. Local families share news of illnesses, visitors, and small events. a line notes Mr Dollar Bill as a skilled marksman.
Word reached here of the death of Mrs. Edith Filley Collins in a Columbus hospital after an appendicitis operation led to inflammation. Her husband, Mr. Collins, formerly served in the Canadian Army and gave war lectures locally during his winter visit. he had been military police. He recently married the bride whom he had known, and Mrs. J. B. McCann and son Bryan of Beverly are visiting Mrs. Bartlett, the bride’s daughter.
The notice reports a tidy start to a cleanup drive with rubbish stacked and ready for removal but no garbage wagons have arrived yet. Organizers urge continued effort to transform Nelsonville by week’s end.
War time letters from Robert King in France with the Rainbow Division describe paper shortages and moral support from home. He thanks friends for prayers and asks for Sunday school materials and newspapers to share with other soldiers and the Y M C A. He recalls childhood memories and describes mud, trenches, and daily life in a quiet, reflective tone.
Miss Helen Ullom announces Ohio Branch of the Council of National Defense will canvass 3000 homes to assess coal on hand and needed. High school pupils will survey city households to gauge supply, demand, and attitudes as they prepare for likely winter shortages.
May 8 dispatch from New York notes U S Marines in France adopt the term busher from a pun on baseballs and the French insult for a German. The piece contrasts American contempt with French and British usage of Boche and hints at Liberty Bond promotion.
May 8 Camp Sherman Oregon reports a bustling training scene as troops drill and learn the art of war. Officers and recruits practice marching, rifle handling, and signal work while horses in the corral rest nearby. Sunday visitors include Mr and Mrs John Ruth and Dana Ruth with Clyde Pinkerton.
A wartime appeal questions who should bear the burden of reducing wheat consumption. The piece contrasts housewives in Allied nations and Americans, asking who can most easily adjust diets without harming war effort while considering shipping, fuel, income, and labor conditions. It urges readers to decide whose sacrifice will sustain the war.
Mrs Nettie Stout and son Floyd visit her parents Mr and Mrs Cy rus Moore. Edson Ruth hosts, Floyd Jeffers visits Curtin Dailey. Thelmer Creamer and Orland Creamer stay with grandparents Leroy Jones. Nellie Harris visits Alfred Evans family. Clyde Craig from Gloucester visits Isaac Dailey. Farmers prep corn ground. Mrs Isaac Dailey ill but improving. Edson Ruth papering for Anno Grimm. Miss Ines Ruth of Athens visits Saturday.
The May 8 dispatch discusses theories to ease living costs, including price controls and direct-to-consumer schemes, noting practical and distribution challenges. It also reports on mining activity暂停as railroad orders affect operations, local entertainment listings, and upcoming band and theatre programs in Glouster and Jacksonville.
Classified brief seeks a ground floor room or apartment description from Messenger office. The ad notes Liberty Ponds and adds a sales line about dollars not needing training to fight, reflecting marketing tone.
Philadelphia May 8. Twenty of the twenty five shipways at Hog Island remain idle due to a steel shortage. United States Steel Bethlehem mills and other major producers fail to supply required steel. Charles M. Schwab faces delays as only three keel lays occur in two weeks, despite ample labor from federal agencies and surrounding regions. About 25,000 workers employed by the American International Shipbuilding Company hope steel deliveries speed up.
County residents allege injustice in Clyde Miller non support case as the court and local official bypass evidence. They report Miller received six months in the workhouse and a $25 fine amid claims of an open grocery account and absence of witnesses. A pardon petition circulates in Athens.
Walter Englehart of Mt. Vernon and Curtis Goddard of Bern township earned commissions at Camp Stanley Leon Springs Texas. Englehart former Ohio star tackle and Goddard track standout sergeant in Machine Gun Company. Harold Gillen of Wellston also commissioned at the same camp. Four Athens county men enlisted in the Navy O R Davis Glouster W Gibbs Jacksonville Lawrence McBride and W W Nelsonville all enter navy service.
Gertrude A Barth has been appointed and qualified as Administrator of the estate of Mary A Morrison, deceased, Athens County Ohio. The appointment occurred on May 1, 1918, by Judge T Phillips of Athens County.
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