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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1918
Page
2
British dispatch from France notes dull summer days yet constant air activity as German aircraft suffer from weak construction. A captured pilot cites brittle wires and tubing and poor welding in Baron von Richthofen’s plane. Prisoner reports high training casualties and only about 80 percent of pilots reaching the line.
Ohio University Choral Society will present Sir Arthur Sullivan's The Trial by Jury next Tuesday evening. The light opera burlesques English customs with witty irony and features a dressed in wig and gown judge and feather pen counsel amid a full orchestral accompaniment.
Wesley Barstow sued The Carbondale Coal Co for 10000 damages over mine injuries. Jury in common pleas court disagreed but the case ended by agreement with Barstow awarded 800 and costs. Jury dismissed until June 3.
Peterboro Ontario will pay its city teamsters five dollars per day in a new wage plan. The move reflects adjustments aimed at improving local labor conditions and standardizing pay for municipal workers.
Twenty eight children were measured and weighed at the City Building under the Child Welfare Bureau of the Council of National Defense. Mothers of children under six were urged to appear with their child at designated times and streets.
In a visiting Red Cross setting, a tearful mother shares a revelation about postwar aid for soldiers becoming maimed. She recalls Civil War memories and predicts a future where veterans are given wooden limbs, training, and dignified work, with society supporting their souls as well as bodies.
An Athens drugstore promotes Nerv-Worth Tonic and Nerv-Worth Tablets as a spring health aid. The copy claims cleansing the system aids digestion boosts appetite builds up nerves and prevents disease, offering a dollar back if the tonic fails to benefit the buyer.
An Athens plumber, troubled by gas and severe colic, credits Mayr's Wonderful Remedy with curing his stomach and intestinal pains. He claims the product removes mucus and inflammation, easing conditions from stomach issues to appendicitis, and offers a money back guarantee.
In a period cooking note, substitutes for meat and wheat are listed with items like milk, cheese, oats, beans, fish, and potatoes. A cream cheese breading and peanut mixtures are described for making flat cakes fried in fat. A second recipe steers toward a barley flour loaf with oats, syrup, eggs, baking powder, and a hot oven.
Large crowd expected at noon as the Athens Chamber of Commerce hosts Captain H. L. Lambkin detailing his Canadian army service. He survived Vimy Ridge gas attacks, wears the British War Cross, and remains color blind. Speech to be given at the Methodist church Friday. tickets on sale at four drug stores.
Athens county is assigned twenty five thousand dollars of the one hundred million National Red Cross War Fund assessment. The Board of Control, Messrs Mocesere Biddle Zenner Baird Dan ford Brown and Pritchard, ordered a voucher for the amount after reviewing fairness. The report urges prompt collection along with fundraising.
Officials announce an all day service at the Presbyterian church in Hebbardsville on Sunday June 2 replacing the May 26 date. The forence service will be run by the children and in the afternoon Dr B L Evans of Athens will deliver an address.
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