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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1918
Page
2
Many Manifestations of Eye Strain Reported
Eye strain shows varied effects including nausea headaches dizziness and stomach trouble. Nervousness can trigger a chain of bodily disorders, and the text urges anyone with such symptoms to seek evaluation to determine if eyes are the cause.
Naturalizing Enemy Aliens at Camp Sherman
About four to five hundred enemy aliens at Camp Sherman are to be naturalized in the coming days under a new federal law passed May 9. Federal judges will oversee the process at camps, with lists gathered at camp headquarters. The law shortens naturalization by removing residence and intent declarations, five-year duration, and arrival certificates, allowing loyal soldiers to serve overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Sherman
Judge Advocate
Camp Headquarters
Congress
Judge Advocate’s
Back Pain Relief Routine with Liniment Application
A reader describes relief for a lame back by applying Chamberlain's Liniment twice daily and massaging the back muscles thoroughly at each application. The note emphasizes targeting the seat of pain to soothe discomfort.
State Supt Pearson urges fewer teachers and school consolidations
State School Superintendent Pearson sent a letter to school authorities outlining budget solutions. He recommends employing fewer teachers to raise pay for those hired and doubling up high schools in nearby villages along with consolidating one room schools to address financial troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Pearson
Anaheim firm plans 25000 acres of beans in 1 year
An Anaheim company outlines a large scale crop program preparing to plant 25 000 acres of beans. One fifth will be black eye beans and the remainder lima beans in a coordinated farming effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaheim
Cal
Good Roads Organization Plans First Meeting Across Meigs County
Chairman Louis Horwitz issues notices for a Monday May 27 10 A M meeting at the county courthouse to form a permanent Good Roads Association linked with the State Federation. The Committee on Organization lists Salisbury W F Reed W A Compton Robt Miller Chester Jacob Dean Olive W J Packard Lebanon H A Parr Letart W A Johnson Orange J B Persons Sutton Chas Miles Bedford H B Pickett Scipio Walter French Rutland Chas Lasher Columbia Howard Townsend Salem Don Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Roads Organization
Louis Horwitz
Good Roads
Good Roads Association
Meigs County
State Federation
County Court House
Salisbury
W. F. Reed
W. A. Compton
Robt. Miller
Chester
Jacob Dean Olive
W. J. Packard
Lebanon
H. A. Parr
Letart
W. A. Johnson
Orange
J. B. Persons
Sutton
Chas. Miles
Bedford
H. B. Pickett
Scipio
Walter French
Rutland
Chas. Lasher
Columbia
Howard Townsend
Salem
Don Davis
Meigs County Women Organize National Defense Committee
After the selectives depart on Monday a meeting will be held at the Armory to organize the Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense in Meigs County. Mrs J A Miller reports five units across Pomeroy Middleport Racine Syracuse and Rutland with strong participation. Lunch will be served at noon. The Red Cross Dance in Middleport drew many local attendees. Mrs Ernest Bartels and children visit Ravenswood relatives as Elmer and Arthur Smith head to Camp Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Goeglein
William Elberfeld
Anna Swatzel
James Franklin Alexander
Dale George Casto
Millard William Duckworth
William Meier Elberfeld
Walter Howard Franz
Everett Frost
Carl Frederick Goeglein
Raymond Hobart Howell
Arthur William Kaspar
Hugh Leifheit
Ralston Simms Mitchell
William Frederick Reed
Fred Clarence Rosenbaum
Edward Darius Turnbull
Thomas Samuel Zeiher
Kate Marie Alexander
Gretta Elizabeth Bartels
Thelma Florence Hivans
Tacy Louise Hysell
Virginia Maxine Johnson
Louise Kirk Petty
Mary Beatrice Roberts
Lola B. Ruckman
Grace Jenness Ruhl
Adrienne Ruth Russell
Helen Augustine Russell
Ethel Margaret Sutton
Anna Mae Swatzel
Margaret Ethel Will
Hilda Marie Young
Ackley
Harry Brooks
Thomas Daniels
Lewis Dischinger
Raymond Ebersbach
Alfred Elberfeld
Herbert Eiselstein
Owen Frost
Max Gorsuch
James Haptonstall
Raymond Harbrecht
Edw. Hepp
Richard Hepp
Norman Hobstetter
Ian Howell
Dana Kayler
John Kayler
Oscar Roedell
Clifford Rhodes
Dave Schafer
Sherwood Smith
Hazen Schaegel
Oscar Schwagman
Reed Turnbull
Drew Webster
Clyde Wehrung
Frank Will
Ernest Wolf
Orville Zweifel
Reed Steinbauer
Robert Webster
United States
U.S
Council of National Defense
Meigs County
Mra. J. A Miller
Mergs
Pomeroy
Middleport
Racine
Syracuse
Rutland
Ernest Bartels
Ravenswood
Julius Smith
Naylors Run
Elmer
Arthur Smith
Camp Sherman
Mrs. Ray Hecox Visits Zanesville Relatives
Mrs. Ray Hecox of Middleport is visiting relatives in Zanesville for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hecox
Middleport
Zanesville
Chillicothe Visit Highlights Local Residents
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nesselroad of Middleport and Mrs. J. M. Lyman of Pomeroy toured Chillicothe on Thursday, visiting the city during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Nesselroad
Middleport
J. M. Lyman
Pomeroy
Chillicothe
Dayton Soldier Visits Pomeroy Parents Before Camp Taylor Duty
Clarence Schlaegel arrived Thursday from Dayton and spent a few hours with his parents Mr and Mrs George Schlaegel of Pomeroy returning yesterday to Dayton where he reports for military duty leaving Sunday for Camp Taylor Ky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Schlaegel
Dayton
George Schlaegel
Pomeroy
Camp Taylor
Hughes Family Illness Brings Athens Man Home
Robert Hughes Jr of Athens was called here by the illness of his father Robert Hughes Sr of Minerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hughes Jr
Athens
Robert Hughes, Sr
Minersville
Edward Campbell Joins Engineers at Training Camp
Edward Campbell of Mason City has joined the engineers corps and leaves tomorrow for training camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Campbell
Mason City
Engineers Corps
Burdette Visits Cousin in Thomas Fork Area
J. H. Burdette of Pt. Pleasant visited his cousin Robert Burdette on Thomas Fork yesterday, sharing a brief family stop in a rural excursion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Burdette
Pt. Pleasant
Robert Burdette
Thomas Fork
Columbus Woman Arrives for Visit in Pomeroy
Mrs. A C Jones of Columbus arrived last evening to visit Mr and Mrs Tom Goeglein at Pomeroy for a social visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Jones
Columbus
Tom Goeglein
Pomeroy
Mrs. Fuggate Visits Columbus Relative
Mrs. R. Fuggate of Columbus is visiting her mother Mrs. J. Scott on Sugar Run for a short stay with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Fuggate
Columbus
J. Scott
Bartels Visit In Gallipolis For Medical Treatment
Mr and Mrs Will Bartels of Syracuse were in Gallipolis yesterday where Mrs Bartels is undergoing medical treatment at a local facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Bartels
Syracuse
Gallipolis
Beards Family From Pomeroy Visiting Columbus Relatives
Mr and Mrs August Beards of Pomeroy are visiting relatives in Columbus this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
August Beards
Pomeroy
Columbus
Miss Marie Leifheit Visits Parents in Pomeroy
Miss Marie Leifheit a summer student at Athens is spending the weekend with her parents in Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Leifheit
Athens
Pomeroy
Doan's Kidney Pills Helped Athens Woman Two Times
Mrs. EB Kyle of 189 W Union 81 testified in 1914 about kidney trouble backache and back twinges from sweeping. After two years a friend suggested Doan's Kidney Pills and she was soon relieved. In 1917 she said she only rarely needs them and they give quick relief at 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
EB. Kyle
W. Union 81
Dean
Cline
Doan
Kyle
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
Hen Prefers Upstairs Nest For Laying Eggs
Mrs. Nether Gott of McKinley Maine reports a hen that lays eggs only in the upstairs best room. She initially blamed her son for the first egg, then watched the hen climb the back stairs to her chosen nest.
British Lines Under Fire At Many Points
British positions on the Flanders front faced bombardment by hostile artillery and gas shells east of Bethune and in the Strazeele area. A raid near Hamel yielded forty prisoners and two machine guns, and another raid near Lens captured a few more prisoners. The War Department listed twenty three casualties with four killed in action and four dead of wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
London
Flanders Front
Haig
Bethune
Strazeele
Hamel
Lens
Washington
War Department
Taree Men Enter Special Army Service
The local board called two railroad flagmen and others for service, with volunteers accepted after the deadline. Wm Roy Groce Nelsonville and John F Anderson Athens are selected to go June 1 to Camp Meade Maryland and Camp Lee Virginia respectively. Loren M Williams Athens joins another call. two more, Mathew Edison Hawk Athens A D 7 and Howard Marshall Stanley Albany, added to the list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Groce
Nelsonville
John F. Anderson
Athens
Loren M. Williams
Camp Meade
Camp Lee
Virginia
Groce and
Anderson
Mathew Edison Hawk
A. D
Howard Marshall Stanley
Albany
Cusk, a cod family fish in North Atlantic waters
The cusk is a cod family fish that frequents rocky ledges in the north Atlantic, especially off Newfoundland and Scandinavia. It is more common in Northern Europe than America, and is sold in sizable quantities at New England markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Atlantic
Newfoundland
Scandinavia
Europe
America
New Englap
Next Staters Edge OhioU In One Run Thriller
Marshall College defeated Ohio University 3 to 2 in Huntington. Pitching dominated with three hits allowed per side. Kreiger homered but was ruled out at second base. Newman scored on a ninth inning sac bunt and steal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Ohio University
Athens
Marshall College
Marshall
White
Grover
Ohio
Kreiger
Newman
Chapman
Marshman
Tee
Hennington
Taylor
Petty
Watkins
Kuade
Advice for Busy Bodies from Rev. Carlisle at Cleveland
Reverend Arthur Carlisle rector of All Saints Wind sor Ont returning from two years as French front chaplain told a Cleveland audience that during his service he saw no soldier do anything unworthy. He spoke to those at home trying to dictate ethics for men at the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Carlisle
All Saints’ Church of Windsor, Ont
France
Cleveland
Mr. Carlisle
Captain Lambkin Delivers Second Talk at Methodist Church
Captain Lambkin repeated a favorable Chamber of Commerce talk before a full Methodist Church auditorium in Athens. He shared anecdotes and recounts including his sister’s death behind the lines by a bomb. Profits from his appearance go to the War Chest expense fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambkin
Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross
Athens
Army Takes Principal in College Operetta
Mr R L Cross a popular student and athlete at the university has been called to the colors and will leave for his home tomorrow. He was cast as Foreman of the Jury in the operetta The Trial by Jury to be presented next Tuesday evening. His part will be taken by Dr A S Thompson. Mr Cameron C Gul
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Navy
Parkersburg
Newport
R. I
Glen Chase
John Chase
Frank Fugate, Jr
Frank Fugate Sr
James
France
Wm. Robinson
Charles Thomas
C. T. Hecox
Cincinnati
Marines
R. L. Cross
A. 5. Thompson
Cameron C. Gul
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pomeroy Bend
Messenger
Second Street
Postoffice
L. H. R. Foulk
L. H. R. Poulk
B. M. Covert
Mr. Covert
Great Camp
Pierce
Pomeroy High School
C. T. Coates
Opera
L. G. Weber
June
Weber
Coates
God
Meigs
Woman’s Committee
Bend
FORD
Moler Auto Sales CO
Special Army
Wyman
Andrews
Ef Newman
C Erreeer
HPOA
McCarraker
Ener
Anti-Saloon League
Electors of
Ohio Home Rule Assn
L. H. Gibson
Mgr
Capt. Lambkin
Lette
England
Army
W. & Blackwood
Arthur McPhergon
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