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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1918
Page
3
A mixed local page reports ads for sale and rent at Nelsonville, a lost tire report, an eye specialist visit, several sales items, and a large community news section recounting a wartime celebration, obituaries, marriages, and family notices from Nelsonville and nearby towns.
Madame Hilda Wynne, a prominent English society woman, volunteered early in the war to aid soldiers. She worked in France and Belgium supplying money, books, and writing materials and recently drove an ambulance on the Italian front.
Republican nominee Frank B. Willis denounces Governor Cox for evasive stance on prohibition. He cites Ohio GOP plank urging ratification of federal dry amendment and state constitution amendment to end liquor traffic, arguing wartime bans prove permanent abolition is needed now.
A Paria mathematician states that adopting Greenwich time on the Stancards for France increased the fighting expense of each French household by about one percent.
As cooler evenings set in, the parlor fills with familiar entertainment rituals. Neighbors gather for music, games, and shared conversation restoring a classic communal pastime.
Major Lowell of the American Red Cross reports hundreds died from starvation as Austrian food cuts preceded withdrawals. He describes appalling conditions with three day shortages before evacuation and multiple towns reporting over 100 and 150 deaths. Italian troops also landed at Pola on the peninsula.
Prince Looff travels to the United States to persuade America and President Wilson that Russia's revolutions have spent themselves and that the Russian people are ready to embrace the democracy of the first provisional government. He is a Slav driven by a strong desire for democratic reforms.
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