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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1918
Page
3
Classifieds list items for sale including two mine horses and an iron safe with a desk and typewriter. Found pocketbook offered to owner by identification and payment. several local names and addresses appear. News items report Armistice signing rumors, funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Cagg and Albert Marsh, a postponed Eastern Star meeting, and residents visiting Columbus or hosting guests.
Grace Elizabeth Parry seven dies after a week long pneumonia at home of Mr and Mrs John Parry. She leaves parents and three sisters and no funeral plans have been made. Mary Marguerite Sniffen three months passes away at grandparents home after pneumonia. She leaves parents and one brother Max.
Over one hundred new influenza cases were reported Saturday to health officer Butt, the highest daily total yet and a hoped crest of the epidemic. Sergeant Cliff Spencer of Camp Sherman was Sunday guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Spencer.
Community members are urged to collect their Xmas boxes daily in the Warner building on Columbus Street from 1 to 4 p.m. Bring your label to receive a box.
Scouts of Troop 1 guarded an airplane as it landed near the Cox farm above town due to rain. Weekend visits include L J Johnson of Logan with Mrs Eberie in town, Wilbur Jones of Jacksonville, and Alma Woodruff returning to Washington D C. Doris Woodruff accompanies her. Elizabeth Davis stays with son Joe in hospital. Lieut Harry Shamansky of Camp Rovey N J visits parents M and Mrs Shamansky.
Howard Hardgrove son of George and Blanche Hardgrove born November 11 1911 died October 30 1918 aged 6 years 11 months and 19 days lived with patient happy disposition and bright smile mourned by mother father one brother grandparents and many relatives and friends Card of Thanks signed Mr and Mrs Geo Hartgrove
Roy W. Howard United Press president reports he relied on Admiral Wilson bulletin seen as official. He explains miscommunication, double signature, and delays in correcting the record. He says United Press hands are clean and officials absolve the agency of responsibility.
An analyst from Chicago predicts armistice terms will bring chaos to the coal trade and a softer market. He notes Austrian, Bulgarian, and Turkish retirements suggest Germany may surrender soon, with prices needing readjustment as wartime orders coast to a halt.
Pud Marshman and Alkie White, swimming instructors of the Naval Unit, will run a Seah pond drive next Friday to benefit the YMCA. The pair are described as hard workers and likely to be rewarded for their conscientious efforts amid news of coal production cuts by Infivengsa.
An official dispatch from Berlin reports a revolution with a bloodless victory. A general strike halted work across ships by 10 o'clock. The Nurenberg Chasseurs and Alexander regiment sided with the revolution after declarations by deputies. In Munich, Princess Heinrich was wounded and she and her husband fled to southern Bavaria with Princess Adelbert.
A historical overview recounts the 1914 Sarajevo assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, Austria Hungarys initial invasion of Serbia, the entry of Germany, France, Britain, and Russia into the war, Belgiums stand, and the 1917 US entry amid Russia's revolution, detailing shifting alliances and major campaigns through autumn 1917.
A compact narrative recounts the 1917 18 WWI arc from the Piave retreat to Allied gains. It notes American arrival on the western front, Bolshevik Russia exit, and Germanys last offensive in France. Key shifts include Bulgarias 1918 defection and Turkey Austria Hungary surrenders.
In Paris the American army writes home in volumes as doughboys rush to pen letters after trench duties. The Y M C A supplies millions of sheets and envelopes monthly, with projections for next year totaling 120 million sheets and 60 million envelopes. Censors monitor for military details while letters provide news and comfort to families.
Local creameries this week offer 61 cents for sour cream and 67 cents for sweet cream tested at 17 percent. A gasoline road roller is invented to provide the operator with an unobstructed view of the work.
Sandy Patton an aged inmate of the Macon county infirmary learns from the probate of Mrs. John H. Griffin that she left funds for his burial. The former slave, long fearing a county burial, wept with joy and no longer dreads death.
Topeka Kansas Martin Like a Council Grove farmer asked draft officials for his twin sons George and Jerry to go to war together. The district draft board granted the request allowing the twins to serve in the same unit.
Reports from Copenhagen say the entire German navy has revolted. Sailors with workers seized Kiel forts and arsenal, wireless stations are under mutineer control, and artillery fires in Hamburg signal a spreading revolution across Schleswig and Germany.
A Y M C A secretary in a war zone sleeps on an army ambulance trip. The driver teases him about risking court martial for delaying the unit to ensure the man get rest. The anecdote illustrates how the Y M C A stands with the army and the workers’ commitment.
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