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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1918
Page
3
Mrs John M Bennett of this town pledges her husband and three sons to Uncle Sam's liberty forces as they prepare for training camps. While the males enlist, Mrs Bennett and her two daughters remain active in Red Cross work, dedicating their leisure to the war effort.
Classifieds list two mine horses for sale by R. R. Stalter and a found pocketbook at Rosser's meat market with owner identification required. Also a big brown mule offered by D. W. Harper for ad payment and board. Local notices describe flu cases rising with pneumonia mentions and a large social gathering at Marguerite Nelson's home. Several residents are noted traveling or visiting Camp Sherman and Columbus, with letters from Pvt. James A. Covert about war service and plans to return home.
New York announced today by the Textile Color Card Association the victory colors for woolens silks millinery and the like. The standardized colors are cheery for red navy for blue and white will be the recognized victory colors in making goods.
Official returns from 69 of 86 counties show Minnesota's prohibition amendment lacking a majority of the total vote. The dry question, however, carried by about 15 000 votes, defeating the wet proposal.
Frank J. Cheney, senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, swears the firm will pay 400 dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Halts Catarreh Medicine. Notary public A W Gleason subscribes this December 6, 3886.
A rescue mission goes awry as Dr. Albert M. Stevens is captured by German forces after a seaplane recovery and boat bombardment. His colleague Dr. Harry J. Dooley remains free, with Stevens later hailed for surviving a perilous siege and both men being praised by base officials and allies.
United States treasury officials urge merchants to stop accepting first and second Liberty bonds at par or a premium in exchange for goods. Secretary McAdoo says such practice defeats bond sale goals, harms thrift, and pressures future bond markets by forcing immediate resale. He expects merchants to curb offers and focus on bonds as investments.
Rahway New Jersey Warden Frank Moore tested a reform program by letting 40 prisoners spend Christmas at home after pledging to return. All complied including inmate known as Barry the Buster and a young man who took a turkey home to his mother. Friends were deceived by his story.
In Buchtils letter from Nov 18, villagers boast about aiding soldiers, Red Cross support, and labor fund donations totaling 1200, criticizing Nelsonville for misreading armistice news. They note linen and sheet donations, local fundraising, and plans for a homecoming reception.
A farewell dinner for seventeen Ohio University Student Corps cadets marked their departure for an officers training camp. Speakers urged hard work, integrity, and service, noting postwar opportunities in civil life. Names of the cadets listed, with a recreation hour featuring boxing and wrestling.
Washington November 13 all lighting limits are lifted until midnight November 18 except where power comes from domestic anthracite sources. The move by Fuel Administrator Garfield aims to speed essential wartime production and reduce civilian use.
Walter Judd aged 12 was wounded in the leg near the left knee by discharge from a revolver used to celebrate the end of the war. Police investigated as a accidental firing incident in Bucyrus on November 18.
Philadelphia November 18. Charles M Schwab director general of the Emergency Fleet Corporation asserts that signing of the armistice will not affect the government’s shipbuilding program. He says the industry must continue work to complete vessels in progress and meet postwar needs without delay.
Today's market report shows Cincinnati produce firm on eggs with firsts 69 per dozen, firsts 67 1 2, ordinary firsts 64, and seconds 66. Live poultry ranges list fowls 25 per lb, broilers 26, springers 2, roosters 19, turkeys 26 per lb, geese 14 to 18 per lb, pigeons 1 56 per dozen, plus odds and ends such as old and young prices and crooked breast deads.
Closing prices from Toledo show cash corn at 1.38, oats 73c to 74c, rye 1.61, barley 1.00. Clover contracts for Nov Dec and Jan Feb range 25.70 25.80 26.00 26.25. Alsike and Timothy futures listed for Nov Dec and Jan Feb with values from 19.60 to 5.60.
Cincinnati cattle receipts show market dull with shippers paying 12 to 15 dollars and calves steady around 17.25. Hogs receipts near 3800 with market steady and top packers paying 17.50. sheep slow at 6.50 to 8.25. lambs slow with 13.50 to 14.00 quotes. Chicago grain and pork futures are listed with nearby and deferred prices for corn oats and pork.
A late dispatch from Amsterdam reports a statement by the former kaiser explaining he did not flee Germany but left to avoid embarrassing the new government.
Amsterdam reports claim control of the North Sea and Heligoland by workmen and soldiers. Berlin wireless dispatch says republics formed in Berlin and Vienna as Kaiser and crown prince seek admission into Holland. Reports allege the German training ship Schelsien torpedoed by workers and soldiers.
The War Industries Board signals a gradual shift from wartime to peacetime production by revising priorities and easing restrictions to allow many lines to resume peace outputs immediately.
Washington plans to demobilize soldiers by using local draft boards as employment agencies. Discharges will occur as boards locate jobs, returning men to civilian life on the same system used to recruit them, with the right man in the right job as the guiding principle.
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