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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1918
Page
5
London reports MPs and part of the British press demand a probe into alleged Chicago meat ring. Claims say Australian beef arrives in England and undercuts American shipments on price.
Local notes report Mrs Charles W Lawrence and Mrs B Lawrence visiting in Columbus. Several residents travel to Columbus and Gambier for short visits. Chief Carl Porter returns from influenza confinement as his wife improves. Various relatives in Ames township Athens Nelsonville New Marshfield travel for family events and hospital stays.
A newspaper promo warns against ignoring a persistent cough and says Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cures the throat or bronchial diseases in over nine of ten cases. It urges prompt treatment to avoid serious illnesses and positions the remedy as often sufficient.
Funeral services for William Dunfee of Nelsonville will be held at his late home Saturday morning at 9 o clock. Burial will be in West State street cemetery in this city.
The examination by our staff imposes no obligation to buy glasses. If glasses are unnecessary we inform patients honestly and uphold ethics of optometry in every case.
Across the county residents report using Neutrone Prescription 99 to relieve stiffness and inflammation in joints and muscles. The remedy sells for 60c to $1.00 with four daily doses and claims rapid absorption and pain relief within a week or two. Local notes include farm moves, travel, and a noisy community celebration with bells and gunfire.
An Athens group allied with the Y M C A and Secretary Frank Speck forms a central committee to lead War Community Service for Ohio University’s 85 T C and NT C units. Members include J M Foster secretary R B Leopold and others. Sub committees will organize hospitality sewing social protection and entertainment for soldiers and students.
Mrs William C Proffit from Pana Illinois endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy praising its fifteen year use for herself and her children with quick relief from coughs and colds.
The Farmers Institute planned at Mt Hermon church was postponed by the society president and may not be held. Influenza remains active with seven cases in District 5 and no new cases since Saturday. The local school in District 5 remains dismissed while others have resumed. Mr and Mrs Henry Burna visited Nelsonville with their sick daughter Mrs Hoffman. Mr Grosvenor Kennedy has bought
Seventeen members of the 8S. A. T. C. were en route to the Officers Training Camp Grant in Rockford Illinois when a telegraph from Washington canceled troop movements just hours before arrival. Navy students donned uniforms for the first time and boxing challenge from Kid Sisson promises early wartime excitement.
Washington reports a developing blueprint to ease the postwar shift for business. Treasury secretary McAdoo and congressional leaders weigh tax cuts, possible elimination of excess profits tax, and two or more large bond issues totaling at least 9 billion dollars. Short term notes may fund the readjustment, with future taxation surplus reducing debt. Allied credit will require continued support, and converting 8 billion in current credits to long term obligations is proposed. Proposal rejects canceling loans as gratitude.
In Athens Ohio on November 14 THOR OLSON accepts a challenge from M Perry Schad of Camp Zachary Taylor Kentucky for a wrestling bout within four weeks. The exact date depends on Schad obtaining leave. Olson promises to reveal his plan after the match decision.
Cattle receipts at Pittsburg 60 cars with market unchanged, sheep and lambs 76 cars unchanged, hogs 30 cars with prices ranging heavy to light workers between 11.00 and 17.50, stags 11.00 to 12.00. Cincinnati cattle receipts 800 with calf prices up to 17.75, hogs 4000 with good packers at 17.50, sheep 350 and lambs 13.00 to 13.50 with weak demand.
The Toledo Ohio grain market closes with cash corn at 1388, oats 72 to 74 cents, rye 161, and various futures for Clover Alsike Timothy and Harley listed for Nov Dec Jan Peb Apr months. Prices reflect active trading and fresh quotes for several commodities.
Mr Iva Robinett recently returned from Columbus hospital not well yet. Corn husking and butchering underway with many crops on bottom lands. Mr John Figley reports a very sick colt paralyzed in hips under Dr Stansbury care. Mr John Swanger and family plan to move to Athens this week. Master Myron Parker injured in an automobile crash last week shows improving progress. Mr Thomas Lax of Carbon Hill visited at the home of Mr John Lax and daughter Mrs Margaret. Mr Urban Parker and Miss Fiona Barnett visited Mrs Ada Parker and sons Sunday. Mrs Ed Parker and sons Adrian and Gerald of Pleasanton visited Frank Parker and kin. Mr and Mrs Bert Harner and child and Mr Warner of Morgan town WV visited Mrs Wm Parker. Mr Ed Robinett of Chauncey was here yesterday for his father Ira Robinett’s illness. Mr David Kennedy and family left for Parkersburg seeking employment. The community wishes them success.
An ad extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as timeless help for female ailments, linking perfect health to beauty and happiness. A separate notice from Washington dated November 14 requests mayors in Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia New York and Kansas to cooperate on natural gas conservation amid a current shortage.
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