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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1918
Page
6
An authority warns that regular meat consumption can lead to kidney trouble by overworking the kidneys and causing backache and urinary distress. It advises taking Jad Salts, four ounces in water before breakfast for a few days, to flush and normalize kidney function and neutralize urine acids.
Real estate transfers listed by township and city include numerous parcels with acreages and values. Transactions cover Athens Township, Ames Township, Athens City, Albany, Bern Township, Canaan Township, Glouster, Nelsonville, and surrounding areas involving buyers such as D. H. Phelps, Homer W. Roberts, Ernest Campbell, L. Howard, Errett A. Person, Lucy Jones, Arthur H. Oxley, Elsie Phillips, I. R. Cooley, and many others, with values ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars and varying land types and descriptions.
John Farrow and wife convey lot 742 to Reuben Lanning for 1190. Lorenzo P. Preston transfers lot 159 to Fred IL Preston et al by affidavit for 2350. S DD Preston transfers lot 61 by will to Harriet A. Preston valued at 8015. Fred L. Preston et al transfer lot 159 to Fred C. Voigt for 2350. Samuel H. Wyatt in Trimble Village sells lots 175 176 177 for 25 each lot 178 200 179 180 for 25 each.
We express heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for assistance during sickness and death of our wife and sister. Grateful for flowers and consoling words from Rev. Murch, Charles KE Stack and relatives, Milffeld.
The Athens county chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its annual meeting in the courtroom in Athens on Thursday December 5 1918 at 1 pm. Officers for the next year will be elected and reports on the year s work will be presented. Chairman IL G Worstell and Secretary I M Foster urge a large turnout.
Circle Hill promotes John Woods of Athens to replace Dice Wood Rupp as store manager at no nine. Wood Rupp moves to Idurray City to head a store there. Thanksgiving visits and illnesses fill the week with relatives in Nelsonville Wellstone Athens Columbus Jacksonville and Hamden noted.
William G. Silvus writes from the 37th Division area near Holland about chocolate at two pounds for 7 dollars, brown bread at 40 cents, pancakes coffee and butter for 60 cents, and civilians living in dugouts with heavy-foot sounds on stone streets.
Washington telegrams urge rapid demobilization at Camp Sherman with a target of 1000 daily discharges. Six medical officers were sent earlier to examine returning troops and more convicts see rehabilitation efforts to train crippled soldiers in new trades as convalescents arrive for treatment.
Albany native Ralph C. Wood joined the Navy last May in the Naval Aviation Corps at Parkersburg. He trained at Buffalo to First Class Aviation Mechanics in August and served as an aviation instructor, awaiting a base assignment in France. He has since been stationed at Pensacola and Norfolk, returning home on an eight day furlough and expressing satisfaction with the work.
A promotional note urges readers to save money and work harder to meet global competition. It promotes The Buckeye State Building and Loan Company in Columbus Ohio, claiming assets exceeding $15,000,000 and offering five percent returns.
War department casualty figures released today break down into killed in action and other causes, wounded in action, missing in action, and died of disease. Ohio lists include Lieut Michael Hayes and many others from Cleveland Canton and Akron, with several wounded and missing names across the state.
A Florida farmer reports 40 to 50 eggs daily after using More Kegs, compared with 8 to 9 before. The ad promotes a $1 package claimed to double production with a million dollar guarantee. Orders are taken by E J Reefer in Kansas City with a bulk offer of 3 for $2.25 and a free book on poultry fortunes.
Lowie Partlow Grubb of Athens Ohio born February 28 1892 died at home 77 West Union Street aged 26 years 9 months widow of Melvin Grubb mother of William Keith 17 months she leaves her parents two sisters and one brother a host of relatives and friends The family thanks friends neighbors floral offerings singers and minister R Stricker for kindness.
The American Red Cross contributed to the British Red Cross Society since U.S. entry in the war totaling 4,530,025 dollars, plus an additional 2,383,990 dollars as of October 24.
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