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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1918
Page
3
Fragmented text describes patriotic drives in Elijionville urging Red Cross chapters to gather items for the war: linen, handkerchiefs, tin cans, tobacco goods, and other useful materials to support the Fourth Liberty Loan and aid soldiers in France. Mr. Tuttle is billed to speak on war facts.
Fragmentary notice urges residents to save fruit seeds and shells for Red Crags collection. Pairing misprint suggests Ork was returned after a surgical meat loss and a three meness event. Public urged to pend help. crosses held daily 37 to 9 PM, except Saturday.
Mrs. A. H. Coates received word yesterday that their maid was seriously ill at Camp. Mr. and Mrs. Coates left to join or assist the situation as news reached them. The note indicates a family member of interest faced a grave health issue while away from home.
Olsonville residents mobilize a clothing drive for Belgian refugees. Volunteers, including Boy Scouts and Mrs Chas Prot, collect coats suits shoes and womens wear on Columbus Street. Marshfield meeting features J M Hyde urging continued support for the campaign. Card of Thanks issued by families for flowers and kindness. Ladies Aid Society to meet Wednesday at 2 30 PM at the church hall.
Mrs Chas Giurg hosted a 6 o'clock dinner for Mr and Mrs Ira Ruscoe Mr and Mrs Tignor Mr and Mrs Ed Lenox and their daughters Anna and Bess Lenox in honor of K Haughee of Weston West Virginia with guests noted at the table.
The Western Star ladies will sew 100 property bags at the Red Cross Headquarters tomorrow afternoon instead of at Mrs. R H Jackson home. The bags are machine sewn and more machines are available at the headquarters than at a private home.
A string of social visits and trips from Columbus to Camp Sherman Hiram and Vancouver are noted. People include Myra Chapman Grace Wright Hazel Edington Nelle Wolfe Hermen Ruble and others visiting relatives friends and spouses in Columbus Camp Sherman and nearby towns.
F W Quayle of Hollister a member of the district auditing committee District 6 and secretary of Local Union 863 will run in the miners election in December He also serves as check weighman at mine 266 and is a candidate for auditor in the s district race.
Beginning Saturday October 12 the Boy Scouts of Glouster will canvass every house to promote Liberty Bond sales. Volunteers will canvass beforehand and Scouts will follow the harvest to ensure no resident misses a bond purchase opportunity. The Friendship Circle meets Thursday at the Methodist Church and Christian Workers gather Friday at the Church of Christ.
John Grennall of Columbus formerly of Glouster has secured a contract to furnish several thousand feet of lumber to the Buckeye Coal and Railway Co at the San Toy mines.
Citizens celebrated by ringing church bells at 6 29 PM as Bulgaria exited the war. Officials predicted Turkey may fall before Thanksgiving and Austria Hungary could be eliminated ahead of the Turks, signaling a step toward peace.
Gus Campbell of Wellston, brother of Mrs. M. M. LeFavor, has arrived safely overseas. He was inducted at Camp Sherman in late July and after three weeks there was sent to an eastern camp before his overseas journey.
Select Pictures presents The Lesson with Constance Talmadge and promises a good show Guarantied to be good. Tomorrow features Blue Eyed Mary a big Fox Feature at the same venue.
Troop 1 convenes at the Presbyterian church as usual hour s Tuesday evening, shifting from the armory location for the session.
The Ohio University campus reports 826 students in service with the S A T C as of this morning and new barracks work advancing rapidly. Inductions begin September 12 for new registrants and October 15 for later entrants, with 238 passing physical exams already. A 75 foot flagstaff and a citizens’ gift flag frame the ceremony as uniforms arrive, leaving cadets in white armbands marked S A T C.
A notice lists names of individuals with letters unclaimed at the post office. Addressees must say they were advertised or the mail will be sent to the Dead Letter office on October 15 1918.
Bert M. Thompson, speaking to supporters, outlines a county platform stressing greater production and markets, fair wages for labor, union labor protection, dignity of labor, support for Ohio University, robust American education, teaching as a valued profession, community cooperation, rural agency use, and total commitment to winning the war.
A vintage health tonics notice urges men to maintain vigor using GOLD MEDAL Haariem or Seetae capsules. It promises renewed stamina and kidneys kept clean, targeting ages and urging immediate purchase from druggists with a money back guarantee.
A wounded American soldier in France sits at a dressing station, upset he was hurt while trying to find a body to carry and lamenting missing a chance to engage the enemy. He has been in France under two months and refused consolation.
The passage argues church suppers and cafeteria style service minimize waste by letting individuals select only the food they will eat. It notes that most people are trained not to take what they won’t eat and mentions menus from the United States Food Administration as potentially helpful.
A six month report filed October 1 1918 details ownership management and circulation of The Athens Messenger published in Athens Ohio. It lists owners F W Bush RB P Jennings Rachel Jennings and others, with George Hene and J Alien among signatories. The document sworn before notary Charles Cameron with commission expiry 1920.
Cincinnati market report shows cattle receipts at 1100 with slow trade. choppers at 13.00 to 16.60. calves steady with 17.25 to 17.50. Hogs receipts 2600 with good packer and butcher buying at 19.60. sheep 350 with slow trade and extra 9.50 to 10.00. lambs weak at 17.00 to 17.80.
Pittsburg Pa October cattle receipts mixed with price ranges. Cattle prime 15.00 to 15.50, choice 16.60 to 17.00, common 9.50 to 11.50, veal calves 18.00 to 19.00. Sheep and lambs fair to prime 7.50 to 11.75, lambs 10.00 to 16.50. Hogs 25 cars with primes 19.90 to 20.10, mediums 20.00 to 20.10, night yorkers 19.50 to 19.75, pigs 19.50 to 19.75, stags 13.00 to 14.00.
Hay prices listed include No. 1 Timothy $22, No. 2 Timothy $18, No. 3 Timothy $24, No. 1 Clover mixed $20. Oats straw and rye straw priced at $9 and $10. Likely local agricultural market brief with multiple forage types and straw values.
Chicago market notes show grain and pork quotes with oats and pork futures. Oct oats at 60% g c, Nov oats 70% ec, Oct pork at 38.80, with dollar and yen style figures for oil and other items.
A Danish invention uses oil fed cylinders as a braking mechanism in a seated belt to lower or drop a person from a burning building. The device aims to provide a controlled descent and quick evacuation in emergencies.
A Belgian scientist states yawning benefits health by aiding breathing organs and exercising throat and chest muscles. The claim emphasizes the physical workout provided by a wide yawn to the respiratory system.
Farmers fill silos and harvest wheat while Mrs Glenora Wright and Clarence Petty travel to Parkersburg on business. Mr and Mrs Ed Morris visit his cousin. Ed Morris, Sunday. All are sorry to lose one of our own.
Bankruptcy proceedings listed Charles V. Car Man as the debtor under case number 3752. Information on creditors assets and meeting dates appears in court records. Proceedings concern discharge and property claims under applicable bankruptcy laws.
To the creditors of Charles V Curfman of Glouster Ohio notice is hereby given that on the th day of September 1918 he was declared bankrupt and that the first meeting of creditors will be held at the Referee office in Athens Ohio on Friday the th day of October 1918 at one o clock p m creditors may appear prove their claims examine the bankrupt appoint a trustee and transact such other business as may properly come before the paid meeting creditors desiring to participate in the appointment of a Trustee must file their claims by 12 o clock noon on the 10th day of October IL A SOONB Referee in Bankruptcy
Four to nine years old 15 to 16 hands 950 to 1200 pounds. Blocky built and sound and broke. No light grays. Wisconsin pays highest market price. One day only rain or shine at Athens Livery Barn, Athens Ohio Thursday October 1918. B. W. Buck agent.
Mr John Frost near selling out with Charles Norris and family of Stewart on their farm Saturday. Mr Grant Russell’s ad Moors attended the Fourth Loan meeting at Stewart in the afternoon.
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