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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1918
Page
2
Irredentist pilots from Lusain hijack a Austrian hydroplane at dawn. They dismantle guns, cut lines, and flee toward the sea before arcing over Italian and Austrian shores. After a perilous flight they land in a friendly port amid cheers, claiming to act under orders from higher authorities.
In Mhinelander Wisconsin a hunter killed two large wolves and three pups. B A Snyder is named as the winner of the local bounty and plans to use the proceeds to purchase War Savings stamps.
Ohio state authorities divide nine districts with Athens in the Southeast. The Market News Bulletin lists October 1 1918 averages for corn winter wheat spring wheat oats prices and farm inputs. It notes farmers earned 1.81 per bushel for corn and 2.10 for wheat with other crops and feeds detailed, plus costs for bran middlings and cotton seed meal.
Norgren a famed Chicago University football star and Pilska an ex Notre Dame hero head the crack eleven in the Mine officers’ team. The report highlights their athletic prominence and the allied personnel’s strong reputation.
Washington October 18. Provost Marshal Gen Crowder released questionnaires for the men of the 18 to 46 age classes in all local boards where other group classifications had been completed.
The note advises practicing before hosting chaifing dish suppers to ensure smooth cooking and serving during the event. It emphasizes preparation and rhythm to impress guests.
Miss Reilly will answer in this column all questions on matters of etiquette addressed to her in care of this paper. If a personal answer is desired enclose a three cent stamp.
The text argues that religion and politics should be avoided in general talk as people hold strong prejudices and good manners require respecting others' beliefs. It presents etiquette guidance on navigating sensitive topics in social interactions.
A man walking with a woman lifts his hat to acknowledge a bow from a total stranger toward the woman, drawing a courteous gesture from both.
Lexington residents learn a postal card mailed September 16, 1911 was delivered October 14, 1918 after traveling from Kroffton Ohio through mail cars. Hardware merchant George Payne reports the long journey and believes it was lost in a mail car letter compartment.
Joseph Spuler, 83, died yesterday noon at Athens State hospital from pneumonia after more than five years as an inmate. The remains were shipped this morning to Greenfield for burial by Undertaker Baughman.
Leading Athens county garages announce Sunday hours for sale of oil and gasoline. They urge auto owners planning Sunday operation to buy Saturday to free mechanics for government and defence work. Garages seek public cooperation.
A reflective adage notes that limited actions yield unfulfilled wishes and sporadic folly when restraint is broken. It suggests behavior shaped by what is left undone shapes outcomes over time.
Chicago Medical Society heard Dr Louis J Pint propose diphtheria antitoxin as a specific for influenza. He said 75 influenza cases were treated with diphtheria toxin without a loss and claimed isolation of germ types including staphylococcus streptococcus and Vincent angina.
Roy F. King of Oriskany New York reports Chamberlains Tablets cured his stomach trouble and constipation. The ad promotes the product as permanent relief for indigestion and constipation.
Paris dispatch describes a U S private ordering eight horses loaded into a freight car and delivering three German prisoners to MPs after paying with cigarettes. He used a Colt to signal action while a French private supervised the prisoners. One horse reportedly kicked and a body was buried.
In a region recently seized by American forces a map was found marking over 100 death traps set by retreating luns. American engineers removed the traps, covering the area and pulling each dynamite mechanism without injuring any personnel.
The remark argues that delaying action in Liberty Loan support risks harming national resolve and liberty. It frames civic duty as urgent and ties financial contributions to the country’s enduring freedom.
Russian captives held by Germany are used for field work and in Baltic estates under armed guard. Thousands suffer disease and abuse as taxes and passport fees intensify terror. In Livonia and Riga the population is fleeing. Riga’s city population drops from 300000 to about 100000.
Mrs. M. Sweeney received a letter from her son Sergeant Emmett L. Sweeney stationed in France. He jokes that the harder he works the larger he grows and, if his size increases further, he will need to visit a harness shop to obtain a larger collar when he returns home.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and requires an internal remedy. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken to reach the bloodstream and mucous surfaces, praised by a leading physician and formed from tonic ingredients and beef blood paste, with testimonials available. F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio offer the remedy and Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
James Nero, a New Pittsburg Coal Company worker, was arraigned before Justice Warrener on assault and battery charges from a debt dispute with E F Sheridan the grocer. Sheridan and Athens Mercantile Service men alleged the beating. Nero pled guilty, fined 5 dollars and 4.65 costs, and the parties afterward shook hands.
Flora M Leach 51 died October 17 at the Athens State hospital from bronchial pneumonia. Flora Smith 52 also died October 17 of bronchial pneumonia after long inmate status. Lucinda Howell 72 died October 17 after fourteen years at the hospital. Bodies shipped for burial to Woodsfield Marietta and Circleville by Newsom and Walburn.
Frugal shoppers were drawn to creamery butter at 53 cents per pound in Emmett Cotton’s grocery ad on Friday but the correct price is 62 cents. The misprint prompted corrections and shopper notices from the store.
A letter to Supt. Morgan confirms Private James A Winning, wounded on the French front last month, has arrived safely in the United States. He rests at Ellis Island and plans to be moved soon after sailing abroad since May.
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