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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1918
Page
5
Athens social column records guests from Columbus and Atlanta Ohio visits, wartime family news, sickness updates, and travels. Mr J W Richardson and Mrs Sweeney recover from illness while Dr John Sprague awaits commission. Ensign Hoisington and Helen Wenzell visit Athens as awaiting leave ends.
The House unanimously approved a recess starting Monday for at least a month while the Senate is expected to pass the $8,000,000,000 revenue bill. The move signals a pause in proceedings until the major fiscal plan advances.
Miss Ella Gow, a Scottish Y M C A worker in uniform, drives a Fiat truck from Paris to return it to her unit within two weeks. She disassembles the vehicle to fix it, then reassembles it and proves capable, earning the lieutenant’s trust and affection. The story weaves in missing brother updates and local health notes as well.
A gigantic service flag weighing over 110 pounds was presented to the United Confederate Veterans and Sons of Veterans by a Colorado delegation. The flag bears 167 000 stars, each representing a direct descendant of a Confederate soldier now in service of Uncle Sam.
American troops on leave in France often cannot obtain bread outside their messes. Bread is issued by ticket, with three daily tickets for 100 grammes each, and many soldiers avoid carrying a loaf all day. They risk finding bread at restaurants or going without.
A council meeting approved a resolution to issue refunding bonds totaling 5000 dollars. After publication, the bonds will be advertised for sale. Only minor business occurred besides financial matters. The board of education met briefly. the clerk was the sole attendee and left after forty five minutes without others arriving.
Mrs Sallie Nev ins of Terre Traute in two days learned enough to ease her nervous prostration after receiving information about her brother Iarenee. The final word has brought happiness.
Employees at mine 266 report subscribing over 8009 in bonds, mine 281 buyers reach 8000, mine 255 over 6000, Local Union adds 1909 in bonds, and The Ohio Collieries Co purchases 10900. The combined total pushes Grimble township over the drive top.
The Connecting Cas Company of Pittsburgh subscribed for Fourth Liberty. Details on the subscription are limited in the provided text segment, indicating a business matter involving a civic or financial listing.
Miss Evelyn Hooker former Cincinnati socialite and American Fund for French Wounded field worker walked miles to a town under shelling and drove an ambulance along a road swept by shells. An army officer at Paris headquarters commended her bravery. Also commended were Miss Sarah Granger Farwell Miss Helen Farwell and Mrs Mortimer Forest for refugee and soldier care under shell fire.
Mrs. David Shea of Lincoln joins the army after a lone star on the home flag symbolizing her husband at war. She becomes a timekeeper in the quartermaster's corps and is sent to Fort Whipple in Prescott, Arizona.
Explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, recovering in Fort Yukon from typhoid, declares Arctic musk ox wool can be domesticated to rival sheep wool and suit Arctic farming. Prospectors report Stefansson plans to sail from Nome for another Arctic expedition.
A stark editorial contrasts a declared Day for Liberty with ongoing casualties, urging readers to recognize the human cost behind calls for freedom and to act in solidarity with those suffering.
Carpenter O reports a strong apple harvest with 1700 bushes from under 100 trees yielding near 2000 dollars from seven acres. Though orchard care varies, prudent management now could raise income. windfalls bruise-free keep into winter and can be canned or made into apple butter.
The article extols winter apples as a universal staple and safe health basis for storage through winter. It suggests growing demand, strong business potential, and the pleasures of a bright fire, a book, or a caller beside a platter of apples.
Markets report sheep receipts 160 noting extra eight dollars per unit and lambs market slow with extra fifteen dollars. Mentions Man or Hunt Hummore Mun and Buy Liberty Bonds.
Pittsburg Pennsylvania October 19 market unchanged for sheep and lambs hogs and cattle receipts light with stable prices for all.
The discovery is reported of a vast chrome deposit in Rhodesia, with more than two million tons already exposed. The find is described as the world’s largest high grade chrome deposit, signaling major mining potential.
By transplanting young trees upside down the English railroad created small shade trees faster than usual as branches formed roots and roots produced leaves, altering growth patterns.
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