Public Health Order Sparks Local Debate Amid Influenza Rules
Middleport Health Officer notes State Board of Health decree closing churches schools and public funerals during influenza epidemic while praising schools for health. Local notices report arrivals visits and funerals, longtime residents, and a Liberty Band subscription drive ending with a large parade and serenade to Pomero y.
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State Board of Health
Ohio
Lagrippe
D. S. Hartinger
Middleport
Liberty Band
Pomeroy
Civil Service Exam Planned for Meigs County Rural Carrier Posts
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examination in Meigs County Ohio for rural carrier positions at Rutland and Long Bottom with potential vacancies on other routes. Open to male citizens domiciled in the county and meeting Form No. 1977 requirements. applications go to Washington, D. C. at the earliest date. Also notes Martin Chase’s 825 bushel Rome Beauty apple crop for Camp Sherman, and Wildermuth brewery ice plant ending summer ice production with thirty tons on hand for local needs.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Meigs
Ohio
Pomeroy
Rutland
Long Bottom
Washington, D. C
Commission
Washington
Martin Chase
Harrisonville
Rome
Camp Sherman
Wildermuth Brewery
Local Notes and War Loan Totals From Area Communities
McNaughton visits son in Pomeroy while Crow and son improve from grip. Morris recovers purse found in court yard. Hula Johnson of Deadmans Hale identified the owner. Marine Corps’ Owen Watson Co. unit gas incident noted. Liberty Loan drive at Mine No. 20 raises 11800 with Mason and Meigs shares. Olive township meets quota by 10000. Woman's Committee praised. Funeral notices for John Creighton Shoe and Mary Lee reported. Shade Valley pupils haul 80 pounds of nut hulls for gas mask production. Mrs Kreinbihl learns husband safely overseas. Chester Bunker visiting Letart. Dencil Wedge hosts at sister H Busk's home.
Athens County Labor Board Is To Be Organized
Columbus Ohio October 19 Details on a new program to speed war production state Community Labor Boards across Ohio will survey local conditions on labor housing power fuel material and transportation. The Athens board will cover Athens Hocking and Meigs counties with other boards forming to handle war work at urgent need.
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Columbus
Ohio
Washington
War Industries Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Railroad Administration, Food Administration, Housing Corporation
Department of Labor
Athens Community Labor Board
Athens County
Hocking County
Meigs County
Common Sense Medical Adviser Promoted For Women Readers
A bid to empower women with war nursing home care and medical knowledge cites the Common Sense Medical Adviser. It advertises chapters on First Aid Bandaging Anatomy Hygiene care of the Sick Diseases of Women Mother and Babe and the Marriage Relations with purchase options from Buffalo publishers and trial offers from Dr. Pierce in Buffalo.
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Common Sense
Washington Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Beasie Baumgardner
77Th St
Zemo Promises Quick Relief for Itching Skin
A text advertises Zemo as a reliable antiseptic liquid to stop itching and clear minor skin ailments including acne eczema and rashes. It claims overnight fading of blemishes, instant relief from itching, non staining and safe for tender skin, priced 35 cents or $1.00 for extra large bottle, from E. W. Rose Co Cleveland O.
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E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland
Negro Soldier Making Good Over in France
An American colored troops unit in Europe earns praise from French officers for cool bravery and effective trench work. Chicago and other Midwest units, formerly in Argonne forests, impress in reviews and on front lines from Verdun to Flanders, earning high regard for esprit de corps and reliability.
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France
United Press
America
Europe
Argonne Forest
Darkie Doughboys
Switzerland
Flanders
Verdun
Chicago
Arvenne Forest
New York
Ter
Middle West
Ohio War Casualties Count Hits New Peak in 1932 Lists
Washington Oct 21. War Department casualty lists show 1932 names, the highest since the war began. Killed in action 174, missing 116, wounded 365 undetermined, 4 died in airplane accidents, 9 in other causes, 216 in disease, 124 wounds, 476 severely, 345 slightly. Ohioans include multiple named towns and soldiers in action, disease, wounds, and missing categories across lists. A Sunday list adds 11 killed, 78 missing, 260 wounded severely, 38 died of wounds, 65 died of disease, 140 wounded slightly, and 2 died in airplane accidents, with several Ohioans named. The totals to date show 9,985 killed in action including 293 at sea, 3,460 died of wounds, 2,768 died of disease, 1,099 died of accident, 27,967 wounded in action, 5,787 missing, totaling 51,056 casualties. Marine casualties include 17 killed, 7 died of wounds, 8 died of disease, 39 wounded severely, 2 wounded slightly, 10 in enemy hands, 45 missing. Ohioans named among them.
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Washington
War Department
Hamilton
Lafe Yount
Dupont
William Sutton
Norwood
William Wharton
Cleveland
Thomas Powell
Monticello
Robert Russell
Steubenville
Andrew Jenkin
Bentonville
Walden. Smith
Pomeroy
Charles Wing
Hiram
William Marrick
Akron
Lawrence Cowing
Wyoming
Robert LeRoy
Columbus
Egbert Piers
Noah DeHoof
Osansburg
Joe Diehn
Toledo
Bruce Yultz
Steve Jasinski
Elmer Smith
John Weasels
Cincinnati
Calbert Mitchell
Johnnie Bates
Findlay
John Carter
North Creek
Clarence Friend
John O'Keefe
Samuel Queensbury
College Corner
Clifford Roellig
Madisonville
Walter Zirkle
Portsmouth
Albert Petzke
Claud Hillard
Wadsworth
Paul Sackett
Fairfield
Charles Batiste
Earnest Bryant
St. Bernard
John Lucas
Marblehead
Mike Patrick
Hubbard
Jake Armett
Fred Camaglia
Thomas Doyle
Ashtabula
Morris Novick
Dorsey Reisinger
Urbana
Harvey Rogerman
John Hald
Youngstown
Martin Miller
Galfway
Marine Corps
Acion
William Deubner
Piqua
William Dowling
Walter Hass
Lewis Reinwald
Walter Davis
Ironton
Rudolph Wolf
Bowersville
Dale Carpenter
Swanton
John Metzger
Georgetown
Paul Pearce
Wooster
Harold Swain
Ashland
Start Tomorrow and Keep It Up Every Morning
An advertisement-style exhortation promotes daily morning internal cleansing with hot water and limestone phosphate to flush the stomach liver and bowels. It claims benefits for dull headaches stuffiness bad breath and general well being and urges readers to obtain a quarter pound from a drug store at low cost.
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Health
Pabst e Pabst Mr B L Frost of Athens visits parents here. Mrs BE Warren Parkersburg visitor. Sick list includes Mrs Ed Osler Mrs Mary Frost and Fred Russell. Myrtle Rowell Parkersburg visitor. Apple picking underway. Mrs G Ladd hosted by Mrs John Ladd Cutler RD. Howard Frost Belpre visits grandparents Herman and Mrs Frost. Albert Ogle repairing his machine after breakdown. Carton Davis guest of Vinton Ladd.
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B. L. Frost
Athens
BE. H. Warren
Parkersburg
Ed. Osler
Mary Frost
Fred Russell
Myrtle Rowell
G. Ladd
John Ladd
Cutler R. D
Howard Frost
Belpre
Herman Frost
Albert Ogle
Carton Davis
Vinton Ladd
Grove professor in critical health amid family contact
Word reached Athens that Prof. 8. S. Hastings of Grove Oklahoma, a music director and band leader, is in critical health. His brothers and sisters in Athens had not heard from him for years until today when the Messenger announced his serious illness.
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8. S. Hastinga
Grove
Okla
Athens
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Conrad Zweifel
Marion Cook
Martha Cornelia Foulk
William Neal
W. J. Weaver
Charleston
Walter Blosser
Ilinesa
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Coolville
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Eva Simms
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Claude Wimmer
John Schafer
John Hogan
Dyesville
Minersville
Mary Healey
Dickerson
W. Va
F. G. Joachins
Jerald Wise
Hobson Shops
Curtis W. Howell
L. L. Cherrington
Beech Grove Cemetery
Elizabeth Mier Elberfield
William P. Elberfield
Main Street
Pneummna
William H
Milton
Rural Carrier Examination
D. F. McNaughton
Edgar Morris
G. H. Crow
George
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Court House Yard
Hula Johnson
Deadmans Hale
R. Henry
Kentico
Virginia
Mrs. L. Menry
Chester
Pittsburg Coal Co
Liberty Loan
Eighly
Mason County
Owen Watson Co
C. 112Th Field
Olive Township
Woman's Liberty Loan Committee
John Creighton Shoe
Rock Springs Cemetery
Mary Lee
Athens State Hospital
Cassie Lee
West Columbia
Shade Valley School
Glenroy Ewing
Otto B
Kreinbihl
Floyd Bergschicker
John Bergschicker
Racine
Bellefontaine
Chester Bunker
Pittsburg
Letart
Dencil Wedge
The
Acme
H. Busk
Athens County Labor Board
Averts
Serge
Parker Bros
Bank of Athens
North Court Street
Athens, Ohio
Albany
Durham
Hereford
W. M. Throckmorton
G. B. Allen
Floyd Fought
L. B. Canny
Deep Hollow
Frost, Ohio
A. B. Rule
W. J. Hastings
Hasting
West State Street
Chris Hastings
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