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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1918
Page
3
New seven room bungalow on West Washington Street Nelsonville Ohio with modern improvements. For more details contact Lon Coakley or call 498 W Bell. Mahogany buffet sideboard and china closet for sale seen at the home of W L Hawkins 16 Jefferson Street.
A classified advert offers a large room for rent on West Washington Street. Contact Citizen Phone 1982 for particulars.
For sale two autos, a Studebaker touring car and a Ford runabout. Price right. Must be sold at once. Contact Lieut. W. S. Rhodes in Nelsonville, Ohio. 10-255 3-p.
For sale car of Ohio potatoes at 1.60 per bushel. Buy at car depot during the first week. J. D. Backus. 0-26-3-p.
Ollie Young five year old son of Mr and Mrs William Young of Oak Street died yesterday after a brief illness with pneumonia. He is survived by his parents two sisters and three brothers. No funeral arrangements have been made.
Nelle Stratton of the Township Dry Federation urges ending liquor traffic as a war measure. She cites food waste, labor misallocation, and life loss from alcohol industry workers, arguing about 850,000 in manufacturing and service roles and the generation-wide life cost.
Mrs W W Poston received news of influenza deaths of two nephews and a niece. Guests and relatives visited in Mt. Carmel Columbus Logan Pomeroy Chauncey Sugar Grove and Athens. People included the Shafer Ohlinger Sisson Biddle Kessinger Mitchell and Wallace families with several weekend or Sunday visits and travel to Chicago Columbus and Logan.
Lieut James Creasap serves as a naval military instructor at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland. He coaches midshipmen in maritime tactics and leadership training.
A Sunday report notes no new Floo updates but indicates the day may bring very high case numbers. By 6 p.m. Saturday the total reached 537, up 52 from Friday, with about fifty pneumonia cases among the patients, some in critical condition.
W. L. Hudson travels to Chicago to attend the national Y. M. C. A. War Council session and participate in the War Meet events.
A column presents letters from soldiers in France and Italy during World War I. Sergt. Oma Creed Chapman, Co. E, 308 Engrs, writes from somewhere in France on Sept 22, 1918 about hardships, camaraderie, and longing for home. Theodore W Sharp of Italy notes preference for Italy over France and reports near-front conditions and hope of return. The letters reflect anti-German sentiment, praise for Belgium, and wartime hardship including limited hygiene and supply constraints.
The speaker denounces Germany for atrocities from Belgium to the Balkans, urging unconditional surrender and punishment for war crimes. Mention is made of Belgium’s neutrality being restored only at Germany’s terms, with Germany’s colonial demands and mass suffering cited as justification. Corp. Hartley lists a wartime address in the APTC system.
Message from a soldier near Fritzie's Trench describes long hikes through the night, scarce cigarettes and sweets, and constant shelling. The writer reports one division with three days of fighting, 41 wounded, and mentions Pearl Castle being safe while signals for letters diminish as the front is tended.
Private Orland Willard of Co C 166 U S Infantry reports from a hospital in France on September 17 1918 that he was wounded by shrapnel above the right knee on September 13 and that he is recovering with good doctors and nurses. He mentions a long train journey and hopes to return to his unit soon.
Mrs Ella Conant of Lathrop receives a letter from her son John A Conant of the A S Air Service in France dated September 23 1918. He writes of rain weather fighting news reports the YMCA dance and hog processing methods he observes. He notes his rank first class private new pay and Red Cross allowance and marks the 18 month enlistment anniversary.
A reader argues a circular from Athens gas consumers misleads by presenting a 8c per 1000 cu ft increase as a 22 percent rise. The writer calculates actual net costs from 27c to 85c and notes the raise is nearer 30 percent, urging fair, accurate figures for all rate increases.
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