Local social notes and illness update from Millfield area
Millfield and Athens visits noted as Mrs. Clarence Brown and children Doris and Ralph spend Saturday in Athens. Mrs. Walter Border is seriously ill with influenza. Dr. Silberstein attending. Various visitors including A. A. Russell and Mr. and Mrs. William Anderson of Nelsonville. influenza keeps churches and schools closed. other illness updates and convalescence details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Brown
Doris
Ralph
Athens
Walter Border
Silberstein
A. A. Russell
William Anderson
Nelsonville
C. E. Stack
James Sams
Gertie Brown
Fred Shaefer
Hebbardsville
Poston
Frank Daugherty
Glouster
Loretta Stout
Dan Fulton
Millard Russell
Beaumont
A. W. Russell
Lawrence McDaniel
Local Social Notes Amid Spanish Flu Salvo and Travels
Social news items from Athens detail visits and illnesses during the Spanish Flu period. Notes include Mr Eldon at home with Spanish Flu, Amelia Higley and Alice Shott traveling to Middleport, William Logan visiting from Cincinnati, and Lyle L Brown from Columbus ill with influenza. Several relatives and friends are listed visiting Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, or traveling to Columbus and Circleville, with mentions of hospital operations and overseas notices for Howard Frame and family updates.
Powerful Pile Remedy Discovered in Cure Claims
A pamphlet touts Miro Pile Remedy as a cure for chronic piles says it can heal long standing cases in days with few doses. Testimonials from Henry J. Stone and Frank J. Phillips claim relief after using the product and pharmacists can supply it on short notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ifenry J. Stone
Lorain
Ohio
Frank J. Phillips
Bird ‘Sland
Minnesota
Internal sanitation and hot water cleanse the bowels
A health note urges daily hot water with lime stone phosphate before breakfast to wash toxins from the bowels. It claims inner bathing cleanses the stomach liver and kidneys, reducing headaches constipation and foul breath with little cost.
Maine Shoemaker Tired All Time Regains Strength
Chester D. Hainer of Sanford Maine recounts severe run down nerves and stomach trouble before using Vinci tonic which he credits with restored health and work capacity. Ad promotes Vinci ingredients beef and cod liver peptones iron manganese peptonates and glycerophosphates. The Mellee Drug Co and local druggists advertise Our Saxol Salve for eczema.
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Sanford
Maine
Vinci
Chester D. Hainer
Mellee Drug Co
Army orders speed up overseas deployment by cutting training tasks
War Department directs training camp commanders to remove nonessential work from schedules to speed up sending troops overseas. Epidemic influenza had delayed October draft calls, but they resume, with a target of moving 250,000 soldiers monthly to overseas theaters.
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Washington
War Department
Bodies buried in a ditch in New York cemetery
A steamshovel was used to dig a trench to inter victims of the Spanish influenza. The unusual method arose from a grave digger shortage and high death tolls in New York.
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New York
Bodies of 150 Sophia victims recovered
White Horse V T October 27 a dispatch from the Dominion Telegraphs department at Juneau reports that the bodies of 150 victims of the steamship Princess Sophia disaster have been recovered.
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Sophia
White Horse
V. T
Dominion Telegraphs Department
Juneau
Princess Sophia
Two Deaths Reported at Camp Sherman
Sherman Camp reports two pneumonia deaths at the base hospital. Officials say most cases remain under treatment and convalescent status prevails among patients.
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Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Austrian Reply Ready to Washington on Wilson Note
Vienna papers say Austria's conciliatory reply to President Wilson is prepared. It was submitted to authorize quarters today and will be sent to Washington this evening or tomorrow.
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Basel
Switzerland
Austria
Wilson
Vienna
Washington
Ohio imposes county boards on nonwar construction
In Columbus on October 28 Chairman L. Sickey outlined county boards and rules. Dealers must obtain permits from boards before selling materials or face supply cuts by the Priorities Board. Rural new structures capped at 1000 dollars. alterations under 2500 dollars may proceed without a permit in cities or counties with housing needs. Residential permits limited to industrial centers with housing pressure.
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Co TY
Columbus
Ohio
L. Sickey
Dickey
Priorities Board
Roosevelt Celebrates 60th Birthday At Sagamore Hill
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt spent his sixtieth birthday at his Sagamore Hill home with family. He kept busy opening telegrams and cables from around the world while his grandchildren played, and only relatives attended the birthday dinner.
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Theoore Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Miners Demand Sanitary Comfort in Waiting Rooms
Speech by Bert M. Thompson pledges bills to provide sanitary warm washrooms with lockers for miners in Indiana Illinois Michigan and Pennsylvania. He argues for miners health equal to soldiers and urges voters to back his platform and candidate.
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Bert M. Thompson
Creamery Pricing Set for Sour and Sweet Cream This Week
Local creameries announce price fractions for sour cream at 57 percent and sweet cream at 63 percent with testing showing 17 percent.
Pittsburg Livestock Cattle and Hogs Receipts Summary
Pittsburg Pennsylvania market reports cattle receipts of 110 cars with prime prices to 9.00 to 10.00 per unit and sheep and lambs receipts of 10 cars with primes to 10.60 to 11.00, lambs to 10.00 to 12.25. Hogs receipts eight cars show prime heavy to 17.25 to 17.50, heavy workers to 17.26 to 17.50, light workers 16.75 to 17.50, pigs 15.50 to 16.00, roughs 14.60 to 15.25, and stags 11.50 to 12.70.
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Pittsburg
Women urged to boycott German made toys in New York
Elizabeth Marbury head of the Women's National Committee of the American Defense Society calls on American women to refuse all German goods including toys and china whether marked or not. The New York City Federation of Women's Clubs protests the importation and may appeal to President Wilson after forming a committee to investigate the shipment.
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New York
Federation
Persicent
Wilson
Rain Promises for Week With Mixed Skies
The Washington weather bureau forecasts fair and cooler weather early this week, turning warmer Tuesday and Wednesday with possible rain midweek. Rain that was expected for the weekend arrives as a light morning drizzle, while doctors call the rainfall helpful against flu by clearing dust and air.
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Washington Weather Bureau
Closing on Toledo grain and Cincinnati cattle market
Toledo grain prices on October 28 show cash corn at 1.45 and oats at 0.735. Clover and timothy futures noted with Oct and Dec positions. Cincinnati cattle market reports receipts around 32 dollars, calves at 16.25 to 16.50, hogs steady to strong, and sheep receipts about 300.
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Toledo
Ohio
Alsike
Timothy
Cincinnati
Chicago Grain Prices Report October and November Quotes
Chicago grain prices quote corn at Oct $1.29, Nov $1.28 1/2, Dec $1.19. oats at Oct 69 1/2c, Nov 69 1/2c, Dec 68 1/2c. pork at Oct $36.10. The report from Chicago consolidates futures values as of October 28.
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Chicago Grain
Chicago
Ill
Government appeals for more fruit pits and nut shells
The government seeks 1,000,000 pounds of nut shells and fruit stones daily for gas mask charcoal. It cannot buy even one third of that amount and renews its plea due to public failure to save and send kitchen waste.
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New York
Chemical Warfare Headquarters
Another Quake In Porto Rico
An earthquake struck San Juan Puerto Rico with additional damage reported in Meyenez and Ponce and minor loss of life and property at Aguadilla according to late night reports from Oct 25.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
P. R
Meyenez
Ponce
Aguadilla
Submarines Sail South With White Flags Seen Near Kristen
Vessels arriving at Stavanger report German submarines flying white flags on masts as they passed Karma Island Saturday bound south. Morgenbladet notes the subs likely returning home from bases.
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Christiana
Stavanger
Karma Island
Marriage License Recorded for Addison B Davenport and Maggie Smathers
A marriage license is recorded for Addison B Davenport, age 18, a miner from Deanville, and Maggie Smathers, age 16, of Buchtel. The notice lists Davenport as the groom and Smethers as the bride with Davenport’s residence in Deanville.
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Addison
Davenport
Miner
Deanville
Maggie Smathers
Buchtel
Charles Still Held by Hans Borne in Austria Story
Oct 28 report from Vienna states Profesencr Lammasch agreed to form a cabinet only if Austria Hungary makes a separate peace. Emperor Charles reportedly declined, saying he promised the German emperor not to seek a separate peace.
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Charles
Hans Borne
Profesencr Lammasch
Austria-Hungary
Vienna
City imposes 6 PM closing and masks as flu rises
The council and board of health ordain 6 PM store closures except druggists, weekly street flushing, and ban on loafing after hours. Health officials replace resigning officer with Henry Williams and order quarantines to be enforced. Picture shows and churches remain closed. Red Cross urged to make masks. Three Jacksonville deaths noted among rising pneumonia-linked flu cases.
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Giouster
Council
Board of Health
Marshal Hooks
Health Board
Henry Williams
Red Cross
Beaord of
Jacksonville Woman Dies. Husband Seriously Hurt
Mrs. John Krepier aged 26 died at her Jacksonville home about 11 00 last night. Her husband remained in serious condition with little hope of recovery.
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John Krepier
Jacksonville
Ginnan Family Sees Two Deaths From Same Disease
James Ginnan aged 16 died at the family home on Jack Hill Road after illness that had already troubled his family for days. His older brother Earl aged 18 died Wednesday morning from the same disease. In all, nine members of the Ginnan family were ill at one time.
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James Ginnan
Andrew Ginnan
Jack Iilce
Earl
Ginnan
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Sand Ridge
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Alice Shott
Middleport
William Logan
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Lyle L. Brown
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Raymond C. Brown
Ray and
Tean Thompson
Ernest Thompson
Walter Brown
Little Son Dent
Jackson
L. V. Brown
J. R. Rathburn
Broadwell
J. C. Jennings
Grant Hospital
C. O. Moore
Robert P. Tompkins
Alma Moore
Darrell Moore
A. M. Frame
Coolville
Howard
Adolphus
Ohio University
O. L. Strahl
J. A. Watkins
Nettie Watkins
George Linscott
Ernest Linscott
North Lewsburg
John Strauss
Phillip Strauss
Central Avenue
Camp Sheridan
Montgomery
Ala
W. H. Jewett
Marie
Second Street
Joseph H. Jewett
Jewett
Cleveland
Mss
Marian Moore
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Maine Shoemaker
Sherman
Carpenter Hardware Co
Nina
Branson Cramblett
Mike Blazentz
Minersville
Louis Sauters
Trimble
J. D. McDonald
Bishopville
Clophia Kinder
Lilio Gaty
JeUliad
Amesville
Seth Balderson
Fred McLaughlin
William H. Taft
William J. Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
Athens County Day Federation
H. T Phillips
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