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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1918
Page
5
Elsie Mariner is ill with influenza at her home on Lancaster street. Mrs J J Sisler traveled to Glouster yesterday to visit through the week. The Woman's Music Club will not meet Thursday evening due to the ban on public gatherings.
Mrs. C. B. Wilson reports from Columbus that her nephew Herald Wilson is recovering from influenza. Also, George J. Owen, former Christian Church pastor in Athens, has been commissioned as a captain and is stationed at Camp McClellan in Alabama.
Mrs. Robert P. Tompkins Alma Moore travels to Camp Sheridan Montgomery Alabama to visit her husband Quartermaster Sergeant Tompkins who will depart November first for an officers training camp in Jacksonville Florida.
Mr and Mrs Theodore Dean arrived home yesterday after a ten day trip with relatives along the Ohio river to Pt Pleasant Cheshire and Huntington They had spent six weeks visiting their children in the northern part of the state Mr Dean will resume duties as Athens veteran bus driver Friday
Washington reports American aircraft output has reached a level limited mainly by transportation capacity. October output of Moberty ors reached about 100 per week, a figure not expected until December. A new patented reading glass is described as an oblong rectangle magnifying a full line of type.
Washington warns families and friends of U S air personnel to send cheerful news and avoid disturbing letters. The guidance cites risk from grim home news and sleepless nights, linking it to accidents and reduced alertness among pilots. A Love Field example shows a cadet’s death tied to anxiety and smoking.
Paris October reports show the American Expeditionary Force receiving huge sweets shipments from the Red Triangle. About 6,664,000 pounds of candy and 820 tons of cigarets are slated for October delivery along with tobacco, chewing tobacco, corn cob pipes, fountain pens, ink, razors, shaving supplies, cleanliness goods, playing cards, watches, and 77 tons of chewing gum for U S troops in France.
A compact folding rack designed to attach to oil or gas stoves for drying small articles. The device folds flat for storage and extends to hold multiple items for air drying near heat.
Dr Von Scheele reports the flu epidemic has peaked in Jacksonville with fewer new cases yesterday. Lt. C Shaffer of the US Public Health Service arrived to help control the outbreak. Dr Beaver assists Ohio facilities and Guernsey county fields staff. Citizens planned a schoolroom hospital for families lacking care, but the project may be put on hold as conditions evolve. Jacksonville faces many influenza and pneumonia deaths.
A double funeral will be held Friday for Mr. and Mrs. John Drapier of Jacksonville who died of pneumonia after influenza. Mrs. Drapier aged 25 died near midnight Sunday and Mr. Drapier died about 7 PM Monday. Four children survive.
Nellie Pokus, 16, daughter of Mr and Mrs Chan Pokus, died in Jacksonville Tuesday evening of pneumonia. Funeral services will be held Thursday with burial in Buchtel cemetery.
A 6 90 o clock closing order curbs after dark activity with few people on streets. Marshal Hooks and Health Officer Williams enforce bans on loafing in public places and in the post office lobby during mail distribution. Precautions aim to minimize crowds and fill in the city.
Jazz has taken hold in London with a new dancing restaurant for fox trotters, attracting society patrons as a fashionable nightlife spot in Oct 80.
Mrs. Mattie Maca of New Marsh field received a letter from her son Everett Mare Co. L 166 VU S Inf 88 Eng 42 Div A BE F somewhere in France dated September 26. He says he is well and he has received his mail in good shape.
A Mythene dispatch to The Patris reports rioting at Constantinople and Smyrna with Germans attacked in both locations. The message notes the unrest involves allied forces as well.
The new Austrian government abolishes press censorship as reported from Vienna, Bern, with authorities lifting restrictions on media. The move signals greater press freedom and a shift in wartime information control, according to dispatches from Austria.
Farm loan bonds will carry 4 1/2 percent interest instead of 5 percent, replacing the last May issue of more than 50 million dollars. The bonds will be issued soon and absorbed entirely by the treasury, but the rate cut is expected to have little practical effect on the market.
By order of the District commissioners Washington churches are permitted to reopen Thursday and schools and theatres November 1. The action follows a lifting of prior restrictions as officials assess local conditions and safety guidelines.
Indiana announces a possible lifting of the statewide ban on public meetings due to influenza by Thursday night. The move comes as health authorities monitor outbreak levels and civic events may resume.
The page blends excerpts from letters of service members in France 1918 with notes to families in Athens Ohio. Private Carl Mace, Frank Phillips, Private Fred Garlinger, Private Harry Russell, Hl M Williams, and others describe longing for home, weather, food, and readiness for winter. A Street Commissioner and Sgt William Drake report on winter clothing, trenches, and meals, while others mention sending souvenirs and updates about life overseas.
Health column touts an inside bath routine using hot water and limestone phosphate each morning before breakfast. It claims cleansing of stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels improves breath, complexion and energy, and urges readers to obtain a quarter pound of limestone phosphate to test the method.
The captain planned a celebration meal with a two hundred dollar contribution and one dollar from each helper. An orchestra entertained as the group ate, with Top Sergeant Wescott Roach of Athens introducing the captain as toast master.
Geo B Plumiey operator of Chillicothe Ohio endorses Dr Parker's Digestive Medicine as best for indigestion and constipation. The ad urges sufferers to try the treatment and notes quick relief from sour stomach bloating belching headaches backaches and fatigue. Dollar back if not satisfied priced at $1 at Civic's Pharmacy and all druggists.
A partial OCR fragment notes food workers are delayed in their next drive due to the absolute necessity of insuring complete success, indicating scheduling or coordination issues affecting the campaign.
A Food Administration message from Herbert Hoover to state officials explains delaying Conservation Sunday from October 27 to December 1 due to influenza and to prevent conflict with the United War Work Drive starting November 11. Distribution of new home cards will occur December 2 to 7.
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