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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1918
Page
3
A vintage ad touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy for kidney and urinary disorders. It claims new life and health follow, urges ongoing use after restoration, and offers a money back refund if unsatisfied. Sealed imported Gold Medal capsules sold at drug stores with three or four daily doses.
Classified items include a mahogany sideboard and china closet for sale at W. L. Hawkins 16 Jefferson St with price 10-25-6. A potato car for sale today with price by Albert Neiman Bell 398W 10-29-38. A lost jet black horse with halter and branding seeks reward through Floyd Barrow Nelsonville Ohio 10-31-3p. Obituary notes Mr and Mrs Otto Smith died after pneumonia with funeral date TBA. Miss Gaynelle James visiting Mt Carmel Hospital Columbus. Shafer family moving to Columbus and relatives plan winter with them.
An editorial quips that the city’s mayor, labeled a great war mayor, is expected to run for re election again next year on the basis of past wartime leadership.
The flu epidemic is rising in Nelsonville and York township with 800 total cases since it began and seven new pneumonia cases. Two deaths overnight increase concern as physicians urge continued precautions and city officials seek to curb spread.
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Stalter gave a six o'clock dinner last night honoring Mr. and Mrs. Jr. F Shaler and daughter Vesper who departed today for their new home in Columbus.
The piece contrasts a harsh anti degeneracy message with a church anniversary timeline. It notes the Presbyterian church of Nelsonville turning fifty, founded by Rev. Thomas J. Downey on November 1, 1868, detailing ministers, membership, expenditures, and building history. It lists pastors and notable contributions, plans for services disrupted by influenza, and a day of prayer observed with hourly chimes.
Mrs. George S. Putnam received a telegram this morning reporting the death of Mr. James Rittenour at their country home Mate Bank near Chillicothe after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife and their son Jorge, 14, a student at Ohio State University. Mrs. Rittenour was formerly Miss Alberta Norton of Athens.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Wycuff of Columbus and Mr and Mrs Frank Hartley with Mr Walter Hartley and Mr Fred Johnson of Logan attended the funeral. Also present was Miss Tessie Ervin, a nurse at Grant Hospital in Columbus, mourning the death of Mrs. cut foretop
Pittsburg market notes hog receipts of 15 cars with overall decline. Prime heavy fetches 18.40 to 18.50, medium 18.50 to 28.50, heavy yorkers 18.50, light workers 17.00 to 17.50, pigs 16.50 to 17.00, roughs 15.66 to 15.90, stags 12 to 12.50.
Miss Floa Cronse entertained with a spread on Wednesday night honoring Miss Vesper Shafer. Attending were Misses Vesper Shafer Claudine Uhrig Esther Vorhes Doras Parks Margaret Rosser Lucile Stat ler and Helen Ohlinger.
Richard Hartgrove aged 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hartgrove, died at home after a two day illness. He is survived by his parents and a brother. No funeral arrangements yet. Clifford Otto, the 2 month old son, also mentioned in notice.
Timothy hay as baled No 1 at 30.50 dollars, No 2 timothy 30.50, No 3 timothy 28.50, No 1 clover mixed 27.00, oats straw 10.50, rye straw 15.00. Prices reflect bid ranges and standard quality as observed in the period.
The notice lists live poultry and egg prices: eggs firsts 66 cents per dozen, firsts 54 1/2 cents, ordinary firsts 48 cents, seconds 48 cents, and various live poultry prices by weight and type including fowls, broilers, springers, roosters, ducks, turkeys, geese, guinea birds, and pigeons with specific per pound or per dozen figures.
Toledo reports cash corn 1.42 oats 0.72 to 0.78 rye 1.62 barley 1.00 and grain futures for clover alfalfa timothy. Chicago lists corn oats and pork prices with October and November figures. Cincinnati notes cattle receipts 1400 with price ranges, calves at 17.25 to 19.49, hogs 7709 with good packer prices, and sheep receipts 700.
A Arab soldier Abdullah ben Ali in a French labor battalion sought revenge after a debt dispute. He planned to kill his debtor Ax during Ramadan and asked to be imprisoned until Ramadan ended, but was refused. He killed the debtor and received five years penal servitude after the tribunal weighed religious considerations.
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