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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1918
Page
3
The piece urges men aged 18 to 45 to register on September 12 to join Uncle Sam’s reserves. It notes polling hours 7 am to 9 pm, warns against evasion with fines and jail, and jokes about penalties while listing local people and travels amid wartime mobilization details.
Mrs F X Rauch entertained with an 7 o clock dinner Wednesday evening at her Columbus Street home. Guests included Mrs F X Rauch Sr, Columbus. Mrs Harriett Preston and Miss Abbie Benson. and Mrs Geo Webb of Middleport.
Five Nelson girls enlist in a local event as part of a school or community effort. The brief notes their names and roles within a short civic activity.
Mrs. J Groce of Nelsonville credits Dr Parker's Treatment for Indigestion and Constipation with saving her life after months of illness. She was unable to leave her room, suffered gas belching and souring, and after trying various doctors found relief with one box then three. She praises the medicine and urges others with similar symptoms to try it.
All garments completed from the yarn distributed on August 1 must be delivered to Headquarters no later than September.
Herma and Catherine West of Columbus visit their grandparents Mr. and Mrs. R. C. West as guests at a family gathering.
W. J. Campbell, once a noted local photographer, who had been living in Logan for the past year, dropped dead on the steel at Logan late Tuesday evening.
Wesley Coy of this city died early this morning at his Jefferson street residence. He leaves his wife two daughters and two sons. One son serves in France and several children have predeceased him. Funeral services are set for Friday at 2 PM at the Christian church.
Mrs. Clarence Loomis and Mildred Loomis of Cleveland are spending the week with relatives in this city.
Ohio University will offer two extension classes in Nelsonville for the first semester with two hours credit each. The Political Economy class will be led by Prof Stewart on Saturday September 7 at 6 30 p m in the High School building. A second class will be held at the same time in a subject to be chosen from History in Prof Morton's program. one class carries a $50 fee while the university covers the other cost.
A surprise party was held yesterday for Mrs Gladys Marmon honoring her 28th birthday. Ice cream and cake were served at 10 30 with flowers decorating the table. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Fred Marmon and son Delbert of Cawthorne Mrs Fille Culp and Emma Viola and Theodore Culp of Buchtel Mrs Ann Marmon and sons Fred and Willie of Buchtel Mr and Mrs Hen Blackstone of Buchtel Mrs Gertie ry Culp of Cawthorne Mrs Susie Blackstone of Buchtel Mrs Annie Linton of Nelsonville and Mrs Susie Cleary of Cawthorne Lena Katie John Minnie Ruth and Florence Cleary of Cawthorne Mr John Blackstone of Buchtel and Miss Margaret Whitmore of Buchtel.
Berlin dispatch reports German Chancellor Hertling told the Prussian upper house constitution committee that the Kaiser's dynasty was at stake and urged franchise reforms. Berlin police now use pocket telephones connected to city circuits for rapid communication.
WashingtonSept 5 The Senate approved a resolution authorizing the President to establish dry zones around munitions plants shipyards coal mines and other war work sites. Opponents warned such action would render the nation bone dry by executive order with Senator Brandgee predicting widespread dry communities nationwide.
Washington reports a likely senatorial probe into the New York draft roundup as departments in Washington face blame for the raids. Senate debate followed hours of discussion with Republican leader Lodge urging delay until facts are learned.
In New York on the third day of a wide civil and military drive against draft evaders, authorities report up to noon about 75,000 men in metropolitan districts were taken to armories and other centers for examination. Only a very small number were detained.
Provost Marshal General Crowder urged all draft boards to prepare for Americas greatest registration on September 12. He aims to complete registration in ten days to two weeks and have reports in so the lottery can be held by October 2.
Everett Hunter 29 of New Straitsville was found in an oil tank. He reportedly killed himself while temporarily crazed by drink after driving his family from the home and beating himself with a flatiron. His wife and five children survive.
The Local Draft Board issued calls for Special Service auto mechanics to report to Toledo University on September 19. Volunteers may sign up until September 10 and must meet general military service qualifications. Vulcanizers are slated for Akron University on September 19 with the same deadline. A further call seeks carpenters electricians general mechanics machinists and sheet metal workers to Ohio Mechanic Institute in Cincinnati on September 19, with volunteers due by September 10 and required to be qualified for general military service.
The Nashville Tennessean reports state rankings in road surfacing. Massachusetts leads at 47.6 percent surfaced, followed by Indiana 42.5, New Jersey 40.5, Ohio 86.5, Rhode Island 84.5, Kentucky 82.2, New York 22.7, Connecticut 23.2, and California 20.2, with Oklahoma showing 99.3 percent dirt roads. It notes gravel use in Indiana and Kentucky and that figures cover all surfacing types, not just permanent pavements.
Specially designed clips allow anti skid chains to be placed around truck tires at an angle, resembling tractor wheel cleats. They aim to lessen shocks and increase road grip in difficult conditions.
George Robertson of the Railway Engineers received the Croix de Guerre for using a locomotive to blow up a German-approaching ambush. He damaged the engine by leaving it on a hot fire and vented fuel as the boiler exploded, scattering German troops nearby.
Water is the natural enemy of earth roads and must be kept out of them, off of them, and away from them.
If a dirt road is properly built, the road drag will maintain surface quality and prevent damage.
Mrs J Borden Harriman a Washington and New York society leader became the first woman in the national capital to volunteer as one of three Red Cross motor drivers for overseas service and it is rumored she will head the women’s corps in France. She recently returned from Europe where she studied women’s roles in ambulance hospital and other war work in England and France. She leads the District of Columbia Red Cross Corps.
Mrs Helen Raphael told Judge Mogan in San Francisco that Michael Raphael led her to think he owned a prosperous saloon before marriage and that she would not have wed him if aware of his poorer finances. The judge noted the odd claim and took the case under advisement.
Mrs Hannah Lent called on Mr and Mrs Clarence North of Federal. Mrs Lent attended Labor Day exercises in Glouster with Erna Kiens. Mable Jago of Nes Vincent visits her brother Arthur Jago. Austin Jones returns home to drill wells. Frank Wolfe and family visited Harry Calentine. Mrs Calentine recovering from hospital. Nate Lothary and family called on neighbors.
Arza Linscott of Federal visited his grandmother near Bartlett to spend a few days with family before camp. Local business men worked on the public road near the Jasper North property over Labor Day. George Draper and his sons Cecil and Harry visited friends in Federal.
Stewart O Sept 6 There will be an all day meeting and basket dinner with flag raising at Bethany MEH church three and a half miles southeast of Stewart Sunday September 8. Dean Irma Voigt speaks on the Cross work at 10 30 A M Attorney I M Foster discusses the Liberty Loan at 1 30 P M EB Curtis district superintendent of the Anti Saloon League will address Ohio dry in 1918 at 2 30 P M. These speakers are noted and the public is invited to spend the day there.
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