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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1918
Page
3
In the top row officials and staff for the American League lead the World Series race portrait. From left to right: Secretary Graves, Kinney, Mays, Manager Barrow, Mayer, Agnew, Coffey, Trainer Lawler, Miccierow, Whiteman, Wagner.
Classified items include a 1916 Maxwell touring car in good condition for sale due to owner going to war and a 1917 Ford touring car offered for 450 dollars with good tires missing details. Also a job request seeks a school girl to work after school and Saturdays. Local obituaries note four month old Leona Altman passing away in Happy Hollow with funeral arrangements.
French Dry Cleaners at 21 Hocking St Nelsonville O offers cleaning and pressing for fall suits jackets overcoats plush coats dresses waists and furs with repair work. Door to door pickup and delivery available by both phones. 9-7-12.
Sam Tayior has been appointed the new city patrolman to succeed Sam Longley who resigned a week ago. The transition places Tayior in the role as city police duties shift after Longley’s departure.
Mrs. P W Hickman and son Willis Mrs Wesley Bates and Mrs Cr Betts and daughter Gladys motored to Camp Sherman Thursday and spent the day with Donald Betts. Mrs C J Sanders was an Athens business visitor Friday. Miss Stella Linton left today for Cleveland to teach in the schools there. Mrs J A Stedman and daughter Elizabeth guests at Marion. Mrs C Poston guests of her mother and sister at Benton Harbor Michigan. L F Carpenter in Columbus on business. Charles Sisson Jr a guest of relatives in Columbus. Mr and Mrs Henry Minser Gabriel Hoodlet Columbus guest of relatives. Mr and Mrs John Scott and Cauch er Cornelius and Mr and Mrs F J Sauters attended the funeral of Mr J Campbell in Logan Friday. Miss Bertha Higgins of Lancaster guest here. Mr and Mrs R H Jackson and son John and daughter Helen in Columbus to see her son Earl en route from New York to a flying field at Camp Lick Tex. Mrs Gay Aumiller of Columbus guest of mother here. Mrs Fred Edington spending days in Columbus and Akron with relatives. Miss Evelyn Jack returned from visit with Columbus relatives. Mr and Mrs J L Jack and son Charles spending a few days at Columbus this week.
Paulding pastor Rev C J Johnson will preach at the Nelsonville Christian church on Sunday, September 8 with morning services at 10 30 and an evening sermon at 7 00. He will address the men’s class at 9 15 a m.
The morning sermon titled The House of Abededeon will guide the Sunday school at 9 39. The evening topic Knowledge is Power and Patriotism will close the day with a final address.
Funeral services for Mrs Laura Bateman were held at the Methodist church in Carbon Hill with Rev Arthur M Mann officiating. The longtime resident died at her sister's home Wednesday and is survived by four sons and one daughter.
Rev. W. A. Roush former city minister now in Columbus conducted the funeral of Mrs. Chute at Carbon Hill and Mr. Wesley Coy during the latter part of this week while guests of old friends here.
Washington reports the United States will prohibit beer manufacturing after December 1 as a war measure. The food administration said the decision followed talks among President Wilson and leaders of the fuel food railroad administrations and the War Industries Board. Factors cited include demand for fuel productive capacity drought labor shortages and transportation strains. The Senate approved a $12 million emergency agricultural bill moving toward national prohibition from July 1 until demobilization.
Syracuse Mo Sept 6 Elmer A Richards a private in the 23rd U S Engineers writes to his parents describing a German Kultur atrocity he witnessed. He recounts a French boy of 17 whose tongue was cut out with a keen edged knife by German soldiers.
A concise workplace maxim urges employees to focus on upcoming tasks to maintain stability. It emphasizes forward planning and continuous performance as keys to job security.
Albany N Y Rev William Wallace Eaton pastor of the Methodist Church has enlisted and Schoharie churches are closed temporarily. Eaton will head to France soon to work with the Y M C A under the war mobilization.
Edward Dodson, who left Camp Sherman months ago, was jailed in Pomeroy by state official W L Merritt. He reportedly deserted three weeks ago, hid in woods at Thomas Fork, and was not wearing a uniform when found.
Two German officers unknowingly handled more than a dozen confidential British dispatches. A lone king’s messenger loaded 17 bags for a British embassy and, with no porter, enlisted two helpful German cavalry officers to secure the final bag as the train started.
Dr. David I Macht of Johns Hopkins announced at the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine meeting in New York a coal tar derivative as a substitute for opium medicines. The compound benzydebenzolate reportedly relaxes muscles and provides similar benefits without the adverse effects of opium derivatives, and has the approval of Johns Hopkins physician Dr. Brown.
A German inventor reports tires made from synthetic rubber show no wear after 400 miles of use. The finding suggests durable material performance, with potential impact on tire technology and automotive costs.
Lieutenant Gobind Singh, a Rajput from India, earned the Victoria Cross for three extraordinary rides through German fire to deliver crucial messages. His horse was killed twice and he continued on foot, finally reaching the staff with a final mile and a half dash as a barrage opened, aiding a battalion's rescue.
English girls learn wireless telegraphy at Marconi's North Wales station. The course covers slip reading punching record reading and station duties. Women with Morse experience are accepted and may be drafted to land stations and night shifts. Coastwise shipping may see later inclusion.
Pittsburgh firm James H. McQuade & Co. offers to supply father and two sons with a complete road making outfit for wartime duty anywhere at a nominal cost of 1 dollar per year. James McQuade says the bid signals support for the war effort rather than a halt in business.
Moscow dispatch quotes advices that Czecho Slovak troops have arrived at the gates of Niji Novogorod located on the Volga’s right bank, about 250 miles northeast of Moscow.
The Vigilantes column argues the imperative to save today to mobilize millions, shorten the war, reduce future privations, and prevent harsher conditions that would arise if urgent saving is delayed. It warns that delaying saves prolong suffering and hampers future efforts.
German ships avoid British ports and Norway shows limited German aid. Germany cannot ship food to Norway. Norwegian factories and fishing fleets rely on German supplies. Norway imports steel iron and potassium compounds while German coal oil kerosene fuels round trips.
Lee West a 69 year old Black man from 2347 Scott Avenue visited the U S marshal to see his son Tom arrested for suspected draft registration failure. He claimed 84 children from three marriages, with 34 still living. Tom, 20, is the eldest and the youngest 7.
Alexia French of Baler, Oregon, reportedly became the first man to have a finger amputated to qualify for enlistment. After a childhood injury bent his second right-hand finger, a recruiting officer allowed service once the finger was removed, and French now wears a uniform and hopes for early duty against the Huns.
Rome plans a special law to authorize state expropriation of barren and uncultivated land to be divided among front line soldiers. An $8 million pool would fund a consolidated 8 percent loan, using excess war profits taxes and enemy property sales to finance land reclamation for parcels yielding under 2 percent.
George Peotter, returning from months in South America, reports sharp living costs in Appleton area. He notes soft coal at 26 cents a pound? gasoline at 60 cents per gallon, tea and meals at regular times, beef at 16 cents a pound and pork at 20 cents. He visited Venezuela and the Guianas.
New York on September 6 reports 1500 wilful slackers inducted into military service in three days. Superintendent Dewoody of the Bureau of Investigation says this covers 5 percent of those taken into custody.
More than 100000 Ohio voters with the colors in France enjoy the same rights as civilians including the choice to drink as they wish.
Albany September 7 opening Monday September 9 for Albany schools with a largely new teaching staff. Hazel Cline named principal at 1000 dollars salary. Robe serves in France. Belle Shipps Ruth Suter fill vacancies. various salaries listed for Gillogly Bowers Hamaley Coultns. Grades to run eight months.
Scoutmasters announce a transmission of Liberty Bond medals by the Treasury Department for sale efforts. About thirty to forty medals will be awarded at a public meeting with a national figure to speak. Superintendent Morgan coordinates with Camp Sherman officials for the address. The plan calls for September 27 to coincide with the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign kickoff.
Secretary Baker orders the chief of each War Department bureau to replace by December 31 all draft age men in class 1 now assigned to Washington duties with men medically disqualified for general service. Vacancies may be filled by deferred class men when allowed by dependency deferments. exceptions only for indispensable incumbents and when no ineligible replacements are available.
Trimble youth Sands, youngest son of Dan T. Sands of Trimble, has enlisted and will work in the Radio Division. He is not yet 18 years old.
About a score of farmers and wives from Bern township met with county agent Floyd De Lashmutt at Carlos Henry’s home for a farm bureau session. They debated seed corn quality, tearing husks, selecting ears, and proper storage. Wool production and sale were reviewed, with a plan to hold a wool growers meeting in Amesville next Saturday for action.
On a cement bridge in Ames township the word yellow dog and SLACKERS were painted along with names of sons of local farmers placed on deferred lists by registration boards. Neighbors claim undue influence due to these youths’ families. Facing pressure some posted youths enlisted this week.
Bridget Burke aged 77 died Thursday night at Athens State Hospital. The remains were shipped to Ironton for burial. She had been an inmate of the hospital for four years.
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