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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1918
Page
5
Social notes report multiple local visits and movements. The King’s Heralds will gather Sunday at 2 PM in the Paris of the First Methodist Church. Several residents including Miss Greta Lash and Mrs. Chales Welch are traveling for work and visiting relatives.
Miss Ruth Davis returns home after a one month stay visiting Buckeye Lake and Columbus. She stayed with her aunt Mrs W A Hanning in Columbus during her trip.
Mr. Kidward Vernon learns his brother Sergeant Otis Vernon has arrived safely overseas. Sergeant Vernon resided at Giouster. Dr. O. O. Fordyce left for Camp Sherman to assist in examining draftees for mental and nervous troubles. Mrs. Mary Graham Noss and her daughter Miss Mary Noss with Mrs. A. V. Graham returned from their summer home in Chautauqua, N. 7
Miss Vesta Leake with Otha and Hazel Anderson have returned to Akron after visiting W. 8. Leake parents. Clyde Folley to Chillcothe Sunday for a post with Lawrence Jennings engineers, Columbus, now on government work at Camp Sherman. William Jones receives word from son Glen in France saying he is well after July quarantine in a hospital over there for scarlet fever.
Mr and Mrs John S Butts convey a thirty eight page letter from their son Lieut C R Butts of Butchery Co 26 A BE F describing his arrival overseas and travel challenges. Mrs C Wires and Miss Beatrice of Cleveland visit with relatives en route to Fisher Station. Mr J A Reading returns from a six month western trip. Mr and Mrs P G Hibbard plan to Cleveland for the National Convention of Stationary Engineers with hosts Mr and Mrs S L McCune.
Mr and Mrs Albert Rhodes hosted a Thursday evening farewell for Violet Latta a normal student bound for Corning. Music and games filled the night with refreshments served Those present included Mrs Winnie Maxwell Elsie Maxwell Beatrice Wolfe Lucile Pratt Gracia Stedman Beatrice Wright Dorothy Rhodes Basil Buchannan Semion Buchannan Norman Brown William Hughes Jr James Newman and the guest of honor.
A dinner honor for Mr. and Mrs. John F. Gleason Jr. and Jane Clark was held Sunday at the bride’s parents home in Athens R D 2 after the couple wed on Saturday. Mr. Gleason left for Camp Sherman Thursday and received a wrist watch from guests. About fifty were served including extended relatives from Athens and Nelsonville.
The Johnson and Robinson families held a Thursday reunion in the basement of a city Christian church. Members arrived with baskets of farm products and organized annual meetings with officers elected including President William Johnson and Vice President CC Robinson.
Mrs Amy Willis of Columbus entertained Thursday with a six o'clock dinner at the home of her aunt Mrs Addison Edgar in honor of M Joe Jenkins of Nelsonville.
An Illinois sergeant leads Allies in a daring assault at Vairewood and Hamel as his mother’s small American flag is raised over gun positions. Despite heavy fire, the flag is preserved as a symbol of courage, with Chicago men and Australian comrades clearing a dugout and taking trenches.
A youth exits college with scattered knowledge yet lacks true education. The hose that can turn at the end of a cotton row without stepping on a plant represents a paradox of practical skill over book learning.
Soldiers in France are encouraged to adopt French war orphans and children of destitute families through a Stars and Stripes plan approved by the American Red Cross. The initiative highlights US military generosity and aims to strengthen allied public opinion across nations during 1918. The program could influence future Red Cross drives and deepen Franco American friendship.
Washington reports 20000 American casualties for medical records up to August 20. General Pershing will forward casualty details by courier, ending prior withholding of minor losses. Total American casualties reach 46930, many from the Marne battle.
Major Van Snyder arrived home in Lancaster after an honorable discharge for physical disability. He served with the Ohio National Guard for twenty years and previously held the office of Fairfield County prosecuting attorney.
A fragment notes a somber scene where two people lie in one bed on cold nights. The image suggests vulnerability and hardship among the vulnerable. No further context or names are provided in the readable text.
Paris reports boundless rage as German forces loot burn and dynamite towns during retreat. Allied offensives push toward Cambrai and St Quentin while Americans and French threaten La Fere and St Gobain hills. Officials anticipate possible German collapse before winter.
Market report from Cincinnati Ohio dated Sept 7 shows cattle receipts at 4.50 with market steady and shippers unchanged. Calves bring 18.50 but 25 cent lower, hogs at 18.00 steady with top packers around 20, sheep receipts 4.00 steady with extras at 17.00 and 17.60.
Pittsburg Pa September 7. Sheep and lambs light. Hogs prime heavy 20.10 to 20.25. Mediums 21.00 to 21.85. Heavy workers 20.50 to 21.00. Pigs 20.25 to 20.50. Rugs roughs 16.50 to 17.76. Stags 13.00 to 13.75.
Chicago prices list corn at 1.56 1 8 for Sept and 1.57 by month with Nov at 1.56 and oats at .70 7 8 for Sept and .70 1 8 for Oct. Pork quoted at 41.40.
Toledo Ohio September 7 buyers and sellers quote Corn cash at 1 68 Oats cash 7 14 Rye cash 1 64 Clover futures Oct 19 25 Dec 19 15 Feb 19 75 March 19 65 Alsike futures Oct 15 76 Dec 68 March 16 47 Timothy futures 5 02 4 70 old 4 95 Oct 5 05.
The war has brought women mail carriers to Portland. While most do not deliver letters yet a number have been employed in the wholesale and shipping district collecting mail.
A concise reflection on how knowledge equals what one holds within social circles. It suggests personal awareness limits and contrasts private insight with communal sharing.
Lawrenceville Indiana records show a May 1819 United States deed to Jesse M. Laird for 65 acres on Willson creek Dearborn county. The land originally totaled 640 acres bought at 1.25 dollars per acre, with the home stead remaining in the Laird family now owned by Samuel M. Laird, grandson of Jesse M. Laird.
Frank B Gullum of Columbus is hired as athletic director at Ohio University and will assume duties on Sept 16 during the first semester. A 1907 OU graduate, he taught chemistry and coached athletics at East High School, Columbus, directing city championship teams and mentoring notable players. He earned a Masters and pursued a Bachelor’s degree while specializing in chemistry and aiding teaching duties at OU.
The good roads campaign emphasizes continuous effort to pave every road with quality materials and method. It envisions expanding main roads and maintaining a road network that supports 55 days of travel annually.
The article remarks that the issue of roads becomes more significant and holds growing interest as time advances, reflecting rising attention from the public and officials.
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