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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1918
Page
2
Concrete roads speed travel and improve safety and comfort in rural areas. They extend neighborhood reach, boost social and educational opportunities, support mail delivery, and connect communities to national markets, while increasing land values and enabling year round traffic.
A fragmentary historical note traces early road making from impervious crust methods to McAdam archetype. It mentions John Loudon McAdam and earlier figures like Telford and John Loudon Me nn, noting travels and reforms across English and Scottish roads and the shift to durable, frost resistant surfaces.
A mailed letter from Mrs. Helen Meserve recounts eight days under bombardment in Moscow during the Bolshevik Cadet clash. She and her husband Harry Meserve, a National City Bank representative, endured hotel damage and sheltering in hallways and cellars as shells and machine guns raked the city.
The article urges spring maintenance of highways using a grader to clear ditches for free water outlet. It stresses filling ruts, leveling shoulders, and choosing matching repair material. It also notes the need for road protection, seeds to break crusts, and early cultivation cues.
Toledo September 10 fire at the Toledo Terminal fund Company round-house repair shop caused a loss of 90000 dollars. The blaze occurred early today and no further details were released.
Miss Alice McBride returns home from Athens after a short visit with her sister Mrs. Ben James. Several families from Circle Hill and Luhrig visit Brookville area relatives including Misses Dorothy Hoffner Thelma Jones and Murriel Jordan and others visit Barberton Pomeroy Orrville and Barberton trips noted.
A University of Oregon student has invented a drop able bomb that explodes after a set fall distance. Tested now, it may be given to the war department for aviator use. Patriots will register. Others must.
Thirty four women traveled from Parkersburg to take the navy final exam this morning at 8 65. The Naval Recruiting Station held preliminary tests yesterday with many applicants. Eye tests and vision defects accounted for most rejections. Names of those enlisting will be released after acceptance. Mary White of Zanesville and Louise Balls of this city were enlisted Friday and await Navy call.
Professor F C Landsittle resigns from Ohio University where he taught Secondary Education and accepts a post at Ohio State University as High School Inspector and Professor of Education with a salary of 2400 dollars. He has taught at OU eight years and will begin at OSU next week with relocation to Columbus to be determined.
Wichita, Kansas. County Treasurer W. R. Hewey notes collecting taxes, even small ones, can be unprofitable. A man mailed five cents for a small outlying lot tax, triggering a three cent stamp for the first reply and another three cent stamp for the receipt, making the process costly.
The elaborate fur trimming marks this suit as one of the season’s smartest models. A heavy velvet panel spans the back, hanging from a crushed belt, while the body and skirt are of satin with fox fur accents.
Visitors to Camp Sherman especially women are urged to use the Hostess House in Section N to locate soldiers in the tenth eleventh or twelfth Training Battalions. The secretary will help locate the soldier who will call at the Hostess House. Rooms and cafeteria are open 7 am to 10 pm daily with a rest room and nursery for mothers and babies. Relatives should bring the soldier's company number or address to locate him.
Warning about catarrh dangers from nasal and chest progression. Traditional sprays and inhalers fail. S. S. claims to reach the source by cleansing the blood of germs. Readers are urged to obtain S. S. from a druggist and request free medical advice from the Medical Director at Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
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