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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1918
Page
7
Washington reports Spanish influenza spreading to some American Atlantic Coast cities. Officials believe Americans returning in transports may have brought the infection. They warn quarantine is impractical now due to the need to maintain intercity travel and trade, likening it to past yellow fever measures.
An eye witness reports the Twenty-fifth German regiment mutinied August 31 at Cologne after orders to shave for the western front. Rebels refused to board the train and later refused to fire on comrades. A home guard detachment of youths arrived, fighting ensued, 11 youths killed and many wounded.
Howard Brashear of Coolville told officers he stole and sold a car to Ray Linscott of Nelsonville. Linscott seeks ownership proof and return of the vehicle, while Brashear claims the car was really owned by B. W. Holstein of Columbus. Brashear, described as a self confessed auto thief, allegedly listed about 80 Buick car buyers and faces Muskingum county grand jury scrutiny after being jailed in Zanesville. The thefts are said to have occurred in Columbus with cars driven to Coolville and renumbered for resale.
Portsmouth Sept. 11 Four persons were killed when a special train crashed into two railway motor cars at a curve near Henley. The dead are Mack Hibbs Samuel Curtis Doris Weaver and Oscar Moore, all of Bardin. Injured include Elijah Taylor John Newman George Collitt Selby Weaver Meredith Taylor George Dodge Howard South Homer Boyd and Homer Windel. Some bodies were hurled as far as 100 feet.
Charles White of Band Ridge was arraigned before Mayor Woodworth on a drunkenness charge. He pleaded guilty and paid a total fine and costs of 10.20 dollars after local officers arrested him near the county infirmary Tuesday night for being intoxicated and removed from a street car.
An old advertisement touts a remedy for catarrh claiming local applications cannot cure and urges a constitutional approach. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as the solution. The wording reflects period medical advertising language and emphasizes internal treatment.
A sharp critique notes the Kaiser chose an opportune moment to wage war but failed to include a viable strategy to halt it. The remark underscores strategic missteps and the risk of momentum without exit plans.
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