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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1918
Page
5
Social news from Mineral to Pomeroy and Union Street features Mr. and Mrs. Townsend hosting guests, letters reporting sons overseas in France and England, a Macabees meeting, and club entertaining. Updates detail travel from Ohio University to Bowdoin College with a new commission in the Chemical Warfare Service.
Miss Dorothy Kircher hosted a lawn party and dance at her home with a picnic supper. The porch and grape arbor glowed with Japanese lanterns creating a summer house ambiance as the Younger Set mingled with numerous guests and chaperoned by Mrs. Charles P. Kircher.
Fourteen pupils performed in a piano recital at the home of Mrs. William Blackburn on Thursday afternoon at 4 30. Frances Clutts Amy Morgan Jennie Graham Frances Lee Virginia Hewitt Catharine Coe Pearl Wharton Ruth Wharton Elizabeth Horn Ethel Cooley Eleanor Atkinson Christine Courtney and Pauline Hill participated.
The Messenger reports that American troops launched their first major offensive, with towns captured announced at 11:20 am Thursday. Athens streets carried the tale ahead of rival papers while Cincinnati papers followed Friday, confirming the Messenger’s early delivery of big war news.
Eugene V. Debs, four time Socialist presidential candidate, was convicted in Cleveland on three counts of disloyal utterances and sentenced to ten years on each count. The sentences are concurrent and Debs will serve at Moundsville Penitentiary in West Virginia. He is allowed bail pending appeal on condition he stays at Terre Haute until final ruling.
The district prepares for a new term with all students to enroll on opening day. Monday will be a half day for general instructions and book lists, full day sessions start Tuesday for grades and high school. Manual Training and Physical Education posts to be filled, with possible university helpers.
An easily applied removable attachment has been invented to temporarily convert almost any automobile into a road tractor, enabling versatile hauling capability. The device aims at quick adaptation for tractor duties without major redesign of the vehicle.
Rt Rev Charles Gore bishop of Oxford England will visit America at invitation of national committee of churches and moral aims of the war. He will address gatherings of ministers and other church leaders across the United States and Canada during the tour.
An article describes a preliminary Navy examination for women at the Naval Recruiting Station in the Chamber of Commerce. It lists age, height, and weight requirements, medical tests, and a letter of recommendation. It notes required clerical experience, stenography testing, and pay plus subsistence and uniforms for Norfolk assignments. It mentions Yeomen third class promotion and duties in payroll and supply. It also reports a separate note from Cleveland on a prohibition resolution at a union convention, with unemployment concerns.
The state aid road beyond Circle Hill is completed and open to traffic after months of work. A long detour there had caused sorrow to hundreds of auto owners and disrupted local travel.
Ohio war savings push reports total cash purchases at $65,000,000 by September 6 with projected $66,000,000. Athens County totals reach $887,344 as of September 5, maturing to $1,064,812 including $177,468 interest. September offers $100 maturity value stamps for $84.00.
Soldiers of Company D Battalion No 1 Camp Sherman Ohio request letters from ladies to lift spirits. John Stamper George Belaney and F H Sindlinger invite responders and promise prompt replies.
The Aviation Club of Chicago launches a campaign for a 200000 dollar prize for an Atlantic crossing air race. President Henry W. Hemnen says about fifteen leading U S cities will be invited to enter airplanes in the contest.
D. F. Sheridan of Central Market Gli6t announces that all customer orders will be delivered free of charge. This service applies to every purchase with no minimum and covers standard delivery within service area.
A former Atlas clerk Freedman, fired after a beating incident, claims a jitney wreck injured him and seeks insurance compensation. Papers arrive for doctors to process the claim, but locals report no evidence of insurance aid. The Atlas store closes for a Jewish holiday, with other area shops and residents departing for weekend plans and upcoming schooling and military arrangements.
The Food Administration warns U S stock breeders to conserve flocks and herds as Europe demands more meat during and after the war. Cattle declines in England France Denmark and Holland drive shifts to beef. Future U S focus should be meat producing animals and dairy products, not cereals.
The article explains the bread program in England where the government pays about 200 million dollars annually. It notes grain is taken at a fixed price, imported wheat bought at market price, and milled into war bread loaves sold cheaply. France has a similar system with four pound loaves at 16 cents.
In the meatless menu a field for developing nour ing dishes is urged by B H Niles in the Hotel Gazette. He argues meat and fats shortages may persist for five or six years after peace and urges grain vegetable and fish based menus as permanent alternatives. He suggests cereals and other proteins replace meat and notes meat may be used as a flavoring in small portions.
John Watson Winter of Chicago becomes a Red Cross member before birth when his father, an official at National Artificial Refrigerator Company, buys a membership for his wife and presents it before the baby is born.
In France the wheat crop is requisitioned and bread rations set at seven ounces for most, with higher limits for the very poor and manual laborers. The policy aims to free grain for American shipping, with bread flour mixed from other cereals and strict price controls. Pastries are banned and confectioneries closed part of each week.
United States Department of Agriculture warns that 1018 may demand continued production and conservation. Gardens failed last year due to poor soil or preparation. now is the time to break and fertilize to build soil food for easier seedbeds and a year round home supply. Commercial market production requires horticultural knowledge and adequate capital and equipment.
Friends report Gordon Thurlow eldest son of Dr and Mrs H Marshal Thurlow was severely wounded in action in France on August 2. He served as a corporal in the machine gun company of the 122nd Infantry trained in Texas and has been in heavy fighting for weeks. Dr Thurlow formerly preached at the First Presbyterian church.
Rome reports a series of war measures to solve the food shortage. All agricultural forces will be mobilized and the army sent to work on farms lacking labor. Men and women will be paid wages, and compulsory service may extend to every man, with operations starting in March as harvests advance in the south.
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