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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1918
Page
2
Correspondence and social visits fill the week with neighbors gathering for Easter supper and Sunday calls. Fire damage near Furhop home prompts quick neighborly aid while several families report illnesses, visits, and shared meals. Local chatter ranges from family outings to advice on health remedies and community ties.
Mr and Mrs W J Wise and Mr and Mrs Leon Marr spent Sunday with Earl Miser and family near tat. Mary Sebring and Estell Heckman visited Otto Smith while Mrs Charles Shipman celebrated a birthday with neighbors. Attendees included Ansel Meachem and family, Harry Taylor, Earl Brink and family, Alva Van Fossen and family, John Mattern, George Snyder and family, Sam Lanty and family, George Russell and others. Mrs Lee Lester stayed with her sister, Mrs Sidney Kaney. Crandall Lester visited Mrs Lester with her mother Mrs Etta Hibbard of Fayette. Miss Mabel Spring visited relatives near Delta. Charles Shipman and family dined with Mrs Shipman’s parents, George and Mrs Russell, of Zone 1. Week-end guests at W F Spring’s were Mrs Robert Cook and son Earl, Ruby Spring. Sunday guests included Rob Cook and son Arvine, Will Cook and son Arnold, Ray Thorpe, and Clyde Felger. If you haven’t bought a Liberty bond, now is the time. If you’ve already bought one, buy another.
George P. Davis declares relief and a permanent cure after trying Trusler Rheumatic Tablets. He suffered thirteen months, spent weeks in bed and at Springs with no relief, then resumed work as a boilermaker. Trusler Remedy Co. Huntington Indiana promotes the remedy as available from all druggists.
A wartime editorial argues democracy and liberty face a supreme test as dross such as inefficiency graft and politics rise to the surface. It stresses three duties at home: grow food, aid in saving foods, and buy Liberty Bonds, warning that success hinges on collective sacrifice and ship production to support soldiers and allies.
A Toledo area optician offers mail service for broken glasses with same day repair and return, grinding lenses personally. An ad cites backache relief and kidney health products while featuring a Wauseon resident’s testimonial praising Deans Kidney Pills and urging readers to trust FosterMilburn Co. for kidney remedies.
Uniform and men are celebrated for courage and discipline while homesick soldiers share furloughs from Camp Sherman. The column lists servicemen in Wauseon and details bond purchases showing how Liberty bonds fund equipment, clothing, food, and weapons for campaigns in France.
Marines on Paris Island train carrier pigeons to meet General Pershing's call for 5600 birds. About 200 birds were secured from Marines' homes as training begins with short island flights and planned long-distance trials to Washington. Some losses occur, but numbers rise as efforts to fulfill the order continue.
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