02 Oct 1917
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Newspaper
Lancaster Daily Eagle
Location
Lancaster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1917
Page
1
A New York Sun note and soldier anecdotes stress that cigarettes and tobacco sustain troops amid shellfire and mud. Officers praise smokes for morale, nerve calm, and resilience in trenches, with sailors and regulars alike keeping their brands dry and ready as campaigns press on.
The first of a set of football games at Tagls Park Monday afternoon saw Lancaster Tire Schools—with supervision by Coach My dure—compete against North West and others. The result and details are incomplete, but the event marks the start of the city’s school athletics program for the season.
Mrs. George Brasee of Nerderoad street is taking treatment at Magnetic Springs Delaware Olide Croup. If your children are subject to croup get a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and follow the printed directions for plain relief. You will be surprised at the relief it affords.
JIORSE MEAT Horsefresh the first to be sold for Kuimtan consumption in Ohio was offered in Cincinnati on Saturday at 10 to 7 cents a pound. Olu Sal a draft eight years old was the first to be butchered. Horse sausage horse sillions and horse steaks were sold at a butcher shop as poorer residents sought cheap meat during meatless days amid 33 cent beet steak and 46 cent pork. The Stea Iple’s Provisions Co operated the abattoir and planned to fatten horses before slaughter. Each piece of meat would be plainly stamped by city food inspector R B Blume who sees no reason horse meat cannot become popular as in Europe.
A light frost kept at 24 degrees above zero saved C G Amendt’s famed flower garden on East King Avenue from destruction. The frost spared the displays of white and purple filacs, syringa, azaleas, dahlias, petunias, mosaics of climbing roses, and rustic garden features crafted by Amendt, whose garden draws weekly visitors.
Mrs C Kirsten of Greensideills praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the most reliable cough medicine for colds and bronchial troubles. She notes it has been used in her family for years and provides quick cures.
Mr and Mrs Stoebert Radebaugh announce the birth of a nine and a half pound baby daughter born last night at City Hospital. Mrs Radebaugh is formerly Miss Margaret Sites, daughter of Attorneys and Mrs J B Sites of East Main Street.
A dramatic World War I era card proposes the war ends in 1917 if figures do not lie. It lists leaders such as Wilson France Belgium Japan Montenegro and Russia with birth years and reign dates, claiming the total divided by two equals 1917. The piece mixes numerology with a public display idea for window showing.
Instructors in surgical dressings have received a new manual and plan to make similar articles as before. Despite heavy demand from headquarters, attendance has fallen due to the busy season. The note urges a larger class for Tuesday night and Wednesday and Friday afternoon sessions to meet required production.
An anniversary gathering at the family residence on East Mill Street marked Mr. Sweser’s ninety seventh birthday. Relatives and friends from Columbus Amanda Jeastville and Carroll joined in the event. Mrs. Elizabeth Sweser hosted with daughter, Mrs. Cearee, and son in law, Mr. Tre, among those attending. A veteran blacksmith, Str. Henry Miller, also appeared, and the circle was described as squared in a local Herald notice recounting the occasion.
The sale for the Library Lecture Course season opens on Wednesday morning at Perry's Urug Siere. The notice indicates the event will proceed this season with details readable in the local theater calendar.
Nir Meyers, Mrs Charles Meyers, and their children of Columbus attended the funeral of their aunt Mrs Lida Jordan held this morning at Mary’s Church.
Miss Marie Phetos begins duties as operator at the Cential Telephone Company. A former employee, she resumes work after a hiatus, signaling a return to service and familiarity with local operations.
Transferred to Akron from a Wall Street location, Sehorr Trarceimpani and Babs San left this morning for Var an Ghia supplied by White Sewins Co. Details of residence and machine involvement remain unclear.
A fragmented note describes home roof and street repair efforts in North Philadelphia. It mentions past delays, ongoing work, and local concerns about timely completion and costs. The text references tires and a writer but remains unclear on specific dates or entities.
A player named Mr. Card Nourse from Mast Vain suffers a broken leg and a fractured foot after a football incident last week. The article lists providers John Nourse and Kor Renteln with a rate of 85 cents for 24 words three times.
Orren Gould former warden of the Olio penitentiaries died of apoplexy at a local hospital. A separate item notes farmer George W. Epdex killed in a runaway, breaking his neck, in Marion on Oct 2. The Daily Paper suspends publication in Washington, with Washington News Publishing Co planning a weekly Republican edition. Ohio reports 434 fire fatalities in 1916, down from 448 the prior year, with most deaths in November December January. Secretary Shaw announces appointments including inspectorships and warden deputies with monthly salaries listed.
Mathew Bowden, believed dead by his wife after leaving home two weeks earlier, was found alive returning to Ashtabula Ohio. A man was killed near the area by a train fourteen miles east, and Mrs Bowden identified the body as her husband though it proved to be someone else. The Moose lodge announced expenses and Bowden’s sail will be shipped on the lakes. Coast Guard vessel rammed and sunk off an Atlantic Fort with no casualties reported. navy is raising the sunken craft and about 12 men were aboard.
A dense list of commodity prices and market notes runs through typewritten figures for wheat corn oats lard butter and potatoes per bushel or pound, with cattle and sheep receipts and regional grain prices. The garbled OCR references Chicago Pittsburgh Cincinnati and Baltimore, listing calves heifers cows and lambs with assorted prices and lots.
Notice warns all hunters and trespassers against violations under this order. Named individuals and firms such as Daniel Fanble and Albert Hottman & Bros appear in the notice text.
The piece highlights growing consumption of a peanut butter brand with 16 ounce jars. It claims good quality and suggests the jar size is an appealing package for buyers.
A compact notice extols Gorton’s canned fish variants as tasty cold or warmed. It likens them to English Channel Mack eel, notes tall salmon sized tins, and suggests serving with potatoes or making a fish salad from Fat Herring.
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