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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1919
Page
4
A murky kitchen note presents several salads like Mock Lobster, New York Ballad and Nut Fruit Salad with haddock, pineapple, oranges, celery and mayo based dressings. Recipes outline ingredients and methods, including chopped parsley and whipped cream additions.
Anonymously styled notes discuss air raid fears and reluctant enlistment. The piece suggests many recruits come from people not investigating the call to arms and eager to join any war effort.
A Detroit Free Press piece notes the decline of Pennsylvania Dutch among Mennonites in Pennsylvania and Ohio as generations study abroad and embrace English for liberty and patriotism. It cites thousands of young men serving overseas and calls the language an endangered cultural feature, with broader US unity emphasized.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a universal remedy for catarrh. It claims the medicine purifies blood and heals mucous membranes, promising permanent relief after a short course and urging readers to consult Cheney Co in Toledo, Ohio, with druggists selling the product nationwide.
A faithful flyer in France, mortally wounded, ensured his plane returned home safely. He propped himself to steer the rudder and control to the ground, leaving a note in his pocket detailing a mission to be completed at all costs.
A partial clipping notes tiny British planes smaller than albatross wingspan and a shift to Christian unity. It mentions 11,000 rural churches funded to attract pastors, 25 million dollars for wartime reconstruction in Europe and the U S, plus the first Methodist mission ship sent to Europe loaded with tools and plows for rebuilding.
The Methodist Episcopal Church and its southern branch unite for a national centenary drive totaling 140 million dollars. Plans allocate 40 million for foreign missions over five years and 40 million for home missions, plus 25 million for war reconstruction efforts. The campaign aims to expand schools hospitals and colleges and to live Christianity and brotherhood.
Dr A L Howarth, associate executive secretary of the 105 000 000 Methodist Centenary movement for rebuilding the world, heads headquarters in Portland. He is described as one of the most brilliant preachers in the northwest and during the Centenary campaign his Sundays are filled with demand for addresses. He oversees business details of vast plans in the Portland area covering Washington Oregon and northern Idaho.
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