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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1918
Page
4
The piece argues America faces rising taxation if it fails Liberty Loan goals. It contrasts English and American income taxes, noting higher English rates for similar incomes. It urges buying Liberty Bonds now to avoid future direct taxes and warns of broader tax options if loan demands aren’t met.
A critique of the German long range artillery used to shell Paris on Good Friday. The piece calls the weapon a massacre tool and notes civilian deaths and the limited military effectiveness. It condemns the targeting of cities and frames the German campaign as a gamble supported by propaganda.
The article portrays General Foch as a master of targeting the enemy’s weak point. It recalls his biannual staff dinners and his maxim to strike where the foe is vulnerable. It cites his actions at Marn, Arras, and the Somme as demonstrations of bold decisive blows.
The piece recalls Ben Franklin as the original advocate of daylight saving noting his Paris proposal to save candle wax by shifting schedules with the sun. It highlights Franklin’s belief that people would adopt the habit once informed by newspapers and would rise with the sun. It also mentions Americans recently learning that daylight aligns with sunrise.
A mid century style listing outlines a sequence of meals and dishes across breakfast luncheon and dinner. It includes halved grapefruit curries eggs with rice bran gems brown bread sandwiches cup cakes coffee maple sauce cocoa and a plum pudding with hard sauce plus broiled oysters and cold slaw.
A 20th century kitchen note describes Meatless Day recipes for eight servings. Potato Soup uses potatoes rice and an egg with flour butter and seasonings. Fish Stew combines onions carrot celery lemon and halibut with oil flour eggs yolk and lemon juice. Cornmeal Rissoles mix cornmeal ground rice milk butter crumbs onions and parsley formed into rounds and fried. Macaroni and Cheese bakes macaroni with cheese and pepper.
A can of tomatoes serves a family of three for three meals. First, a tomato salad using three whole tomatoes with mayonnaise. Second, cooked tomatoes with bread cubes and seasoning. Third, tomato juice cooked with milk onion and seasonings becomes three bowls of soup.
A historic pudding procedure mixes one half cup sugar one half cup molasses one cup sweet milk one half cup shortening one level teaspoon soda and two cups flour with optional raisins. Steam for three hours yielding a rich pudding.
Iron stains on white wear can be treated by saturating with lemon juice and sun drying. For deep or long standing stains several applications may be needed, but the stain will eventually disappear.
A collection of light anecdotes features Senator Warren G Harding lampooning evasive issues, a youngster Willie explaining apple cores, a bragging opponent, Fatty Arbuckle joking about recruitment, and a tale of a man who steals another's wife and forgets his umbrella leading to a vow to break it.
In this etiquette column Miss Alicia Hoyt answers reader questions on manners. A second marriage bride should wear pearls and dress modestly. Church wedding customs dictate the families depart first before guests may leave.
The M B E Sunday School reorganized with W H McClain as superintendent and a slate of officers led by David Kennedy Clara Dent and Letha McClain. Sunday school next Sunday at 9 o clock. Red Cross met at the McClain home with 31 members and a quilt completed.
Messenger special correspondence notes multiple local visits and travels. Mrs Lucy Hawk of Chillicothe visited her parents Mr and Mrs Dean Ewers for Easter. Parkersburg visitors included Mrs T E Fitch and daughter Mildred, Mrs Lillie Flinn and Dena Chevalier. A Morrison family gathering occurred with Grace, and Olive Russey and daughter hosted. Others traveled to Wheeling for work, and various residents moved or shopped locally.
Hyomei promises rapid relief from catarrh and colds by inhalation. The ad touts a two minute head clearing start and a one day cold end, with claims of soothing antiseptic eucalyptus origin and easy use. It promotes a complete outfit and refills at druggists and McKee Drug Co.
George Thornton moves his family to a new home on Tattle kk. Mr W H Evans hospitalized for severe eye ulcers. Adda Burt confined to bed with pneumonia and tonsillitis. C E Davis just back from Columbus hospital after successful surgical Appendix. Miss Amy Burt of Chauncey cares for sister Adds Mrs William Evans and children.
Mineral Messenger reports James Sickles moved his family to Carbondale and Violet will run the telephone office there. Ezra Knowlton and son relocate to their new farm purchased from P. Hewitt. George Lowry plans to move into J. R. Stout’s house. The Bolsters return from Barberton to occupy Lowry’s former home. Mise Drue McWhorter and brother George visit Camp Sherman to see Gerald in the hospital. Everett Addis guests at Vigo. Mrs Muir and son of Athens visit Mrs Gibson. No school in the advanced room as Arch Knowlton assists his father. A child of George Franch Jr. has scarlet fever. Charles Brooks visited Athens. Forreat Johnson tovább Athens on business. Kaiser remark noted.
A flurry of visits and family time fills the scene with relatives from Arkansas Chicago and Salem among those stopping by Athens and nearby towns. Easter gatherings box suppers and church services mark a busy weekend as residents share meals and celebrate with friends and kin.
Miss Emma O G Mullen of New York was killed when a German shell struck a Paris church on Good Friday. Identified at the morgue, she was born in Fox Lake Wisconsin in 1881 and had traveled to Europe last May as a buyer for a New York firm.
The Ohio War Board urges every family able to grow a garden this year to do so or risk falling short of essential national services. War gardens have aided Germany, and in major German cities up to 25 to 30 percent of summer food was fresh vegetables. Back lot gardens cut transportation by consuming produce where grown.
The Orrine treatment promises to break the drink habit with no desire for whiskey or beer. If no results are obtained, money is refunded. Orrine No 1 secret treatment and Line No 2 voluntary treatment cost $1 per box. Ask for booklet at Cline's Pharmacy South Court St Athens Ohio.
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