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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1918
Page
4
A historical editorial argues lowering the draft age to 18 and extending it to 45, aligning with current militia obligations. It notes younger men are valued for combat, while older ages offer flexibility to mobilize manpower and direct work to support the war effort, urging patriotic acceptance.
An editorial addresses Allied and German wartime casualty reports. It defends Allied casualty figures as not exaggerated, notes heavy but manageable losses, and explains that all casualty data will be published as General Pershing receives accurate numbers.
The author notes Gen Ludendorff’s claim that Germany controlled the Marne front after a July plan to break Foch’s line and cut the Marne salient. He mocks phrases like gaining ground and Marne as catchwords while questioning the rationale for the huge German buildup and attempts to cross the Marne.
A list of everyday foods and cooking ideas including oranges bread coffee peach butter tea breakfast items luncheon dishes and dinner staples. Starters include elderberry jelly eggs stewed corn fried potatoes boiled in milk and barley meal with baked apples and nut margarine.
Practical kitchen tips for efficiency and thrift. How to bake with under crusts, strain hot liquids, preserve pie juice with egg white, cook oatmeal in a double boiler, decorate with nasturtium blossoms, wash dishes sanitarily, and rework burned wicks to save money.
A collection of old kitchen recipes includes Corn Meal Gingerbread with corn meal flour soda salt spices sour milk molasses and fat, Cinnamon Cake dough for bread raised like cake, Baked Fillet of Fish using halibut or flounder lemon juice and seasonings, and Baked Carp with sour cream sauce.
A collection of brief scenes includes soldiers firing during maneuvers and a timid yet charming encounter by a rifle line. A Philadelphia maid leaves for home after a sick mother and sends a playful note promising to return. A boy at school forgets birth details, then brings a tardy excuse and the phrase he was born.
A fragment suggests debate over whether a celebrated military aim achieved was a genuine success or a playful German prank, leaving readers to weigh the significance and intent behind the action.
A Boston Post writer notes a placard in an office building announcing reduced elevator lighting and heating to save coal. Tenants ask if rents will drop too, but the rent remains unchanged. The writer argues many economies by business leaders are financially profitable and questions if the public should share in savings. The piece echoes wartime cost burdens from the Clown Prince.
In Paris the Gaumont palace screened America's Answer to the Huns amid American flags and a crowd of celebs, officers, and wounded vets. Capt Archie Roosevelt, nearby Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Jr, and Marshal Joffre watched as soldiers were honored and Pershing and Wilson scenes drew loud applause. Capt Roosevelt, still aided by a cane, asked about his baby’s pictures and hoped duplicates would arrive.
Zurich dispatch reports Dr. Madison in Devastated Europe predicts a mass European exodus if Germany dominates Europe. He warns living conditions would worsen, Prussia would control conquered regions, and fierce anti German sentiment would drive Europeans to leave or resist.
The Mount of Olives near Jerusalem will host a new university funded by world Zionist groups. It will serve Jews mainly but accept students from all nations with liberal arts sciences and medicine schools planned. Hebrew may be used as the classroom language.
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