Eastern Front reconstituted by spring fears and new alliances
The article argues the Eastern Front will reform next spring as anti Bolshevik factions unite. It notes Czech-Slovaks swelling to 30 000 with Serbian reinforcements, Japanese troops near them, British forces at Vladivostok, and Russian parties gaining power while Germany faces allied pressure and growing internal scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Berlin
Tageblatt
Moscow
Vladivostok
Usuri
Party of the
Social Revolution
Jaroslav
Red Guard
Iran
Janine
Trotzky
Social Revolutionary Party
Petrograd
Holland
Switzerland
Daily Messenger Ad Rates and Publishing Details
Publication notes for The Daily Messenger include offices in Athens Ohio and Chicago and New York. advertising rates available on request and payable monthly. Obituary and memorial notices incur a five cent charge. text matter indicates standard newspaper meeting dates and postal classifications.
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Amx
Moerald
Huor
Pirot
Messenger
Daily Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Audit Bureau
Tranlatione
Robert B. Ward
Fastern
Fifth Ave
New York
Western
Bowth Wabash Ave
Chicago
Public Forum Letter From Athens County Editor
The Messenger editor thanks Athens county voters before a brief vacation and notes strong support in Athens city. He expresses desire to represent constituents well in a pivotal Congress and urges American unity. Local social notes recount visits and family news across Athens Nelsonville Chauncey and Camp Sherman with several residents traveling or hosting relatives.
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the Messenger
Athens County
Athens
Switzer
United States
Israel M. Foster
Taylor Ridge Community Notes and Local Visits
The column records social visits around Glouster including Mrs. Theodora Heifken with Mr. and Mrs. James Fico, and Mrs. Evan Davis visiting Mp and Mrs. Bee Conaway. It notes the Taylors planning to move to Magnetic Springs in ten days and various relatives visiting Jackson, Kingston, and Zanesville. The funeral of Charles Huston at Red Town church is mentioned, with interment at Taylor Ridge cemetery, and a local man, Billy Morrison, making a trip to Columbus to visit Grant Hospital where his brother Harry Morrison is recovering from Mine 287 injuries.
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Theodora Heifken
Glouster
James Fico
A. M. Taylor
Magnetic Springs
Evan Davis
Bee Conaway
William Swartz
Freda
Jacksonville
Vern Kempton
Atlanta
Georgia
Hart Acnee
Kingleton
John Davis
Harl McGee
Beatrice
Verna
Ver
Kingston
Carl Paris
Alma
Zanesville
Don Lefever
Samuel Wyatt
Trimble
Charles Huston
Red Town
Taylor Ridge
Mir
Biam Morrison
Columbus
Harry Morrison
Grant Hospital
Modoc
Penalty of Frightfulness Remains After German Retreat
In vivid wartime prose the author recalls German destruction across Picardy and predicts grave consequences for Germany after withdrawing. The piece argues the scorched land proves Germany sought loot and will face long-term industrial and moral ruin as civilization seeks revenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somme
France
Germany
Picardy
Democrats Disappointed in Ohio Gubernatorial Nominations
The piece notes Democrat anxiety over Edwin Jones securing the publican nomination and questions their fall prospects as Willis the campaign star of Ohio Republicans faces off against a theocratic press and scandal chatter. It discusses campaign dynamics and predicts limited time for speeches from the Democratic nominee.
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Demotsey
Ohio
Edwin Jones
Will
Willis
Jackson
Breakfast and dinner menu notes from a 19th century household
A dated meal plan lists morning items like brewed prunes hominy grits top milk buckwheat muffins with grape jelly coffee. Noon features hominy with cheese and tomato sauce stewed celery root and baked custard. Evening offers potato soup, pot chops with tomato sauce, rye bread and butter, deep dish apple pie, and iced tea.
Practical Home Tips From An Old Domestic Guide
Sealing bottles with wax caps, currant jelly with roast lamb, brushing pies with milk for browning. Soap, borax, turpentine solution cleans cloths and woodwork. A borax rinse whitens clothes. Hanging newspapers from a low rope or cord scares birds from the garden.
Tried Recipes and Dishes From the Menu
A collection of home kitchen recipes including Pork Chops with Tomato Sauce baked with onions, Bran Doughnuts using sour milk and bran, Cheese Omelet with cheese and corn starch, Fried Eggplant prepared with salt and cornmeal, and Dark Nut Bread using rye meal and molasses.
Dinner Stories and a Crusoe Brand Bootblack Joke
A bootblack jokes about smoking Robinson Crusoe cigars as a customer tests him. Johnny returns home from school with bruises after fights. his mother warns him, and he fakes a fall to cover up a skirmish. His brother points out the other boy left with black eyes.
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Old Crusoe
Johnny
Castor Bean Boost Aids War Production In Oil Drive
During the 1917 wartime effort, a campaign promoted castor bean farming across the South and Southwest. Estimates show 108000 acres planted in eight states and Cuba with an average yield of about 20 gallons per acre, supplying castor oil for aircraft engines and other industrial uses.
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United States
South
Southwest
Cuba
Circle Hill and Athens area social visits list
Local residents and families including Elmer Lock and son Harry, Will and Mary Coots with baby, John Robinson and Herald, Mary Hartley, Marl Needham, I R Holsington, Jim Davis family, John Kilpatrick family, Rice Thomas daughter, Mathew Davis of Hollister, Dug Lock, Russell Childress, Earl Needham of Toledo, Arnold Smith, and Davia of Hollister visited or traveled in Athens Chaunce, Fisher, and Nelsonville recently.
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Elmer Lock
Harry
Will Coots
Baby
Athens
John Robinson
Herald
Mary Hartley
Marl Needham
Fisher
I. R. Holsington
Jim Davis
John Kilpatrick
Chaunce
Rice Thomas
Mathew Davis
Holister
Dug Lock
Russell Childress
Nelsonville
Earl Needham
Toledo
Arnold Smith
Davia
Hollister
Etiquette Q and A on Mourning Invitations
Marie Riley answers etiquette questions. A reader asks about sending invitations to those in mourning. It is proper to send complimentary cards with a black edge after about a year of mourning to those who remember the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Riley
Miss Riley
A. M
Acknowledgments Beyond a Card for Gifts
John B notes that gifts like flowers books bonbons and fruit are freely offered among intimate friends but a card alone is not enough. He argues that acknowledgments should be written as a note not a card or a written regret. He speculates the young lady aimed to be impersonal.
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John B
Youngsters Travel Solo to Athens to Visit Grandparents
Virginia Castle aged 8 and Maynard Castle aged 6, children of Alba Castle of Davenport Iowa, arrived alone yesterday in Athens for a visit with grandparents Mr L D Castle and Anthony Woody near Alfred. They said they enjoyed the trip and had little left to spend.
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Athens
Virginia Castle
Maynard Castle
Alba Castle
Davenport
Iowa
Mr. L. D. Castle
Anthony Woody
Near
Alfred
Skirts To Be Shorter And Tighter This Winter
In New York on August 16 the fashion trend for the coming winter is announced. Foreign buyer Margaret Dreaker reports from France that skirts will be at least three inches shorter and much tighter, signaling a bold style shift for American women.
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New York
Goddess of
Margaret Dreaker
France
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Tyci
Balkan
Ushnell Resell
Davis
Ollie Garlinger
Edgar
Hildreth Skinner
George Fisher
Belle Stewart
W. M. Savage
Henry Lock
Chauncey
W. W. Gordon
William
George Daft
George Johnson
Welston
W. H. Johnson
Ed. Johnson
Liea Cunningham
Cunningham
Camp Sherman
Willard Stewart
Gladys Spellman
E. D. Davis
Grandfather Castle
Democrats
Breafast
Circle Hill
Messenger Spe
Turkey
Ihe F.C. Stedman Co
Athens, Ohio
Ohio State Fair
Columbus, Ohio
ARMY
NAVY
Ruth
Fair
Lake Erie
Star Soap
Voc
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