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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1918
Page
4
The Athens Daily Messenger lists delivery and mail subscription options with weekly and yearly rates. It notes advertising rates on application and provides multiple office locations and staff roles for advertising.
The piece argues for religious education over neglect, criticizing mothers who defer to a child’s self-discovery. It contrasts modern parenting with the German outlook, stresses that Christianity is a democratic, self-disciplined stance, and urges parents to provide the means for reverence toward life and its maker.
Great Britain joins France and Italy in recognizing the Cedho-Slovak people as a nation and their fighters in Italy and on three fronts. The United States has shown support for Serapathetic interests and U S recognition is expected. The move signals a step toward dismantling Austria-Hungary and aligning with allied democracy.
A wartime letter by Corporal Osborne De Varila recounts a French mother and her blind two year old child after a German hospital incident. The speaker vows vengeance and condemns German brutality as a justification for destroying Germany, noting allied forces at twenty four and rising.
The article notes limited U boat details while praising Allied troop transports and war food logistics. It cites England lifting bacon limits and pork exports totaling 169,331,000 pounds with 83.5 percent to Allies, plus beef exports of 92,173,000 pounds mainly to France Belgium and the British Isles. It mentions prewar and wartime averages and calls readers to reflect on German propaganda. It ends with a weather note about heat and seasonal signs.
Instructions for fruit jelly preparation including peach and blueberry variants. Steps cover washing, cooking with minimal water, sugar ratios per pound of fruit, stirring until thick, sterilizing jars, sealing with paraffin, and notes on using under ripe fruit or ripe berries for desired jelly texture.
East Millfield residents report Sunday visits in Columbus by Harry Lacey and his son, and Athens circus attendance by Jorgenson and Omen families. A Millfield resident, William Burton, is seriously ill. births include a ten and a half pound boy to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Payne. Mrs. John Omen ill. Beatrice Jorgenson and family purchase a piano. Charlotte Omen ill. furlough guest William Stump to visit family.
The guide warns against artificial preservatives and compounds, stresses cold pack canning, urges thorough cleaning, and reminds cooks not to ignore directions. It cautions that rushing can leave food uncanned and that improper canning leads to spoilage.
A historical wartime menu fragment describes Spanish Steak cut in inch pieces dusted with flour, browned in suet, then simmered with onion, green pepper, strained tomato, and water for one hour. It also lists Oatmeal Drop Cakes with oats, barley flour, nuts, raisins and spices, baked fifteen minutes in a moderate oven.
A noblewoman uses a footman to deliver her cards during rounds but discovers she has left them in the morning room. In a later setback at a duke’s mansion she cannot leave more than one card due to the ace of diamonds. Mary Jane then faces marriage news with a cautious suitor, influenced by fortune tellers and clairvoyants.
Albany reports a string of Sunday and weekend visits. Residents like Mrs J N Brown and son Jimmie host and greet relatives from Athens Snowville Center Belpre Columbus Camp Sherman Huntington Cincinnati and Berea. Many relatives attend reunions and share time with John P Coe and other local families.
Frost reports several Marietta visits and travels. Albert Wyat attended the Athens circus on Tuesday. P R Russell rests on annual vacation while rural routes. Benj Davis and family visited friends in West Virginia last week. Albert Ogle and family move here with Ogle as telegraph operator. Daniel Linton made a Parkersburg business trip Friday. Stanley Harris visited Vinton Ladd from Shade last week. F M Kinney visits daughter in Marietta. C G Ladd spent Thursday with J T Rowland family in Coolville. Zenas Frost visited Athens one day last week. John Welch traveled to Athens on business. Bertha Norma and Helen Keller visited Mrs C W Rowell last Sunday.
A critique of mail order catalogs draining small towns of money and work. Warns merchants and citizens to reject distant suppliers to protect local prosperity. lists Athens businesses and stores as evidence of community reliance and commerce. The piece urges moral action against robbing home merchants for distant capital.
Mr and Mrs William Lavelle Mrs Mary Ward and daughter Mamie were Sunday guests at John Lavelle's home in Athens. G K Tharp visited Coolville Tuesday. Leora Six from Chauncey stayed with her parents T J Foster from Saturday to Monday. Apples sold to John Walker of Little Hocking. Arthur Cornes visited M N Linscott in Athens Sunday. N S Dutton visited Parkersburg Wednesday. Wm Hill family and Millard Foster and son spent Sunday with T J Foster at Little Hocking.
Notice records Robert Smith as appointed and qualified as administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of the estate of Isaac Van Dyke, deceased, late of Athens County Ohio. Dated August 3, 1918. H T Phillips Probate Judge of Athens County.
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