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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1918

Page

4

Daily Athens Moreenge and Merala pasate pomme Company Notice

Publication details show a historical newspaper segment with pricing, delivery terms, and advertising rates. It lists daily and mailed subscription offers, carrier delivery, and advance payment requirements. Names such as Robert B. Ward appear as an advertising manager.

Te Athens Moreenge Merala Pasate Pomme Company Vex Tor Pires Ploor gulaing-Telephonee Postoffics Btaureaé Audit Bureau Circulations Ohio Robert B. Ward Gastern Scoue Fifth Ave New York Bowth Wabash Ave Chicago

Allied Offensives Redraw Western Front As War Advances

The Allied command led by Foch expands attacks along the Aisne and Byng’s British thrust near the Somme as Mangin Eyes gains north and east. British and French forces pressure German lines forcing probable readjustments from Noyon to the Meuse while signaling a broader march toward the Rhine.

Mangin Haig Noyon Hills Picardy Belgian Flanders Noyon Soissons France Fismes Rheims Meuse Byng Basil In Des Dames Rupprecht Bavaria Soisons St. Quentin Rhine

Liberty Bonds Drive Boosts Confidence Across Nation

The piece notes soaring demand for Liberty Bonds with near record volumes issued and public deposits steady. It argues bonds are safest investments, sustain industrial activity, and support American independence amid a strong economy.

German Sympathy Reflections From Berlin During War

The wife of a American diplomat in Berlin recalls years of neutrality era and a Christmas tree visit for Blind Soldiers' Home. She notes grim German remarks and questions their humanity while contrasting music and memory with wartime deprivation.

Berlin America Gott and Waterland Germany

National Security League Plans Training Before Draft

The National Security League outlines a plan to focus training before a possible military draft. The program emphasizes readiness, civilian defense measures, and recruitment of volunteers to bolster national defense efforts.

The National Security League

Homely Recipes from Breakfast to Dinner Menu

A collage of household dishes with detailed steps for Breakfast Fried Hominy Quick Nut Bread and versatile favorites. Includes Hungarian Potatoes Fish and Potato Salad Mashed Potato Bread and a baked custard style dessert using baked potatoes and lemon zest.

Classic Vegetable Dishes From Simple Oven Methods

This guide outlines scalloped onion and turnip dishes with cabbage and tomatoes baked in milk and crumbs. It covers creamed cabbage with parsley, peas in turnip cups filled with peas and milk, and browned parsnips baked with bacon drippings for flavor.

Dinner Stories With a Capitol Oddity in a Washington Eatery

A Saturday Evening Post vignette recalls a Washington restaurant famed for southern breakfasts. An elderly gentleman with a snow mustache visits. the dignified waiter misreads him as a general or admiral, sparking humorous misnaming. Parallel scenes touch rail delays and a supper quarrel.

Washington Saturday Evening Post Gin'ral

Preliminary draft training for men eligible to the draft

Preliminary training for draftees begins with a course on war meaning and America's purpose. It covers loyalty and discipline, drill to break in recruits, how to salute, and is run by league branches with draft boards and Marshal Crowder approval. Cleveland pioneered the plan with noted success.

America League General Crowder Cleveland

Etiquette Q A from Marie Riley on visiting friends

Readers ask about visiting etiquette and returning calls after travel. Miss Riley notes a child should not visit a friend without a special invitation and that hosts may be inconvenienced. She also suggests travelers inform friends by cards or notes and that it is proper for callers to wait for the hosts to return.

Marie Riley Miss Riley South

New Shacks Along The Belgian Road Signal War’s Toll

United Press reports near Poperinghe refugees build new shanty houses along the main road to Ypres. The makeshift towns, with tile or thatched roofs, display sales goods in windows as war grinds on. Ruins of Ypres loom with Cloth Hall towers and the cathedral arch heavily damaged.

United Press France Ypres pPoeringhe Belgium America Poperinghe San Francisco

Sapper London-Tom Wilkinson Given 14 Years for Bigamy

Royal Engineers sapper London-Tom Wilkinson is sentenced to fourteen years in prison after marrying five women and arranging to wed three more, exposing a string of bigamy cases.

London Tom Wilkinson Royal Engineers

Advertising proves advertising lowers prices for consumers

A series of articles argues advertising does not raise costs but lowers them by expanding volume. Using shoemakers and manufacturers as examples, the author shows higher ad spend boosts production, reduces per unit costs, and lowers consumer prices across goods like shoes, spark plugs, and cars.

the Messenger America

Letters From Men In Service

Mrs Jane Ayers receives Clyde Ayers letter from France dated July 21 1918 describing French life notes on washing clothes wooden shoes old churches goat milk and stone houses he mentions limited French learning and a shared English French phrasebook. A second excerpt from Mrs Jerry Hunter includes Troys August 3 1918 letter describing train travel seas crossing 140 miles from Paris and rough but hopeful talk to home with best regards and plans to return.

Jane Ayers Clyde Ayers France U. S Jerry Hunter Paris

Letters From Sons in France Reflect WWI Speech and Hope

In notes from World War I service, Troy Hunter of the 62nd Engineers writes of travel and predicts a return home, joking about the American motto Heaven Hell or Hoboken by Christmas. Ottis O. Bean in France sends a terse update to his mother from July 20 1918, mentioning Camp Lee and asking about a service flag while signing as Private with H O Company 146 Inf ABE B and A Co 768.

Troy Hunter Co. A New York Jacob Sherman Ray France United States Heaven Hell Hoboken Wesley Bean Guyeville R. D Camp Lee Ottis O. Bean H. O. Co A. BE. B A. Co

Wartime Letter Expresses Air War Confidence

The letter from her son Joe speaks of frequent flying and long trips to New York. He exudes pride in American air power and vows to do all he can to "wet" the Kaiser, reflecting optimistic zeal before joining the war effort.

New York Joe Kaiser

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