Athens Daily Messenger publication details and offices
The Athens Daily Messenger notes its publishing schedule and pricing for traditional mail and carrier delivery. It lists managing editor PRED W. BUSH and office locations in New York and Chicago, with notices on obituary charge rates and advertising terms.
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Athens
Spoewengon and Herald Primning Company
Thane
Eta
Claea Mall
Oho
Audit Bureau
Ohio
Robert B. Ward
Fastern
Mifth Ave
New York
Western
Wabash Ave
Chicaro
War report praises aviation progress despite air service doubts
The piece notes strong gains in aviation schools and mass production of planes while acknowledging failures in air service. It cites Senate findings on plane production costs and delays, mentions a forthcoming full report by Charles E. Hughes, and promises improved output and war efforts with increased bombing and battle planes to press the war against Germany.
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Air Service
Senate
Charles E. Hughes
Senate Committee
France
Germany
Fritz’s Number and the Psychology of Victory
Floyd Gibbons notes a new version of Perry’s line as American soldiers believe they can defeat the Germans. Readers see a growing belief in American superiority and a corresponding dent to German morale, a mental edge shaping combat outlooks.
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Commodore Perry
Floyd Gibbons
France
Gibbons
Fritz
Household Hints Menu Highlights and Recipes
A period column lists breakfast items and dishes: steamed prunes and oatmeal with top milk, rice and raisins, muffins. Luncheon features scalloped potatoes, corn bread and butter tea vee coffee fruit cake milk.
Fifty Years of Wedded Life Celebrated by Wolfe Couple
Mr and Mrs Francis S Wolfe of Lancaster Street observe their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Married August 29 1868 in Chillicothe Ohio the couple settled on a farm near Zaleski before moving to their present home They have two children and four grandchildren Wolfes Civil War service and Revolutionary lineage are noted with details of their families and origins.
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Francis S. Wolfe
Lancaster Street
Chiilecothe
Ohio
Ohio. Light Artillery Co. K
Gettysburg
Wolfe
Army of the Potomac
Chancelloraville
Cedar Mountain Gettysburg
Freeman's Ford
Lookout Ai Cartain
Bull
Isaac Martin
General la Fayette
Brandywine
Stevens
Wilsons
Chester County
Valley Forge
Norristown
Mad Anthony Wayne
Thomas
Noble County
Meigs
Rosas
Dyesville
Fred White
Courtney Hill
Merritt Wilson
Elkins
W. Va
H. L. Atkinson
Athens
Frank
Curtis
Merritt Jr. Wilson
Merritt R. Atkinson
Relish Recipes and Iron-Rich War Time Dishes
A collection of pantry style recipes for relishes and hardy dishes. Includes hot relish from green tomatoes peppers and celery with cider vinegar and brown sugar, dried watermelon rinds, canned corn, and a bean salad with bacon. Also features table friendly dishes like pork chops with scalloped potatoes, four in one war dish with potatoes and spinach, and codfish and cream with eggs and parsley.
Dinner Stories: Parables Turned on Their Heads
A village tale set in a winter revival follows a Deacon who finally acts on faith after thirty years, a man fleeing a ride with a deadly question, and a film reveal that exposes an alcohol problem. The anecdotes blend humor with moral quips about belief and temptation.
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Deacon Jones
Neutrone Prescription 99 Promises Rheumatism Relief
An advertisement touts Neutrone Prescription 99 as a breakthrough for rheumatic sufferers, claiming it treats rheumatism as a blood disease with immediate and lasting effects. It asserts joint pain relief, restoration of healthy blood, and fast results, with mail orders and bottles priced at 50 cents and one dollar through McKee Drug Co. and other leading druggists.
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McKee Drug Co
Congress primaries focus on war records over policy
The piece argues that voters now judge incumbents mainly by war legislation votes rather than political platforms. It predicts a Congress of nearly unanimous loyalists, with Republicans and Democrats aligning behind wartime leadership to silence obstructionists and speed victory.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
Ashbrook Awakens to Cotton Price Disparity
Hon William Ashbrook returning from Ohio criticizes government price policy on cotton versus wheat and wool. He plans to visit the White House to discuss the issue with President Wilson. The piece notes his long Congressional service and his political shift in response to farmer concerns.
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Wm. A. Ashbrook
Washington
Ohio
White House
Wilson
Ashbrook
Congress
Billy” Ashbrook
Man Dies Leaving 20 Million From Late Life Ventures
A New York man who died left a fortune of 20 million dollars earned entirely after turning forty, highlighting a late life surge in wealth.
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New York
Name for American troops sparks protest in New Orleans papers
New Orleans newspapers report letters protesting the use of the term Yank for American expeditionary force soldiers in France. The term evokes Civil War memories for many in the South, who call for a more distinctively American label instead.
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New Orleans
France
South
Bombing of German Cities and International Law
The item questions Allied air raids on German cities as contrary to international law and asks why Germany does not make international law. The fragment mentions the Kaiser and raises legal criticisms of wartime conduct and the lawmaking process.
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Airea
Germany
New Yankee Army Promise Cracks German Line
A boastful wartime line predicts that a newly organized Yankee army combining forces will break the German line with a crack heard from Berlin to Tierra del Fuego.
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Berlin
Tierra del Fuego
First Waac awarded military medal for wartime service
London reports Mrs. Margaret A. Campbell Gibson, Unit Administrator, becomes the first Waac to win the military medal after directing a camp hit by bombs. Five nurses also receive the award for driving three ambulances into danger to rescue and evacuate the wounded amid fires and shattered facilities.
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London
United Press
Waac
Margaret A. Campbell Gibson
Strouds Run Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Strouds Run residents report visits to Athens Hebbardsville and Camp Taylor Ky. Beatrice Sams and families visit Spragues and Dowlers. Local farewell for Herbert Everett. rains boost greening pasture. prayer meeting at Mrs Lemmuel Bennetts. families greet John and Gabriel South.
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Lemmae
Bennett
H. P. Dowler
Lucile Dowler
C. G. Manafield
Willow Creek
Beatrice Sams
Athens
John Sprague
F. J. Hubler
Nelle
Lewis
Foxy Camp Taylor
L. Smith
Frank Dowler
Ralph Junod
Esther Wilson
Sam Howard
Hebbardsville
Roy Everett
Leslie Brown
Lemmuel Bennett
John South
Gabriel South
Lemuel Bennett
Weekend visitors brighten New England towns
Mr and Mrs Steve Powell and child spent the weekend with his brother James Powell in Pomeroy. Rosa Phetteplace visited her mother in Wellston from Friday to Monday and returned with her sister and three children. Fern French of Mineral stayed with J Davis and family. Harve Cunningham and family visited the Starkeys of East Canaan Sunday. George Tippie of Millfield and Elizabeth Bacon hosted over Sunday guests. Eli and Lou Spaulding spent Saturday in Trimbie while Vera and Virgene Robinson of Stewart visited their uncle EM Spaulding. Richelieu Jarvis and son Richard returned to Parkersburg after vacationing here. Edward J L Grosvenor of Camp Sherman was a Sunday guest of L E Poston. Emmett Copeland and wife were Tuesday visitors in Athens.
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Steve Powell
James Powell
Pomeroy
Rosa Phetteplace
Wellston
Fern French
Mineral
J. Davis
Harve Cunningham
Floyd Starkey
East Canaan
George Tippie
Millfield
Eizabeth Bacon
Eli
Lou Spaulding
Trimbie
Vera
Virgene Robinson
Stewart
Richelieu Jarvis
Richard
Parkersburg
Edward JL. Grosvenor
Camp Sherman
L. E. Poston and
Emmett Copeland
Athens
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