The Daily Messenger Advertising and Circulation Notes
An archival notice lists advertising rates and circulation details for The Daily Messenger. It includes pricing by mail and carrier delivery, office locations in Athens and New York, and mentions of obituary notices and other paid notices. The piece identifies staff and audit bureau membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merald Priming Im Ush
Messenger
Daily Messenger
Athens Moss
Fred W
Postoffice
Ohio
Carter
Audit Bureau
Robert B. Ward
Eastern Office
Fifth Ave
New York
Western Offici
Wapash
Chicago
What My Country Means to You in War Effort
A patriotic appeal questions readers on their true contributions to World War I. It urges involvement through Liberty Bonds, War Savings stamps, and war aids, challenging those who have not invested to become real partners with Uncle Sam and prepare for the next Liberty Loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Gulf
Bowie
Uncle Sam
Juyer
Liberty Bonds
War Savings Stampa
World Peace Movement
A Bigger Navy Aimed At World Police Role
The article argues for expanding the U S Navy to maintain national defense and a world police fleet, noting past gains in destroyers and submarines, while urging a three year program of ten dreadnoughts six battle cruisers and more. It cites Secretary Daniels predicting eventual arms reduction in a peace treaty and warns against perpetual armament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Daniels
Wilson
United States
League of Nations
The Profiteering Nurses Raise War Time Ethical Question
The piece condemns profiteering by some nurses during the influenza period, noting a $75 weekly rate for contagious cases and $65 for other cases. It calls for nursing associations to investigate and curb these practices while praising the profession’s overall conscientiousness and volunteer efforts.
Why Does He Weep The Kaiser Weeps Amid War Mourning
The passage questions the German leader's sorrow despite wealth and claims of a protected populace. It argues mockingly that no family losses or wartime horrors befall his nation, contrasting with reports of devastation in France and Belgium and implying the Kaiser’s guilt or disconnect from the suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
France
Belgim
Tested Beef Stew and Other Kitchen Tips From Timely Recipes
A collection of home cooking instructions and tips includes Beef Stew with chuck meat, onions, peppers, tomatoes, and potatoes yielding eight servings, plus 1918 Mince Pie and Vegetable With Corn Meal Dumplings. Also Jotted are leftovers ideas and DIY household hacks like a dustless duster from stockings, enamel coatings for nails, and a wash basket fashioned from a grocer’s hamper.
Dinner Stories and Self Made Man Anecdotes
A collection of witty quotes and anecdotes illustrating social mores and education. Works by Andrew Carnegie and various diners show humor about self made men, chandeliers, and banquet scenes with subtle wit.
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Andrew Carnegie
Dried Steak Could Preserve Meat Indefinitely
Columbia University experts report a dehydration method to keep meat fresh without salting or freezing. Soaked before use, dried steak reportedly regains original size and properties, offering storage and transport savings and a return to old drying practices extended to modern food conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University
Department of Agriculture
Government advances to railroads reach over half a billion
Director General McAdoo reports that from April to December the government loaned railroads more than 515 million dollars. About 199 million came from surplus earnings of certain lines and the American Railway Express Company, while 316 million derived from the revolving fund of 500 million dollars authorized by Congress. The text notes the revolving fund appears to total 500,900 dollars and that Congress will need to provide another half million soon.
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McAdoo
American Railway Express Company
Congress
War casualty list adds over two thousand names
Washington dispatch lists 2571 names in todays casualty tally with sections for killed in action wounded by degree and missing in action. The report names many individuals from Ohio towns and cities including Cleveland Columbus Toledo and Akron along with several officers and lieutenants. A second short item notes Marysville receives notice that Richmond Thompson a corporal in the Rainbow Division is officially reported missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Auflick
Nelsonville
Joe Cobabt
Cleveland
Jesse Lewis
Lebanon
William Uausbaum
Bluffton
Wiliam Scarboro
Gallon
Clyde Butler
Mansilon
Mack Christian
Rardin
Frank Hoover
East Liverpool
John Mathias
New Philadelphia
Elza Slowther
Columbus
Ernest Wankey
Sandusky
Lawrence Betz
Fred White
Everett Workman
Spencerville
Charles Faidley
Akron
Herman Reinhold
Thomas Addis
Dexter City
Russell Goodwin
Canton
Joe Joyce
Youngstown
Robert O’brien
Piqua
Frank Martin
Zanesville
John Ross
Toledo
Floyd Smith
Alliance
Frank Smith
Marblehead
John Murphey
James Kiernan
Massillon
John Campbell
Bedford
Raymond Wyke
Jewett
Raymond Zwiebel
Wapokeneta
Clyde Sherrock
Greenfield
Albert Estle
Cyntfilana
Frank Rooney
Harold Sonner
Hillsboro
Andrew Hinders
New Western
Albert Siglock
Cincinnati
Wendel Wenton
Napoleon
Lester Singer
George Sloan
Dearing
Fred Weaver
Somerville Thomas Doyle
Ashtabul
Jack Henry
William Lillis
Cincinati
Harvey Morgan
John Doyle
John Wiimer
Beach City
Rufus Punches
Lima
William Wilson
Coshocton
Stanley Gureck
Dillonville
Howard Cheney
Thomas Golding
Edward Kollish
John RK
Southam
Berea
Luther Goggins
Edward Thurston
Fremont
Freeman Fisk
Waclaw Kolowski
Chester Windser
Edson Stubbs
Robert Pool
Crestline
Charles Stombach
Carey
Andrew Brooker
Carbon Hill
Glenn Flattley
Sebring
Ray Trovillo
Joe Fleming
Springfield
Robert C. Bunge
John M. Cooley
Carl EK. Schell
Gavin H. Harris
Bucyrus
John McSweeney
Wooster
Harold Hill
Morrow
Wilfred Brown
Cloyd Hoff
Wadsworth
William Roach
Bernard Hanten
David Zehring
Dayton
Clyde Rutter
Bellaire
John Hogan
William Claflin
Norwalk
Maurice Brennan
Bryan
Vernon Jewell
Painesville
Charles Kemble
Cornersburg
George Knolle
Harland Johnson
Norwich
Oscar Love
Proctorville
Ross Norton
East Palestine
Bert Austin
Ashland
Anthony Maurer
Leavittsburg
Harry Thole
John Foster
Matthew Tigue
Raymond Hill
Ravenna
Reed Tt
WONOE
Cstecscreriese
Ceassstee Tees
Clyde Silcott
Picketon
Mark C. Hendrickson
Athens
Thomas Sewards
Chillicothe
Joseph Sewards
Frank Stephenson
Ronton
Thomas Dunkle
McArthur
Harold Bolster
Gallipolis
Herbert Davish
Racine
John Shain
William Bailey
Reedsville
Raymond Gayner
Beverly
Carlos Figley
Caldwell
Albert Justice
Lancaster
William Jones
Marysville
Max Williams
War Department
Richmond Thompson
Sixth Infantry
Rainbow Division
Cough Drops and Sweets Dominate Y M C A Supplies
Paris reports American Expeditionary Force consumed thirty one and a half tons of cough drops in the past month as a candy substitute. Y M C A post exchanges ordered vast quantities including 2.850 tons sugar 1.325 tons flour 94.5 tons condensed milk 36 tons milk products 200 tons chocolate and candy 175 tons candy total 6268 tons shipped from America. Transportation and embargoes hinder deliveries as Red Triangle stores await more trucks and base port logistics.
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Paris
Y. M C. A. Post
Red Triangle
France
America
Red Cross
Atlantic
Army
Obituary and local notices from Torch area
The piece covers deaths and recoveries in Harmony Hill and Coolville with notes on Mr Joshua Jones dying at Torch aged 87 or 88 and burial at Torch cemetery. It mentions Sarah Cornelia and Bertha Coggleshall recovering from flu, the Fos ter infant burial in Torch, Emma Smith visiting Minnie Barrows, Milo Foster in the 87th Division in France and a sick list for Francis Russell. It also notes visitors from Coolville and a family letter about Milo’s return home.
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Sarah Cornelia
Bertha May Coggleshall
Margaret Belle
Miles Foster
Torch
Emma Smith
Minnie Barrows
Joshua Jones
Mr. Jones
Mary A. Foster
Milo
France
Francis Russell
M. J. Hamlin
Coolville
State to Mail 3000 Checks for Dependents
Columbus December 16 The state industrial commission chair T J Duffy announced 3000 checks totaling more than 55000 due dependents and others under the workmen s compensation law will be mailed Monday morning The payments good for Christmas reach destinations before Christmas and mark two payments in as many weeks with over 110000 distributed since December 10 About half goes to widows and children whose husbands or fathers died in industrial accidents
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Columbus
T. J. Duffy
State Industrial Commission
Mr. Duffy
Everyday Etiquette Advice Columns in Old Paper
A column by Miss Reilly offers etiquette guidance on street courtesy and apologizing while on foot. The notice suggests removing a hat when bowing to a lady and invites letters for personal replies, including a stamp. It also advises breaking engagements if incompatible and hints at a felicitation code in a card system.
Local jeweler naturalizes cuckoo clock in wartime gesture
Vincennes Indiana December 16 John C Wagner a jeweler halted a cuckoo clock marked made in Germany when the U.S. entered the war. After studying the situation he “naturalized” the clock by altering its mechanism. When restored the clock strikes a girl emerging and whistling Bob White signaling a patriotic act.
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Vincennes
Ind
United States
John C. Wagner
Germany
Bob White
East Side PTA to Meet Wednesday in December
The December meeting of the East side Parent-Teacher Association will be held Wednesday afternoon December 18 at three oclock. The program features games and folk-dances by primary children and Christmas carols by grammar grade students. Mothers are invited including new district families to join the association.
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Eastside
Parent-Teacher Association
Return of Leo Robinson From Camp Pike Training
Leo Robinson, a former Ohio student, and a Marietta boy, returned home from Camp Pike Arkansas after nine weeks at the colored officers training school. He received his discharge and will rejoin the university in the second semester. He captained a team of colored athletes at Camp Pike and made a notable football record against other colored schools in the region.
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Leo Robinson
Ohio
Marietta
Camp Pike
Ark
Young Robinson
Robinson
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Dexon
Athar
Sair
John
Kaiser
Washington
Gough
JCP
Peece
Harmony Hill
Irene
Liberal
the Security Savings Bank
Athens, Ohio
D. H. Moore
F. L. Alderman
C. G. O’bleness
F. B. Kilteau
Athens Foundry
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