Athens Daily Messenger masthead and publication details
The Athens Daily Messenger issued by The Athens Mer anti Merald Prining Company lists staff, offices, and pricing. It notes editions daily except Sunday, with home delivery and mail rates, along with obituary notice charges and authorized offices in Athens Ohio and major cities including New York and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Mer Anti Merald Prining Company
Yred W. Bush
Messenger
Daily Messenger
Ohio
Audit Bureau
Robert B. Ward
Fastern
Fifth Ave
New York
Western
South
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Memorial Hospital memorial for Athens County WWII dead and living
The Athens County War Council unanimously supports building a county memorial hospital to honor men who offered their lives and those serving, arguing a modern hospital will relieve current and future distress and symbolize national unity fostered by the war. It urges a public memorial hospital as a lasting tribute to sacrifice and service by county residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athena
Athens
War Chest
Athens County War Council
Athens County
The Family's Clothes Costs in New York City
A New York City Bureau of Statistics study of 100 average families with yearly incomes of 1500 dollars finds clothing expenses averaging 257.75 dollars per person. Dad spends 73.17, brother 70.41, sister 62.41, and mother 62.04 annually. The piece notes surprising results, questions gendered spending norms, and calls for further study across incomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Be Reasonable Samuel Gompers Warns On Wartime Wages
The piece argues Gompers erred in saying organized labor will resist reductions in wartime wages and conditions. It notes wartime inflation and staffing pressures, with many workers earning overtime pay and the danger of idle labor if overtime ends. It calls for keeping wages high as industry allows and rejects blanket resistance to postwar adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
War Risk Insurance Bureau Cries for Reform
Frustration grows over mismanagement and inefficiency at the War Risk Insurance Bureau as backlogs delay veteran dependents’ checks by months. Despite hundreds of new clerks, the office reportedly runs six months behind, prompting letters to lawmakers and possible Senate and House investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
War Risk Bureau
Senate
House
Why Quit Why Not War Time Gaiety and Irony
A witty wartime column mocks high production surges and imagined luxuries, notes how shortages spur creativity, and jests about protests and espionage. It questions wartime sacrifices while lampooning officials, spies, and dinner table politics. It ends by hinting at Wilson and peace table games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Germany
Breakfast and dessert recipes from household hints menu
Readable text lists breakfast and lunch dishes with instructions for pancakes buckwheat cakes mock cream pie and related kitchen tips. Includes proportions for sour milk griddle cakes corncakes buckwheat batter and a note on keeping batter for a week. Contains notes on griddling and electric grills.
Dinner Tales and Gentle Barbs from a Dinner Talk
John Burroughs relates a humorous scene about Germans at a dinner party and a South American exchange. The dialogue includes mistaken identity, sly remarks, and light country humor about weather and hardship.
Large American casualty list tallies with many names
The December casualty roster lists 5754 Americans including killed in action, died of wounds, disease and accidents, with numerous names and towns across Ohio and neighboring states. Among the names are John Froebe Greenfield William Miller Marion Tony Celgezes Cleveland Virgil Stevs Reeds Mills and many others. The list also notes wounded and degree, with officers such as Captain John Bueler Cleveland and Lieut. Charles Andrews Celina among the named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Binsin
John Froebe
Greenfield
William Miller
Marion
Tony Celgezes
Cleveland
Virgil Stevs
Reeds Mills
Fred Betterfield
George Rohn
Cincinnnati
Leon Wilson
Bridgeport
Arthur Robinson
Boore
Clarence Funk
Lucasville
Howard Hancock
Hlemmersville
Clara Welch
Reinsville
Wilbur Bracy
Bluffton
Lynn Kendall
Toledo
Claud Sehaub
Ray Lindsay
Higginsport
Lee Thompson
Blanchester
Arthur Becthold
Van
McGuffey
Lyman Everhart
Germantown
Charles Fitzpatrick
Kenton
George Wood
Lisbon
Jay Carrothers
Cadiz
Russell Chatfield
Zanesfield
Robert Fisk
Senacaville
Roy Fraumfelter
Kingston
Willian Henry
Hopedale
Herman Hoffman
Cincinnati
John Miles
Girard
Harry Hardin
East Akron
Marsh Summers
Shawnee
Alex Wenda
Ellsworth Polley
Piqua
John Billardo
William Stout
Bell Center
Elmer Savory
Maumee
Carl Stone
Amherst
Jerry Taylor
Jake Chafin
Portsmouth
John Laird
Canton
Joe Guy
Wadsworth
Clarence Harger
Bern Logsdon
Upper Sandusky
Wiley Mathews
Toronto
John Michalski
James Southgate
Bowling Green
James Miller
Coshocton
Andrew Kepler
Lake Lee Cooper
Fred Fisher
Mendon
Francis Jiumimetl
Ben Myers
Fast Liverpool
Elwood Robinson
Pensville
Harry Chaplin
Husboro
Albert Coulter
Surdia
Robert Batley
Belle Center
Walter Cline
New Matamorag
Earnest Dozer
Gaysport
Edward Henry
Norwood
Dory Morris
Woodsfield
Clarence Nagle
Rudolph Pankow
George Pappas
Russell Pease
Oakwood
Richard Sills
Itura
Lewis Higgins
Alex Schulte
Micke Carney
Frank Evangelin
Robert McCullough
Akron
Fred Mindat
Howard Porter
Joe Zingali
Karl Holliday
Henry Romick
Sardis
Gaylord Simpson
Millfield
Kiinam Wright
Columbus
Charles Chaney
Adolph Pinnecke
Leon Rice
Emil Wolf
Dominic Donato
Mike Paika
Leo Revana
Frank Klowski
Roscoe Linville
West Farmington
Charles Withers
Avilla
Ellis Stoeffel
Wellsville
Elmore Davidson
Dayton
Harold Lowash
Mansfield
John Bueler
Charles Andrews
Celina
Clifton Herbig
Dana Ralph
Unionville
Albert Vernier
Stryker
Leon D Burrier
Tift
Harvey Cottrell
Middleport
James Shelly
George van Horn
Murray City
Frank McFarland
Ashtabula
Karl Steinbaugh
New Philadelphia
Joe Marler
Magnolia
John Vargo
Rhugene Webb
Springfield
Morris Kahoe
Fred Kiser
Troy
John Richards
Frank Ruffalino
John Nutger
Wayton
Maurice White
Charles Smith
Bellaire
Albirtis Glick
Carey
Howard Merryman
Harry Stackpole
Vanlue
William Abbott
Fremont
Edwin Rutz
Walter Nickerson
Clarkaville
Flyod Torbert
Crooksville
Audley Rohel
Russell Young
Mr. Blanchard
Wallace Mason
Bellefontaine
Guy Goldsmith
Belleville
Jesse Ammon
Wellaville
Alfred Packett
Charles Morrell
Victor Ruchty
Wilbur Shook
Raymond Salt
Junction City
Louis Marke
Charles Martin
Hamlet
Herbert Jones
Georgetown
Jerome Kellenbarger
Logan
Heeman Bunion
Findley
Clinton Scarlett
Dillonville
Loyal Kauffman
Burton City
Charles Kendall
Quincy
George Stockert
Rudolph
Jesse Snyder
Kilmer Callimore
Columbus Grove
Lewis King
Middletown
Isaac Main
Farl Montgomery
Peoria
Arthur Young
Urbana
Walter Miller
van Wert
Ralph Arkenberg
Minerva
Russell Kersenier
Wooster
Ortello Weat
Krank Swit
Warren John Mull
Payne Gien Knox
Painesville
Charles Roothe
Smithfield
Vernon Rusiek
Lima
Narlies Bull
Volkie Dawnard
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Athens Daily Messenger
Eae Eel
Lonely Isle
Berlin
Japan
China
Loden
Ndith Cavells
Wee
John Burroughs
Epergne
America
Ladiees
Grones & Link
Manhattan
Albert Clow
Sherrodsville
Charles McLain
Millersburg
Earnest Myer
John Nurches
Murray Builer
Marengo
Luigi Felice
Salvatore Russo
Charles Simons
Paulding
Walter Cecil
Wellston
Ben Barnes
Glemant
Ralph Fretz
Bloomville
Wilbur Gosse
Ben Schleicher
Berea
Burley Edwin
Covington
Frank Owens
Louis Raymond
Samuel Chaney
George Jaomin
Donald Walker
McConnellville
Charles Long
Harry Fralick
Shelby
Victor Goetz
William Lehman
la Grange
Ben Shiffman
Dewey White
Shreve
Clinton Hoppes
Alliance
Anne Matney
Rock Camp
George Tweiler
S. Court St
Liberal
the Security Savings Bank
Athens, Ohio
D. H. Moore
C. G. O’bleness
Cash
F. L. Alderman
I. B. Kiltean
Sherman
Camp Sherman
Mary Larson
Eckman
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!