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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1918
Page
4
Rates for obituaries memorials and notices are outlined by The Daily Messenger. Advertising bills are payable monthly and all notices require advance payment. The paper is published each weekday afternoon with delivery by carrier.
President Wilson states the plain people of all nations expect wisdom and purpose from the peace conference at Versailles to prevent future wars. The public, who funded and fought the war, insists on honest deal and real representation, else governments will face scrutiny and accountability.
Newly appointed Secretary Carter Glass urges bond holders not to sell Liberty Bonds when the war effort continues and urges retention as essential for government finance. He cautions that selling for non essential reasons harms bond prices markets and future war loans. He accepts real emergencies as valid reasons to sell but urges long term holding by investors.
The piece urges a shift from wartime sorrow to lasting peace by celebrating Christmas as the start of Children’s Year. It notes suffering in Belgium France Serbia Armenia Poland and calls for efforts to save babies, improve child health, end child labor, and nourish undernourished bodies with love and care.
The London Evening Standard notes Britain’s delegation at the peace conference lacks English dominance. It lists attendees including Lloyd George and Balfour with other Scots, a Scottish Canadian, a Jewish lord, plus an Englishman born in Germany, highlighting perceived national representation balance.
Recipes include two crust lemon pie style with carrot filling and squash or pumpkin option. Also corn meal fish balls with sauce, cheese sauce for creamed eggs or milk toast, clam pie, peanut rice salad, mock mincemeat for two large pies. Instructions specify quantities, mixing steps, and baking times.
Humorous vignettes mix a motorist’s guilt, a stubborn mule in war time, and a newsroom quarrel over obituary prose. A driver defends walking, a doughboy recalls gas, and a Winkelshire editor confronts flowery lines about a natural death.
An Englishman laments governance by the Welsh and Scots and Irish. The piece notes the United States wrestles with southern control while England bears most war costs yet votes the same governing group back into power. It contrasts regional political power and wartime burden.
A critical column argues that partisan leadership shaped U.S. war aims and peace talks, warning of long consequences from a single minded approach. It notes the Cologne Chamber of Commerce’s stance on German postwar prosperity and mocks Wilson’s diplomacy and the Red Cross’s fundraising claims.
The War Department reports casualties totaling 063 with 275 killed in action and 18 died of airplane accidents. Among the dead and wounded are Lieut. Michael Dierdorf of Akron and Lieut. A L Ellett of Norwood. A long list names numerous Ohio cities and individuals, including Lieut. Edward Snyder Fremont and others from Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Toledo. Missing in action include Joe Oberling of Cincinnati and Guy Locks of Wapakoneta among many others.
R. V. Young appeals to readers of the Messenger to back a proposed state law regulating dogs to protect sheep flocks. He argues current protections fail, discusses economic ripple effects on farming and cattle, and urges dog owners to keep pets home at night to prevent slaughtered sheep and rising rural hardship. The letter notes wages, farm income, and the grim toll of dog attacks.
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