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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 02, 1918

Page

4

The Daily Massenger Masthead Ad Page Note

Publication details for The Daily Massenger include pricing options for subscriptions and advertising, with mail and carrier delivery and status as a second class mail matter. It lists offices in Athens Ohio and Chicago and notes obituary notices and memorials as charged items.

N Oo Merald Misteiag T Piret Pipor Mailitte Telbbes Eyhones Massenger Thane Athens Oho Audit Bureau Robert B. Ward Foreign New York Chicago

French Sugar and Wheat Ration Debate in War-Time Aid

The piece argues for cutting American civilian sugar and wheat use to aid France, urging a household limit of 36 pounds a year and noting France faces tighter rations as bread and sugar are scarce. It warns every extra bite abroad costs French soldiers and civilians and calls Americans to act to sustain allied efforts.

France

War Deeds Over German Peace Offer In America

Editorial notes that U S actions prove resolve with a $12,000,000,000 army budget, a $5.6 billion artillery plan, record ship launches, a million troops in France, a 40 mile front, and three armies of 1,875,000 each with 1,000,000 ready to fight. It asserts total American effort will overwhelm German hopes.

United States France

Teaching war and training allies in a common effort

The author argues that Britain and France have been masters in war, while the United States develops its own fighting art and war schools. A large, ready force could train and assist smaller allied nations such as Brazil Cuba Nicaragua Costa Rica and others, fostering close ties and shared political ideals.

France Britain Brazil Cuba Ragua Costa Rica

Rich Vagabonds Thwarted By Judge In Boston

A Boston man charged with idle and disorderly conduct flashed a $10,000 cash roll to refute the accusation but faced six months in jail instead. The judge showed no tolerance for wealth, arguing that social sanctions have faded and democracy gains are proving true at home as well as abroad.

Boston Bosor Italy France

Household Hints Menu From a Vintage Cookery Page

A dated collection presents coffee, cheese creams, cup cakes, bread, currant conserve, cocoa, and desserts. It lists creamed codfish on toast, doughnuts, lunch items, and a cream of asparagus soup with potato chowder, fruit salad, bran bread, butter, and strawberry shortcake.

Canning Strawberries and Currant Jelly Preserves Guide

Instructions explain cooling jars upright causes separation. to mix, turn jars on side during sealing. Currant jelly steps: pick over berries, wash, drain, extract juice, boil with sugar to make clear jelly. four boxes currants yield twelve glasses. Wartime preserve uses apricots prunes lemons and sugar cooked into mush then paraffin sealed for twelve glasses.

From a Quart of Elderberries

A recipe for elderberry dessert uses one quart berries cooked into a custard sauce with cornstarch and vinegar. It yields a layered cake or shortcake with muffins, a large layer cake, or two pies from half the berries.

Cleaning Panama Hats and Paperhanging Hints for Amateurs

Instructions advise cleaning a Panama hat with lukewarm water and soap flakes, then rinsing with borax solutions and drying quickly. Also suggests applying wallpaper paste to walls, patching irregularly to hide repairs, and whitening rough ceilings with a dilute lime solution.

Dinner stories and small town mischief in old notes

A merchant spots a counterfeit coin and challenges a diner. Scotch councilmen discuss coats left at a chapel. A bachelor jokes about marriage as a girl teases him. A boy spends time with a neighbor while his mother questions him about the afternoon.

Ralph

Cobb's Peace Formula and the Three Tasks of America

The piece analyzes Cobb's peace plan to "knock the mania out of Germania" and outlines three American wartime tasks. It notes twenty five billion dollars is a large yearly outlay yet only half national income and predicts continued earnings after victory. The tone mocks Kaiser and taxes while praising Allied resolve.

Germania Cobb

Everyday Etiquette Advice column prompts courteous hosting

Questions answered by Marie Reilley and Miss O. M. W. discuss etiquette for hosts and guests. Guidance covers talking while serving tea and coffee, inviting a chaperon, and suitable gifts for a gentleman friend such as a book, fountain pen, or silver pencil.

Marie Reilley Miss Reilley Ethquette Susan

Local notes from Sharpsburg and Amesville district

The column reports on farm conditions around Sharpsburg R D 2 with late peach harvests and mixed yields. Wheat sowing may be skipped due to price concerns while rainfall helped clover and oats remain short. Roads improve, autos frequent, and visits include Burns to Nelsonville and Price’s party to Armstrong’s.

Selby Henry Burns Nelsonville John Price Morgan County B. B. Armstrong's Frank ‘Nice Amesville Gali

Black Sea Fleet Falls to German Control

London reports confirmation that the Russian Black Sea fleet is now in German hands. Earlier Moscow dispatches said sailors destroyed dreadnoughts and cruisers to avoid capture, with only two mine layers and one other vessel captured by Germany at Sevastopol.

London Bonar Law Moscow Sebastaypol

Dr Gladden Nearing Death in Columbus

Dr Washington Gladden aged 82, famed preacher and longtime Columbus figure known as "the first citizen of Columbus," lies dying at his home after a second stroke. His physician said death is hours away. he has been unconscious since Saturday. Gladden served as Pastor emeritus of the First Congregational Church and gained prominence for coining the phrase tainted money and helping settle the 1902 hard coal strike under President Roosevelt.

United Press Columbus Washington Gladden America A. J. Wilson Roosevelt

Physicians Using New Lab Facilities in Ohio Health Plan

Ohio physicians back state health drive to control general diseases as over 1400 Wassermann tests were conducted in three months at the state laboratory. Tests are provided free for physicians and many samples came from private practitioners alongside state institutions.

Columbus Ohio State Department of Health Wassermann Wasserman Health Department For

Discoverer Warns Gists On Money Request for Bio-seren Effect

A discoverer instructs druggists to refuse any payment unless Bio-seren doubles energy vigor and nerve force within two weeks. The warning targets pharmacists and consumers about promising rapid gains with the product.

Bio-seven claim promises seven day strength boost

An advertisement urges men and women to take Bio-seven tablets after meals and at night for seven days then as needed. It guarantees a refund if not twice as strong and energetic, noting a printed formula and offering physicians a note about its ingredients.

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