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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1918
Page
4
A historic menu feature shows Braakfaat offerings including fresh pineapple and poached eyes on griddle corn cakes with foast coffee lunch. The spread includes escalloped potatoes asparagus salad raspberry ice cream iced tea bran muffins naked whitefish with stuffed dressing creamed carrots cottage cheese hot corn bread butter and combination fruit dessert feed coffee.
Coop and Lents three ring circus abandons railroads using a vast fleet of auto trucks and trailers contracted with Service Motor Truck Co. The first motorized circus includes lions tigers elephants and vast tentage rolling into Athens on Saturday July 20 at 10 30 A M with a free street parade of unmatched splendor.
A column offering etiquette guidance. A reader asks about hat removal in social settings and elevators, and a correspondent suggests suitable birthday gifts for a young lady friend, including books flowers or candy with a brief congratulatory note.
A wartime editorial argues Germany will face collective punishment through a British French sailors boycott and allied isolation. It urges decisive, sanctions to deter wartime crimes on sea routes and push Germany toward civilization or perdition.
An agricultural note argues that farm labor relief comes from affordable, straightforward machinery rather than flashy devices. It cites examples like manure spreaders, double harrows, wide cutter-bars, and sheaf-carriers that boost output with modest cost and foresight.
The piece argues for a hard policy of reprisal against Germany after the sinking of the Llandovery Castle. It proposes air raids on German towns with printed notices stating the cause and demands punishment, asserting stronger measures may be required if atrocities continue.
A list of vintage style recipes includes Angel Food with milk flour sugar and lemon, Baked Sausages in Cabbage Leaves with cheese and water, Chicken Shortcake with mushrooms gravy and salad, and Pork Chops with Escalloped Potatoes baked together. Each item outlines steps and simple seasonings for a frugal family meal.
A vintage-voice home recipe segment lists Corn Salad with corn onions cabbage celery red peppers and salt vinegar brown sugar mustard. Beet Salad with beets cabbage sugar horseradish salt and pepper. Green Tomato Salad with green tomatoes cabbage onions celery peppers brown sugar mustard seed vinegar and salt. Eiderberry Blossom Wine using blossoms sugar water lemon gerat and egg white with a three month aging.
A jovial patron in an Irish butcher shop pretends to joke about buying pork and the butcher’s reply with a quick order of pig parts. A patient jokes about unpaid bills and a doctor replies with humor about saving postage. An office worker complains vacations fail to please, and a husband asks if wealth would change love, while the wife hints at wedding day impatience.
A household jokes about a patriotic maid who enforces Hooverism through daily meals. The narrator recalls a dinner mishap and the maid's quip that the dish is called Clean out the kitchen, noting it lacks the gas range and tinware while praising Hooverist patriotism.
The article argues that despite small gains in recent Allied drives, the total prisoners and territory captured in the last three weeks rival the Germans' June offensives. It asserts Allies have improved positions and that every small advance matters.
FW Quayle of Hollister Ohio disputes a July notice claiming Austrian Hungarian workers were forced to display an Italian flag under the American flag. He says John Popley senior bore the Italian flag for his son John Popley Jr at Camp Mills and defends Hungarians as good Americans.
United Press dispatch from France describes American soldiers chasing eggs in villages with jokes about learned phrases and sign language. A doughboy struggles to communicate but ends up buying a dozen eggs. back in New York City women work dockside jobs with pay rates for checkers and delivery clerks.
An old advertisement asserts catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated internally. It claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine acts through the blood to mucous membranes and has long been recommended by leading doctors. The copy urges readers to send for free literature from New & Co in Toledo, Ohio.
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