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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1918
Page
4
William H. Rankin of Chicago told the San Francisco Advertising convention that thrift means time conservation and intensified effort. He urged more calls and better sales, arguing that team work with customers boosts productivity, supports the war effort, and lifts personal and national prosperity.
German potash dominance is blamed for U S agricultural woes with claims that Germany’s fertilizer monopoly cripples Allied war efforts. The piece asserts U S farmers will plant 20 million more barren acres and harvest record wheat, corn, barley, rice, and rye while German crops lag.
The piece argues against new brass beds and favors conserving existing beds. It cites wooden beds as acceptable, recalls ancestral standards, notes millions of men away, and suggests shared or improvised sleeping arrangements for children, including a partitioned double bed and DIY cradles.
The Prussian House of Lords seeks to expel Prince Lichnowsky, former German ambassador to Britain, who exposed Germany’s role in starting the war. They cannot expel him because he has already resigned and moved to Amsterdam where an honorable gentleman may live a self respecting life.
A compact list of daily meals and kitchen tips including steamed rice and poached prunes. Menu entries feature breakfast coffee lunch veal broth with rice tea butter stewed prunes and a cottage pie made from leftover veal. Desserts include creamied onions corn muffins and blackberry jam.
In a battlefront analysis the piece contrasts British domestic press freedom with wartime censure, noting Lloyd George’ss government, the Old Gang and pacifists, plus the solid labor loyalty back home. It cites American labor sentiment via James Wilson and the AFL and closes with etiquette Q and A from Marie Reilley.
Readers are shown banana salad and apple salad variations with dressing formulas and garnish ideas. The text also lists endive romaine and lettuce based salads with instructions and a quick mayonnaise dressing recipe featuring mustard salt sugar cayenne eggs vinegar and olive oil.
Handy household hints cover frying with part milk tenderizing meat with vinegar thickening gravies with a fork smoothing sauces cornstarch as a flour substitute and stain removal with oxalic acid. Also notes on cleaning boards pins and treating mosquito bites with iodine.
A middle aged wife disrupts testimony in court and jars the judge with loud remarks. The judge threatens contempt as she questions witnesses. A side note reveals Lt Thurleigh’s wife is in France during his training, described as fighting or quarrelling in a wry aside.
Borrowby meets a creditor and presents a whisk broom as a gesture. He explains the gift is a pretense to sweep a place before his fit. He announces he will pay the $80 he owes.
Washington is forecasting record national crops for year harvests with large gains in peanuts beans sugar beets and hops. The Department of Agriculture predicts peanut output at 79 704 000 bushels up 19 500 000 from last year and bean production at 19 791 000 bushels up 4 900 000. Sugar beet yield is seen at 6 247 000 tons up 267 000. hops at 32 494 000 pounds up nearly 6 000 000. broom corn 70 500 tons up 500. syrups 33 817 000 gallons slight drop elsewhere totals include 110 005 000 bushels up 24 000 000 and other crops listed.
The Kaiser contemplates past royal fates as he reflects on Louis XVI, noting a reflexive tension in the neck while recalling the downfall of the ancien regime. The quote positions state power and personal risk in a historical parallel.
The text notes Cuba's choice of July 14 as its holiday, contrasts with the U S view of Bastille Day, and mentions the War Industries Board reducing bed davenport styles from 75 to 20, questioning how to manage with fewer options.
A fragment discusses pursuing a broader war against Turkey to exert force and cause substantial harm, arguing a new conflict would not hurt the United States and could devastate Turkey.
Samuel Henry Stevens aged 31 died at Athens State Hospital yesterday from paralysis. The Walburn Newsom Company shipped the body to Shawnee today.
The Messenger announces a weekly Advertising Series starting July 29. It argues advertising is a straightforward business practice benefiting manufacturers retailers and consumers. The articles will feature insights from leading figures shaping industrial progress through publicity.
A discussion cites Abraham Lincoln on courtesy to black people and urges returning a salutation. Maxine notes a young man’s remorse over his conduct and suggests inviting him home to ease his shyness and show welcome.
Sharpsburg notes a good harvest with wheat and hay nearing completion. local agrarian chatter praises six Columbus farmerettes who helped Mr. Harry Taylor and family visits. tax talk questions salaries and economy shifts. townspeople discuss portraits and public life.
A single rigid wire device supports a book on a reader’s lap or chair and leans against a table to hold pages open. The hands remain free for other tasks as the device stabilizes the book.
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