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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1918
Page
4
A WWI era note describes a patriotic meal with potatoes and garden salad but laments poor cake outcomes. A guest complains of flour quality and substitutes, noting cakes, pies, and frosting are scarce as households conserve wheat and sugar for allies.
A female expert urges farm and city women entering war labor to prioritize sturdy footwear. She emphasizes comfortable, wide shoes with strong soles and broad low heels to protect the spine and health. She notes English and American workers favor stout boots and urges women to adopt similar wartime footwear standards.
An editorial defends use of sawed off shotguns in trench warfare, arguing their effectiveness is comparable to poison gas and shrapnel. It downplays German outrage, saying buckshot at close range is no worse than other weapons and that the issue reflects cultivated European attitudes rather than military ethics. The piece ends with a jab at Austria.
Ward urging vigilance against lawyers who seek fees from families of fallen soldiers. Washington firms allegedly press claims for back pay and insurance, despite laws limiting fees for war risk cases. Representative Knutson highlighted a case where a firm proposed a percent fee, prompting Congress to investigate who facilitates such outreach.
Archie Dunfee was hurt in Mine 7 on Tuesday and taken to Columbus hospital on No. 6. Several residents, including William Partlow and Miss Gladys Hamilton, are noted for travel and visits. The group heads to Buckeye Lake after a Glouster outing, with others visiting Athens, Parkersburg, and various relatives.
A tipsy blend of etiquette guidance from Marie Reilley on accepting gifts and maintaining proper decorum during mourning. It discusses appropriate attire and accessories for a first year of mourning and advises that a single widow may accept invitations from other male friends if clearly engaged.
A moral emphasizes choosing trustworthy local merchants over mail order, praising inspected stock and home community support. It lists Athens area businesses from electric and ice companies to groceries, hardware, furniture, and clothing stores, inviting confidence in familiar providers.
The list outlines a daily menu with breakfast items such as boiled eggs stewed prunes bread cocoa and a variety of drinks. lunch features macaroni with tomatoes and rice, boiled quince and barley bread with milk. dinner includes fricassee of lamb, potatoes, dandelion salad, cottage cheese, pudding, canned peaches, crabapple jelly, victory bread and coffee.
A collection describes methods for preserving corn rhubarb stews marmalades peaches and beans. It details quantities for canning jars as well as drying rhubarb and storage tips. It warns to use pure cane sugar and to seal jars after processing.
Fricassee of lamb uses two and a half pounds lean stewing lamb boiled with water salt and pepper.Add peas and simmer ten minutes. Thickened with butter and corn flour.Lambs with olives au gratin layers bread crumbs diced lamb hot olives gravy and more crumbs.Bake forty five minutes.Cottage cheese salad combines fresh cheese nut meats green pepper parsley and dressing served with wafers.
A string of light military anecdotes including an Irish soldier missing an eye kept in a box to guard his kit, a grocer and a young buyer exchange about eggs, a farmer’s eggs freshness, a Thanksgiving homecoming halted by a sentry who misreads the family designation and finally a formal march of Captain J Company C and family as they are recognized.
In a light exchange Mrs Dubwaite worries about a censor reading her war era letter. Mr Dubwaite teases about spelling and using a dictionary to avoid embarrassing mistakes.
A new large egg products plant in Tough tae Honan Province China will produce whole egg powder albumen powder and walk powder with a daily capacity of 2000 pounds. It aims to meet the U S pure food law requirements and taps the Democratic tariff law market as several similar plants have been built in China.
Community members discuss preserving excess heat for use in upcoming winter months, urging programs to capture and store energy efficiently for steadier supply and cost savings.
England aims to lift the Lusitania from its wreck. if successful, questions arise about German retaliation. The issue hinges on whether the ship will carry women, children, or wounded on its voyage as a factor in any further attacks.
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