Advertising rates and office locations for Athens Daily Messenger
Advertising rates are available on application and payable monthly. Obituary notices incur a five cent per line charge. Postage, mail matter, and circulation details are listed for the Athens Ohio paper with New York and Chicago offices noted.
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Ohio
Audit Bureau Circulations
Robert B. Ward
TERN
Fifth Ave
New York
Wabath Ave
Chicago
Lindbergh condemns Bolshevik tax plan in Minnesota volume
In a wartime tax critique, Charles A Lindbergh argues against seizing large fortunes to fund war. He cites Bolshevik Russia to illustrate the dangers of confiscatory tax schemes and endorses progressive taxes while stressing universal burden. He cautions that destroying wealth stifles taxation and production.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Minnesota
Russia
Bread, Barley Coffee, and Courage in German Prison Camp
Gunner Depew recalls life in a German prison camp where barley coffee, spoiled cabbage soup and scant bread defined daily meals. He notes Allied prisoners sing through hardship and asks Americans not to grumble while facing wartime shortages and continued rationing.
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Gunner Depew
Yesteryear
Great America Becomes War Call and National Pride
The piece extols America as a land of vast plains and productive industries driving the war effort. It lauds shipyards munition plants and military camps while celebrating every patriot in the nation as part of democracy's fight. It contrasts British politics with American resolve and ends noting George as a keen observer.
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France
Feenbodine
America
Household Hints and Menu Items
A column lists simple kitchen tips alongside a varied menu. It includes hot corn bread rye bread oatmeal cookies grapes tea and a selection for meals such as breakfast luncheon and dinner with beef stew baked potatoes fried carrots celery and a date pudding including home canned grapes.
Rice and Date Pudding and Banana Bread Pudding
A cookbook style listing of desserts and a vegetable dish. Rice and Date Pudding uses rice dates milk sugar eggs and corn starch baked until set. Banana Bread Pudding layers buttered bread and bananas with lemon, eggs, sugar and milk baked slowly. French Artichokes are boiled then served with sauces. Old-Fashioned Johnnycake uses plain corn meal and salt with hot water to form a griddle cake.
Bread Recipes From Historic Mixtures
A collection of bread formulas using potatoes oats cornmeal and yeast. Liberty Bread uses mashed potatoes oats molasses rice flour and wheat flour with long rising times. Oatmeal Bread relies on molasses and yeast with a slow bake.
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Liberty Bread
Dinner Stories and Daily Life in a Fragmented Page
A collage of humorous vignettes and notices from a newspaper page includes a restaurant tip debate, a math classroom problem, taxidermy banter about parrots, a farmer lament on boarders, a wordplay over slackeresses, and a Japan friendship estate bequest hint. Names appear: Mrs Grummell, William, Farmer Corntessel, Mrs Matsu Watanabe Kakiyama, Miss Maki Hit Oluipamag. Connecticut woman leaves estate to Japanese recipients.
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Matsu Watanabe Kakiyama
Maki
Connecticut
Japan
Public Forum Letter Defends Lodi Residents in 1918 Ohio
Athens Ohio editor receives a letter from M Edson Hawk dated May 31 1918 defending Carsey and Miss Satterfield from slanderous charges. He argues fortification allegations cannot be proven and that Lodi Township bears no collective responsibility for others actions. He asserts Lodi has good law and society and invites the writer to visit to civilize him.
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Messenger
Carsey
Ohio
Lodi
Athens
York Township
M. Edson Hawk
Latrobe and Nearby Residents Move About in Local News
The Latrobe area lists visits and travels including Helen Keller visiting relatives in Success. F D Shanks and wife decorated a Civil War era grave in Grafton West Virginia. Various residents from North East Pa and surrounding towns are noted visiting, touring, or traveling to Parkersburg Troy and Montgomery Alabama during recent days.
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Helen Keller
Success
F. D. Shanks
Grafton
W. Va
Bogget
North East
E. D. Morrison
B. F. Morrison
Stewart
Frank Arnold
Leslie Keller
C. E. Keller
Audrey Tombaugh
Mildred Fitch
Troy
Leo Bingman
New Vienna
W. S. Bingman
Harry Carleton
Wilma
Deana Chevalier
Parkersburg
T. B. Fitch
Arthur Bean
Camp Sheridan
Montgomery
Alabama
Luther Brafford
R. R. Neuston
Harmony Hill
Pheebe Carlton
Everyday Etiquette and Wedding Reception Etiquette
A column on proper manners covers escorting partners to seats after dances and seating at weddings. It notes that the mother of the bride stands near the door and lists who stands nearby to greet guests. It also mentions ladylike conduct and fashion tips.
Editors Pitch Into Kaiser Bill En Masse
Little Rock Arkansas June 3 Heavy batteries opened upon the kaiser today when the National Editorial association opened its six days convention here. The editors discuss how to improve their aim and strengthen anti hot air craft battery work. After the convention they will tour the state aboard a special train with brass bands and celebrations at every station.
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Little Rock
Ark
United Press
National Editorial Association
Ever
Sauerkraut Debate Ends as Dutch Origin Declared
The federal food administration declares sauerkraut not German in origin but Dutch, urging Americans to eat it as a patriotic act to boost domestic cabbage use and conserve staple foods for allies. The ruling ends months of debate and calls for no further name changes.
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Federal Food Administration
Holland
Austria under German domination seals end to independence
Washington reports a new military treaty between Germany and Austria-Hungary completes subjugation of Austria-Hungary to German power. It bans any independent policy and erases potential peace grounds the United States might have had with Austria, ending the limited liberty the dual monarchy previously possessed.
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Washington
Austria-Hungary
Germany
State Department
United States
Austria
Abandon Two Camps and Enlarge Others Plan
Washington reports a top general says Camp Sherman will be enlarged while Camp Greene in North Carolina and Camp Funston in Kansas are likely abandoned. No new camps will be created to replace them. emphasis is on expanding key facilities including Chillicothe for centralized advantages.
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Washington
War Department
Camp Sherman
Camp Greene
N. C
Camp Funston
Man
Chillicothe
Dailey Town Posts Large Flag Raising Ceremony
Dailey Town at Poston unfurled a large Stars and Stripes during a May 30 twilight event. Supt. Alex Root of Athens spoke on current American struggles as residents helped fund the flag and raised 8.60 for the war chest onlookers viewed the flag waving over the town.
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Dailey Town
War Chest
Soldier earns military cross for bravery at front
London June 3 United Press reports Second Lieut. C. R. Alderson of the Royal Engineers received the Military Cross for gallantry after rescuing three men amid a gas discharge on a wind flooded front line. He saved a fourth in the trench and persisted with his duties despite gas poisoning.
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London
United Press
C. R. Alderson
Royal Engineers
Zemo Promises Fast Relief for Skin Irritation
A Cleveland based ad touts Zemo as a safe antiseptic liquid that ends itching and treats acne eczema and rashes. It claims fast overnight blemish fading and instant itch relief with no staining or grease, priced 35 cents or a dollar for a large bottle.
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E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland
Hindenburg’s Nephew Denied Citizenship at Hearing
Frederick Newshafer testified as Paul Frederick von Hindenburg at a Leavenworth naturalization hearing. He claimed kinship to Field Marshal von Hindenburg and said he adopted the name to avoid the odium of the family name. He serves as a private in the disciplinary barracks hospital corps.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Frederick Newshafer
von Hindenburg
Marshal von Hindenburg
Frederick William von Hindenburg
Paul Frederick von Hindenburg
Lee Assumes Federal Manager Role for Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia June 1 BHlisha Lee today takes charge as federal manager of the Pennsylvania railroad and its eastern lines. In a message to employees he said he intends to disturb as little as possible the present organizations of the various departments.
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Lee
Philadelphia
Bhlisha Lee
Pennsylvania Railroad
Talking Machine Dealers Drop German Records in Pittsburgh Meeting
The Talking Machine Dealers Association met in Pittsburg and decided to drop all German records from their lists. Columbia Edison and Victor machines previously carried large German record catalogs, which will be discontinued.
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Talking Machine Dealers Association
Pittsburg
Columbia
Edison
Victor
Million and a half pieces of mail sent to soldiers in France
One million four hundred thousand pieces of mail were sent to American soldiers in France in response to the Mothers Day appeal. The Post Office Department reports the mail arrived safely and was handled without delay.
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Washington
France
Post Office Department
Railway employs 3600 women on Great Eastern line
Three thousand six hundred women are now employed on the Great Eastern Railway of England. The workforce expansion reflects efforts to increase staffing across the railway network and supports broader employment for women in the industry.
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Great Eastern Railway
England
All Traces of Scrofula Cleansed from Blood Impurities
All traces of scrofula cleared by the vegetable blood remedy 8.8. The ad claims S. S. S. cleanses and purifies blood removing impurities and disease germs. It urges readers to obtain a bottle and write a full history for free medical advice from the Medical Director in Atlanta Georgia.
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Fis
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Strive To Have Healthy Skin Comfort tips and a tonic pitch
An advertisement urges women to seek a clear complexion through discretion and health restoring nutrients. It promotes Bloferen containing lecithin and transeptonate as vital for vitality and beauty, claiming doctors endorse it and offering a money back guarantee with empty-package return.
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Bloferen
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