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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
6
English community kitchens boost thrift by wholesale buying and shared meals. They serve 6,000 to 15,000 weekly, mostly handling buying and prep but dining off premises. Marlowe Kitchen lets customers buy food then eat upstairs using their own cutlery. menus include Scotch Broth and fish rolls at a few cents each.
An experimental kitchen project in the United States Food Administration reveals a new method and prompts discussion among officials about its potential use and safety implications.
Instructions for barley cornflour and rice flour shortcakes with measurements for dry and liquid ingredients. Includes mixing method, portioning, pan baking steps, and notes on adjusting liquid or adding egg to improve texture.
Messenger Special Correspondence notes a quiet Decoration Day in Concord while honoring soldiers abroad. Local bridges over Kasler Creek are completed and ready for travel, with A. A. Robinson offering refunds if voters feel value is missing. Other items include farm notes, a new cultivator from H. M. Kasler, a baby girl born May 18 to Silas Sayers and wife, and various community happenings. Papercraft anecdotes and routine updates fill the page as residents work through planting, shearing, and repairs.
Thor Olson director of physical education at Ohio University will teach wrestling at Harvard University this summer from July 1 to about August 9. He has a leave of absence from Ohio University and plans to return next fall with new physical education ideas. Olson previously studied under Dr. Sergeant at Harvard in 1904 and will join the Harvard School of Physical Education.
The Civic's Pharmacy Go in Athens offers Red Cross shaving lotion as an after‑shaving luxury to keep faces in prime condition. The ad argues appearance matters more than feet and promotes other Red Cross toilet articles for daily care.
A letter from THE WAR HORSE counsels a young woman to resist strict mourning norms after her father's death. It argues funeral rituals reflect social control rather than respect, urges laughter and social diversion, and defends personal stance while urging resilience against gossip.
Thousands of mothers swear by Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for relief of headache colds feverishness stomach troubles and bowel irregularities in children. Easy to take pleasant to use and reportedly effective. Sold by druggists everywhere for 25 cents after 30 years use.
The advertisement claims catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated internally. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine is said to act through the blood on mucous surfaces, prescribed by a leading physician, with tonics and blood purifiers. It invites readers to send for testimonials and notes Toledo Ohio as the source.
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