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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1918
Page
4
The Food Administration calls for a national rainy‑day food bank and urges Americans to conserve wheat for three months by eating pork and garden vegetables, using substitutes like milk and cottage cheese instead of beef, and buying Thrift Stamps to save money for future need.
Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan, during his AMA presidency inauguration, urged national prohibition as a major public health measure. He argued that eliminating alcohol would protect public health and aid wartime efficiency, noting physicians align with the dry position while brewers and distillers adapt to soft drinks and industrial alcohol.
The article urges liberal building loans as essential during wartime business. It notes factories grow for war work and housing cannot keep pace with demand as populations shift. Banks and loan companies financing housing perform a patriotic duty to support construction.
The piece contrasts German outrage over a Collinsville lynching of a German subject Praeger with German acquiescence to hospital bombings in France. It notes May air raids killed 348 and wounded 643, mostly wounded soldiers and some Red Cross staff, contrasting US responses with German approval.
A quaint domestic guide offers canning season tips: clean kitchen, organized prep, and proper sterilization. It stresses personal cleanliness, uninterrupted work, and practical hacks like a mobile cart and sleeve protectors.
A historic quick bread recipe uses oat flour corn flour barley flour molasses and sour milk with an egg and shortening. Nuts and raisins are optional for a wheatless version omitting them.
Etiquette guidance from Marie Reilley covers breakfast buttering habits and wedding rehearsal etiquette. A reader question discusses introductions at gatherings, while wedding ceremonies note that congratulations belong to the groom and maid of honor after mothers’ wishes.
Stewart family and friends travel to Walkersburg and Chauncey relatives visit. Residents garner guests from Clarksburg and Athens while new moves include Clyde Weatherstone relocating to Athens. A church service and Children's Day notes mark weekend events as community prepares flag raising for service members.
A humorous fragment set in a spoofed telegram attempt with a linguistically tangled sequence about P P pneumatic phthisis. A justice of the peace fines a couple reckless drivers who joke about wedding plans. A quip between two landladies contrasts boarder retention and apparent thinness versus length.
A public statement condemns socialist views as treasonous harming the nation and schoolchildren. It argues ten federal prison years will deter disloyalty in schools and protect Americanism, noting wartime duty and the absurdity of each side claiming victory in a prohibition campaign in Cuyahoga county.
A Cleveland board of education member faces a disloyalty conviction noted for its strong stance. The column compares the case’s gravity to the Rose Pastor Stokes sentence, underscoring the significance of the charges and the courtroom outcome.
A brief satirical note mocks Washington's high living costs driving away lobbyists and officials. It jokes that only potatoes are needed to help win the war, suggesting simple sacrifices amid wartime strain.
Columbus June 18 Ohio should have 5000 hospital beds for tuberculosis to treat all victims and protect the population from infection. The state now has 1500 beds across sanatoria and other facilities. The health department seeks to enlarge Mt Vernon Sanatorium and to form county hospital districts for TB care.
Camp Sherman in Chillicothe bans near beer and caffeinated soft drinks. Major General Harry C. Hale, the camp commander, signed the order to take effect July 1 after concessionaires are allowed to finish current stock.
Messenger Special Correspondence reports a baptism at John Hawk's and visits by locals including Mr. and Mrs. Edward Miller in New Asbury. Mentioned are soldiers William Buck and Guy Brooks passing through Guysville en route to New York, and gatherings with Clifford Kyle, Annis Fish, Dorcas Beckett, Kate Chappel, Hulda Pyles, and others including trips to Camp Sherman.
A Pittsfield Massachusetts man maintains a herd of 76 Belgian hares. He uses the animals to solve the meat problem at his home year after year.
Advertisement extols Senreco Tooth Paste as a powerful preventive for tooth decay and related diseases. It claims bad teeth affect digestion and organs, urging regular use and dental checkups, with a sample offered and the product linked to modern dental science.
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