Athens Daily Messenger Advertising and Circulation Details
The Athens Daily Messenger lists pricing and delivery options with 12 1 2 cents per day, annual rates, and mail subscriptions. It notes advertising rates on request, obituary notices priced per line, and office addresses in Athens Ohio New York and Chicago.
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Athena Sgeonenger and Herald Primning Company
Fred W. Bush
Messenger Building
PHE Daily Messenger
Postoffice
Athens
Ohio
Thartes
Audit Bureau
Ohio Select Life of Daily Newspapers
Robert B. Ward
Astern
Fifth Ave
New York
TERN
Wabath Ave
Chicaco
The Two Fools and the Next War
A critical chronique decrying the Germany Austrian Hungary alliance and its leaders as blindly courting future conflict. The piece warns that central Europe becomes an armed camp with a looming next war and calls out Kaiser Wilhelm and Kaiser Karl. It cites fate and divine punishment for the rulers.
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Germany
Austria Hungary
Kaiser Wilhelm
Europe
Russia
Wilhelm
Sailors Move to Enforce Broad German Goods Boycott
The British Seamen's Union already enforces a long term ban on German goods in response to atrocities by the German navy. The French Sailors' Union joins with 200,000 men, pledging the same policy, with potential expansion to American and Italian seamen. If U boats shift to humane practice, sailors worldwide will drive a German trade halt.
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Secontcymen
British Seamen’s Union
Iod
French Sailors’ Union
Women and Democracy In War Time
The writer argues event driven shifts in President Wilson and the public toward woman suffrage. War accelerates social change, proving women's fitness through public service and devotion, making national suffrage inevitable and essential for democracy.
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Wilson
Senate
House
United States
Night schools rules require three months yearly
Town statutes authorize evening schools with a minimum of three months per year and at least two hours per session, provided a group of ten or more residents over 16 requests it.
Household Hints and Menu Suggestions for Cooking
A bustling list of daily recipes and tips from breakfast to dessert. It covers oatmeal with milk and sugar, hominy gems, coffee, leftover rice with white sauce, green salad, nut bread, cocoa, and hearty dinner ideas like potatoes with maple junket and prune fluff. Desserts include tapioca cream and Bavarian cream, with detailed steps and ingredient notes. A rhubarb pudding recipe offers seasonal substitutions and a vinegar sauce finishing touch.
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Jonathan
Hominy Gems and Hoover Pudding Recipes Together
Readable text lists two dessert and baking items, Hominy Gems and Hoover Pudding. Ingredients cover milk corn meal hominy syrup shortening egg salt baking powder for gems, and figs water brown sugar cornstarch raisins cinnamon salt for pudding. Instructions describe mixing, heating, cooling, and serving with cream.
Dinner Stories from a YMCA Man in France
A YMCA man recounts humorous odds and ends from wartime travel. A private and a boy nicknamed little Louis misstep with a saluting colonel. Willie’s age sparks fare questions from a streetcar conductor. A seven year old recalls wartime fighting as a father notes.
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France
Bill
Louis
Colontel
Louie
Willie
Johnnie
State urges schools to promote English and American government instruction
The state superintendent calls on schools to spark local interest in English language learning and civic training for foreign-born residents. Many already seek instruction while others remain indifferent. Publicity is needed to show the value of Americanization and help newcomers become fully American in language and customs.
Weather mood shifts threaten wartime gardens
War gardeners fear rainless spells as corn curls and farmers brace for mixed harvest prospects. Wheat and dry weather favor early harvest while meadows show resilience, with hope of a coming shower to revive curling corn and spur bumper production.
Everyday Etiquette Questions by Marie Reilley
A reader column offers etiquette guidance from Marie Reilley on mourning dress fashion and social gift sharing. It notes mourning for a father lasts one year with six months half mourning and advises a gradual shift to color and dark basics for a young sister.
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Marie Reilley
Miss Reilley
C.D. R
Social visits and local gatherings around The Plains
Mrs. Carl Geisike from Columbus visits at Mrs. Charles Loomis home while her husband serves at Camp Jackson. Colonel Locke and family travel to Nelsonville. Mildred and Earl Goosman honored at a party in Parkersburg. John Dicken from Athens buys property near Factory church as local ties grow stronger.
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Carl Geisike
Nellie Dorr
Columbus
Charles Loomis
Hssband
Camp Jackson
Colonel Lock
Helen
Joe Hutchins
Emma Burdette
Nelsonville
Frank Smith
Port Dickens
Near Factory
Worthy Dickens
Athens
Logan
Seth Robinson
Will Roberts
Willys-Knight
Charles Shafer
Beaumont
Colonel Locke
James Bell
Mildred
Parkersburg
Earl Goosman
John Dicken
Bilas Nichols
Factory Church
Mr. Nichols
Jacoby House
Harry Notestine
Joe Gelsike
Lon Humphrey
Divorce suit filed by 17 year old at Marion
Mrs. Joseph Arthur, age 17, Mari on, filed for divorce alleging her husband moved from place to place continually.
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Marion
Joseph Arthur
Airplane sighting sparks village awe in Pratt's Fork
Residents of Pratt's Fork and nearby townships heard a loud aircraft Friday afternoon stirring curiosity and speculation. Clouds hid the plane, leaving villagers peering upward as others attended local events at Burlingham and Jerseyville.
Kingsville Summer Visits and Local Work Highlights
Delbert Reeves and family return to their farm for summer. Mounterville Bolin and gon Guy work at Kerrs Run saw mill. Bush King and Edward Hudnall trip to Athens. Earl Robinson of Athens visits parents. Grace joins him to Athens for vacation work with Judge Phillips. Delbert Reeves family visit Frank Carbaugh and wife. Clayton Tewksberry with Douglas Hudnall. Jesse Reeves drives to Columbus.
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Delbert Reeves
Mounterville Bolin
Gon Guy
Kerrs Run
Bush King
Edward Hudnall
Athens
Earl Robinson
Grace
Judge Phillips
Frank Carbaugh
Chase
Local Social Notes Highlight Athens Visitors and Guests
Mrs. Harry Knowlton and her daughter from Hilliards visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nicholson. Mrs. Vic Pierce and two children from Athens spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tribe. Laura Maxwell and daughters from Athens visited with her father D. N. Higgins. A large group including Ray Moore Edna Bertha Moore Edith Brown Florence Rustin Eva Baughman and others traveled to Buckeye Lake for the day. Jasper Drake of Chauncey visited Mr. and Mrs. Will Drake. Howard Kenney and Misses Mary and Hettie Kenney of Athens State Hospital were with Mr. and Mrs. George Tribe. Ada Parker of Hebbardsville with Elmer Parker of Chillicothe and Avra Parker of Clarksburg also visited the area.
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Harry Knowlton
Hilliards
Frank Nicholson
Vic Pierce
Athens
Harry Tribe
Laura Maxwell
D. N. Higgins
Ray Moore
Edna
Bertha Moore
Edith Brown
Florence Rustin
Eva Baughman
Larator
Dent Brown
Earl Rustin
Everett Baughman
Emmett Radford
Buckeye Lake
Jasper Drake
Chauncey
Spe
Will Drake
Howard Kenney
Mary and
Hettie Kenney
Athens State Hospital
George Tribe
Moore
Ada Parker
Hebbardsville
Messrs
Elmer Parker
Chillicothe
Avra Parker
Clarksburg
W. Va
Athens visitors and family gatherings noted in local column
Mr. John Ruth visited Athens on business last Friday. The Miller and Ruth families hosted several relatives including Alice Elizabeth and Inez Ruth. Dailey families spent weekends with Solomon Dailey and at Camp Sherman where James Curtis trains. Children’s Day attendance was reported in Jerseyville. Various Ruths and related neighbors shared weekend visits and local farm news noted crops and rain hopes.
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John Ruth
Athens
E. P. Miller
Alice Elizabeth
Edson Ruth
Lewis Dailey
Solomon Dailey
Isaac Dailey
Flora Baird
Roscoe Dailey
Camp Sherman
Dailey
James Curtis
Jerseyville
Robert Ruth
Inez Ruth
Thelma Cramer
Nellie Harris
Cora Dailey
Florence Ruth
Ed Morrison
Buckeye Lake
D. O. Chappel
L. A. Ruth
Local Church Events Highlight Carthage and South Bethe
Rev Wilcox of Athens preached to a full house at Carthage on Sunday. The Ladies Aid of the M B Church met at Mrs Emery Jones home on Thursday. The fourth quarterly meeting of the U B Church was held at South Bethe with community turnout.
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Wilcox
Athens
Carthage
Ladies Aid
M. B
Emery Jones
U. B. Church
South Bethe
Community Notes Include Visits And church Plans
Saturday and Sunday guests from this place include Mr and Mrs Oliver Davis and Ma and Mrs Leslie Morris visiting Mat Chapman and family. C D Swartz and son Clarence motor to Parkersburg. The Nelson saw mill moved to the decoy farm on Dutch Ridge. Rev O W Smith to preach at Lottridge U B Church on Sunday June 23 at 10 am with baptism. Local people heard an airborne plane unseen above clouds. Mrs O H Packard of Parkersburg visits her sister Mrs S R McCall. Mrs Charles Lamb and Mrs Sam Davis of the Plains visit H A Wiseman family. Much sawed timber moves through town toward the railroad. Miss Carrie Day visits relatives in Charleston WV. Farmers harvest clover and make hay. Christian Endeavor at U B church held weekly meeting with mussy work noted.
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Bedford Township
Burlingham
Wayne Wingett
Vada Dartt
Lola Williams
Ohio University
Mise Drma Ator
Ira Haning
Jacob King
Delbert
F. M. King
Merle
G. P. Ackley
Willard
Walt Williams
Camp Sherman
Holley King
Lloyd Williams
Jerseyville
C. A. Colburn
Frank
Emerson Burson
Flossie
Doris
Catherine
R. H. Burson
G. W. Sewell
Fred
Guysville
Homer Story
Darwin
Alice Petrick
Athens
Atwood Sloane
Dorothy Orr
Wayne Ackley
Hanley Ator
Nelson
Emerson Stout
Dutch Ridge
Parkersburg
Charles
Leslie Works
Oliver Davis
Ben Nelson
Charles Day
O. W. Smith
Lottridge U. B
O. H. Packard
Carrie Day
Charleston
W. Va
Christian Endeavor of the
U. B. Church
Sugar Conservation Urged by Ohio War Board
The Ohio War Board calls for sugar saving as shipping disruptions by submarines continue. Public eateries will serve sugar only on request in individual portions, with town and city limits at two pounds and rural areas at five pounds. Can canning supplies require a certificate verifying such use.
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Ohio War Board
Food Administration
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Peper
Messenger
Clayton Tewksberry
John Vanbibber
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Guy Bolin
Harrisonville
Alexander and
Scipio
Kingsville
Hiahl
Murphy’s
Stedman’s
Turkey
F. C
Stedman
Leslie Morris
Mat Chapman and Family
C. D. Swartz
Clarence
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