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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
4
A veteran observer notes that American troops in Europe are teaching a new fighting style based on open order tactics, camouflage inspired by Native American methods, rifle marksmanship, and rapid, individual actions. The article asserts Yankees outperform German mass tactics in No Man's Land and surmise British and French may adopt these methods.
The article notes an unprecedented wartime labor shift as selectees must move from nonessential roles to war productive work. Domestic servants and hotel staff lose jobs to older men, youths or women while bartenders clerks and sales staff are replaced. The change boosts productive labor and expands opportunities for women.
The article cites Anthracite News noting forty million tons of coal are wasted by old boilers and fire boxes. It urges replacement with smoke consumers and efficient furnaces, arguing savings cover costs within a year and recommending an anti waste campaign to educate consumers and improve distribution.
Uncle Sam expands control of the labor market to industries with 100 plus workers, directing recruitment through the federal employment service. The plan aims to curb private poaching, aid war needs, and centralize hiring with cooperation from government, unions, and employers, while noting broader wartime context.
A collection of old fashioned salads detailing Tomato Cups with egg and lettuce bed, Summer Salad with pineapple banana and berries, Oriental Mold with gelatin and mixed produce, and a Japanese style rice and sardine dish served on lettuce. Each recipe uses French or mayonnaise dressing and specifies preparation steps and serving arrangements.
Quick domestic tricks cover baking salt use to prevent scorching and stains using flour paste for blood stains. A salted shaker stays free of clumps with corn starch. Kerosene soaks grease spills before mopping. Silverware cleans with sour milk then hot water, drying to keep brightness and slow tarnish.
Questions to Marie Reilley cover proper table setting with a steady service plate. A discussion notes that after marriage women often keep their maiden surname or middle name, with many preferring the latter, and advises signing accordingly. It also recommends removing wedding gift cards from displays to avoid idle curiosity.
Harriet attends regular church services for the first time as the sermon stirs the crowd with an earnest prayer. A young politician seeks attention and offers services while colleagues discuss commissions and letters of recommendation amid humorous exchanges about brains and emergency responses.
Mr and Mrs Elery Michael and daughter Frances of Pleasanton visited Mr and Mrs J H Figley in Hebbardsville. Marion Johnson and son Donald visited Carbondale with Mrs Johns, Elmer Parker left for Cleveland for a position with AT&T after two weeks at home. Elmer Stanley and wife visited Figley. Children's Day at MBE Church featured an orchestra and thanks to all who contributed.
President Wilson urges continued thrift and efficiency to support the war effort, urging increased production, food and fuel conservation, and purchasing only essentials. The piece notes the need for joint thrift and production and comments on wartime leadership and rail travel conduct.
A service flag honors Earl Verity who has gone to France. Prof Treadley and Rev Myers gave addresses. Rev Smith officiated a funeral. Local rain cheers farmers with wheat ready to harvest and scarce reapers. Clover harvests are heavy as reports come in.
The report notes cool dry conditions hindering crop development. Rain is needed across sections. Wheat harvests reach as far north as Licking and Union counties, extending toward lake counties by July 1. Oats head in some counties, corn suffers from dryness. Haying finished with high yields and good quality. Frost caused minor damage to corn and garden crops in low areas.
Harold Wise Abbott Wilcox Harold Russell Dixon Murray Harold Liggett Seth Lewis Paul Hall Carl Brooks receive Achievement Buttons for securing twenty five different Thrift Stamp orders.
Ashville North Carolina plans to make war garden work permanent in the high school curriculum. Fifteen hundred local children cultivate plots from 15 square feet to large gardens as part of the effort.
The Ohio wheat crop this year is expected to be the largest ever, requiring thousands of farm hands. The Farm Labor Employment Service of the Ohio Defense Council urges men and boys with farm experience to volunteer as harvest workers. Contact a local farmer or the Farm Labor Agency for job placement.
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