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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1918
Page
4
The Athens Daily Messenger announces advertising rates and obituary notice charges. It lists mail and carrier delivery options, yearly and monthly rates, and terms for memorials and cards of thanks.
The article argues that war prisoners should be paid equal wages by both sides. It notes Germany proposes paying American prisoners the same as its own soldiers and wants to pay German prisoners the same as American soldiers. It contends this would create a tenfold pay disparity for U S and German prisoners and urges the United States to insist on identical compensation for all prisoners, along with better food and lodging.
The piece argues nationwide concern over Liberty Motors and aircraft output, questioning wasted funds, profiteering, and possible treasonous plots. It urges full inquiry by the War Secretary and demands exposure and punishment of blunders to restore public confidence and restart production.
Athens County over-subscribes the Third Liberty Loan by 125000 amid wide participation. Many first time buyers, including people with little prior bond history, join on partial payments to support the war effort. The surge reflects a broad, patriotic push and hints the next loan may be easier to float.
The piece urges investors to turn interest on Liberty Bonds into war savings stamps to boost government funds. Secretary Meadow and McAdoo promote exchanging coupons at banks, warning private use could drain 160 million dollars next week.
A Geneva dispatch says the German Crown Prince fired from a large gun bombarding Paris while a Paris report notes three women injured in morning bombardments. The items together suggest the expected German action, though the tone calls the feat not truly princely.
A historical household menu lists meals for breakfast lunch and dinner. Breakfast features sliced oranges eggs barley muffins coffee. Lunch includes scalloped rice with tomato corn bread butter fruit. Dinner offers baked finnan haddie boiled potatoes creamed carrots and peas dressed lettuce pineapple with whipped cream.
A vintage set of fish based recipes detailing roe cakes with bread crumbs and egg, luncheon roe dish with tomato sauce, codfish preparations including boiling broiling and creaming, mackerel served cold with lemon, crab meat gratin and Maryland crab meat, and tunny fish savory with milk and vegetables. Includes steps, ingredients, and serving notes.
A lighthearted reading features Professor Graves who jokes about his sister’s praise for her grandson. A senator discusses war price dynamics while a farmer and blacksmith banter over plow sharpening fees and inflated hog prices amid wartime shortages. The humor ends with the blacksmith’s reply about affording pork in winter.
Charles E. Hughes told New York newspaper publishers that wartime tension requires limits on liberty and that Congress must enact sedition penalties. The public and justice department fault Congress for inaction, warning delayed legislation endangers freedom and constitution.
Everyday etiquette Q A from Marie Reilley advises handling new introductions with brevity and writing hotel cards with the intended recipient. The column also notes a lost friend’s ring should be replaced of equal value and includes personal wartime letters from Private Ernest H. Brown mentioning writing by candlelight and sending regards to Archer.
In April 1918 Ernest H. Brown writes his parents in Athens Route 9 from active service in France. He describes long hours and a spring offensive, transport work, and uncertainty about the end of the fighting. He mentions missing tobacco and being moved to roadside shelter away from a prior “nice home.”
Bishop Warne notes India and the civilized world are stunned by the Rheims cathedral bombardment. He says Germans show no respect for worship places and would threaten mosques and sanctuaries if they reached India, labeling Germany barbarian. He warns of a fatal Holy War misstep and recalls a Mohammedan protest in Cawnpore over a mosque-adjacent street redesign.
A British observer notes Muslim support for England in World War I, contrasting loyalties among Indian Muslims amid German influence. He recalls a Lucknow incident showing swift British action against a suspected German spy and remarks on Indian responses to propaganda.
New Minneapolis May 6 millers spend thousands altering machinery to produce war flour. Government regulation cuts milling profits. darker flour requires new silk screens and modified rollers for wheat barley and rye. Plan to save 100000 babies and simple slogan lick the Germans.
The Art Department of the Peaslee-Gaulbert Company offers free interior decoration guidance for homes and new buildings. Writers can request information, specifications, and design ideas without cost or obligation, with advice trusted by leading architects and decorators nationwide. It promotes Pee-Gee finishes and free paint books and color cards via ON.CROOKS HARDWARE CO.
Mrs. Robert W. Eckley 61 died Sunday morning at the family home after a nine day illness from pneumonia. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Wednesday at the home conducted by Dr B D Evans. Burial in West Union Street Cemetery. Survived by husband two daughters Gertrude and Georgia a brother Dr C W Hawk of Zaleski and a sister Mrs A B Wingett near Hebbardsville.
London reports W Joynson-Hicks M P told an Empire Union meeting that 6,500 Germans living freely in Great Britain work in commerce. He urged immediate internment with deportation to follow later.
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