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British Soldiers Rescue German Babies in Neuve Eglise Mines
A British dispatch from Flanders recalls two German infants found by British troops in Neuve Eglise and saved under shellfire, later handed to a field hospital. In a separate incident, two artillery officers protected a baby in a hayloft until it slept safely, while their comrades died. The piece contrasts humane acts by Allied forces with alleged German cruelties.
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Flanders
Neuve Eglise
Steady Employment The Answer to Labor Turnover Costs
A writer in Engineering and Contracting notes railroads pay as much as 40 million dollars yearly for labor turnover. Factory turnover ranges 50 to 400 percent of needed staff, with replacement costs from 10 to 300 dollars per worker. Steady employment reduces wasted time and materials and supports worker progress and family well being.
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Farmers To The Front In Liberty Loan Drive
The drive shows shifting support across Liberty Loan issues with rural areas leading as urban regions rally less. Secretary McAdoo praised rural sections for patriotism and unity surpassing city efforts in war fund campaigns.
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Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Americas
German Professors Split on War Aftermath
Eighteen German-born professors in American colleges condemn Kultur attributes and Germany’s war guilt while praising no side. The writer notes it shows progress but calls for full recantation from German university luminaries to signal true intellectual freedom in Germany.
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Germany
Iasken
Deutchland
Government orders large quantities of cocoanut shells
A Jamaica dispatch reports the government has ordered cocoanut shells for war use. The note questions how shells would function as munitions and what kind of payload would be involved if fired at Germany.
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Jamaica
Household Hints Rye Bread Toast Menu
The page lists simple kitchen ideas and a day’s menu items in a home cook style. It includes Rye Bread Toast as a breakfast option, corn bread, potato salad with French dressing, and a range of dishes for lunch and dinner such as Oxtail Savory Stew. It also features desserts like Chocolate Corn-Starch Pudding and Buckwheat Spice Cookies.
Candied Fruit Peel and Mint Leaves Candy Prep
Instructions for making candied fruit peel green pea candy and apple sauce candy plus candied mint leaves. Includes peeling fruit boiling sugar mixtures, syrup steps, gelatin use, cooling and rolling, and drying in a warm oven. Applies to mint leaves coated with two sugar gelatin mixtures and drying on waxed paper.
Simple Sweet Bread Recipe Instructions
Two eres one cup sugar one tablespoon butter. Cream these ingredients one half teaspoon salt four teaspoons baking powder sifted into four cups of white flour one teaspoon grated nutmeg two cups milk. When mixing add everything before the milk and flour. Put in pans let rise one half hour. Just before putting in the oven dot with small bits of butter. Sprinkle generously with sugar and cinnamon. Half of his recipe will make two small loaves.
Dinner Stories and a Trial Folly Crosses with Local Anecdotes
A collage of vaudeville quips and club life sits beside a joke about a greens keeper and a horse pulling a roller. A darkey’s takeaway on phenomena and a wounded soldier’s comic exchange round out the column of oddities and streetwise humor.
Letters from Soldiers and Athens County Red Cross War Chest
The Messenger highlights Letters from Soldiers and reports Athens County raising its Red Cross quota through over ten thousand subscribers. It praises sustained support through tough conditions, noting the need to stay with the effort despite drought bugs and discouragements while urging continued contribution.
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Red Cross
Etiquette Answers and Local Community Notes
Column of etiquette tips by Marie Reilley and a village update. Local society items include Chauncey and Nelsonville church activities, a Chauncey resident visiting Camp Shelby, and a piano recital in Athens. Several local residents are noted with family ties and community roles.
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Marie Reilley
Miss Reilley
Chauncey Hosts Sunday Family Reunion Dinner
Chauncey residents hosted a Sunday family gathering with Chauncey guests including Mr and Mrs Will Shields and their children from Athens. Miss Flora McCafferty visited Columbus friends. Rev B Fr Timmons preached at the Chauncey Church of God. Guests from Glouster Moundsville and Chauncey shared a pleasant afternoon, with a large family photo taken and Mrs Beebe, age seventy nine, noted in good health.
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Will Shields
Athens
Chauncey
Flora McCafferty
Columbus
Margaret Beebe
Harley
Frank
Josephine Bennett
Hocking
Pestin
Moundsville
W . Va
Squire A J McKee Dies After Long Illness
Squire A J McKee a well known Chauncey and Athens County resident died at his home Sunday evening after a lingering illness. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 PM from his residence conducted by Rev Wilson of the Holiness Church and burial will follow in the family lot near his home. He previously fractured his hip in a fall over a year ago.
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Squire A. J. McKee
Chauncey
Athens County
Here
Wilson
Holiness Church
Mr. McKee
Chauncey Residents Note Safe Arrival of Soldier Son
Mr and Mrs Isaac Wilson of Chauncey learn their son Lewis M Wilson is safely arrived overseas. The last update sent from Camp Merritt New Jersey confirms his location. Chauncey visitors include Russell Hall from Springfield and other locals visiting friends and relatives at Middleport Ath ens county convention participants from Chauncey Sunday School group headed to Athens.
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Charles Willey
Chauncey
Uncle Sam
Camp Shelby
Mrs. Evener
Isaac Wilson
Lewis M. Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Camp Merritt
New Jersey
Baseball Yesterday's Results Across Leagues
Baseball scores from national, American, and state leagues show notable wins including New York defeating Philadelphia 7 to 3 and St. Louis beating Cincinnati 3 to 0. The American Association lists Indianapolis as a leading team. A wartime Liberty Bond appeal closes the recap.
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Brooklyn
Pittsburg
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Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
State
Isu
Marion Chambers Buys Hotel Property in Torch
Mr. Marion Chambers has purchased the hotel property owned by Mrs. Watson and will move this fall. All welcome their coming. Local social notes include Mrs. Amy Frost visiting Frost and Nancy Barrows improving at home. Torch area residents like Miss Julia Fabien and Miss Morris visiting Athens classifie.
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Marion Chambers
Watson
H. S. Dye
Parkersburg
Richard Nixon
J. A. Medley
Arthur
Alvie Baker
Melvin Blackburn
Coolville
Ralph Scarlet
Fannie Coleman
Amy Frost
Frost
Nancy Barrows
Burnice Russell
Delaware
Minnie Welling
Dena Chevalier
Julia Fabien
Morris
Cole
Cox
Athens
Visitors and Guests Reach Across Town and States
Thursday at the Torch Model school reports visitors including Mrs Esther Durfee of Parkersburg visiting daughter Mrs Sherry Eason. Elizabeth Watson Nellie Cole of Athens visited Arthur Waston's home. Edna Searier attends business college in Parkersburg. Will Shockner was a Sunday guest at New Matamoras. Mr and Mrs Dewey Britton and son Charles Austey visited their parents Mr and Mrs Stewart Huntten recently. Sam Mendrickson spent Monday in Parkersburg. Cyrus Brewster was a business visitor at Coolville Monday. Mr and Mrs 8 I Duffee and Miss Lesie Dufee were Sunday guests at the home of Mr and Mrs H Dye. Mr and Mrs Ed Carleton of Coolville Mr and Mrs Ira Mickle of Amen ville Mr and Mrs Marion Chambers and Mrs Elizabeth Watson were visiting Arthur Waston's Sunday.
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Torch Model School
Esther Durfee
Parkersburg
Sherry Eason
Elizabeth Watson
Nellie Cole
Athens
Arthur Waston
Edna Searier
Business
Will Shockner
New Matamoras
Dewey Britton
Charles Austey
Stewart Huntten
Sam Mendrickson
Cyrus Brewster
Coolville
Local Social Roundup From Tupper's Plains Area
A series of brief notes record visits and trips by residents around Tupper's Plains and nearby towns. A. H. McLain went to Marietta on business. Lewis Osborn and Leo Cole called on relatives in Needsville. E. T. Ritchey and wife spent the weekend in Marietta. J. A. Barrett and sister visited R. W. Barrett's family in Keno.
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Lewis Osborn
Leo Cole
Needsville
Notable Athens Area Residents Listed in Census Mix
Names and trades of several local residents appear, including Herb Sanborn a 36 year old laborer in Athens, Orpha Carpenter 26 a domestic worker in Athens, L E Pierpoint 24 a soldier stationed at Camp Sheridan Alabama, Ruba C Ogg 25 of Sharpsburg, Raymond Smith 21 an insurance agent in Nelsonville, and Frieda Patton 21 a teacher in Nelsonville.
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Athens
Orpha Carpenter
L. E. Pierpoint
Camp Sheridan
Ala
Ruba C. Ogg
Sharpsburg
Raymond Smith
Nelsonville
Frieda Patton
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