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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1918
Page
4
Walter S. Gifford urges nationwide thrift to fund the war effort. Citizens should save money for bonds and stamps, conserve materials, and free factories for war production. The campaign shifts to personal judgment, asking each American to ask what is essential and cut luxuries.
For the first time 82 women were elected to Tammany Hall’s executive committee. From now on women will share power on an equal numerical basis with men in New York City districts and in the wigwam councils. The event signals a shift as women begin to influence party machinery and policy while old guards acknowledge the change.
In a tribute to President elect Alves of Brazil, the piece notes that the United States showed self-sacrifice in war and pursued peace without selfish aims. It praises Wilson and asserts Brazil’s trust, the shift from distrust to leadership, and the solidifying Pan Americanism as wartime fruits.
The Lichnowsky expose shifts opinion in America hardening anti German arguments. The Milwaukee Germania-Herald admits its past defense of Germany erred and says the memorandum and Jagow admission disprove the claim that England started the war.
The page lists a daily menu with breakfast items including stewed rhubarb with raisins and cooked cereal. Lunch features stuffed peg salad rye oatmeal bread and hot baked apples. Dinner offers tomato and celery bouillon broiled halibut millets boiled beet tops hashed brown potatoes fruit salad and oatmeal wafers.
A collection of old fashioned recipes including Meat and Cornmeal Croquettes with mush and codfish notes, Indian Pudding with milk and cornmeal baked slowly, Southern Cornbread with sour milk and soda, Barley and Nut Twists with honey and nuts, plus variations using raisins figs dates.
The article describes making two pounds of butter by combining one one pound good butter, one quart milk, gelatin, and salt then heating and mixing until smooth. It also explains freshening salt meat by soaking in warm water with baking soda overnight then boiling and finishing with butter for a brown fry.
Douglas Fairbanks recounts a Christmas tale of a country youth and his fiancée at a Broadway restaurant. A ga cherie joke leads to a napkin and table jokes as the couple argues over marriage and physiology. The engagement lasts three years but ends amid a quarrel over marriage and social status.
A man seeking work in a munitions plant answers a rapid fire set of questions. His birth and nativity are given, with marital history, health, and prior experience described amid a dry state reference and a need to support his wife who can no longer work.
The New York World alleges the federal Committee on Public Information distributed an authentic German language copy to German language newspapers to persuade readers. It questions whether papers are willing to print it.
Athens Rural School District boards approves a new elevated salary scale for 1918 19 with minimums of 75 dollars and mid level raises for experienced teachers and graduates of two year programs High school salaries set proportionally higher The Plains Hocking and other properties receive maintenance updates and a special May meeting is scheduled to hire staff
Questions answered by Marie Reilley on etiquette. A reader asks about marriage license publication and personal applications. Advice includes proper escort conduct and ensuring at least four dances are claimed for a young woman at a dance.
People praise Chamberlains Tablets for indigestion and constipation relief. The ad notes wartime timber cuts in Scotland and land later used for agriculture, but the main point remains the product endorsement.
In Athens on May 11 the thirteen selectees departed for Camp Taylor without a band or civic procession. Editor notes the lack of local patriotic display and questions how Athens county boys in France would view the quiet farewell. Parkersburg dispatch dated May 13, 1918.
The Morgan County Democrat notes the death of T. D. Clancy age 80 at his Stockport home on May 8. He was brother to Mrs. John Porter mother of Carl Porter Chief of Police. Clancy long ran a mercantile business at McConnellyville and later led the First National Bank of Stockport. He served in the Civil War and belonged to several Masonic bodies.
Mr. C. H. Worth of Columbus will address the Athens Chamber of Commerce luncheon at noon on Wednesday. He speaks for Redpath Chautauqua on The Chautauqua and the War and merchants debate continuing the movement during wartime. Dr. B. D. Evans defers his talk to next week.
The German side continues to assert that papers recovered from captured American airmen indicate their voyage across the ocean aboard hospital ships.
The advertisement touts San Cura as a reliable emergency ointment with strong antiseptic and healing powers. It claims to remove a needle from a girl’s foot after a failed lancet, guarantees relief for piles and skin ailments, and offers money back. Sold for 380c and 60c a jar at Cline's Pharmacy and Fountain Pharmacy in Nelsonville.
The copy extols San Cura Soap for antiseptic healing, promising soft skin and removal of pimples and blackheads. It targets babies and mothers, pricing a cake at 25 cents from Cline’s Pharmacy, with mail order from Thompson Medical Co. in Titusville, Pa.
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