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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1918
Page
4
A citizen group calling itself the Terrible Threateners issues a wartime warning promising to expose disloyalty and to strike hard with rope tar and feathers or public exposure. The piece condemns violence and urges reporting suspicious behavior to authorities to defend American ideals.
The Athens call urges immediate home construction as war prices rise and material costs outpace wages. Citizens, firms, and the city should build while money is plentiful and affordable, since dwellings are in demand across all classes and time to act is now.
Charles Schwab proclaims a new social system in the United States driven by popular cooperation. He argues aristocracy will be an aristocracy of action, not birth, with merit guiding social standing and a broader democratic force transforming society worldwide.
Secretary McAdoo designates Jone Ys as National War Savings Day prompting the reminder that ongoing war savings efforts will soon be a daily necessity rather than a special announcement.
A vintage menu style listing daily meals from breakfast to dinner. Items include oatmeal with Top Milk and sugar, poached eggs, coffee, toasted rye bread, creamed left over chicken, baked potatoes, apples, snow dessert, broiled round steak with boiled potatoes and peas, corn bread and butter, and sliced oranges and bananas with shredded coconut.
A compact home cook’s guide features Potato Soup Pring with lentils, potatoes, carrot and margarine, simmered two hours and served with oatcake. Also Lentils boiled tender with bacon or butter, Onions with Cheese baked in buttered dish, and a Dandelion Salad with greens onion sugar salt olive oil and vinegar as a spring tonic.
A collection of home cooking tips including variations for pancakes and pruned puffs with steamer finish, a simple jelly dessert with raspberry jam and whipped cream, a flaky pie crust mixture, and guidance on barley preparation for breakfast and soup. Also notes on barley as baby food and cooking methods.
A collection of tales including a Western saddle use for catching cattle, a Scotch colonel story about a young subaltern who omits a fatal fall, and a camp officer's inquiry about final arrangements with a colored trooper joking he planned to carry his remains himself.
The rural delivery service is hit hardest by slow wage recognition in the Postoffice department. Carriers must fund equipment costs, earning about 1.50 for services while bearing depreciation and repairs. Many rural carriers quit, leaving postmasters with resignations and delays for rural patrons awaiting replacements.
Social column previews etiquette advice and local society notes. Mentions Pearl Smith guesting grandparents in town, Athens County residents heading to Camp Sherman, and several families visiting or hosting. Notes upcoming U. B. Church patriotic children's exercises on Sunday evening June 9 and invites all.
The piece urges proper flag protocol avoiding ground contact and not raising other flags above the national banner. It also notes a bride may receive money or a check as a gift from relatives, allowing her to choose desired items.
A vintage ad touts Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children as a 30 year standard remedy. It claims quick relief for feverish, wakeful, constipated children with worms and teething discomfort. The formula supposedly cleanses the stomach and eases headaches while costing 25 cents.
Opinion notes that resistance to Lloyd George’s policies should prompt action against the Kaiser, suggesting Germans are safer targets than the British Prime Minister in 1919 era sentiment.
The German imperial treasury secretary tells the Reichstag that the exact indemnity amount to be won is not yet known. He appeals for patience and cautions about future financial claims.
Rev. Smith filled his regular appointment at the U B Church. Elma Woode spent the weekend with her sister Mrs R E Burson. Dr T A Copeland of Athens and Rev Smith of Guysville visited Sunday night with Dr and Mrs Orr. Dorothy Jones of Burling ham visits her aunt Mrs C A Colburn. George and Dale O'Brien of Burling ham were guests of Frank and Ralph Col burn. Leroy Williams visited his daughter Mrs M R Cain. Mr and Mrs Joe Smith and children visited Homer Meighen Sunday. Wayne Wingett of O U was weekend guest of his parents.
Mr and Mrs W H Morrison and son Wilford and Miss Anna Copeland visited Athens on Friday. Clyde Powell spent Sunday with C A Frash near Amesville. Len Lewis and son Leonard of Nelsonville visited Orson Lewis. Ethel Frash of Amesville spent weekend with Arthur Frash and Mrs Lewis Devore and others. Fern Copeland and son Wade visited Athens midweek. Jesse Baker returned home after weeks with his sister in Athens. Olive Cunningham of Guysville visited grandparents David and Mrs Copeland. Emerson Copeland and family were Guysville visitors. Charles Showalter and George Baker were Athens visitors on Monday. Arthur Frash and Clyde Powell visited Amesville Friday evening.
Messenger correspondence reports local visits and family travel. Wilford and Florence Wright and Wendall joined in Athens. Jessie Baker returned from Canaan mine hospital stay. Mamie Frash visited Arthur Frash. Olive Cunningham returned from West Virginia for family sickness. Emerson Copeland visited C C Bean in Guysville. Elias Thompson and Blesser from Athens called on friends. Frank Van Dyke spent a day in Athens. Anna Copeland visited. Amos Van Dyke and Charley Walraven head to Camp Sherman. Georgia Poston visited Stewart. Isaac Sutton and wife visited Florenca Wright. families and neighbors share gatherings and trips.
A call to action urges readers to buy War Savings Stamps today, framing the stamps as a superior way to earn future revenue and support national efforts. The message emphasizes immediate purchase as a patriotic and prudent financial move.
Advice favors plain refined coconut oil over soaps or shampoos to wash hair. Wet hair, rub in oil to produce rich lather, rinse to remove dust dirt dandruff and oil, leaving hair soft bright and easy to manage. Oil is inexpensive and widely available at drugstores.
A brisk health tonic named Peptiron blends iron with pepsin celery gentian and other tonics in chocolate coated pills. It is marketed to treat anemia thin blood paleness and nerve debility and is said to bring rapid, substantial improvements after meals.
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