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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1918
Page
4
The Athens Daily Messenger outlines pricing for subscriptions and advertising. It lists mail rates and in-house delivery charges, with various time-frame options and advance payment requirements for readers and advertisers.
The piece argues victory here hinges on peace terms. Germany suffered moral damage but not full conquest. recovery depends on access to raw materials and U S trade policy. It suggests Germany could rebuild with Russian or American raw materials and open markets unless U S tariffs or moral bans block German goods.
The article argues returning servicemen need new jobs so land is prepared for farming. Secretary Lane cites 400 million acres usable with irrigation drainage and clearing, with Congress approving 200 thousand dollars for a survey. Investment would boost food production and recoup costs.
Kansas state news reports Attorney General Reed has ruled that women may wear trousers freely in war work and other legitimate labor. The ruling rejects biblical and legal objections, noting no Bible reference to trousers and suggesting men would wear skirts under strict biblical precedent.
A Cambridge chemist notes wood wastes now go into stout paper boards and sawdust yields alcohol. Plants in South Carolina and Louisiana produce about 3,000 gallons daily, with more yellow pine plants planned. The piece cites 60,000 cords of wood burned daily as waste and calls for continued conservation and thrift across daily life and industry. It ends with a brief note on Bolshevik peace aims.
A compact wartime menu lists dishes from breakfast to pudding. Recipes include poached eggs on toast, oyster stew, baked apples, corn bread sticks, cocoa, and creamed turnips with crack ers. Puddings such as Wartime Pudding and Graham Pudding are detailed with substitutions and sauces.
A Parisian observer hears Irish banter at a train station with Kil names and curses. A ship passenger with a stutter is dismissed by the captain who urges singing. A New Yorker worries about lodging on a street where cars never stop and milkman time rules.
The piece warns farmers on rationing and maintaining machinery due to steel diversion for war. It urges sheltering equipment, repairing parts, and inspecting old gear to extend life until new supplies arrive. It also notes continuing wartime economies and questions postwar leadership and monarchies.
The article cites Surgeon General Office data from 1918 noting influenza as the worst outbreak recorded. It discusses virulence, susceptibility, transmission by saliva, coughing, and spitting, plus pneumonia risk from streptococcus and pneumococcus, and stresses education and medical leadership to control the epidemic.
A horse hitched to a buggy was found in Harrisonville Sunday morning with no owner or caregiver nearby. The animal is being cared for at Link Chase's home as authorities and residents seek its origin. Clark Jiiden and wife from Syracuse visited Robert Goslin's family, while Gladys Bodwell, recently visiting, is also noted.
Mothers are urged to give Cascarets to constipated children. The mild cathartic candy is sold in ten cent boxes and said to relieve tainted breath and bilious tongues while appealing to children. The ad touts safety for a child’s stomach, liver, and bones.
Funeral notices and visits across Wellston, Albany, Akron, and nearby towns. Charley Jones family cares for pneumonia patients at Devil Hole. Charles Statts to be buried in Akron after Oklahoma years. Efforts by the United States Employment Service and miners union seek to recall miners to coal fields with expected success.
Washington November 12 1198 casualties on the War Department lists break down by killed in action dying of disease and other causes wounded missing in action and wounded severely Ohio entries name Sergt James R Watson Sgt Amos Hughes Pvt Charles H Schaefer Pvt George H Tucker and many others with locations including Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Wilmingon and Hamilton among the named casualties.
Pvt. Vern B. Walkely of Marion and Pvt. Daniel Werk of Columbus are named in a military casualty notice listing service members by hometown and rank.
A collection of quotations from doctors including Geo T Richardson Anna Holmes and Ira T Gabbert praising D D D and its soap for eczema and related skin eruptions. The advertisements urge readers to try the soothing cooling liquid and report quick relief with the first bottle and a dermatologist in Caldwell Kansas referenced.
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