Daily Messenger Publication Details and Rates
The Athens Messenger announces publication every afternoon except Sunday with carriage delivery. Rates listed include 86.00 a year by mail and 13 weeks for six dollars with monthly and quarterly options. Advertising rates require inquiry and obituaries or memorial notices incur a five cent per line charge.
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Athens Messenger
Kevaid Pritaing
Fred W. Bugh
Maneawing Buitar
Messenger
Messkenger
Carriot
Mall
Thane
Kesvntiionia
Memoriaie
Postoffice
Athens
Onio
Autit Bureau
Robert B. Ward
Fastern Offich
Fifth Ave
New York
Western
Hovum Wabewa Ave
Chicago
Work For All Aims At Rapid Demobilization and Reemployment
The article discusses postwar employment as demobilized soldiers return home by the first of the year. Infiltration of workers into industries will match demand, with many veterans rejoining the labor force over two years. Women who held jobs may stay in new occupations. overall, ample remunerative employment is anticipated for men and women in the coming years.
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United States
Stay Home A While Longer War Travel Restrictions Message
The war is not over until peace terms are signed and travel to Europe remains restricted. Neutrals can travel with difficulty. women face more barriers, while England travel is slightly freer. The armistice does not solve transport and food problems, and waves of tourists could disrupt early reconstruction efforts.
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Europe
England
Allied hotel men from three nations plan New York meeting
Hotel men from France England and Belgium will meet American peers in New York around mid December to discuss conservation of food and manpower and general hotel problems. Belgian and French delegates want to study American hotels before rebuilding. exhibits on labor saving planning and equipment will be shown.
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France
England
Belgium
New York
Germany and the Peace League membership rules
The piece argues that Germany would join a permanent League of Nations for Peace only if it proves a democratic, orderly government. Admission would follow strict terms set by Allied powers, with no guaranteed charter membership despite reform. It stresses an acid test for candidates with questionable history.
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League of Nations
Germany
United States
France
Britain
Italy
League
Military girl demobilizes as Fifth Avenue fashions end
Orders from headquarters direct from leading modistes on Fifth Avenue New York City suspend feminine fashions modeled after soldiers uniforms. Military styles are no longer to be fashion leaders as readers may suspect.
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Fifth Avenue
New York City
Savings and Loans Back War Effort
Savings and Loan firm promotes funding for weapons, armies, ships, and supplies for the war. The text praises debt to money and mentions The Buckeye State Building and Loan Company with Rankin Building address in Columbus Ohio. Assets $15000.00 and five percent on time deposits.
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Bueckeye State Building and Loan Company
Rankin Building
West Gay S
Columbus
Ohio
Using canned fruits for pies and jellies
The article describes pie fillings from canned fruits such as peaches and plums. It explains a no cream or meringue topping option, a preserved plum pie method with a single crust, and a method to make jelly from boiled fruit juice plus gelatin. It also notes using juice to sweeten cream or meringue and small tips for judging crust doneness.
Things Worth Knowing From a Cookery Column
A list of kitchen tips includes spicing lemonade with allspice cloves and cinnamon. Oven drying fruits requires a thermometer. Frozen desserts can count as part of a meal. Use a large base for a double boiler to prevent water loss. Add flavorings last in sauces and use leaf extract. Grease cookies pans then rinse with cold water to prevent sticking. Blanch chestnuts for stuffing until tender. Test ripeness of apples by stem detaching from spur with a twist. Counteract overly salty vegetables with a pinch of sugar.
Dinner Stories A Captn Commanded Colored Company
A training camp tale recounts a captain granting Sunday leave after a soldier shows $700 cash, claiming his wife sent $1,000 due to Oklahoma land riches. Alarm bells ring at night as a false fire drill prompts a frenzied scramble, but one rookie sleeps through until the war’s end news jolts him awake.
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Oklahoma
Harry
Psychology of fashion for returning soldiers
The piece argues men returning from war will crave feminine attire after years in masculine society. It claims veterans will tire of military dress and prefer "filmy, fluffy" outfits seen in women. It notes debate over whether women dress for men or themselves.
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Fifth Avenue
The Prohibition Race Between Amendment and State Action
The era will turn dry by either constitutional amendment or federal action next spring. Fourteen states already ratified while about as many more may follow in January legislatures. If not, the July deadline looms via the agriculture bill's dry provision, with 30 states already dry and most regions having large dry areas.
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United States
House
Senate
Local social notes from Beaumont and surrounding towns
Beaumont and nearby areas report a flurry of visits and travel. John Beaumont and Alma Wince are noted, with relatives from Chauncey Athens The Plains Nelsonville Circle Hill Albany Wellston and Krele Hill mentioned among the gatherings and visits.
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Alma Wince
Nelson Ville
Homer Durst
Wellston
Walter Bradshaw
Pomeroy
New York
Charles Shaffer
Athens
Alfred Carr
Warren
William
Julia Wyant
Nettie
Albany
Vira Shaffer
the Plains
Shaffer
James Lee
Leo
Francis
Mahton Bradshaw
Victory poem by Charles B. Driscoll
A written piece from Charles B. Driscoll for United Press proclaims victory with biblical phrasing, praising divine justice and the end of tyranny. It laments tyranny, celebrates silent guns, and offers a prayer of glory to Omnipotent Will.
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Charles B. Driscoll
United Press
Pressmen Win $6 Weekly Wage Increase
Washington reports the National War Labor Board has granted New York pressmen a wage boost of six dollars per week in a wartime labor ruling.
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Washington
National War Labor Board
New York
Tiz promises relief for tired feet in bold claims
An advertisement touts Tiz as a grand foot-gladdener that relieves pain from corns callouses and bunions and prevents tired sweaty feet. It urges readers to buy a 25 cent box at any drug store to end foot torture for a year and fit shoes better.
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