Basest German Plot Destruction of French Towns
The article denounces German actions in retreat from France as a calculated scheme to paralyze France economically for years. It argues Germany aims to loot resources, repurpose factories, and remove people, while seeking an armistice to recover in Germany and dominate markets. France vows to demand full payment of the war debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
France
Belgium
Evers
Cone
United States
Chase the Dog Four Years After War Beaten Home
A wartime metaphor warns that the German army, called the invincible beast, is retreating yet dangerous. The piece urges Americans to fund the war bonds, praising brave soldiers dying in pursuit and warning traitors who withhold support. It frames the chase as essential to victory and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Belgium
France
Dave
Hoch
Prohibit Drugs and Prohibition Policy Debate
The piece argues that tightening liquor laws has not halted drug use and warns that replacing alcohol with habit forming drugs is illogical. It advocates abolishing both vices, restricting dope trade more stringently, and treating addicts as patients rather than criminals.
Food production surges as war effort gains momentum
Farmers report record or near record yields across crops including spring and winter wheat tobacco and oats with total wheat and corn output supporting allied needs. The article notes strong harvests and a united home front as forces push toward victory while referencing German defeats and Kaiser’s Bible study.
Breakfast Coffee Luncheon Whole Milk Butter Tomato Salad Bread
Household hints column lists menu items for a day including breakfast coffee luncheon and foods such as whole milk butter tomato salad and bread. It reads like a shopper or kitchen guide brief from a midcentury page.
Preservation and Dessert Recipes From Old Cookbook Fragments
A collection of kitchen instructions detailing green tomato relishes and pickles, a white eggbees cake, green tomato marmalade, war cake, a celery and apple salad, potato cake with raisins, and frosting methods. Includes steps for salting, boiling, and layering with sugared frostings and flavoring notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weldorf Satacd
Pinched for speeding and other village banter
An Irish visitor jokes with a police officer after a high speed ride through the countryside. A witty exchange ensues as locals tease and accuse the officer while a visiting lawyer and a farmer share sharp remarks about appearance and new flats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Begorra
Inside Bath With Hot Water claims to brighten skin and health
The article touts drinking a glass of real hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate each morning before breakfast as an “inside bath” to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It promises clearer skin and more vitality for those with pallid complexions and digestive ailments.
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Bath
Olive Tablets Aid Digestive Health Claim
Thousands suffer stomach upset seek liver relief with Dr Edwards Olive Tablets said to stimulate liver and bowels. Advertises vegetable formula with olive oil, claiming relief from indigestion and bad taste, with dosing at bedtime and prices 10c and 25c.
Red Cross directs nurses through local chapters for influenza care
Lake Division issues instructions to cities and military schools on obtaining nursing care and supplies. Local health officers coordinate with Red Cross chapter and division headquarters to avoid miscommunication. Chapters survey resources, authorize assignments, and organize trained lay women as auxiliary nursing support if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Red Cross Division
Lake Division
Division
State Boards of Health
Hesalth
Camp Taylor
Sherman
3Uell
James L. Fieser
Advertised Letters List for October 15 1918
The column lists names of individuals and couples including Bert, Edgar, Margaret, Mrs Anna Clerham, Eleanorey Crim, Olive B Dennison, Helen Milon, John B Pdelman, Gladys Kihlis, Jennie Griggs, Mrs Sarah Hariley, Nate Hewell, C M Kemstiey, Nelle Kimball, Mrs B Long, Harry Martin, Elizabeth Martin, Joseph Murphy, Thos Pace, H Wannets, Petty, Mrs Lucy Swartz, H F Swartz, H E Swinehart. Callers should say they were advertised. unclaimed letters sent to Dead Letter Office on Oct 29 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert
Edgar
Tustiock
Margaret
Caseiady
Anna
Clerham
T. F. Davis
Eleanorey Crim
Olive B. Dennison
Helen
Milon
John B. Pdelman
Gladys
Kihlis
Jennie
Griggs
Sarah Hariley
Nate Hewell
C. M. Kemstiey
Nelle
Kimball
B. Long
Harry
Martin
Elizabeth
Joseph
Murphy
Millfield Social Notes Move Through Athens and Glouster
Local residents visit relatives and friends across Athens, Glouster, Nelsonville, and Columbus. Nurses from Athens State Hospital spend time with family. several guests travel to Logan and Chauncey. Recovery updates mention Wade and Mrs. Clifford Conn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Hunt
Verda Chapman
Athens State Hospital
Ladd Russell
C. E. Saunders
Susan Smith
Athens
Lyons
Logan
Dan Fulton
Will Dennis
Glouster
Mabel Saunders
Eldon
Columbus
Belle Woodworth
Harveyade
Grant Hospital
Wade
McKinley Oman
Camp Sherman
William Oman
Mattie Smith
Nelsonville
J. R. Wade
Ray Howard
Benigene Walters
William Anderson
C. E. Stack
Allen Chadwell
Hazel Lahbugh
Chauncey
Ruth James
Gladys Hamilton
Akron
Clint Daugherty
G. Grimes
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Phocyenger One
Wriening Company
Manag Cor
Iet
Ficor
Messenger Building
Daily Messenger
Cartier
Postoffice
Ohio
Audit Bureau
Otto
Robert BR. Ward
Eastern
Fifth Ave
New York
Estern
Bouth Wabash Ave
Chase the
Byng Bingin
Mangin Manglin
Horne
Bam T. Slackputter
Petunia Taveran
Sam
Tle
Dr. Edwards
Thryn Edwards
Washington Court House
Cardus
Mrs. Edwards
THE
Millfield
Clifford Conn
John Daugherty
Chester Whinnery
Glousies
Poston
Cole’s
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Georgia
Jones & Wolfe
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