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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 19, 1918

Page

4

The Daily Messenger Publication Details and Rates

The Athens Daily Messenger announces publication daily except Sundays with carrier delivery at 12 1 2 cents weekly and mail rates listed. Advertising rates available on request and obituary notices incur a five cent per line charge. Located in Athens Ohio with bureaus in New York Chicago and offices of record.

Athens Messenger Berald Primning Company Trey W. Bugh Billtor Piret Piper Messenger Daily Messenger Postomca Athena Ohio Charter Miembar Audit Bureau Irculationa Robert & Ward Eastern Office Fifth Ave New Yor Booth Wabash Ave

New Restaurant Food Rules Limit Serving Details

New food rules effective October 21 target restaurant service and labor. They limit bread and butter, sugar bowls, and garnish meats, urging vegetable meals and simple social meals. Rules push saving food in homes and hotels, cutting waste and silverware use.

Food Administration

Athens County Reaches Fourth Liberty Loan Target

Athens County exceeds its Fourth Liberty Loan quota with strong rural support. Old Nelsonville leads by selling 85,000 in bonds two days before close, while Chairman Jed I Alderman earns praise for strategic campaign leadership and public welfare work.

Athens County Nelsonville Cooielt Eberle Jed I. Alderman Alderman

Household Hints Menu Includes Beans Casserole Polenta and More

A vintage household guide lists menus and recipes such as Breakfast items with corn flakes and muffins, lunch tuna salad, and dinner ideas like Meat Casseroles with ham or ground meat. Recipes detail bean dishes, polenta with cheese, French rarebit, orange tapioca, cottage cheese and nut roast, and bean muffins with leftover beans repurposed.

Mato

Germans must drop impediments to end war claims

The writer argues that retreating German forces in France and Belgium are hindered by Foch's armies not by their numbers but by their war material. He suggests the Germans could escape quickly if they discarded artillery, rifles, ammunition and other equipment, meeting peace if they choose.

France Belgium Foch Germany

Propaganda Pitches Bond Drive Amid War Appeals

A wartime message urges citizens to buy bonds and back the home front. It rails at Germany and Turkey, urging national resolve and victory through financial support, framing bond purchases as aiding the boys in the game.

Germany

Night Road Ambulances Halt Sentry for Wagging Names

A sentry on a front road stops a medical vehicle, only to be met with varying replies as ambulances from Britain France and the United States attempt to pass. The exchange reveals wartime chaos and the reliance on aid convoys amid danger.

London Trafalgar Square Meeting Sparks Jest and Rudeness

Two fatigued soldiers taunt a Windsor guard in Trafalgar Square as they mingle with a royal entourage. Two local election candidates spar over vote buying while a YMCA worker asks a French phrase and a stevedore replies in blunt terms.

London Trafalgar Square Windsor Guard Bill—sosers

Germans accuse of placing explosives on dead soldiers

A high French officer in Foch's circle reports Germany hid high explosives in the uniforms of their dead to kill Allied personnel performing postmortem duties. The French insist such crimes erase any claim to civilized participation in future international affairs.

Germany Foch Iie

Bonds Sway Under Swift Wind Sale Led by Swing

Mr. Phil Swing of Cincinnati, assigned by the Federal Reserve Bank to Athens county, aids Chairman Alderman in closing the Third and Fourth Liberty loan bond sale. Swing, a capable worker, plans to return to Cincinnati after finishing work and has won many friends across the county.

Phil Swing Cincinnati Federal Reserve Bank Athens County Alderman Swing Athens Aldermathrout

French Mines Nearly Ruined by German Blasting

Washington reports a Paris cable saying Long region coal mines will be unusable 18 months to two years after German damage. Five years to restore normal production. Inspectors Lebrin Loucheur Perier Basly found flooded pits and extensive plant destruction at Courrieres near Lens.

Washington Havas Paris France Albert Lebrin Louis Loucheur M. Perier M. Basly Cive Committee On Mines Chamber of Deputies Courrieres Lens

Boys Must Not Be Detained By Folks At Homme

Washington urges families to watch the clock and send servicemen back to camp on time. Absent Without Leave incurs punishment, fines, or menial duties and harms chances for promotions or entry to officers training camps. Mothers and others should ensure the boy starts back exactly at the scheduled hour.

HOMME Washington

Real Estate Transfers in Athens Area Townships and City

A compilation of real estate transfers across Athens Township Athens City Canaan Dover Glouster Nelsonville and surrounding areas listing buyers sellers lot and parcel details acreages and values including transfers to Vinton W Miller George Wakefield Emma Richards Fred Slaughter and others with values ranging from 40 to 2350 dollars and parcels from 0.75 to 78 acres.

John Gleason Sr Vinton W. Miller Clarence Smith Doris Sawyer Ervin Channellot Verity Alexander A. E. Dent George Wakefield Athens City James A. Palmer Emma Richards N. W. Corner Margaret A. Perry Fred C. Slaughter A. J. South Charles Emerf Miller Sadie M. Fulton Franklin B. Fulton Alice Hadges William Hahn Canaan Clifford Love Elmer Poston Coolville Mary F. Jackson J. W. Hayhurst Dover Township Alexander Koloz Joe Tax Millfield Glouster Charles H. Hogan Sam Kimendo

Co operate with these merchants for home buying

A mass meeting urges citizens to favor local merchants over mail order houses. The campaign stresses protecting home happiness, warning against distant catalogs, and promoting prosperity through strong local businesses and home credit.

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