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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 07, 1918

Page

4

Daily Messenger Athens Ohio Printer's Office Ad Rates

The Athens Daily Messenger details circulation, pricing, and rates for mail and carrier delivery. Advertising terms include monthly billing, obituaries and memorials charged separately, and regional office addresses in New York and Chicago.

Athens Messenger Berald Priming Company Fred W. Bush Bdaitor First Proor Messenger Daily Messenger Mall Postofee Athens Ohio Audit Bureau Circulationa Robert B. Ward Fifth Ave New York Bouth Wabash Ave Uhiraro

Man power and thrift in wartime economy urged by Baruch

The piece stresses the winter war priority of every citizen in conserving man power. Bernard Baruch argues in Ladies Home Journal that purchases must be weighed by their impact on war effort. It cites 20 000 workers in hothouse flowers and urges avoiding luxury items to free labor for food and factories.

Bernard Baruch Ladies Home Journal Mr. Baruch

Kaiser Wilhelm in Swiss recount shows aging face and sorrow

The Swiss account describes Kaiser Wilhelm as greatly aged with snow white hair and stooped shoulders. His feverish eyes and tanned lined face convey deep sorrow, while readers note his apparent moral burden and humanity amid talk of justice.

Kaiser Wilhelm Apears Kaiser Ife

Army rehabilitation builds upright stride for bent recruit

A medical writer recalls a round shouldered selective service man in training who could not straighten. Army surgeons massaged and twisted his spine, rebuilt his arches, and fostered self confidence. Within a week he stood straighter in bed and a week later upright when standing. He now walks with an easy, manly carriage, proof that Uncle Sam helps every recruit straighten up.

Uncle Sam

Consideration of Boycott Effects on US Economy and Labor

The piece imagines a US boycott of German goods succeeding while German capital shifts to Russian resources and Russian labor completes exports. It questions whether US welfare would worsen under Democratic rule and trade burdens, noting the upcoming forty fivers and the draft registration omen.

United States Democratic Party

Kaiser’s Sun Idea After War Sparks Debate

A wartime correspondent cites the Kaiser’s remark about harnessing the sun after victory. The line echoes the phrase place in the sun and prompts discussion over the intent behind his postwar vision.

End of an Era for Hindenberg’s Power

A stark assessment says Hindenberg’s era is finished with his death or failure. The once formidable army’s punch is gone and the Hindenbergian influence has faded from history.

Hindenberg Hindenbergian

Peanut Butter Recipes Featured In Household Hints

A vintage list of peanut butter based dishes and ideas appears in a household hints collection. Featured items include Peanut Fondu Banana and Peanut Butter Salad Peanut Bunny Peanut Butter Cookies and Peanut Butter Gravy with simple preparation steps and common pantry staples.

Letters From Men In Service From Oden C Johnson in France

A wartime letter from Oden C Johnson of Frost, serving with the American Expeditionary Forces in France since July 14 1918. He describes mail delays, gun crews, shelling, Paris visit disappointments, life in pup tents, meals, sleep, and morale as he awaits further notices from home.

Oden C. Johnson Johnson Frost Oden Co. L Athens France Hereney Fritz Berlin Tom Paris Billy Bryan Uncle Sam America Oden CC. Johnson Battey E F. A. American Expeditionary Forces

Agas Range Trap Reveals Mail Order Lesson

A thrift driven couple buys a mail order gas range that proves faulty and ill fitting. The piece warns against repeat mail order purchases and urges cautious shopping, citing a moral about avoiding slick catalogs and disappointing appliances. Local advertisers listed.

Potato Scones Ginger Drops Rice A La Maigre Stuffed Apple

Potato Scones make a firm dough from cold mashed potatoes cream and flour with baking powder salt roll and bake ten minutes butter while hot. Ginger Drops blend shortening molasses brown sugar eggs ginger soda and barley flour drop and bake in a moderate oven. Rice A La Maigre fry onion add cold rice and hard eggs make a white sauce with cornstarch milk and egg yolk heat pour over hot meat with tomato sauce garnish with baked tomatoes eggs and parsley. Stuffed Apple core dates bake in hot oven basting with sugar syrup serve breakfast or luncheon.

Dinner Stories and Weathered Jokes From Loyal Readers

This fragment recounts a child crying after being slapped and a mother’s retaliation view, a Lawrence businessman debt note turning to satire, and Amos J. Cummings with Ernest Jarrold in a pilot boat storm where humor softens danger as the crew relies on salaries to keep the vessel afloat.

Amos J. Cummings Ernest Jarrold Amos Jarrold Micky Cummings

Carranza vows Mexican control of oil and mining lands

The speaker notes that Carranza pledges lands will be granted only to Mexicans. He questions the practicality of such policy for Mexican holders, asking what they will do with the resources once acquired.

Carranza

Soldiers Ready for September 12 Regardless of Front Lines

A found fragment notes a large group preparing for September 12 as soldiers whether deployed abroad or to fight at home per government call. The speaker foresees extensive troop mobilization and readiness for duty in any theater.

If We Raised As Many Men Proportionately as England

The speaker argues that if the nation mobilized troops at an equal proportion to England, the total under arms would exceed 15 million. The claim emphasizes the scale of potential military manpower and possible national defense commitments.

England

War metal continues melting German statues details

Report notes ongoing process of melting down German statues for war metal. Cites that Hohenzollern monuments have not yet been melted, with no current plan announced.

Hohenzollern

Frontline fighters fed on doughnuts as wheat rules ease

Wartime morale rises as soldiers at the front receive doughnuts amid relaxed wheat flour regulations. Corn bread remains a staple, reflecting continued reliance on familiar bakery items despite food policy shifts.

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The Athens Daily Messenger Sam Wang Licht O By MC. Meiker Athens Electric CO Athens Ice & Storage CO Athens National Bank J. L. Alderman Athens Printery CO Bank OF Athens National Banking Association W. B. Golden W. S. Blackwood Carpenter How. CO Glouster Nelsonville Cash Shoe Store Corner Court Mill Streets the Cline Pharmacy CO Cline Ice Cream CO Cornwell & Co., Jewelers and Optometrists Henry W. Cotner Rexall Emmett H. Cotton W. M. Cray M. T. Ellis Foutch’s Connection Hibbard’s Music Shop Edison Diamond Disc Columbia Grafonolas Home Furnishing CO Home Telephone Coo J. H. Johnson Novelty CO Kerr Hardware CO Lash’s Drug Lash Lostro Auto Sales CO Overland and Willys-Knight Automobiles Federal Trucks Maxwell’s Novelty Stor Nations China McHenry & Sisler Wooltex the Messenger Printery CO Moler Auto Sales CO Chevrolet and Cadillac Motor Cars Republic and Sterling Trucks Murphy Bros Scott Haney CO Home of Good Clothes Sam Sommer Star Mineral Water Works CO F. C. Stedman CO F.C. Stedman CO Union Grocery CO Casebell Block Wolfe Bros D. Zenner Co.—Modern Department Store Charlie Louis Mother Lawrence Maas the. M. C. A Hindenberg Gap
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