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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1918
Page
4
The author rebukes earlier views of the French as frivolous and effeminate. He credits France with courage, military skill, and patriotic zeal in WWI, noting Belgian gratitude and the need to honor France's defense of civilization against German aggression.
A editorial urges full attention to the wartime revenue measure before Congress. It argues the plan raises 24 billion dollars next year, funded by 16 billion in Liberty Bonds and 8 billion in taxes, with every citizen responsible for their share and budgeting changes needed now.
Director General Schwab reveals that in August the Shipping Board produced 66 ships totaling 340000 tons for use in war. This output rivals German U boat losses and surpasses prewar annual U.S. production, signaling a decisive, ongoing homefront victory alongside Foch’s armies.
German troops in Lorraine faced an offer from their commander of 100 dollars for an American prisoner. The quote notes scarcity drives value and adds American soldiers have captured many Germans, making further captures less welcome as gifts.
A list of daily meal ideas and ingredients titled Household Hints. Contains entries for breakfast lunch and dinner including tea puffed rice rolled oats peaches top milk honey bran read coffee luncheon deviled eyes with beets sliced tomatoes cocoa fish with cheese sauce corn fried apples rice bread and butter apple tapioca apple jelly and iced tea.
A collection of old fashioned seafood recipes describes Salmon Croquettes with mashed potatoes eggs and peas in a seasoned bread crumb crust fried to brown. Escalloped Crab Meat and Tuna layers crab or shrimp tuna white sauce and Parmesan, then bake until cheese browns. Codfish Balls mix codfish potatoes and spices form balls, egg and crumb coat and fry. Tuna Fish Delight cooks tuna with eggs butter cream lemon and cheese baked in ramekins.
Recipe instructions for a chocolate pudding with apples. Ingredients include milk eggs bread crumbs chocolate sugar salt baked apples and vanilla. Steps cover soaking crumbs heating chocolate custard with eggs, beating egg white, folding in apple pulp, and serving cold with optional cream.
A humor filled column recounts a young housekeeper blind to wallpaper mishaps and a wife’s costly bid for society. A Bar Harbor tea quote riffs on the price of entering society as a western millionaire’s wife spends heavily, while a restaurant anecdote riffs on Dickens and food writing.
An opinion frames Germany as a nation of fleeting strength, likening its power to a fragile one-hoss shay whose moment of dominance may be ending. The metaphor emphasizes a shift from seeming invincibility to vulnerability in wartime imagination.
Community news from Chauncey covers new hires at Chauncey High School including Miss Kaizenback and Miss Herrold of Nelsonville, weekly visits by residents to Columbus and Athens, a Pow Wow by the Modoc Tribe on Mosna Hill, property changes, funerals, and the Chauncey schools reopening next Monday.
A 1918 article argues advertising shapes daily life and commerce. It cites cars, talking machines, soaps, baking powders, and farming tools as transformed into necessities through persistent promotion. The author compares ad spend to tool maintenance, warns against inferior goods, and urges buying only well advertised, proven products.
Amesville column reports visits and relocations among residents including Mrs. Boudinott and Chauncey Wyatt, families moving to Athens and Ironton, and Prof. Dinsmore surveying work. Household guest updates, motor trip experiences, and etiquette Q&A with Marie Riley appear alongside church wedding invitation guidance.
A new process treats fishing lines with mercury to increase density, allowing use of smaller lines than usual. The method claims to improve casting performance and strength by adding weight, enabling anglers to select thinner lines without sacrificing reliability.
Perley A. Baker speaks for the Anti-Saloon League saying the league won’t disband or close its printing plant while others push for nationwide prohibition. The notice urges voters to back the Referendum Amendment and oppose state wide prohibition in Ohio. Ohio Home Rule Assn. led by Mgr. L. Mh. Gibson releases the message.
Mrs. J A Westfall received letters from son Ural W Westfall of Co C 185th Machine Gun Bn 37th Division. He reports good health, front line trenches, rest behind lines soon, a dramatic airplane battle sighting, Fatima cigarettes, and small mountain burros carrying ammunition in trenches.
Wadsworth report says Clare M. Kramer 21, a newspaper correspondent, shot himself at home after learning of his deferred classification in the draft. He had tried to enlist but was rejected for defective sight. He watched a draft contingent depart for Camp Sherman earlier that day.
The engine is set crosswise of the frame of a new kerosene driven farm tractor to simplify the transmission of power to the wheel.
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