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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1918
Page
4
The article argues that buying Liberty Bonds now is prudent as money value will rise after the war with inflation and wage growth. It notes current prices are not indicative of real worth, given expected increases in purchasing power and production costs, and urges investment in government securities despite market prices.
An exhortation urges individuals to support world democracy and peace by purchasing Liberty Bonds. It emphasizes collective destiny over personal rights and calls readers to contribute financially to the war effort, warning of oblivion without participation.
The piece notes about 20 000 young men barred from registry who are in state reformatories and wish to serve. The reformers are repentant rather than career criminals, and a war department ruling is awaited on parolees joining the army or navy. The writer supports letting reformed youths prove their change through service.
Income tax returns show engineers earn more than lawyers or physicians. War Department records indicate engineers are in high demand during war, while lawyers struggle to obtain commissions. Young men planning for the future may take a hint.
Former Cleveland official Peter Wits outlines fuel saving measures. Proposes nationwide Sunday rest, luggage limits, shortened school hours with December January closures, earlier store openings, restricted office hours, 10 pm club closures, and 68 degree limits in buildings. Says reforms are feasible with no real sacrifice. Some ideas already trialed elsewhere and worth consideration.
Practical kitchen tips cover canning jams jellies and butters with precise fruit to sugar ratios and times. Recipes include jam making with berries currants and gooseberries, apple quince peach and plum butters, spiced grapes, and marmalades using raisins apples and citrus.
Peach Snow combines mashed peaches sugar egg white and flavoring with a custard from yolk milk butter and flavoring. serve cold to yield four portions. Brown Soup browns suet onion carrot turnip then adds rice salt pepper kitchen bouquet water and cooks covered for an hour.
In a chatty exchange two local businessmen joke about bankruptcy and debt with lines about paying ten cents on the dollar. A child contemplates jam tarts amid wartime scarcity. A young bride reads about happiness in marriage while a husband’s tips spark a humorous reply.
The piece reflects on how wartime rules reshape Sundays from traditional churchgoing and family leisure to a quieter, regulated day, accepted in a collective effort to support the war. It notes the regulation’s beauty lies in its broad, unspoken acceptance as a conservation measure.
News of death continues as families await official War Department notice. Private Lawrence Conrath of Athens died July 24 from battle wounds after serving as a shock trooper with Company L 166th in the Champagne-Chateau Thierry fighting. Other Athens county men in the unit reported casualties and gassings amid heavy shellfire, with 114 days under fire before rest on the Swiss border.
Madame, a French war veteran, visits Base Hospital 66 and observes American nurses, advanced medical instruments, and high standards. She notes the diverse patient mix, quality food, and training behind the care, saying French troops could learn much from American hospital methods.
H M Alexander outlines a practical plan for manufacturers to build demand. He stresses two costs production and selling with advertising as the driver of volume. The piece covers cost analysis, trademark setup, local market testing and a three year advertising budget aligned with distribution goals.
Property deeds show transfers in Athens Township, Bern and Lee Townships, Trimble and Trimble Village, and nearby areas. Names include Sofronko George, Mary Ann Head ing, Delph Parker, John J. Woolley, W. L. Merritt, Ettie Swaim, Mary L. Stratton, Ettie Swaim, McCune, Cole, Ogg, Reese, Davis, Creachbaum, Bulstrom, Caruso, Wingett, Nye, Briggs, Rezes, Rosser, Koons, Harvesy Criswell, Deem, Sands, and others with acreages and dollar values.
An advertisement asserts worn out men and women can regain energy and ambition with Bio-seven. It claims the nerv system healing medicine quickly boosts vigor, red blood, brain function, and motivation for work, targeting those exhausted by fast living and excess.
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