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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1918
Page
4
A farmer’s tale of seven quarrelsome sons is used to urge Americans to stand together for the Fourth Liberty Loan. The parable shows that unity breaks the bundle of sticks, while division invites defeat as the nation aims to fund the war effort and secure peace.
Henry Ford, once a pacifist, declares 100 percent war production. His plants halt pleasure cars and civilian vehicles, shift to government needs, and churn out Eagle boats, Liberty airplane engines, caissons, and gear for stamped soldiers. He boasts a 5,000 star service flag and expects more as the war continues.
The article urges vigilance about German resistance as Allied advances loom. It notes 120 miles to Ypres and about 420 miles to Berlin, warning the foe will fight to the death on home soil. It calls for continued sacrifice and Liberty Bond purchases to support victory efforts.
A list of kitchen staples including Apple Sauce Corn Flour Cake Bran Dread Sliced Tomatoes and Rolled Oats with references to Potatoes Peas Tea Coffee and Spanish Omelet. The snippet suggests a basic pantry guide or recipe hints from a household page.
The story follows an employer who hired a 59 year old at $20 a week and raised him to $6,000 a year after proving highly valuable. He now employs mostly those over forty, finding them ten percent more efficient overall as mature workers concentrate better, think more, and waste less time. The piece argues older workers gain energy from focused minds and fewer distractions.
A series of kitchen notes describe methods for Apple Sauce, Apple Fruit Cocktail, Blushing Apples, Brown Betty, and Apple Butter. Steps include peeling with scrap use, boiling, mashing, sugar and nutmeg, and serving options with cream, syrup, or hard sauce.
A recipe describes molding a mix of herring tuna and butter chopped together with seasoned soup stock and gelatin. The dish is formed in a mold and served on lettuce with mayonnaise, optional hard cooked eggs and diced tomatoes as garnish.
A Vermont suitor finally proposes and jokes about needing a week to think it over. In another tale a city girl spends an afternoon in a hammock with Robert Browning prompting disapproval. At Camp Grant a lieutenant challenges a guard over why he must halt, finding the guard at a loss for words.
I L Oppenheimer resigns as president of the O R E Ry Pomeroy electric car line due to ill health. Vice president Bacon from Lexington will aid in selecting a board representative and settling arbitration with motormen and conductors. Bob Webster returns to Pomeroy to visit family after years in Maine and Eastport. O ppenheimer and his son William plan OSU military training while Arthur Kaspar joins the same program at Columbus.
Dana Loyd resigns as assistant postmaster at Pomeroy and George Stark, son of Peter Stark, is offered and accepts the post. Brewester and Lochary decline again after earlier resignations. Fact notes overtime pay differences of postmaster staff and delivery clerks in local office.
Grange lecturer EMe J. Watkins appeals Athens county farmers to form a Farm Loan Association. He explains Federal Land Bank loans require ownership or intent to own farm land and offer up to 50 percent of appraised value plus 20 percent for insurable improvements. Loans run 5 to 40 years, with a preferred 3 4 year term, interest at 5 44 percent, and early payment after five years. A meeting will be held if sufficient interest is shown to organize locally.
Leah Pettit and her sister Mrs. Fred Alkise were seen leaving Harrisonville and traveling to Delaware on Monday with Pettit planning to stay there.
Hallie Knobb visited friends this Sunday and returned to Camp Sherman on Monday. Howard Howell of Pomeroy Mine spent Saturday night and Sunday with his family. Col Brooks went to Carlton Sunday to lead the funeral of Mrs Caroline Ashworth. Bert Pettit and family returned Thursday to Youngstown. Tom Moore and Ida Warrener were in town on business last week. Mrs Stobert of Syracuse visited KE Haning Hattie Ball and Ed Ball. School started Sept 9 with John Paynter Hays and Nellie Rowley teaching. Oscar Graves and Mary Vorhes are listed as sick. Leonard Lee suffers with quinsy. Over fifty registered Thursday. Alonzo Stiles and wife live here with three children. The boys head to fight for democracy. their daughter is a Red Cross Nurse.
Carthage residents report visiting relatives in Salem West Virginia Athens and Guysville. A birth brings a brown eyed boy to Mr and Mrs Blain Chapman. Various locals are noted at flag raising Lottridge and church preaching by Rev Arthur Taylor.
A miner from Gloucester Ohio argues profiteers squeeze farmers and consumers alike by hiking hay grain and feed prices during a harsh season. He laments milk shortages and high beef costs saying war efforts should not excuse price gouging and vows economic restraint to protect the needy.
The event at the School Ground drew many attendees despite heavy rain. Rev H C Such from Coolville spoke and engaged the audience before the parade to the pole setup for a red, white and blue 60 foot high flag raising.
A flag day ceremony featured a reading of a patriotic poem by Mrs. C. D. Swartz and a symbolic flag raising with the crowd singing the Star Spangled Banner. Proceeds from ice cream and flag purchases totaled 16.74 dollars for the Red Cross unit at Athens. The report also lists visits and movements of local residents, church activities, and community notes across Athens and nearby families.
The Ohio Rainbow Reveille, official organ of the 166th Infantry, reports from France on the unit’s first anniversary since entering service July 15. It notes eight months of service, five in heavy gunfire, and since November 9 ongoing in the front advance zone. Automobile service for passengers and freight is planned between Argentina and Chile via the Andes route.
Discoverer instructs druggists everywhere not to take a cent of anyone's money unless Bio-seren doubles energy vigor and nerve force in two weeks.
An advertisement urges a seven day course of Bio-seren tablets, prescribing seven tablets daily and one at bedtime then one after each meal until depleted. It promises a full refund if there is no doubled strength and energy, notes universal refund by any druggist, and lists the formula including Lecithin and Iron Peptonate.
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