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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1920
Page
4
A reflective note on spring evenings ideal for stargazing and the universal presence of profiteering, arguing it won’t disappear without changes in human nature. It suggests most people harbor some degree of profiteering.
Rates for Ohio subscriptions list yearly and shorter terms with multiple options. Outside Ohio prices are higher for annual and six month periods, with all mail subscriptions required in advance and ending at expiration.
A foreign observer praises American architecture yet notes that banks post offices churches and museums rarely engage the public. He urges opening half built sites with photos progress reports and explanations to make such structures truly public. A Chicago preacher blames Puritanism for Chicago’s ills.
The community questions when Attorney General Palmer will begin enforcing price reductions. The sixty day deadline for price drops has passed, yet the Palmer initiative remains inactive in his office.
George E. Vincent of the Rockefeller Foundation is urged as a Yale president candidate when Arthur T. Hadley resigns next year. A Yale graduate of 1885, Vincent has led the University of Minnesota and taught at Chicago. He was born in Rockford Illinois in 1864 and lives in New York.
An advertisement extols Milks Emulsion as a creditor health builder promising relief from coughs and digestive issues with a money back guarantee. It features testimonials from Alice Huntley and notes the product’s palatability and use for children. A separate letter by Sherman Parker argues against school consolidation and rural-urban environment concerns.
A writer argues against rapid consolidation of one room rural schools noting long bus rides for ages six to fourteen, legal limits on attendance, and transportation issues. He questions cost effectiveness and cites harsh winter transport dangers and past rural road problems. He criticizes optimism about statewide consolidation and urges caution.
A vegetable olive tablet remedy claims to cleanse blood and bowels like calomel but with gentler, safer action. It promises to improve dull skin, bad breath, constipation, and energy, with the olive colored tablets sold in 1c and 25c sizes after years of clinical use.
The Plain s social notes list visits and guests across the region. Families including Whitlock Besco Gabriel Burchfield Krivesti and Bumgardner appear visiting Athens Racine Nelsonville and Chauncey with multiple appearances at homes and shops.
At her home on Friday a woman slipped on scattered papers while descending stairs, bending her foot and tearing ligaments. She cannot walk for some time.
Lieut. Col. Theodore Roosevelt told the New York assembly the five suspended socialist members should be expelled. He criticized the judiciary committee report claiming disloyal acts by individuals and the party, arguing expulsion of the party would be a crime against representative government and urging action to remove socialists from all offices. He said the evidence did not prove disloyalty or war effort crimes, noting protests against the war and lack of aid to its prosecution. A girl is not an artist because she paints but she ought to be if he does.
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