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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1920
Page
4
Will Hays urges Republicans to stay firm, focused, and united in the path to victory. He emphasizes discipline, readiness, and loyalty to the party to save the country from economic and national peril, recalling wartime patriotism and urging decisive action.
United States Senator Warren G Harding of Ohio urged a platform built on thinking Republican convictions. He called for peace over wartime measures and opposed government ownership or nationalization of industry, stressing gratitude to those who defended the nation.
Sir Reginald Thomas Tower is named high commissioner to oversee the free corridor and Polish control of Danzig as Poland gains access to a port. He has served since 1885 in British diplomacy and was involved in the Boxer troubles in 1900.
Edith E Moriarty notes women leaders in suffrage educate others to vote on platforms not appearance. Voters demand clarity on military training child labor rent and food profiteering issues. A questionnaire sent to candidates will guide district delegates to Chicago and San Francisco conventions. Copyright 1920.
A compact collection of apple based desserts and fillings. Recipes include Brown Betty with toasted breadcrumbs and cooked apples, Sugarness Apple Pie with corn syrup and spices, Apple Meringue Pie with a light browned meringue, Apple Custard, Apple Snow, and Date Pudding with walnuts.
An old man asks a railway worker how long he has labored tapping wheels. The laborer replies thirty eight years with steady, unchanged work and confesses he does not know the reason for tapping the wheels. The exchange ends with a humorous punchline about the worker’s uncertainty.
The subject received the Grand Cross of the Frederick Order of Württemberg in 1904 and Coronation medals in 1902 and 1907. He served as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary in Mexico from 1906 to 1910, then represented his government in Argentina and Paraguay until 1919. He was a Royal Victorian Order commander in 1906 and earned the Order of St Michael and St George in 1911. Educated at Harrow, he earned an MA from Trinity College Cambridge in 1887.
Mrs. Mary Hendricks of Owensboro Kentucky credits Mills Emulsion with restoring her health after five months of stomach and bowel trouble. She weighed 70 pounds and later reached 90 pounds after two days of use and two weeks of working. The ad promotes Milks Emulsion as a palatable, restorative remedy with a six bottle guarantee and refunds if unsatisfied.
Residents and visitors from Athens and surrounding areas are noted hosting and traveling. Guests include Mrs. Stewart Walker and daughter Gertrude in Athens, families of McAfee Brill Biddison and Daugherty, Easter visits to Wm Spear in Guysville, and moves of Metcalf and Burke households. Church services featured Easter baptisms at M E church and a senior class play at Guysville.
Ireland W. J. Frost is visiting Athens on Saturday. Miss Lela Dunfee returns home after days with aunt Debbie Dunfee of Torch. Several locals attend the Coolville high school play Wednesday night. Miss Dunfee stays weeks with sister Mrs Addison Baker of Athens. The community mourns Miss Annie Dodd for a sudden death after teaching in Barberton. Mrs W E Dunfee visits Stewart with daughter Nellie Root and Bernice Root stays with S M Root and family.
Lottridge Mr and Mrs Rylmer Ackley and children were guests of Ed Chase and family in Vanderhoof. James Hushman returned from the hospital in Spencer West Virginia. Ethel Morris and her children from Athens are visiting her parents O L Davie. Miss Mabel Morrison of Cleveland?
Lawrence Chapel will hold preaching services Sunday at 2 30 and continue for a week or ten days. The Lottridge Telephone Co held its regular meeting and hired Miss Freda Swartz as operator. Caplinger moved his family to a farm near Fairview after doing chores for I W Chapman. KE Burke is moving his family to Stewart.
Pleasanton residents report improving road conditions for autos. Easter visitors include Dorothy Venney Bettina Martin Ruth Pierce and John Pratt. Local church services held Thursdays and Sundays. Mrs W P Elliot injured spraying fruit trees with a gasoline engine but recovered enough to leave home. Several youths visited caves for a Master dinner. Maurice Parker stays with parents to help with spring work. John Haning and family visit grandparents. Frank Young assists George.
Morrison with his spring work. Grant Bolin bought and shipped a carload of hogs last week. Frank Kenney is visiting his brother Ed Kenney in Lima. Henry King and George Gilkey families, with Herbert, drove to Sand Rock to visit Jesse King and family.
Carpenter Mrs. Robert Gray and her son Albert return home after a week with Thelmore Stansbury family. Mrs. J E Dudgeon and others visit Albany. Sheep shearing marks the week at the state farm. J T Sisson and family host relatives from Columbus. Mt. Blanco visits and Athens shoppers join weekend gatherings. Miss Hazel Chase and Misses Harman and Wood plan Easter travels.
Mrs. Harriet Stout widow of Noah Stout died Sunday afternoon of heart failure at her daughter Mrs. Wilson Weyand’s home. She was about 72 and highly respected. Funeral arrangements have not been made. D. M. Sisson and son Elden spent Saturday in Athens on business.
Mrs Mary Michaels of The Plains was the Sunday guest of her daughter Mrs M.
Mr. and Mrs. Lon Humphrey and family visited sister Mrs. John Smart at Canaanville Sunday. Miss Ethel Ball and brothers shopped in Athens Saturday. Dessie Anderson of Columbus spent Easter with her parents here. Charles Brown of Athens was a Sunday guest of the Browns. Mrs. Alfred Whetlow is recovering from the grip. Mrs. Fred Schmidt and daughter ill with flu. Beatrice and Vera Burdette visited friends near Salem.
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