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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1920
Page
4
A discussion proposes using older and middle aged men for farm labor as youth migrate to cities. It argues for fair living wages and housing, noting elderly farmers struggle to maintain work and suggesting an active campaign to match mature workers with farms, ensuring decent treatment.
In Toledo a street car strike reached a new point as workers demanded full wages for strike time in addition to a wage increase. The walkout followed a refused request and a settlement neared when the indemnity idea appeared, prompting comparisons to war and peace by the article’s author.
The London Morning Post reprints that the Senate rejected the peace treaty covenant. It argues the covenant usurps American sovereignty and that the rejection stems from patriotic resistance to an international government. It portrays the league as a substitute for national government.
A landlord recalls a dining room scene with a man attacked by catsup, a waitress named Sylphie, and a guest who claims to be assassinated. The tale shifts to tales of economy, a mother with eight children, and light courtroom banter about fines and consistency.
In a large downtown house once a wealthy residence, young women and factory workers gather on Wednesdays and Sundays at a "Women's Industrial Center" to dance, sew, read, and share affordable pleasures. Visitors meet a hostess who explains the center's purpose, and evenings include games, piano, fudge making, lemonade, and Easter egg coloring.
Major General William C. Gorgas has signed a Peru government contract for a 15000 dollar yearly salary to oversee sanitation in the republic. He gained fame for eradicating yellow fever and improving Panama City’s health during the Panama Canal construction and later advised in South Africa. Born in Mobile Alabama in 1854, he joined the Army Medical Corps in 1885 and became a colonel by 1913 after serving as a brigade surgeon in the Spanish American War.
Household hints describe easy methods for shirred eggs using muffin tins with butter crumbs, a baked omelet method with beaten eggs and water, and eggs in nests on parsley. Also included are tested recipes for a spiced mayonnaise with lemon, chili sauce, ketchup, peppers, onion, and Worcestershire.
A spring Arbor Day program at East Side School featured seventh and eighth graders delivering the governor's proclamation, history of Arbor Day, and performances from all grades. The eighth grade planted a tree, primary grades staged spring pageants, plays, and songs, illustrating birds, flowers, and trees to foster happiness and citizenship.
James L. Fouts opens a new business at the Totman stand and seeks appointment as postmaster to reopen the post office for community convenience. Hamley adds waterworks as pipes and wells go in. John Barnhart’s Chevrolet skirts a bank crash with father Henry aboard, no injuries. Alex M. Moore found at Hamley store claiming March 16 as his start date with Coal Co. Mayors and verendas noted, peat fuel efforts in Norway.
A vintage advertisement promotes Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy that cleanses the blood and stimulates the bowels and liver to natural action. It touts gentle yet firm effects and positions the product as a safer alternative to calomel, selling in 10c and 25c sizes.
General Wood advocates six months of national service training as part of a broader universal military policy. The 1919 hearings record his stance alongside Secretary Baker and the Army General Staff plan to place all young men under military orders, with Training Camps Association backing the initiative.
A letter from W. B. Bartell, Secretary, criticizing a GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMY bill to place the United States on a military basis and under military despotism. The writer argues it would repudiate American ideals, worsen living costs, drain labor from farms and mills, and out Prussianize Germany, urging voters to oppose President Harding's leadership as un-American.
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