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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1920
Page
4
The Reconstruction Association lays out ten rules to boost Canadian trade and prosperity. They urge buying Canadian products, producing to capacity, developing export markets, using Canadian services, and ensuring quality while being fair to Canadian capital.
The Home and Housing Association of St. Louis launches a program to ease industrial housing by constructing one new four to six room house daily from April 1 for seven months. Homes priced 4500 to 6000 with 19 percent down and 15 year deferred payments offered to wage earners and salaried workers. Real estate companies may add more houses, but the plan targets those unable to build promptly.
Senator Capper notes in The Journal of the American Bankers Association that farmer buying power rose from 1600 to 3400 dollars annually over four years, more than doubling. He stresses farmer independence and permanence of the profession with two thirds owning homes and generations of family tradition.
A dialogic scene gathers quotes from shoplife and family chatter. A skeptical father questions a suitor about keeping debt at bay while a girl voices practicality about timely delivery and a child notes a need for caution. A child asks about wishes. a young voice suggests police.
A humorous exchange about a missing pocketbook unfolds with one speaker insisting they already checked their own pocket. The piece also notes a newspaper inquiry into whether the ouija board causes insanity or if insanity drives belief in it.
New York producers report former school maams excel in chorus auditions surpassing other recruits. Several will receive small speaking parts next year in a show now running in New York. One fourth of the ensemble is composed of former teachers who left education for Broadway pay.
The Montauk club of Brooklyn prepares an April 23 dinner to honor Chauncey M. Depew for his eighty sixth birthday. Depew notes a long life spent enjoying life and helping others, with ties to Peekskill and major roles in railroads, banking, and politics.
Instructions for canning meat using boiling or roasting methods. Sterilize glass jars with tops, place salt and meat, avoid rubber seals or use proper rubbers, process on boil for two and a half hours then an hour more, or roast method with gradual oven heating for two and a half hours plus an extra hour. Ensure rubbers are intact, lids do not crack, and process yields about two pounds per can.
A thriftier guide suggests making old paint usable again by boiling in vinegar, removing dried paint with baking soda paste, and cleaning brushes with discarded combs. It also recommends pinning wilted vegetables with clothespins, refreshing stale vegetables with lemon juice, and storing wax paper wrappers in a tidy drawer.
A vintage health ad touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle liver and bowel tonic. It claims most illnesses stem from inactive bowels and liver and promotes the olive colored tablets as a safe, non calomel substitute priced 10c and 25c.
In New York a gunman named Thomas W Simpkin jumped from a pew during a sermon at St Georges Church and fatally shot Dr James Wright Markoe as he collected plates. The shooter was subdued after Dr George F Brewer wounded him. Simpkin had recent asylum history in Virginia and Fergus Falls Minnesota.
The remedy is recommended to keep coughs loose and help expel mucus. It liquifies tough mucus to ease coughing fits and is claimed to have been effective in many epidemics. The preparation contains no codeine or narcotics.
Smoke issued from Popocatépetl in Mexico City area as Puebla report notes renewed volcanic activity. Fearing eruptions and earthquakes, residents flee the district amid the ongoing hazard and warnings.
The senate passed a bill to admit duty free all print paper valued at eight cents or less per pound, an increase from the existing five cent limit. The House had already approved the measure, and Senator Smoot of Utah urged the change as a means to allow more print paper into the country. The two year effectiveness is stated.
A Kansas City advertisement promotes a new rupture treatment claimed to cure ruptures. Readers are invited to send their name to receive a free trial device with a 30 day return option if unsatisfied. It asserts ease of use and comfort compared with prior belts and trusses. It includes address EASYHOLD in Koch Building.
Ohio produced about 33.93 million tons of coal in 1919, down from 47.85 million in 1918, with Belmont leading production and Athens second. Miles notes demand drop in Jan–Mar, mild winter, car shortages, and a miners' strike as factors.
Warren G. Harding argues against a heavily financed national drive to nominate him. He says he would rather be Ohio's favorite son than the billboard favorite of the nation, preferring local support over a forced candidacy on the Republican party or American voters.
The speaker argues for Republican party unity and party sponsorship while rejecting personal dictation. He says the nation needs coordinated government under the constitution, with an executive and Congress working in harmony, and cautions against self serving candidacies. He stresses a traditional Republican ethos and a sober, steady approach to national issues.
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