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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1920
Page
4
The Steel Corporation board led by Judge Gary rejects a proposed price increase despite market pressure. They argue higher prices would profit some at the public expense and threaten long term national prosperity. The focus remains on stability and shared welfare across national markets.
A Rhode Island voter who arrived late to the 1811 polls is blamed for the War of 1812 through a chain of electoral influence. The piece links a single vote to pivotal outcomes including Jefferson’s presidency and Civil War-era slavery, noting Vermont's Governor Clement as a current focal point as thirty five states ratify the woman suffrage amendment this year.
Twenty two line fragment describes push to ratify a constitutional amendment granting women the vote. Vermont sits as a promising state with legislature supportive but not meeting again until January. Women urge the governor to call a special session to ratify, or risk delaying a pivotal decision affecting millions of voters.
Striking railroad workers say their action raises prices for all. They argue the remedy is for workers to stay at work and push for wage revisions through negotiation rather than quitting.
Count de Lesseps and his wife argued over superstition after a Dresden teacup shattered at breakfast. To settle it they clashed two more cups, proving the wife's fear unfounded and their breakfast resumed without further misfortune.
Mr. Crosslets declares he will garden next summer and will protect his investment after a heavy outlay for implements and fertilizer. He stresses the necessity of continuing the project to recoup costs and enjoy forthcoming crops.
The Kansas City Star notes a misattribution in American Magazine where Sheridan was credited with writing She Stoops to Conquer. The editorial advocates verifying facts with dictionaries and encyclopedias and warns against guessing.
An advertisement extols Milks Emulsion as a cure for chronic coughs asthma and wasting diseases with claims of quick weight gain and restored appetite. It promises refunds after six bottles and lists Athens and Nelsonville outlets plus testimonials. Local notices follow about church services and community events in Nelsonville Chauncey Poston and surrounding areas.
Guysville residents and visitors from Indianapolis Athens and Coolville spent a weekend in the village. Local families hosted relatives and shopped in Athens while Stewart and Kimes families visited Stewart. The Eighth grade will have a graduation at Stewart Friday at 10. Mattie Price visited J H Cray and C C Cray in Columbus. Nellia Parr learned of her father’s death in Tuppers Plains.
Scatter Ridge residents host guests from nearby towns including McDougal Clarks Chapel and Athena. Visitors at the Hubler and Koker households, plus trips to Canaanville and Columbus for railway mail clerk duties, mark a weekend of family and neighborly activity.
The Plains resident Miss Rhoda Waymer returns home from a two month stay with her sister Mrs. Pearl Burehfield at the home of Mr and Mrs Arthur Burehfield. Mr C Stalder of Chauncey recently visited his daughter Mrs George Gabriel Sr.arry Moore stayed with his brother Roy Moore in Athens during part of Sunday.
An advertising notice touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle, effective substitute for calomel to cleanse blood and bowels. It claims clearer skin and relief from pimples, bad breath, and dull feelings after taking one or two nightly for a week, priced 10c.
Cincinnati April 28 Herbert Hoover’s name on the ballot boosted his count with 54 percent in this county. He carried several precincts with more than one seventh of Republican votes and outpaced Leonard Wood in Hamilton. Johnson polled 2512 votes despite no local organization and no ballot listing.
The transport Mercury arrived today with 253 American soldier dead, 61 sick and wounded, 47 officers and nurses, and 734 casual troops aboard. She was to dock at Hoboken this afternoon.
A new portable electric rivet heater can heat six hundred rivets per hour, promising faster assembly for metalwork. The device targets workshop use and aims to improve productivity on riveted projects.
Two foreign residents of Athens county filed petitions of naturalization in the Athens county court of common pleas. They are John Moleski of Jacksonville who arrived in 1895 and Korniatz Suhak of Clouster who arrived about a decade earlier. Their final examination is set for next January.
Mrs. Everett Parker was named clerk for the health commissioner Dr. J. M. Higgins of Athens county. She will start May 1 and leaves Athens National Bank. Salary is $100 per month under new Ohio health laws. Health board organization to be completed in May with announced personnel.
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