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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1919
Page
4
Tors Equity Association directs the strike while E. H. Sothern tried to broker peace at last night's meeting but was silenced. Producers announce they will oppose the strike.
A retail shoe publication questions alleged profiteering in shoes noting Higher leather costs due to fewer hides and stronger demand. It argues manufacturers and retailers profit at various stages but calls for full life cycle cost tracing from raw material to retail to inform public action.
The House of Representatives stays in session beyond five weeks to tackle the rising cost of living. It criticizes prior inaction on reconstruction and food distribution, urging practical plans to ensure ample, affordable food supply while addressing domestic issues.
An Italian pilot completed a Buenos Aires to Valparaiso flight, first crossing of the continent by air though not nonstop. Reports hint at a Pacific crossing plan and growing global air travel with stops across lands and diverse peoples. Washington cites possible presidential cruise with the Pacific fleet amid Shantung tensions.
A June morning in San Francisco finds Bill, famed local “town painter,” tired after a rough night as he visits a hotel dining room. A seventh grade lesson on pronouns leads to a humorous misstep when Bill insists the mother is the first person in his family.
Ruth Cameron critiques authors who avoid clear endings by artificial devices. She argues that writers often rescue unhappy couples with contrived plot twists, leaving heroines unhappy or marriages endured. Herlese analogy, a squirrel helped by the artist, underscores the habit of convenient resolutions.
A compilation of home kitchen instructions includes Peach Dumplings with a quick oven bake and peach syrup glaze, Chiti Con Carne featuring hamburger, onions, beans, and tomatoes, and Mustard Beans with onion, vinegar, sugar, mustard, and beans.
Practical advice on preserving clothes with paper bags and pillowcases, and organizing the dining room with a footstool for comfort. Also tips on ironing board prep with waxed paper, mold prevention for pickles using horseradish, and a meat substitute using peanuts eggs and cornmeal mush fried in bacon fat.
A speaker escapes a heat wave by reading about polar exploration. He recalls Dr. Cook, Sir John Franklin, and Greeley hunger camps, imagining freezing winds and snow as he notes neighbors pleading for relief from worsening August heat.
An examination of rising food costs after World War I attributes price increases to real shortages and profiteering. Government interventions, middlemen, and stockholding are criticized while calls for fair labor wages and swift penalties for price violations are urged. The coal sector and car shortages threaten higher winter prices.
A river in Algeria is described as literally filled with ink formed by the confluence of two streams. One carries gallic acid while the other carries iron, creating a dark mineral and chemical tint in the water.
In New York on August 8 the Actors Equity strike began closing twelve of twenty three big houses. The union seeks recognition and minimum engagements two weeks notice of dismissal limits on weekly performances and rehearsals. About 300 actors joined, causing chaotic scenes as curtains rose to empty stages.
A large gathering celebrated Mrs. Elizabeth Daniels fifty-eighth birthday with a noon dinner. Attending were Ed and Ernest Cartwright. Layella Cartwright. Harper Williams. Maxine Mingus. Ed Mingus. Ada Taylor. Lindel and Naomi Ray. Edna Edwin Mingus. Elsie Mingus. Ada Hartman. Clyde, Richard and Hugh Snyder. Ruth Slyvester Lois Ditty. S W Cass. Ed Imes. Levi McCutcheon. Francis Hanley. Fred Leake. Minnie Maynard. Arthur Shannon. Ethyl Fierce. Flossie Hipscher. Carrye Smith. Edith Teenan. Garnett and Freda Daniels. Elvira Hammond. Anna Anderson of Winterset Iowa. and the honor guest.
Akron Ohio August 7 a nationwide search is ordered for Benjamin E Monroe a depot money order clerk for the American Express Company he disappeared days ago investigation shows 38000 dollars in cash and diamonds passed through his hands missing said William G Smith superintendent of railway express for the Cleveland district A folding cargo box with an upturned table top and metal brace legs is described for campers
A Kentucky man asserts a simple mentholized Avcine preparation can curb hay fever. He says taking a one ounce bottle mixed with boiled water, gargling twice daily, and spraying nostrils twice a day for a week to ten days may prevent symptoms, urging sufferers to try the inexpensive remedy.
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