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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1919
Page
4
A Senate committee finds excess profits taxes largely passed to consumers and suggests Congress may set a fixed profit mark beyond which profits are taxed at 100 percent. Critics warn price fixing is hard, but a fair rate based on prewar gains could curb profiteering without crippling industry.
A returned doughboy notes American engineers built roads quickly in WWI but poorly after combat. French roads remained solid when undisturbed, suggesting lasting quality beats speed. Advocates adopting durable, long term methods for peacetime highway construction.
A woman complains about washing soap misidentified as cheese in a village store. A dentist reassures a young boy about getting a tooth pulled while the prankish crowd outside laughs at the scene.
A reflective piece contrasts common folk and elites as equal at birth and after death. It notes bankers, craftspeople, poets, and laborers as common mortals sharing the same fate, with a king needing a plaster and a quiet churchyard epitaph for both rich and poor.
Opined that postwar US must curb presidential power and restore constitutional balance. Reprinted from the New Haven Journal Courier, noting the president’s treaty stance with France and the Senate’s validation of its dignity as a tentative corrective.
A self pity themed piece asks couples to swap perspectives during a quarrel. It suggests considering what the husband might pity himself about after a clash over going out versus staying in and highlights how pity can fuel or ease marital tension.
The article details many rice serving methods including stews with tomatoes, milk, or stock and flavored options with curry or onions. It promotes economical meals using skim milk, breakfast dishes with milk, and additions like dates. It notes brown rice retains minerals but is less appealing and suggests fruits and vegetables to補充 minerals.
A recipe section describes Pepper Sandwiches using green peppers lemon onion boiled dressing walnuts olives oil and cream cheese ground fine to fill one sandwich loaf. It also covers Hot Cheese Sandwiches with buttered bread and grated cheese baked until brown and served immediately.
The article details color setting methods before washing. It advises soaking browns blacks and pinks in salt and water, blues in vinegar and water, and lavender with sugar of lead in water, each for a few hours, noting proper fixers improve results.
Capt Paul Konig master of the U-boat Deutschland recounts his voyage to America from Bremen to Baltimore Newport News and Bremen. He details British and French cruisers near Chesapeake Bay and nets set by fishing boats to entangle his vessel. He notes American neutrality fears press boat pursuit and a final at sea journey ending in Bremen.
On August 17 in Coolville the Parkersburg preacher Dr. Scott led two sermons with a strong choir performance. Rev. Shaver spoke to a large crowd in the evening. Guests included Floyd De Lashmut, county farm agent, visiting Herbert Dutton for the event with farmers and their wives invited to stay.
The organization shifts from war focused aims to peacetime civic work, forming Community Service Incorporated. It aims to foster reconstruction, citizenship, and unity among native and foreign-born residents by creating recreational centers and encouraging neighborly cooperation to improve social order and democracy.
A series of social calls and visits are noted. Roy Goodman and two girls from Clarksburg, W V, stayed with Ira Conley. Maggie Hendrickson and son from Wheeling visited Mrs. Charles Hayden. Nixson of Mt. Vernon visited cousin Mrs. Forster. Hendrickson of Torch visited Charles Hayden. Mrs. Wells returned home after weeks at Wells farm. Jessie Wells heads to Marietta Hospital for nurse training. Mrs. Fred Medley visits friends in Toronto.
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