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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1920
Page
4
A recent report concludes many individuals find exercise doable yet some view it as difficult troublesome or risky. Researchers highlight motivational barriers and safety concerns impacting regular activity.
Berlin reports that Germany's Kalisyndikat directing potash production has used dictatorial methods, prompting American buyers and producers to reduce reliance on German supply. U.S. market outlook shrinks to 10 to 15 million dollars annually as Americans push to develop domestic potash. The shift follows wartime disruptions and Kapp era contracts, with U.S. sources restarting postwar plants and securing a minimum price for five years.
The piece argues that several states reject interstate rail rate increases for passenger traffic while allowing freight rises, urging a national, uniform approach. It notes New Jersey adopts a more liberal stance, says transportation is a national matter, and calls for consistent rates to avoid undue regional discrimination.
The article cites Wil Wood of the American Woolen Coin as saying clothing prices may fall while cloth prices stay elevated due to profits or wages. It notes a prior profiteering case in which cloth was not deemed clothing and hints at artificial cloth scarcity. It also touches on prohibition enforcement, postal speedups, and odd references to ouija boards and rail deficits.
Chicken Salad combines diced cooked chicken celery and chopped hard boiled eggs with salad dressing served on lettuce and garnished with olives. Corned beef salad uses shredded cold cooked corned beef as a hearty variant.
The article lists several salads with simple preparations. Horseradish flavored potatoes and beets on lettuce with mayonnaise. ham salad with crisp fried ham and lettuce and dressing. halibut or salmon salad on lettuce with beets, beans, celery, potatoes and onions. sweetbread salad with celery and potatoes and dressing.
The article presents a seven pound ham recipe with a water soak and ginger ale glaze plus a cauliflower salad with lettuce and walnuts. It adds potato pancake and cornmeal pancake methods, and recipes for cream puffs with custard filling. Instructions emphasize precise measurements and steps.
A collection of humorous and pointed exchanges set in segregated and rural midwestern scenes. Dialogues cover courting rituals on a gate porch, political talk in a Jim Crow car, a misbehaving child spanked by a father, ministers at a conference, and a farmer turning to dairy work with a playful jab at pasteurized milk.
A speech urged farmers to organize and invest in elevators, mills, banks, and railroads to gain political influence. The speaker, WM. J. Warner, argued that money invested in resources makes farmers a lasting force in legislation beyond short strike funds.
In Columbus on August 26 the State Fair Board confronts a tangle over August 31. Senator Harding refuses a speech if he appears while Governor Cox demands a political address, delaying official plans for Presidential Day.
Rev John Barnes traveled to Clarksburg West Virginia for a business trip. Mr and Mrs Grant Russell and daughter Dorothy visited Mrs Mahlon Hayes near Guysville. Mrs John Frost and her three sons visited her parents in West Virginia. Doris McLane of Tuppers Plains visited her sister Mrs Howard Johnson. Lucy Russell stayed with Mrs Charles Norris at Stewart. Flossie Chalfant called on Dorothy Russell. Rev John Barnes vacationed a few days in New England. Everett and Grant Russell with their children Ruth and Dean plus Dorothy spent Sunday with Dan Johnson at Chauncey.
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