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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1919
Page
4
The piece argues that wage gains failed to boost savings due to rising costs, notes millions bought Liberty Bonds and wartime loans, and urges converting future earnings into Thrift Stamps or Savings Deposits. It stresses normalizing conditions will raise saving rates and support home building and health, happiness.
A New Jersey farm tale shows a single high grade cow producing more milk than five average cows. The son paid $155 for the superior animal, and after spring freshening it produced five times as much milk with one fifth the labor and feed. Neighbors then replaced old stock with better breed.
Local Board of Health ordered removal of weeds and underbrush on vacant lots within the city. Police Captain Baker faced resistance from homeowners but diplomacy prevailed and the city and neighbors joined in. The effort spreads as even city land is mowed and residents comply.
Whimsical vignettes unfold from dinner talk on a bathing suit bill and a bashful admirer, while a farmer outsmarts a sewing machine salesman. The tale shifts to a boastful claim about the machine stitching a shingle and a wife proving its work on clapboard while the farmer jokes about “sewing up” the salesman and moving to supper.
A speaker resting in the mountains reflects on meeting many familiar figures from distant places. He names possible guesses like Hicks or Hillier and laments not recalling most faces, noting the endless stream of visitors and the strain of memory.
The author and Authorman discuss why children mind or don’t mind. They compare parenting to managing workers, noting that controlling a family requires judgment, discipline, patience, and love, which are rare in the average person.
A list of simple kitchen recipes including Tasty Salad Material Boston head lettuce dressing with mayonnaise chili sauce parsley beets eggs and more. Chocolate Cream Pie with chocolate breadcrumbs milk sugar and meringue uses a perforated tin crust and a vanilla flavor. Tomato Rose Salad with onions celery and nuts offers a fresh serving option. Potato Puff combines mashed potatoes butter eggs milk and seasonings for a baked dish. An Appetizer blends grape juice orange and lemon with ice and a cherry garnish. Chicken Salad instructs picking cassock meat and serving on lettuce with mayonnaise dressing.
Opinois reprinted from Cincinnati Times Star argues Wilson’s plea relies on executive power, notes domestic policy weakened during reconstruction, and says urgency finally pushed action on local conditions. Philadelphia Public Ledger adds that British diplomacy shaped the Paris treaty more than others.
The speaker describes a vexing game of guessing names like Jane Lilian Vere de Vere, noting their fondness for larking. The refrain You can not guess my name reveals the sadness and sting of identity in a playful yet somber mood.
A reflective piece traces how strawberry festivals and neighborly life defined a rural town, later replaced by factories and immigration. It notes a loss of community amid industrial growth, then highlights Community Service Incorporated forming to rebuild local spirit through playgrounds and clubs in wartime and peacetime America.
Mr and Mrs Charles Kinsey arrive here Sunday while Miss Ethel Foughty who had been visiting her parents here returns to Columbus Monday.
Camp Sherman Ohio will cease to be a demobilization center after September 1. Camp officials were told to keep the demobilization organization intact while awaiting a letter on plans for the First Division. Parts of the division arriving from overseas may be sent to Camp Sherman to be mustered out.
Telephone managers and lawyers from across Ohio urged the state utilities commission to keep authorizing $3.50 for installing a "phone" and $1.50 for moving one. The meeting in Columbus, Ohio occurred on August 27.
Mr Earnest Leoffler visited with his son John Leoffler of this place Mrs Hiram Mansfield visits her daughter Mrs Herbert Dillinger of Nelsonville Mrs W H Hoisington improving after illness Mr and Mrs Frank Lawrence visited at Maxburg in law's sister's home Several attended a surprise party for Mrs Sarah Hawk Tug Secoy had nose broken playing ball treated in Parkersburg Martin Kincade traveled to Columbus John Loeffler’s family visited Jerseyville Arthur Davis and sons from Delaware visiting old friends here Mrs Elmer Foreman and two children from Athens stayed with her parents Sharp baby carriage wheel clamps proposed for infant skating by a parent.
Residents from Oak Grove join others at the Athens fair on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. C Pickett Mr. and Mrs. William OHara and daughter Beatrice Mr. S M Cage attend. Several local calls and visits occur with families in Columbus Nelsonville Connett Haydenville Coolville.
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