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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1919
Page
4
Director of Railroads Hines warns the public to avoid all unnecessary travel until the coal strike ends and coal supplies restore enough to resume business. Trains have been removed from many schedules, with fast passenger services reduced to reserve space for essential travel during a time of hardship and economy.
The Association of National Advertisers backs regulated billboard advertising as beneficial to advertisers and the public. It notes improvements due to better poster art and increased regulation, with hope for further reform and possible elimination except for supreme public purposes like Liberty Loan posters.
A Treasury report shows the government bought Liberty Bonds in the open market worth 953 million for 908 million over a year and a half. The operation lowered debt and demonstrated how buying under market value can strengthen demand and offer a prudent investment lesson.
Reprinted Philadelphia Inquirer opinions argue the Democratic administration will send more letters to Mexico after years of Wilson’s correspondence since 1913. They note Lusitania, German submarine warfare, and Consul Jenkins incident. critics say papa never slaps and vigilance is lacking.
A Western visitor in west London asks about sending a card and is told it is customary. He jokes about choosing a suit, suggesting “take him up the whole deck.” A medical anecdote follows about a patient fearing misdiagnosis and the risk of mistreating pneumonia.
A seasonal meditation on giving a personal gift rather than material goods. The piece praises a calm, cheerful and sympathetic personality that brightens others’ days and creates a positive atmosphere, urging readers to consider the kindness they share in daily interactions.
Roast a cleaned six to seven pound pig in a roasting pan for two to two and a half hours with hot water. Prepare a dressing with breadcrumbs butter apple onion parsley salt and pepper, stuff the pig, sew and skewer, then baste and roast until browned. Serve with sweet potatoes and apple sauce and a gravy made from pan drippings.
Practical tips include using a warmed brick as a heat retaining stand for flat irons to conserve heat. Motorists are advised to rub kerosene on windshields to shed rain or snow. A simple beeswax turpentine polish is recommended to renew oilcloth and keep it bright.
A satirical monologue notes the wolf at the door during wartime and postwar prosperity, contrasting toil with leisure. The speaker laments rising costs while chasing entertainment, cars, shoes, gas, and social pleasures, ending with a quip about Middle Ages ignorance.
Cleveland and Findlay residents praise Dr. Pierce's remedies for female ailments. Testimonials cite Favorite Prescription curing weakness and aiding childbirth, Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic and blood purifier, Pleasant Pellets for constipation, and overall well being improvements.
In a Smith versus Smith case Judge Miller awarded Mrs Jane Smith one hundred dollars alimony and a farm owned by both parties in fee to the wife with a life interest for Jackson Smith. The petition alleged mistreatment and habitual drunkenness amid a family of eight minors. Also printed is the K and M Ry Hobson schedule listing trains to the north at 12 40 PM and from the north at 1 11 PM among other timings.
Local leaders Judge Peoples Senator Jones and others met at the courthouse to push a plan for a hospital serving the Pomeroy Bend coal mining area. They aim to join three other coal districts in adopting a West Virginia style plan funded by state appropriations and supported by the state industrial commission.
The Tribune Telegram laments the possible sale of timber on Breezy Heights the old picnic grounds behind Second street. The timber on the hill near Austin W. Vorhes’s Hebbardsville home is described as an apple of his eye and not to be cut.
Malcolm C. Roller of Pomroy, son of Mr and Mrs Jacob Roller of Laurel Street, Pomroy, earns 100 percent on a chemistry quiz at Queen City Pharmacy College in Cincinnati. A Pomeroy High School alumnus, he stands among notable local students.
A. R. Weed of A. D. Weed & Son wholesale distributers is convalescent after months of illness at home and can move about indoors. Louis Rump, local furniture dealer, also improves after an illness that confined him and threatened pneumonia.
Chet Hysell once a Pomeroy Bend printer returned to his first craft at the miners strike. He and his family moved to Ripley West Virginia where he took the foreman job on the Mountaineer a live weekly paper.
Willie Young led Finsterwald Undertaking rooms with Mr. Finsterwald absent in Guysville. Miss Bertha Osborn former Pomeroy resident now in Los Angeles after serious operation convalesces. Mrs. R. D. Lawhead hosted a pot luck for Mrs. Samantha Bradford on her eighty third birthday. Covers for thirty. Mrs. Clifford Duffy of Middleport to visit Columbus. Mrs. C. E. Smith and Har rie Marie return from Akron. Infant son of Mr and Mrs Alpha Cotterill of Syracuse buried at Gr aen Hill Cemetery Middleport. Mrs. W. J. Jones and children relocate to Columbus. towel shower honors Miss Mary Sauer hosted by Mrs Frank Knopp and Mrs Wable. Presbyterian what-so-ever class participated. Mrs. J. B. Dunn of Middleport to Gallipolis to assist Mrs Bert Dunn in hospital care.
Miss Edith Gaskill of Middleport visits her sister Margaret in Galipolis who is reported very ill. Wm. Stivers and Bert Roush depart for Cincinnati. Early plans for expanding Italy's telephone system describe new lines linking Rome with provincial capitals.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast remedy for indigestion due to acidity. A few tablets allegedly neutralize acidity, relieve sourness, belching, heartburn, and discomfort, with low cost and broad popularity.
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