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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1920
Page
4
A North Carolina father touts a 34 child brood with two mothers noting high survival and shared duties. The piece argues large families foster cooperation and rejects profiteering claims, urging higher prices and debt to curb inflation. It ends with Walter Pulitzer quipping about rapid letter writing.
The War Referendum Pak proposed by William Jennings Bryan contemplates making declarations of war subject to a popular vote. Supporters cite delay of rash decisions and public input, while critics warn leadership and honesty challenges. They argue history shows wars often arise from popular demand despite the vote.
A brief exchange centers on a claim of profiteering. The dialogue points to the other party as the profiteer while denying personal involvement.
A departing guest is warned of a dropped pocket-book by a polite landlord. A night scene follows with a crash, a chaotic rescue by an M P, and Private Gupp involved in a window-smashing misunderstanding with a French shopkeeper. Gupp explains he aimed at the head, the shopkeeper ducked, causing the breakage.
The dialogue contrasts a woman’s social role with her practical skills as she demonstrates she can roll a cigarette better than the speaker. The exchange hints at expectations for a wife who can contribute beyond appearances.
A stranger rang the doorbell as Virginia aged five was told to say mother not at home. The child asked what to answer when asked when the mother would return and called to her mother for guidance without leaving the doorway.
In a bathhouse exchange a corporal explains his many wounds came from a fall into a trench after leaning on a barricade. He recalls the accidental discharge of duties as a possible cause in a casual manner.
A 1893 Duryea motor wagon, an early American car with back engine and a front steering rod, is shown in the National Museum. It features a differential, spray carburetor, and water cooling, and marks a pivotal moment in auto history as inventors race to establish priority among early models.
Automobiles from several countries raced London to Brighton over 52 miles. The Duryea American car surprised spectators by reaching Brighton an hour before European rivals. It sparked ongoing improvements including lower body, more cylinders, and higher horsepower as the motor car evolved through refinement rather than radical change.
Mrs. Charles Staten writes of a closed school at Big Bailey with broken windows five panes missing, overcrowded desks, and an old dining chair as a teacher’s desk. Paper lists dirty water, unsafe coal, cracked stove, and severe sanitation problems with a shared toilet.
Vienna reports that the American relief administration will clothe over 350000 destitute Viennese children with three garments each and supply feeding stations with cake. The American Red Cross will provide clothing and condensed milk to about 40000 children in orphanages and hospitals.
One of two Army planes used in the search for the missing naval balloon and two aviators was destroyed by fire as it attempted to take off for Glens Falls Tuesday.
Readers are instructed how to submit questions to The Athens Messenger Information Bureau Frederic J Haskin director The bureau will provide information but not legal medical or financial advice It asks for full name address two cents for return postage and promises direct replies.
A simple Q and A compiles origins of tipping from a London coffee house box labeled To Insure Prompt Service. It notes Lenine and Trotsky name variants, soup houses during 1893 panics, Rome's global presence, eye of a needle biblical metaphor, Panama Canal length 43.84 nautical miles, and a Philadelphia Pepper Pot recipe snippet.
A simple stovetop recipe describes browning meat with three onions in fat, then adding two quarts water and pearled barley. The mixture simmers for 112 hours, followed by four halved potatoes and celery tops with seasonings for one more hour of cooking.
W O Baldwin, bookkeeper for the Ohio Dairy company in Toledo, was kidnapped and robbed of 600 dollars by three armed men shortly before noon Tuesday.
Norfolk, Va December 22 Victor Bishop Wallam was arraigned on assault with intent to kill after he and his wife were found seriously wounded in their apartment two weeks ago A bank book showed Wallam had a substantial deposit and a diary indicated fascination with pirates and Wild West adventures
A warning notes that genuine Aspirin should bear the Bayer name on package or tablets and has been proven safe by physicians for twenty one years. It urges use only as directed for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache and pain with Bayer tablets sold in small tins and larger packages.
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