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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1919
Page
4
The article argues the packers must drop side lines and confine to meat dairy and poultry. It questions whether relinquishing control over other food products will lower prices and notes past corporate breakups. It praises restricting the packers to meat to reduce monopoly risk in general foods.
The article warns against blanket consumer abstinence as prices soar. It argues prudent shopping preserves home upkeep, noting two years of thrift left women with worn goods and abnormal replenishment needs. It cautions against extreme frugality turning into lost opportunities.
Attorney General Palmer urges Congress to require dealers to stamp goods with their cost and wholesale prices. He argues a full marking system would reveal producer costs and show profits along the supply chain from farmer to retailer.
The speaker urges a return to honest work and productive daily labor. He imagines a broad revival across trades and crafts, from baking and painting to clock winding and farming, opposing agitators and celebrat ing a renewed national economy.
A collection of brief humor and social quips from a Los Angeles lunch chat and shop counter banter. The pieces joke about church attendance, misheard requests for remedies, a bishop’s remark, and the motives of customers in stores.
A magazine piece about aging celebrates an octogenarian who chose an aeroplane ride for her birthday. The narrator contrasts youth and middle age with gifts like slippers or grandchild photos, while noting elders may crave novelty and small pleasures.
Instructions cover fig laden desserts and fillings including lousehold shmts and various fig centered treats. Recipes include Fig Pudding Fig Filling Fig and Nut Sandwiches Fig Jelly Parisian Mashmallowe Sour Milk Sponge and related serving ideas with optional fruits and garnishes.
The New York Herald reprints opinions on the U S Senate withholding ratification of the peace treaty. European critics are faulted for self righteousness while Americans defended by reservations. The piece argues Europe shaped the treaty to serve its ends and that the vote occurred in Paris, not Washington.
Della Frances Tucker and Pres ton Earl Thompson wed Wednesday at ten thirty in Chauncey with Rev Leslie Dabritz officiating. Attendants were Frieda Thompson and Saul Thompson. A wedding breakfast followed for family and friends. Both are known locally for teaching and service overseas and to Ohio State University respectively, with many gifts received.
A large audience attended the Wednesday Christmas program at the First Christian Church. The event featured cheerful songs and recitations by young pupils. A highlight was the playlet Mother Goose and Santa Claus by Miss Gladys Bradfields and Miss Pearl Whartons classes, with additional exercises by Mrs. Clarence Butts and L. H. Pendergrass classes.
Mrs Ellasedrick spent Christmas in Nelsonville as guest of Mrs Maggie Linscott. Roy Pendergrass hosted Christmas dinner for Peter Pendergrass Geo Pendergrass and Gail Figgins. T R Hamilton returned from Columbus with his mother Mrs R Hysell who has been treated there. Mrs Hysell improves and will stay with the Hamiltons in Chauncey before returning home to New Marshfield.
Gilbert B. Courtney announces Bible school at 9 30 A M with a 10 45 A M service and 6 P M Christian Endeavor led by Ruth Wharton. Pastor to speak on The Yearly Balance. Several Chauncey visitors are listed with holiday greetings and a mine accident in Hobson affecting Hoyt Karns.
Miss Hazel and Ruth Lahugh spent Christmas near Coolville with their brother-in-law and sister Mr and Mrs Mollas Lanthorey. Mr and Mrs Carl Shafer and family Nelsonville spent Christmas.
A courteous salesman asks how many items the customer wants. The customer resents questions and insists she intends to buy them, not hire anyone, showing a blunt, no-nonsense exchange.
Mrs Shafer's parents Mr and Mrs George Wilson are noted in the update. Miss Viola Shields, who has been in Columbus the past weeks, has returned to her parents Mr and Mrs Homer Shields in Chauncey.
Miss Dena Koons visited Mrs. Nellie McGowan while Mrs. Orpha Sanborn visited her parents the Lute Carpenters. The local school closed for a brief vacation after a program of recitations music and songs. Christmas guests gathered at the homes of Henry and Amanda Phillips with Elza Graham and family and Wilbur Young with his family. A Clarks Chapel L A S social and sale raised 21.40 with another social planned.
In Mandan North Dakota a sixteen year old Cass county orphan volunteered for the state reform school seeking an honest trade. He requested admission through the juvenile commissioner and was enrolled for an indeterminate term to expire whenever he chooses.
Cleveland, Dec 27. Rev C S Ernsberger of Bloomsdale Ohio, aged 70, was married to Mrs Elizabeth Linhart of Bloomsdale by his son Rev H B Ernsberger pastor of Calvary Lutheran church at noon Christmas.
Some English schools adopt a modern form of print writing dating to the fifteenth century to teach penmanship pupils. It aims to revive the legibility and stylistic traits of early typographic writing.
Alvy Adams, 14, of Paris township, confessed to arson after being arrested for incendiarism. He set fire to his father's barn in Canton Ohio seeking to force the family to move to New Philadelphia, driven by lure of bright lights and his work there.
The Seneca Advertiser, a weekly paper in Ohio, announced its suspension after 76 years of continuous operation amid rising costs of printing. The decision ends a long newspaper era for the community and its readers.
The announcement states increasing costs for printing and distribution, including higher expenses for the rural newspaper, made a price increase imperative according to the publishers.
The Nebraska supreme court upheld a law prohibiting teaching any foreign language in grade schools. German Polish Bohemian and Swedish Lutheran churches attacked the measure as infringing religious liberty and property rights.
Advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tab lets promising a cure for a cold in one day. It mentions a signature of BE, w, ROVE and offers a 30c price tag as part of the claim.
A Kentucky druggist promotes a mentholized arcane mix as an effective treatment for catarrh. He claims the recipe, made by combining Mentholized Arcane with boiled water to make a pint, can clear nasal and throat inflammation in days. The plan advises throat applications and nasal use twice daily and urges early treatment at the first sign of a cold.
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