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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1920
Page
4
Four months into the President’s illness, officials report progress but limits on access remain. Only two cabinet members have seen him, with no public appearances, and a move from Washington is planned when possible. He is unlikely to campaign actively and a third term is deemed impossible.
The piece urges a quick review of postwar federal clerical staff in Washington. It notes 106000 clerks in 1918, 35000 in 1914, questions demobilization delays, and cites reports of idle two hour workdays. It argues trimming unnecessary posts and reallocating workers to other regions.
Many people purchase costly clothes shoes and hats to make them last longer. They choose durable items despite higher prices, aiming to stretch their wardrobe over several years.
A speaker argues that the Allies should begin paying at least the interest on the vast debts they accumulated, emphasizing the owed interest on billions borrowed and owed.
A curious point in current money values shows Canadian silver coins trading below par in the United States while the bullion content within them exceeds the coins' nominal face value.
A fragmented verse recalls Mitel Frits in distant times, noting how news shifts to figures like Ex-Bill and Kronprius Willyam while no word comes of Eitel Fritz. The poet laments faded fame, German legends, and a world fixated on princes and leaders, leaving the witty figure unseen.
A fragment from a newspaper page reflects hasty musings on taxation instruction read aloud toward Christmas. It ponders Bolshevism debates and notes government by oratory rather than injunction, plus references to Little Rhody and two additional divorces in the Kaiser’s family.
A collection of light exchanges and comic conversations features a store clerk offering Mendelssohn for two dollars and asks about lyrics, a congressman’s wife puzzled by an old flame, a caller begging to borrow a car, and social chatter about manners and money. The piece closes with a humorous inventor’s failed cabbage and vegetable creature trying to grow facial features.
Ruth Cameron urges readers to consider daily delays caused by slow actions on buses and elevators. She argues small acts of efficiency add up, from stepping off promptly to precise shopping requests, to accelerate industry, production, and lower prices for all.
A household hints column describes a beef stew recipe using neck beef onions potatoes cabbage and carrots simmered slowly. It also provides a cocoanut custard pie recipe with eggs sugar flour vanilla milk and grated cocoanut, baked then topped with meringue and browned cocoanut.
Kansas Governor Henry J. Allen urged the Legislature to back a program prohibiting strikes and lockouts affecting life-sustaining necessities. He argued government must shield society from industrial strife as it does crime, noting that control by any minority over a vital product undermines government. Edward P. Dunne, ex governor and Democrat leader, criticized the treaty policy and favored referendum, urging repudiation of entangling agreements as dangerous to prosperity.
Mrs W J Hawk and son Rob attended the Swiss Bell exercises in Nelsonville Wednesday. Numerous Athens visitors including Mrs Robert Noble, Mrs George Gabriel, Mrs John Gabriel Sr, Ruby, Mrs John Parfitt and son were there Saturday. Several families attended events in Haydenville Albany and Chauncey Sunday. Lela Shreves and Luke Hardy wed in Athens on Saturday. Measles in B Kinney household and a remark on trends in art noting a shift from admiring rare paintings to admiring paintings by young artists.
Reported flu cases hit several residents in the Pleasanton area. Dortha Kenney and Bertine Martin of Athens High School returned home sick while Dock Kinney of Athens visited Wayne Kinney and family last week. Orr was called to attend the flu outbreak Friday, and Mrs. Frank Barnhill and Fay Elliott visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. in Circle Hill.
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