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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1920
Page
4
Athens growth has lagged since before the war due to scarce housing. Many residents face high rents or lack funds to buy, while banks have capital but limited real estate space. A liberal long term loaning association could spur building, boosting business and benefiting all by enabling affordable homes.
The Steel Trust has boosted pay for common laborers by 10 percent, bringing five year gains to 150 percent. The rise, likely voluntary, came after a strike won by the trust Meecile. Workers may have preferred shorter hours or wage recognition, which some say public support would favor. The article notes unions’ role and argues cooperation requires stronger employee and employer organization. It ends with a comparison of Bolshevism to Le ninien tyranny and a note on the flu’s rise.
The Columbus Dispatch reprints a Democratic column condemning wartime fraud in shipbuilding and government contracts. It argues a billion dollars was stolen from the government, calls for a broad cleanup, and insists officials be punished regardless of rank to deter future grafts.
A classroom joke about a student misplacing a decimal point leads to a humorous miscue. A Wiltshire judge recounts a neighborly scandal involving a husband, his burglar foe, and a poker hint. A lawyer and client discuss odds with amounts of 1000 and 5000 dollars.
A 1930 discussion of Mr. and Mrs. Perley R. Spiker and Miss Emily Knowles. Mrs. Spiker funds the England-born mother and child to come to America, plans to adopt the baby, and forgives the infidelity. Her brother Guy Spiker proposes marriage to the “other woman,” who accepts, a rarely forgiven solution praised as superior to murder or divorce.
David F. Houston, born February 17, 1866 in Monroe North Carolina, served as secretary of agriculture under Wilson and later filled the vacancy left by Carter Glass as secretary of the treasury. He taught language at South Carolina and held multiple university presidencies before joining the cabinet.
Fragments warn sausage manufacturers to beware of dogs near a sign on Frederick Road. The text includes quirky jokes about nails income tax and a vague reference to a schoolhouse, ending with cultural quips about presidential elections and Henry Ford.
The Bridge Club gathered last evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A B Smith for a game night followed by refreshments. The next meeting is planned for two weeks hence.
Instructions for preparing a stuffed round steak with peanut stuffing or seasoned bread crumbs. Roll, tie, and cook by steaming or stewing until tender, then brown or finish in a casserole with a cup of liquid. Serve with currant jelly.
Instructions describe mixing molasses sugar mince meat raisins fat and sour ovill with hot coffee soda flour egg and spices for a fruit cake with a non setting chocolate icing. Also directions for oyster cocktails with cold oysters, a mushroom or horseradish dressing, tomato, lemon juice and tabasco, served with brown bread and celery.
Quick, proven relief for cold cough grip and croup. Dr King’s New Discovery has stood the test for over fifty years and remains popular. Prices 60 cents and 1 20 a bottle at all druggists. Give it a trial.
Fragmentary ad copy warns of sluggish bowels and liver function with claims that waste buildup harms health. It promises a pill remedy costing 25 cents available at druggists to stimulate liver and bowel activity.
Druggist touts a home remedy once used by grandmothers to restore dark color and luster to graying hair. Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound is sold in drug stores and is said to darken hair naturally, restore gloss, and conceal gray after a few applications using a damp brush.
Frank Thompson of Athens visited his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs William Fulton after a hay load mishap near Henry Lauer. Solomon Dailey and Mrs Town House guests of Fulton. Annie Phillips visited her sister Mrs Florence Sloan Angel Ridge. Rocky Point school with teacher Glenela Burley. Rev Timmons and George Hartl of Athens visited Fulton. Hartl ill. Harry Lauer and Edward Miller guests of New Asbury. Aaron McGrath of Akron called on his mother in law Mrs John McClain.
A vintage ad claims immediate stomach relief with Pape's Diapepsin for uncomfortable meals. It describes symptoms like belching flatulence sour belch and indigestion and promises digestion without drastic drugs or harm to the stomach.
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