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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1920
Page
4
The piece argues that current college students reflect grade school conditions now, warning teacher shortages and crowded classrooms will hit colleges later. It urges higher teacher pay, one teacher per 25 pupils, larger buildings, and public tax support to ensure proper schooling for all children.
Western Pennsylvania and West Vic off lands undergo careful inspection to locate small wells. Higher crude prices make previously overlooked leaks promising. Modern methods allow grouping wells to one power plant, reducing costs and opening a new branch of debt. The piece urges conservation and warns against radicalism.
Harvey's Weekly reprints opinions criticizing the New York legislature for excluding Socialist assemblymen without trial and warning against partisan motives. A York Dispatch forecast predicts two years of doubt and inflationary burden, urging competent leadership and Republican business acumen to restore the country.
A ramshackle branch line serves a village as a farmer orders a fowl-house by dray. The stationmaster mistakes the delivery for a new station item, sparking comic confusion about what is on the wagon. Separately a traveling theater manager writes a surreal request for weather and scenery, misattributing chaos to lost scenery.
A wrathy visitor asks if calling a grocer a profiteer is actionable. The lawyer replies it is if the accuser can prove the claim, framing risk in a brief legal exchange.
In a 1920 opinion, Mr. Whiting Williams, a social worker and employment manager, blames women for labor troubles and fashion-driven demand. He argues women should curb extravagant styles to stabilize mills and the garment industry, noting some factories avoid layoffs despite seasonal dull periods. He asserts fashion is man-made and urges shifting blame away from women.
The article chronicles Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma, detailing his lobbying for the Cherokee Strip lease rights, his leadership in forming the Democratic party in Indian Territory, and his role in creating the federal reserve system. It notes his support for Wilson during the peace treaty debates and his advocacy for popular government and reforms.
A caustic satirical note mocks wartime excess and political postures. It parodies alcohol mishaps and the Russians receiving deportees, then derides fol-de-rol as costly, jokes about whisker-less favorite sons, and comments on an unclear presidential scene.
A vintage collection outlines baked corn dish with milk eggs flour and butter baked slowly, a crisp lettuce bacon salad with hot vinegar dressing, an apple raisin nut cream rendition, and a Waldorf style mix of apples celery grapes and mayo on lettuce.
Sickness keeps many children out of school while District Supt Dillinger hopes for fewer closures. Bates, Happy Hollow, Connett, and Buchtel schools report socials and fundraisers to buy materials, with a notable Tom Thumb wedding set for February 10. Uniform exams are scheduled for February 25 and 26.
The Plains reports local residents visiting Athens and Millfield. Mrs. Joe Slater and daughter Rose travel with Mrs. Ed Barker. the McCall, Moore and Moore families shop in Athens. Ball and Rankin families host guests at Millfield. Dr. L D Nelson visits Nel sonville for a sick sister. Rosco Shields leaves No 10 for Floodwood mine. Roscoe Shields family visit Beaumont with the Wolfe.
President Wilson’s letter outlining his stance against reservations that would alter the peace treaty was read at a conference with Senator Hitchcock. Senators said it reaffirmed the President’s opposition to changing the treaty’s meaning, endorsing Hitchcock’s position. One senator noted a slight modification, leaving him more hopeful for ratification.
An old advertisement urges throat and mouth care and touts tonsil ine as fast relief. It claims the product provides relief quickly with a bottle priced at 35c 60c or 1.00 and emphasizes the seriousness of throat infections affecting eating drinking and breathing.
Anxiety rises over seed corn in cold January as freezing weather lowers germination tests at the Ohio Experiment Station. Compared with 1918, last fall’s moisture was low, so widespread damage is less likely. Farmers should test grain by sampling six kernels per ear to discard weak lots.
Washington reports weekly forecast for the Ohio Valley and Tennessee shows a fair start to the week with possible rain later. Temperatures near seasonal averages.
London honors Charles Dickens on his 108th anniversary with pilgrimages to Gadshill Landport and other Dickens sites. Dickensians visit memorial plate houses while readings and plays are staged this week. Sir Henry Fielding Dickens, sixth son of Dickens, serves as Common Sergeant at the Old Bailey.
The French government experiments with desks that require users to work half the time while standing. The aim is to improve efficiency and focus during typing tasks.
Mrs. Alice Morse of Morse Oklahoma testifies that at 60 plus she still uses Vesetene and adheres to Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief during the Change of Life. The advertisement invites women to seek confidential advice from the Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
An advertisement extols Foley's Honey and Tar as a pleasant remedy for throat irritation and coughing. It touts no opiates, high quality ingredients, and claims wide patient satisfaction including a testimonial from a Little Rock reader.
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