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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1919
Page
4
OCR reads a fragmented Athens Daily Messenger header with stray words and names. The readable portions reference advertising manager duties and a list of daily newspapers, but no coherent event or person details are present.
The week of February 11 to 17 is designated Father and Son Week to restore the lost companionship between fathers and sons. Officials urge fathers to engage with their sons, bridging the gap through time spent together and shared activities to nurture citizenship and mutual understanding.
The New York World attacks a stalled Congress over the revenue bill war contracts and reconstruction plans. It warns that unemployment and hunger fuel Bolshevism while conferees delay key measures and a shift to Republican rule looms. The paper calls for urgent action to avoid dictatorship.
A Maine Agricultural and Industrial league survey shows farmers prioritize good roads as essential for successful farming, with many urging better schools, more farm labor, improved marketing and water power use. Co operation among farmers is seen as a path to meet many needs, alongside credit access and cooperative buying and selling.
A 100-year-old woman from Gengus Massachusetts plans a birthday cross-country airplane flight to celebrate her birthplace in northern New Hampshire. The event aims to prove age is just a number and invites volunteers to join or witness the stunt.
A readied breakfast and dessert menu item list includes recipes and instructions for Yellow Pea Soup Banana Whip Endive Salad Escalloped Oysters and related dishes. It provides steps for soaking peas gelatinized salads and gingerbread style cakes with detailed ingredient lists and cooking guidance.
Washington dispatch reports 1333 casualties on today’s lists with entries for milled in action wounded and deaths by wounds and disease. The document lists dozens of Ohioans including Glenn Harding Ironton Harrison Roden Canton and Edward Howell Carrollton among the fallen wounded missing and hospital cases with names from Cleveland Canton Portsmouth and other towns. The report ends with a domestic unrelated line and a fiction-like note about a woman’s invitation.
A humorous exchange unfolds among inmates and visitors in a western penitentiary. A convict jokes about life imprisonment while a golf obsessed prisoner practices with a cane as links are closed. The warden and a lecturer share a quip about audience applause and handcuffed hands.
The first Ohio General Assembly met at Chillicothe on March 1, 1808, with 15 senators and 30 representatives. Senators served two years, representatives one, and annual sessions were held. Present assembly: 36 senators and 128 representatives at $1000 annually. Biennial sessions mandated by 1851 constitution. observed from 1894 with two-year appropriations. governors called extraordinary sessions in select years.
In a domestic vignette, a man notices new levies under the wartime tax act affecting slippers shaving soap and a perfumed bath while a toll tax on telephone calls arouses mild consternation. A housekeeper narrator contemplates leaving to care for relatives as the household adapts to the broader tax sweep.
Harrisburg report notes a bill in the House proposing a night time frog hunt with a light be lawful. The bill claims practical control of frog populations and aligns with wildlife management goals.
An advertisement touts a tonic containing lecithin iron manganese peptonate and gentian to rebuild strength after influenza. It claims to enhance red blood cells and brain cells while restoring appetite and energy. The pill regimen is seven tablets daily with a money-back promise if unsatisfied.
Magistrate Corrigan voiced shock when told a police officer found liquor being sold to women in a tea room in New York. The remark underscores public concern over alcohol access in women’s spaces.
Fragmentary wartime letter dated December 4 1918 references illness fever cold doctors and a plea for help. The readable portions mention a boat and an initialed name F Bloe a ZUWICI LUWUIASS, with lines indicating a request for making changes to the letter if possible. The text is incomplete and lacks a coherent narrative or full context.
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