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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1919
Page
4
An October pledge to buy Liberty Bonds is urged to be honored amid postwar costs. Citizens are urged to economize, sacrifice, and protect commitments as Uncle Sam must fund settlements, army costs, veterans benefits, and future pledges.
A reader lists numerous questions about the League of Nations framework including withdrawal after joining, enforcement of membership, limitations on the league, jurisdiction, and the powers of delegates executive council secretariat and treaty conflicts.
J C Winslow of the U S Employment Service argues the postwar job market has many vacancies from top to bottom. He says troops returning from the front face scarce salaries and that promoting capable men from lower ranks could fill executive roles and train others, mirroring wartime officer training.
A reader asks for a definition of Bolshevism and Iam, noting the difficulty of judging a state of mind. The piece calls Bolshevism anarchy under a new name aiming to spread hate against those who differ, and comments on propaganda and perception.
A daily meal plan lists breakfast options and a full menu including beef casserole and Danish pudding. It then provides step by step preparations for beef casserole and Danish pudding, followed by winter preserves recipes for grapefruit marmalade orange marmalade and amber marmalade with detailed ingredient prep and cooking times.
A fragmentary column blends comic vignettes and jokes. An unnamed man in a village seeks a cure but refuses Thompson’s Top cure. A joke about a Thompson buying medicine ends in a brisk escape. Lighter anecdotes touch on marriage talk in France and a Paris tea room exchange. The Simpson household scene closes the piece with bread and family chatter.
The piece traces Ohio’s use of whipping posts and public executions ending by 1816 and 1844 respectively, notes electrocution replacing hanging in 1896, and outlines lottery origins and gradual abolition from 1807 to 1880 with 1851 constitutional prohibition. It mentions judge Burnett and funding bridges via lotteries.
A congressman who objects to funding cattle tick removal likens it to a man refusing dental care as natural decay. The remark underscores tensions over modernization and public health policy in Congress.
The labor union protests the deportation of alien radicals and recalls a biblical saying about division and solidarity while presenting its stance amid the public dispute.
The German government will not include Von Bernstorff at peace table, deeming his presence undesirable. The comment labels him an unwelcome alien and signals narrowed diplomatic channels during negotiations.
War Department casualty lists show 2800 names with categories killed in action wounded of degree undetermined and wounded slightly and severely. Local names from Southern Ohio include Simeon Burton Marietta Karl Withrow Chillicothe Milton Lawrence Hamden and many others with towns like Lucasville Zanesville Portsmouth Col umbo and Athens. Social notes follow detailing visits and moves among families in Ohio communities.
Mrs Goldie French of Athens visited Friday with Mr and Mrs J W Lindley In other news Mr Ray Martin moved to Columbus for new work Mrs Freida Considene of Athens spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Robert Jones Fr Will Coe of Athens and John Blake of McArthur were Sunday guests of John P Coe Willfle Gillogly arrived homee from the trip.
An article promotes Dr. Pierce Anuria Tablets from Buffalo as a cure for uric acid poisoning and kidney disorders. It explains taking a glass of water with the tablet to flush kidneys, and mentions Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for constipation. The piece also notes local social items and Sunday school activities.
Dempsey Haynes of Newark Ohio is jailed in St Clairsville charged with stealing an $800 ring to fund his honeymoon plans. He intended to bring the ring to Pittsburgh on the trip.
Cpl. John F. Spaulding of Athens A D No 2 received a Christmas box sent via the local chapter. The parcel traveled from France to Camp Millson then Camp Deveng and finally Athens, remaining in good condition. Spaulding served with the 78rd Artillery and has since been discharged.
Albany Grange in regular session Saturday February 32, observed on Washington's birthday. Members are asked to bring quotations from Washington and hear a report from the insurance representative on the past year's work.
An informal ad-style blurb promotes a remedy for acid stomach and heartburn. It touts quick relief claims and a money back guarantee with a low cost, urging readers to try the product for better health.
An advertisement claims Bio-feren can swiftly restore vigor and nerves in women marked by weakness and low spirits. It touts two weeks to a vigorous body and sparkling eyes, urging purchase from druggists with a penny-back offer if claims fail. The copy lists ingredients and a physician advisory section.
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