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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1920
Page
6
A Pennsylvania county plasterers and cement finishers union pressed for a 20 cent hourly wage increase with a five day week and streetcar fare, arguing high living costs. They currently earn $1 an hour for eight hours, sparking debate that wage gains without productivity gains may worsen living costs.
Assistant Attorney General Howard P. Figg lists six causes of rising prices: more money in circulation, higher wages from war needs, reduced world production, increased distribution costs, wasteful spending and speculation, and profiteering. He argues relief will be slow and urges workers to join industry in production, echoing Hoover’s call for more output and a “work” ethic.
The speaker urges immediate construction of homes to stabilize prices and sustain prosperity. Delaying the building program risks price instability, as communities must join in promoting home ownership and standardizing values.
A Chicago resident jokes heaven resembles Chicago until a guide reveals the truth. Charlie and three sisters stay with relatives longer than planned, delighting the uncle who wants the whole family, maid, and pets brought along. Edith Wharton interviews a parlor maid who refuses chores, and a grocery avowal shows customers seeking best butter. A watchmaker and jeweler banter about time, jewels, and a client asking for “Atty.”
A 1930 column extols Admiral Peary for relentless persistence through 35 operations and eight Arctic attempts. It links his Pole achievement to wartime aviation progress, urging readers to pursue goals with similar sacrifice and grit.
Julius G Lay acting foreign trade adviser to the state department resigns effective March 14 to join Speyer & Co in New York. Lay formerly served as consul general in Berlin and held posts in Barcelona Canton Cape Town Rio de Janeiro and other cities during a thirty year career.
An upstate paper cites wild headlines about floods and crimes. A New Rochelle hospital ad seeks a cleaner. A Turkish bath robber anecdote and a Long Island holdup are noted with wry commentary. Julius May reframes H. G. S. as Hereafter Chew Less.
A column of humorous notices and quips discusses living costs a five cent egg sandwich and a tailor shop offer. It mentions a mirror curtain invention for theater acts and jokes about the telephone company and Mars contacting Earth. It ends with political barbs on Bryan and Johnson and a note on the coming campaign.
Baked Spaghetti au Gratia uses one fourth package spaghetti and canned tomatoes with buttered crumbs for topping. Kidney Stew cooks kidneys in a Dutch oven with onion tomato gravy for four hours. Orange Cup Cakes mix sugar butter substitute eggs flour baking powder orange juice and rind, bake twenty minutes.
An advertisement touts a plan to raise 114 eggs per day by using Don Sung for hens, claiming 7 dozen extra daily production in mid winter. The offer guarantees payment if customers do not profit, with a 50 cent feed pack mailed or bought via druggist. Includes address Burfrrell 284 Columbia Building Indianapolis and Miss Frances Steinmeyer at Luhrig. Community notes mention visits from relatives and local birthdays.
Miss Lina Loude of Athens spent the weekend with her cousin Miss Lucile Risley while Miss Alice McBride was a recent guest.
Sheriff Evan Thames finds $1600 worth of raisin whisky and 75 gallons in two stills in the basement of a farmhouse two miles south of Warren Ohio. It is the largest quantity found in a single local still raid. The farm previously belonged to the father of Prosecuting Attorney Clare Caldwell.
Washington February 26 The Senate confirmed the following Ohio postmasters Walker Pruell Bellefontaine Robert J McGrannan East Youngstown Rosese E Carle Fostoria Frank T Mercer Newark Frank C Gertagk Wooster The action was reported late yesterday in Washington.
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