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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1920
Page
4
A new angle on the adverse rate of exchange shows foreign fire and marine insurers struggle to pay American policies. About eighty seven billions of 1918 business, half from foreign concerns, faces payment in American money. if settled in foreign currency policyholders object. A broader outcome could be a push toward standardized international coinage to simplify global finance.
Joseph Pennell attacks billboard ugliness from a practical view noting lumber wasted on signs could rebuild much of Europe’s destruction and paint could freshen the world. He argues billboards waste wood and paint, urging thrift and conservation. The anti billboard campaign gains momentum as communities act on aesthetics.
A British press hubbub questions 60 million dollars for dry propaganda in Britain and nearby nations. The piece notes American reluctance to spend on Europe, cites Lord Leverhulme, and argues Britain going dry could be worth the cost to shift policy even if funded by English donors.
Ignatz W Ivanowski spends winter at a fashionable resort and plans to return to Moscow. Maxim Blowhardski arrives en route to Russia with 250000 dollars saved here. Emma Goldbrick reports from Russia enjoying the gala season and a Leon Trotsky dance. London Blighty comments on dancing. The piece quips about beds, producers, and high overcoat prices in chic spots.
The article notes raisin growers in California will receive 40 million dollars for this year, pledging the largest crop on record during prohibition times. It then reports Harriet Sawyer, a 24 year old chorus girl, attempted suicide by shooting at the Martha Washington Hotel yesterday afternoon.
An irate reader confronts the editor over a misreported sighting of a beautiful gold finch near the reader’s bedroom. The editor offers to correct any error, promising to fix the item if proven wrong.
A big red faced traveling man assists a pale wife and her young husband in a morning rail station drama. He sends them to catch another train, then retrieves a gray wooden box from the baggage car as they watch his plan unfold. He laments a delayed midnight departure as the scene ends.
President Wilson appoints Bainbridge Colby as secretary of state succeeding Robert Lansing. Colby, born in St Louis and Williams College graduate, has held multiple Wilson administration posts and was active in Progressive reforms and party activities. He served on the shipping board and emergency fleet corporation during WWI.
Classic home kitchen guidance outlines frying ham with continuous turning and a milk gravy, plus country style fried chicken with simmered parboil, flour corn meal coating, and oven finish. Also includes baked apple dumpling steps with dough, apples, sugar, butter, and milk baked in stages.
In a terse conversation, one speaker notes a private supply of a drink is kept in a cellar, while the other agrees the situation is not so bad. The lines imply social intrigue or domestic tension following some mention in the paper.
Mr. Chuggins explains a ruse to leave silver carelessly as bait for a motor car thief. The thief will steal it and crash on a street car track or railroad crossing, enabling the crew to capture him.
A doctor at the asylum recounts an inmate who believes he is a motion picture comedian. The only way to keep him quiet is paying him $20,000 in stage money each Ogturdey night.
Mrs. Key Cammack named assistant secretary of the New York Trust Company, the second woman in New York City to hold a metropolitan bank appointment. She will develop client budgeting services and advise clients on household finances and allowances. The bank will coordinate with schools to discuss banking basics with students.
Howard C. Hull of Ohio University argues for centralizing rural districts into larger graded schools. He cites one room schools as insufficient for modern needs, urges consolidation and state action to prevent rural educational decline.
The article notes Wyatt McDaniel tending stock while Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McDaniel host Reverend A. M. Wyatts visit. Funeral of Mr. B. A. Ellis at Amesville Presbyterian Church. families and friends recall Wyatt and his family as they move to a new home. Includes comments on weather from Coblenz Germany and local visits in Athens.
The government plans a concrete pipeline from Le Havre to Paris to carry crude petroleum with supply stations along the route to fuel locomotives.
Mrs. Tuesesa Coventsy of 75 Burnett Street Newark reports eight years of organic trouble and says Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped. She says she can do housework and washing again and offers to let her name be used for a testimonial. The Pinkham company invites women to write for free advice and keeps letters confidential.
Health officials urge standard precautions against flu and colds. The article promotes Vicks VapoRub as an external treatment, detailing inhalation vapors and warm applications to relieve congestion and prevent illness, noting widespread adoption and affordable jar sizes.
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