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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1920
Page
4
An editorial laments a year of futility and confusion since the war and urges Americans to shed quarrels, focus on constructive work, and start anew with courage and charity. It calls laborers, registrars, and presidents to buckle to their duties and refrain from harming others.
The piece contrasts London’s Christmas news hiatus with American hunger for updates and notes strikes cost American families. It cites Ireland’s unity against Lloyd George’s home rule plan and cites broader implications for press and economy amid labor disruptions.
Fragmentary poem critiques modern industry and public speaking. It laments overworked laborers, busy orators, and a country polarized by talk rather than action. The speaker calls for restraint, honest work, and real effort over rhetoric.
A mistress compliments Norah in new attire while a heated kitchen exchange over a burned steak unfolds. Mrs Dubwaite scolds the cook and urges clearer speech as a magistrate and judge navigate a tense custody dispute with competing mothers and a guarded reveal of a knife from a boot.
Ruth Cameron writes about her preferred funeral arrangements, urging cremation, charitable giving instead of flowers, and a simple cheerful service rather than a ministerial eulogy. She advocates informing families before flowers and hopes readers weigh personal wishes against tradition.
Household hints present multiple rabbit recipes including preparations for rabbit and oyster pie fried rabbit stewed rabbit and casserole of rabbit roaster rabbit with stuffing and gravy. Each method includes steps for seasoning, cooking times, and serving suggestions such as parsley lemon jelly and toast garnish.
The Cleveland Gazette links the Congressional Committee on Immigration to deportation targets in the Labor Department. It questions Senator Watson’s charges about the Federal Trade Commission as a center of revolutionaries. The piece suggests further investigations may reveal the Wilson era tolerated enemies within federal bureaus.
A tense scene centers on a judge's authority to approve a proposed compromise. A boss and another figure both shout No, you keep it. A playful boy and an affable young man tease about sister's hair, prompting a riddle-like exchange about appearance and secrecy.
Local families share holiday travels and gatherings around Athens and Amesville. Reports include births, recoveries after surgery, and children visiting relatives. Names mentioned include the Finsterwalds Smiths Dowlers Mansfield Byerly Everett Linscott and Linscott.
Christmas entertainment at the Brown school drew a good crowd on Wednesday afternoon. Families and relatives gathered as Abel Dennett returned from Mountsville. Attendees at Hooper Ridge Monday included the Wemer and Sayers families plus several White and Patton relatives and friends.
Twenty years ago this week the county infirmary directors S F Beverage J H Moler and John McLaughlin completed settlements with Perry Hocking and Jackson counties. Notable local deaths include Nathan Llewellyn of Waterloo township who died at his New Marshfield home of heart disease.
On the Yuletide Pallas Club program Mrs. Dickson Mrs. Schwefel Miss Marjorie Allom Miss Roush and Mrs. Dunkle attended. Miss Ella Moore will host the next meeting with Emerson as the subject, explored as a poet.
Mr. C. W. Harris from the Bank of Athens has traveled from Del Norte Colorado to Albuquerque New Mexico seeking continued health improvement and is reported to be recovering well.
A Broadwell quartet of social visits is noted as Mr. and Mrs J P Sedwick called on Utley friends Sunday. Mr and Mrs Millard Dunfee of Clarksburg West Virginia visit with Mr and Mrs John Sprouse. Homer France of Marion greeted friends here last week. School closed December 26 with Howard Haybrow and wife. Mr and Mrs Albert Smith moved to the house once occupied by Clarence Rathburn. Kite North, a noted minstrel, struck town Saturday. R R Lewis moved his family to Omaha Nebraska. Harry Brill made a business call here Monday. Mr and Mrs Earl Sedwick and their son are also mentioned in casual updates.
Flames from a stove do not contact food on a new broiler. The device uses hollow tubes through which heated gases from a combustion chamber pass to cook the food.
A list of residents and visitors from Athens and nearby towns. Claud Chase and wife, Frank Dudgeon of Akron, Lenora Sleeth, Nora Radcliffe, Rev. Parmalee, Markham of Vinton, Andrew Tewksbury, Walter Ward and wife, Della Tewksbury, Effie Wood, Ova and Enid Caster, S. S. Howery, J. M. Eady, Dailey Morris, and others are noted for Christmas activities, church events, and family visits.
Real estate transfers show Henry H North to Henry A How ard 2 acres for 200 and Jefferson Guess Jr and Elmar Tom lot 356 for 100 in Ames. Campbell to Adam Weber three lots 1203 1204 1205 with no consideration. Dalton to Walter Matteson two lots 2314 2315 for 700. In Carthage Township Mame A Hoobler to Frank A Fore man and Cena Foreman 75 acres for 1 and M B Chapman to Abe Burdette 5082 acres for 1500. Amos Townsend to Chas Reynolds and Emma Townsend 30 acres and 70 acres for 1400.
Miss Brenda Steed and Mr. Herbert Hartley united in marriage at the First M. E. parsonage this afternoon. Rev. Dr. L. Strecker officiated as James G. Steed and Adah E. Hartley witnessed. The bride, from New Marshfield, will finish teaching in Marion before moving near Athens. Hartley works in mining.
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