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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1920
Page
2
A Good Man Rewarded Williams Salary Boost Approved
The new city council voted Service Director Williams a salary of 3600 annually, arguing he is exceptionally qualified and underpaid. Supporters praise his efficiency, honesty, and ability to make utilities profitable, while predicting the city will save many times his salary through his proven expertise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Ohio
Athens
Advertising and public patience in printing and markets
A commentary contrasts oversold advertising with responsible messaging. It argues truthful, confidence building ads help sustain interest during shortages, and notes New York City's proposed town meeting hall as an example of broad public deliberation amid large populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Rome
December Seventeen Ends In Cosmic Irony
A speaker vows to shed worldly ties and ascend to the stars by December seventeen, but the foretold catastrophe never comes. Reflecting on belief and disappointment, the narrator recalls giving away possessions and awaiting doom, only to face a mundane, fading faith as December seventeen passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ascension
Dinner Tales From A Nameless Kingdom An Odd Night
A nameless kingdom hosts a dinner where a diplomat complains a justice minister stole his watch and the host vows to recover it, later returning the watch while warning secrecy. A teacher contemplates overwork with a pupil as a stage couple's embrace ends the act and a baton drop cuts the moment.
Rules for My Children The Mother’s Thoughtful Plan
A reader shares un signed rules for children and asks for response. The piece praises deliberate parenting, praising a mother who lists clear privileges and prohibitions to guide upbringing, and hopes others copy or adapt these rules for inspiration.
Golden Cream Cake And Classic Desserts From Old Cookbook
A collection of era recipes including a three layer Golden Cream Cake, a coconut cake with coconut icing, a chocolate custard pie without eggs or milk, a puffed cake baked in cups, and a fruit laden plum pudding. Instructions cover mixing, baking times, and making a lemon sauce for serving.
Palmer plan to cut living costs draws mockery and plan
The Kansas City Star reprints opinions criticizing Attorney General Palmer for proposing cost of living reductions and urges public action. It mocks his approach and suggests fair price committees, consumer boycotts, public meetings, and theater speakers as solutions, ending with a quip about Bloods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Star
Palmer
George
Suffering of Young Women in Fort Dodge Iowa
Mrs Minnie Mandelko describes monthly suffering from age 13 to 16 with headaches backache and cramps. After using sixteen bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound her daughter’s health improved and she now feels well with no monthly trouble. The ad urges others with similar symptoms to seek restoration and notes confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge
Lydia E. Pinkham
Minnie Mandelko
18Th St
10Th Avenue
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Miss Mandelko
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Four Rubber Balls Massage Spines Like Strong Masseur
An advertisement describes a new electrical device using four rubber balls to work on the spine with the same effectiveness as a skilled masseur. It highlights targeted pressure and claimed therapeutic benefit for relief and relaxation.
Christmas Social At Wellston With Local Residents
Mrs Ruth Gilliland and family spent Christmas with the Hixsons. Duffee and Lefa of Ray visited Elizabeth Daniels. Ethel Fierce vacationing with Hazel in Columbus. Daniels girls and Carrye Smith enjoyed holidays in Ray and Wellston. Cartwrights and McNutt visited Athens on Friday. The Cartwrights hosted a party Saturday night with many local youths attending. Eva Gill, Carrye Smith and Garnette Daniels later visited Ethel Fierce in Modoe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Gilliland
Eva
Nellie
Edith
Wellston
W. H. Hixson
Boyton Duffee
Miss Lefa
Ray
Elizabeth Daniels
Ethel Fierce
Miss Hazel
Columbus
Garnette
Freda Daniels
Carrye Smith
Ray and
J. M. Cartwright
Carl
Harry
Oliver McNutt
Athens
William Cartwright
Edith Gill
Cecil Hale
Vera
Marie McCel
Cecile Hale
Marie McClelland
Doris McGeen
Allison
Hers
Former Warren Treasurer Arrested Over Missing City Funds
Charles B. Kistler aged 56, ex-treasurer of Warren, Ohio, arrested in the $50,000 city funds disappearance. He allegedly used an Ac count in a Cleveland bank under the name S. J. Boyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Charles B. Kistler
Warren
S. J. Boyd
Men Wanted at M E Church Tonight
Announcement invites all men to attend a meeting at M E church tonight with no difficulty beyond deciding to go. All men welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
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Bloods
Green
Olds
Vics
Foley
Chas. Gray
Sixth St
Detroit
Mich
Foley and Co
Velvet Jon
Folcom Avenue
St. Louis
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