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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
6
An eastern paper notes that a furniture shortage nudges the poor and rich toward permanence. Crippled chairs and tables prompt homes to value sturdy heirlooms over fashion, turning memory and stability into a hopeful, heaven-sent effect.
The Chicago city council asks Washington to create institutions for alcohol and narcotic addiction treatment, arguing the federal ban creates a duty to help addicts. It calls for municipal or state hospitals as practical solutions and cites existing models and known medical methods.
A writer on industrial conditions argues workers should use savings to buy stock in major firms. By accumulating shares, labor would become proprietors and gain a say in management, potentially steering industry without strikes or upheaval. If sufficient stock is acquired, workers could eventually control their companies.
An aging, poverty plagued craftsman is described drifting from youth to ruin. Once skilled and solvent, he squandered his wealth on reckless pleasures and now endures chronic illness, a deteriorating attic home, and bleak prospects as the town nears his end.
A story segment recalls a neighbor with a dry wit during a California thunderstorm. A dialogue with an anxious caller reveals humor and social cues. A burly drunken soldier is jailed, guarded by a timid keeper, until a cook’s outburst changes the scene.
A discussion on how marriage and circumstance shape life choices and success. The text argues that marrying the right partner can steer careers and personalities, influencing habits, dominance, and even facial demeanor shaped by wealth and living situations. It ponders alternate outcomes if fate had tipped differently.
The IAALINGEY EWS Missionary Society of the First Christian church met at Mrs. G. H. Nye’s High street home. A membership campaign was planned for next month and refreshments followed the social half hour. Mrs. N. R. Fuller returned Sunday from a week in Pomeroy with her daughter Mrs. George Palmer. John Michaels returned to Chauncey after a month in Utah visiting relatives and seeing snow and cold in Monrose. Mrs. Frank Beebe is ill near Chauncey. Mrs. Leonard Koenig and Miss S. J. Surtees are visiting Chauncey with Mrs. Charles Bradfield who is ill.
A historic recipe excerpt describes making scrapple with hog parts simmered, seasoned, and thickened with cornmeal, then fried. It includes Pecans Salad mold with mayo, Corn Chowder with corn potatoes pork onion and eggs, and Chocolate Frosting with coffee and cocoa. The text notes scrapple as a tasty budget dish and chowder as a luncheon option.
Prepare toast with a white sauce made from margarine flour milk and water, seasoned with salt and pepper then add chopped boiled egg whites and garnish with yolks. A cream sauce combines butter flour salt paprika and milk with cream, cooked until thick for milk toast and creamed eggs.
The MIT scholar argues the covenant remains alive in Americanized form despite reservations and calls recent opposition a misstep while predicting future revisions. The piece also includes a brief exchange about a guard and a witty remark on D Annunzio as both poet and fighter.
Mr and Mrs Logan Lester spent the weekend visiting relatives in Columbus. They traveled by car and stayed with family, enjoying local gatherings and returning home Sunday.
The First Christian Sunday School at Chauncey elected Gilbert Courtney as Superintendent and Geo W Wilson as Assistant Superintendent. Chas Bradfield became Recording Secretary and Corr Sec Matt Kilpatrick. Mrs Blanch Gardner is Treasurer and Music Director. Attendance last Sunday reached 193 with a $7.50 collection. Samuel Bloom of Cincinnati was a visiting guest of Mrs Isaac Wilson and family.
Under Chauncey high school sponsorship Hazel Frost, a reader from Cincinnati, will appear in Chauncey Wednesday evening. Tickets are on sale now and the program promises a rare treat for attendees.
Rev. H. A. Sherwood of Anderson Ind formerly ministered at the local Church of God spoke to a good congregation Sunday evening and was glad to meet the former pastor again. Mr Underwood of Torch visited Sunday guests Mr and Mrs E M Daugherty in Chauncey.
Friday at 7 pm in First Christian church officials announce a W C T U meeting led by Mrs Blake of Nelsonville with an address by Mrs C L Martzolff of Athens. The local W C T U is expected to reorganize and Chauncey residents are urged to attend this important gathering.
Revival services at Chauncey Methodist Church are well attended and led by Pastor Rev Ahlbrand. The public is cordially invited to all services. Mrs Barrows and her sons of Nelsonville were guests of her brother.
A church notice invites attendance at the M. E. church for the evening service. Song service begins at 7 with a restful, helpful occasion expected.
Fred Love reports on Chauncey board of education holding a regular meeting Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs Guy Brookins spent Sunday with Mrs Brookins parents Mr and Mrs John Shafer at The Plains.
Paris reports American commissioner to Germany W. Lorin Dresel will depart for Berlin tonight to restore diplomatic communication with Germany alongside England France and Italy. Allen Dulles will accompany Dreer.
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