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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1919
Page
4
The National Educational Association reports teaching salaries rose from 543 to 630 dollars between 1915 and 1918, but this covers only about one seventh of rising living costs. Teachers earn far less than railroad workers, skilled trades, bakers, carpenters, and shipyard laborers, yet taxpayers resist raises.
Dr Stillman, director-general of the Red Star Animal Relief, explains wartime work saving horses and mules from shell fire and gas. Of 11,850,000 animals taken to hospitals in three and a half years, 1,425,000 were saved. 75,000 still under treatment. He urges continued support and notes Halifax disaster relief value. The Federation of Labor backs a six hour day as an ideal.
A series of short anecdotes from family life and school days. A college prefect notes his father's age and wisdom, a bishop proves a point with plain conduct, a girl explains shake as a playful retort, and a high school student analyzes grammar in a shy romance.
The Brooklyn Standard Union reprints opinions on Norman Hapgood and Freelove Herron as Wilson type figures. It notes Hapgood’s past editorship at Harper’s Weekly and critiques the Mugwump label, suggesting Wilson's approval but implying unflattering associations with Hapgood and Herron.
Ruth Cameron argues that constant hurry drains energy and reduces well being. She cites a dialogue about exertion versus rest, noting energy use rises with speed and mental strain compounds fatigue.
A narrator recounts years of farming labor and idle dreams of ease then returns to hard farm life. He contrasts breaking day tasks with leisure and finds true satisfaction only in work, expressing pride in making hay and enduring the long day.
A frugal recipe pair uses bread crumbs with milk to make a light omelet promising cost savings as eggs rise in price. A bread and cheese souffle layers bread with a cream sauce and melted cheese, then bakes about twenty minutes.
Mr and Mrs Emerson Burton visited relatives in Carthage Sunday. Mrs Ella Hayes and daughters Fern and Mina of Loveland were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Job Moore. Leslie Petty was a Sunday guest of Hannah Chalfant. Clifford Shull left for Columbus for work. John Moore visited Buck of Reedsville. John Lightfoot and brother Theodore visited Athens parents. Lewis Moore Vila Hayes and two daughters visited Clarence Moore at Stewart. Grace Wright stayed several days with Clyde Richardson.
Busy times leave items scarce as farmers cut a heavy wheat crop, many heads filled yet downed in places. The scene shifts to grass as work continues. Local visitors include Mr. and Mrs. C T Strode and children with Mrs. Mabel McPeak near Ringgold.
Sunday gatherings marked by visits among Cole, Barnhart, Dixon and Burke families. Ralph Cole listed as ill. Local residents Clyde Green and Leon Green visited kin in Fairview and Latrobe. Rev West led service at Fairview WU B church with plans for next Sunday night.
Mrs Leona Six and three sons visit her parents Mr and Mrs T J Foster. Harland Yates of Porterfield visits sister Mrs J C Coggeshall. S H Noland and A L Comes visit Parkersburg Monday. Clarence Dodd of Ireland repairs R R Hueston barn. Mrs Emma Smith calls on Mrs S H Noland Monday afternoon.
Chauncey residents host and visit kin from Pittsburg Columbus and East Liverpool. The Johnson brothers opened a confectionary parlor with Mrs Burge Johnson and Mrs Earl Johnson in charge. Notables include Rev Goddard from the Christian church and Mrs Lydia Henry's funeral procession.
Recipe fragments describe baked cabbage with tomato sauce using ground meat, bread crumbs, and seasonings. Also includes Asparagus and Carrot Salad with vinegar dressing and a Strawberry Salad with lettuce, whipped cream and mayonnaise dressing.
The late Mrs. Lydia Henry was buried in Nye Cemetery after services led by Rev. E D Mureh at her son Wilfred Henrys home in Athens. Survivors include her son and daughter in Columbus, plus sisters and a brother. A broad obituary section follows with local notices and a note on new rubber cow models for milk maids in England.
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