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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1919
Page
4
Will Hays urges strong two party competition in a Tulsa address. He says citizens must engage in politics to ensure good government and that parties should offer the best plans for the greatest good, with members actively shaping governance.
The modern checking system arose from handwritten transfers between savings accounts, evolving into cross-bank fund transfers. Banks printed checks for customers and formed clearing houses to settle balances, a labor saving invention rivaling the reaper and telephone in impact.
Federal Director of the U S Employment Service in New York State cites that many college trained men face job scarcity due to lack of business training. Henry Stern notes business bosses avoid overqualified applicants and pay small stipends, leaving educated men with limited value until they learn practical skills. The piece contrasts educated persistence with those without schooling rising from the bottom.
The Hartford Courant condemns a Mississippi lynching in Ellisville and critiques Governor Bilbo for failing to intervene. It argues the incident reflects state tolerance of racial violence and questions law and governance in Mississippi.
A whimsical verse laments summer joys tempered by pests insects and creatures that mar picnics and outdoor leisure including flies ants snakes wasps bees slugs and worms. The narrator longs for idyllic days but each pleasure is hindered by a nuisance.
Ruth Cameron discusses how acquired traits can surpass natural ones. She notes a newspaper man becomes highly efficient in business after leaving journalism. She recalls being impulsive in childhood and now overcomes it through deliberate effort, suggesting obstacles drive growth.
San Cura Ointment claims to relieve eczema itching bleeding and chronic sores. The offer guarantees healing with a money back promise and lists prices 30c 60c 1.20 and 2.40 with San Cura Soap for tender skin and babies priced at 25 cents by Thompson Medical Co. Titusville Pa.
A large gathering at Mr and Mrs Lewis Morris in Hooper Ridge celebrated Mrs Moris fortieth birthday on Saturday evening July 5. About 100 guests enjoyed ice cream and cake while gifting remembrances. Attendees included numerous Linscott and Morris families with extended relatives from Athens and nearby towns.
Mrs. Bowman and son travel through here en route to Wales Mills to visit Wilson Lightfoot. George Springer visited Centerville and returned with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Spring. Basil Jones sold his farm to Harry Wilson. Dailey timber sold to an Indianapolis veneer firm. Miss Hazael Cline and Greta Lash attend a sorority convention near Boston then New York. Delver Bolin injured by a hay fork. Howard Gillogly arrives in New York after eight months at St Nazaire, France.
An advertisement extols Resinol Ointment as a long standing remedy for eczema ringworm itching and rashes. It claims the ointment soothes itching burning and irritation and is safe for tender skin with wide use for mosquito bites insect stings and sun wind irritation. It notes druggists and dealers stock Resinol and suggests shaving products need no soothing lotion.
A long list of neighbors and relatives from New Straitsville New Lexington Athens Circle Hill and surrounding towns visit or are visited by local residents. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. David Geer Misses McBride Burkett Hartley Shilling and many others with daily cousins and nieces noted among the gatherings and weekend drives to Canaanville Union Salem and nearby locales.
A vintage kitchen column offers peach dumplings with short crust, baked in a moderate oven, and poached eggs on French toast with a cream sauce. It then describes a tangy good salad dressing and a beet salad with chicory, peas, onions, and pickled cauliflower garnishing.
A driver reports brakes failing to stop. a mechanic finds two oiling rods for the brake pivot were neglected and rusted together. The service manager offers to fix the car in about an hour. The piece then shifts to a humorous quip about a man chasing a missing pipe during a house fire and ends noting rising hotel room prices in dry cities to offset bar income losses.
In Portland on July 14 Myrtle Harris a 35 year old telephone exchange worker and strike breaker was killed by her husband 60. He then fatally shot himself. The tragedy occurred after she insisted on continued work at the exchange amid a strike.
The United States Air Nitrates Company plant in Toledo will be renamed ordinance salvage depot number 1 as part of the preparedness plan. The site will store shells destined for the Rhineland along with caterpillar tractors and possibly tanks. Eight hundred men will be employed at the facility.
Mrs. Maggie Graft visited her sister Mrs. Della Ator in Athens at week’s end. Two Albany youths recently discharged from the U S Army have returned home. Clyde Crossen, son of Mrs. Thomas Crossen, served in the motorcycle corps and now instructs in that unit. Carl Carsey, son of Mrs. Joan Carsey, served in France with the A E F for months.
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