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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 21, 1919

Page

4

The Good Customer Builds Permanent Business

The article argues profits depend on thrifty customers who pay cash or responsibly manage credit. It warns against selling to debtors or careless buyers and praises educating customers in values. Wise spending and saving sustain long term growth and prosperity.

Great Prosperity Fund

Bolshevist Counterfeit Plot Prompts Treasury Precautions

The Treasury Department tightens safeguards against a purported Bolshevist counterfeit scheme printed in Hungary. Officials note the danger in theory, but say the United States faces little risk due to advanced detection and low existing counterfeit levels. Public alert aims to prevent minor disruptions.

Treasury Department Hungary United States

Open covenants of peace questioned after peace conference

The New Orleans Democratic paper reprints opinions criticizing the peace conference and the Wilson league. It notes disillusionment and suspicion as the first principle openness to peace is claimed to be violated, and questions the status of the remaining thirteen principles in reaching the proposed terms.

New Orleans Europe United States

The Salesman Who Sells with Earnest Zeal

A vivid satire on salesmen who vary from dull lukewarm talkers to energetic hucksters. The text praises earnest, passionate pitch and the belief in one’s own goods, even as it mocks bland persuasion and urges the dealer to persuade with genuine zeal.

O. K Fez

Why We Love the Old Jokes in Side Talks

Ruth Cameron muses on why old jokes endure across newspapers magazines and mouths. She recalls polar bear and milkman gags and notes repeats prove they are exceptionally good. She hints a man supplied the notion that it is feminine logic.

TODAY S BEST RECIPES FOR MEAT LOAF AND DESSERT

A home style recipe column lists Veal Loaf blending ground beef and pork with bread crumbs eggs and water, Dandelion Sauce with vinegar honey and leaves, Escalloped Tomatoes with Corn layered with crumbs and butter, Slaw from cabbage onion apples and celery with vinegar, and Butterscotch Pie using milk brown sugar and vanilla with a meringue icing.

Dinner Stories in a business office with a thimble pitch

A bright newsboy visits a city office and tries to sell thimbles to raise money. The glum desk man rebuffs him while comments about wives of war millionaires and restaurant expectations add a sharp social edge to the scene.

Henri

Slavs See Wilson as a Man of Danger in Bolshevik View

United Press reports Bolshevik leaders in Russia view President Wilson as dangerous though seeking U S recognition. An incident with a German front exchange and a Lithuanian driver illustrated cautious Western attitudes, while Moscow officials kept the American correspondent confined two weeks before expelling him.

United Press New York Wilson Russia America Lithuania No-Man’s-Land Germany Brest-Litovosk Moscow Berlin Foreign Office

Proclamation Allows Foreigners into Russia Until Peace

The decree states foreigners may enter Russia only until peace is reached with the world. Correspondents will be stopped at the border and, if admitted, face arrest and possible jail or expulsion.

Russia

Cure Catarrh by Cleaning Blood with S. S. S.

A testimonial style notice urges driving catarrh germs from the blood rather than surface remedies. It promotes S. S. S. as a complete antidote and offers medical advice from the Chief Medical Adviser at Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.

Swift Specific

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