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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1919
Page
4
The Detroit Urban League runs a modern training flat to teach formerly farm laboring women housekeeping, dish washing, cleaning different woods, porcelain fixtures, and meal service. Graduates are sent on trial jobs and earn certificates. employers should pay fairly for skilled help.
Wealthy Germans are said to flee to neighboring neutral countries to escape paying Germanys war obligations. Officials plan to seize large fortunes, prompting many to liquidate assets and depart. The exodus leaves common people to bear the burden while wealth seeks safety abroad.
The Lens French city faces a housing crisis with about 30000 people homeless and 3000 living in corrugated iron huts left by the British army. A sharp note contrasts this with local concerns over rent and road costs.
An editorial reprint from the New York Herald argues against the idea of American isolation. It contends geography provides protection yet trade and communication link the United States to global affairs, noting steamships cables and wireless networks. It also cites the Philippines and shifting views on imperialism as evidence of changing stance toward world alliances.
A narrator reflects on Christmas time in July, imagining warm stores and crowding shoppers. The piece contrasts summer heat with winter imagery, mentioning Santa and Kringle, and ends with a sudden violent line.
The writer argues against blaming employers for not paying above market wages and defends the collective bargain as a tool to curb the instinct to maximize profit. A story about a town shop that pays clerks well versus a cut-price rival illustrates how wage practices affect shopping choices and loyalty.
A collection of old fashioned recipes including Kensington style hard boiled eggs with buttered crumbs and a cheese topping, a beef liver dinner pie with bacon and potatoes, a carrot and apple salad with mayo, and a prune whip baked in a buttered casserole.
A North Carolina doctor argues with a corn husker over crop shares and insults turn to a fence joke. A German POW asks about a bayonet incident as an American officer explains a misheard remark. A senator taunts another about literacy, recalling a Pullman car gag and a girl chewing gum "like a lady."
Mrs Lillian Wilson of Columbus reunites with her brother Eddie Ness a condemned inmate awaiting the electric chair on October 16 at the Ohio penitentiary. She seeks legal aid and a new trial after learning Ness is among seven men on death row.
Residents and guests from Chillicothe Athens Columbus Beebe and Dewey Oklahoma frequent local households. Visits include Mrs Jacob Gibson of Chillicothe, Misses Saunders of Athens, J C Stewart and Paul, George Bundy of Scio, and many relatives and friends from Akron Parkersburg and Clarksburg. A trip to Sawtelle California is noted for Elizabeth Perry.
The Georgia State Senate on July 8 defeated ratification of the Federal Suffrage Amendment. A motion to disagree with the committee report failed 37 to 12, reflecting Democratic opposition despite senior senator and president urging enactment.
An advertisement promotes Nerv Worth as a family tonic that eases summer burdens with vegetable ingredients and a money-back guarantee. The sales pitch cites signed statements and locations McKee's Drug Store in Athens and Hickman's Pharmacy in Nelsonville as sellers.
The Lancaster Chautauqua opened today and will run until August 18 on fifty acres near Lancaster at the Hocking Valley railroad and Scioto Valley Traction line. The grounds include a 5000-seat auditorium, 300 cottages, hotel and amenities with gas and electricity. water from deep wells deemed excellent by the State Board of Health.
Senator Albert B. Fall of New Mexico released public letters claiming an attempt to arrange a conference with Francisco Villa. The letters show no direct link between Fall and Villa, though a 1917 Villa letter proposed meeting with Fall and other Americans. Fall asserted no illegal acts and no apologies in a March 1917 letter to Secretary Lansing.
In order to accommodate churchgoers Rev Woodard will begin preaching at 9 00 A M Sunday July 27 to meet his appointment at Guysville and continue until further notice Beginning at this time preaching service each Sunday other than alternate weeks Sunday school will follow immediately after the service On Sundays without preaching Sunday school starts promptly at 9 00 A M Everyone is invited.
Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour turns 71 today. A veteran British statesman from the Cecil political lineage, he has held nearly every government post and became prime minister from 1902 to 1905. Known as "Prince Arthur," rivals mock him as "Pretty Fanny" but he has few real enemies.
Promoting Dash Balm for feet in hot weather, the ad claims relief from burning soreness, swelling, and perspiration. It markets a 35 cent jar with fast absorption and a money back guarantee, noting other uses like rough skin and frostbite.
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