President urges joint service for telegraph and phone networks
The Western Union president testifies before the Senate committee on interstate commerce urging Sherman act amendments to allow private ownership of telegraph and telephone networks to operate as a joint service with government-like coordination. He says a balance of private efficiency and public control is needed for rail, telegraph, and telephone utilities. Congress has a chance for prudent leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union Telegraph Company
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Congress
The Women Have Arrived In Suffrage Victory
An editorial notes the Susan B Anthony amendment passage by Congress and calls it a climax of a sweeping suffrage wave. It credits war service for advancing rights and cites newly enfranchised women in the United States and abroad, predicting broader acceptance and ending feminist struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
Germany
Dinner Tales and Civility in the City
A collection of short anecdotes features a minister at dinner being urged to take more pie and a humorous exchange in church where Admiral Robly D. Evans replies to a jokey pen fee. Bradley Fiske discusses a naval critic Swetson is mocked for failures in multiple fields. The humor centers on social propriety and satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Bob" Evans
Evans
Robly D. Evans
U. S. Navy
Bradley Fiske
New York
Swetson
Riverside Drive
Opinions Reprinted on Presidents Message from Two Papers
The Baltimore American calls the President's message weak and a bid for unrest and labor, noting his out of touch stance. The Philadelphia North American urges Republicans to thoroughly investigate wartime government operations and cites $20,000,000,000 in expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
Presidnt
Philadelphia
Side Talks by Ruth Cameron Visualizing News as Drama
The author explains how reading newspaper items sparks vivid drama in her, imagining real people behind the names. She recalls the ocean flight NC-3, a fishing smack detour, and war era insurance decisions, illustrating how news can be lived through in imagined scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Waiting for a Ride With Old Bill Jinx
In a rustic exchange, Old Bill Jinx laments being ignored by neighbors who burn gasoline daily and exclude him from outings. He plans a six o clock trip, but his eagerness clashes with delays, while the narrator grows irritated by the drawn out wait and Bill’s stubborn snobbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Jinx
Bill
Old Bill
William
Classic Home Baked Cakes From Household Recipes
A collection of cake recipes including Milk Sponge Cake Pittsfield Chocolate Cake Fruit Cake Layer Cake and more. Instructions cover ingredients quantities mixing steps and baking directions with notes on optional butter and suggested flavorings. Contains details for filling frosting and multi layer versions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Discoveries in Cornmeal Mush and Fried Mush
A guide explains making cornmeal mush by beating for 10 to 15 minutes after it begins to cook to yield light creamy texture and a distinct taste. It also offers a fried mush method using two cups cornmeal one cup flour salt and boiling water, dropped into hot grease and fried to a golden brown.
Audit Demand Over Two Years Uncovers Duped Expenditures
A two year call for a strict audit cites poor methods in agency funding. It notes that appropriations often lacked itemized explanations and highlights a department schedule with an $800,000,000 item duplicated, illustrating pervasive confusion.
Rebuilding of Allanlt shows Bolshevik economic strain in Russia
United Press Staff Correspondent reports in 1919 that Bolshevik economic policy struggles under price inflation and worker wages as Russia faces a race between printing presses and living costs. He notes shortages of locomotives, idle factories, and a disintegrating railway system, with food scarce in Petrograd and Moscow despite abundant village supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Staff
United Press
Paris
Russia
Petrograd
Moscow
Bourgoisie
Local Visitors and Memorial Day Gatherings Mentioned
Bethany visitors Mrs Erma Petty and family called on Mr and Mrs Wesley Buck in New Asbury. Edith Burton spent Memorial Day at Athens, with daughter Lusile returning home. Families from Morgan county Albany Stewart Lottridge and Athens shared visits and church events over the weekend. A horse was injured at Bert Lonas' farm when stepped on by a scythe left on the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma Petty
Carthage
Wesley Buck
New Asbury
Edith Burton
Athens
Lusile
Morgan County
Ruth Pugh
Albany
John Moore
John Grubb
Fred and
Clyde
Frankie Petty
Decatur
J. L. Petty
Fred Grubb
Coolville
Stewart
Belva Norris
Lelia Lightfoot
Emerson Burton
Jim Galbreath
Josephine
Lottridge
Robert Mariner
Grace
Dorothy Wright
Relya Norris
Snow
Bert Lonas
Clyde Moore
Clarence Moore
Job Moore
Packer Control Denounced by a Trade Expert
Cincinnati, Ohio June 5. Federal Trade Commission chair William B. Culver urged a world alliance and condemned the packer trust. He warned a peace treaty without a covenant fails to secure lasting peace and urged curbs to limit packers to their own field to prevent control of foodstuffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
League of Nations
Packer Trust
William B. Culver
Federal Trade Commission
National Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Europe
Culver
United States
America
Atlantic
France
Relief of Rheumatic Pains Promised by Chamberlain’s Ointment
When stiffness and soreness of muscles and aching joints limit movement, massaging the affected parts with Chamberlain's ointment will relieve the pain and make rest and sleep possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Local Social Notes Highlight Shanks and Community Visitors
Latrobe residents hosted a Saturday night party at Arthur and Mildred Shanks home with many attendees including Bertha and Norma Keller Mildred Fitch Clara Barnett Virgie Clark Lela Dunfee Evelyn Huggins Myrtle Mildred and Mable Hornsby Herman Dunfee Ivory Dunfee Vern Bails Alfred Morrison John Barnett Delmer Cubbison Alfred McGrath Rodney Branderberry and Leslie Hatch Reece Dodd. Guests traveled from Marietta Tuppers Plains Athens Parkersburg and Coolville for visits and events with extended family members and local shop outings noted throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Mildred Shanks
Bertha
Norma Keller
Mildred Fitch
Clara Barnett
Virgie Clark
Lela Dunfee
Evelyn Huggins
Myrtle
Mildred
Mable Hornsby
Herman Dunfee
Ivory Dunfee
Vern Bails
Alfred Morrison
John Barnett
Delmer Cubbison
Alfred McGrath
Rodney Branderberry
Leslie Hatch
Reece Dodd
T. E. Fitch
Audrey
BE. D. Morrison
Marietta
Jennie Smith
Tuppers Plains
Vern Rails
E. D. Morrison
Grace
You Cant Cure Rheumatism With Liniments and Lotions
An old advertisement urges readers to stop using liniments for rheumatism and seek the root cause. It promotes S. S. S. as a blood purifier that purportedly cleanses rheumatic traces from the body and advises obtaining a bottle from a drug store.
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The
Athens Daily Messenger
BY Ruth Cameron
Ocean
American Naval Air Station
By Walt Mason
Lblousehold Liimts
Allanlt
Frank J. Taylor
Culver Says
DR. Valentine Mott
Pierce
S.S. S
F.f.dalley Corporations
Buffalo, N.Y
Henry W. Cotner
Rexall
S. Court St
Finsterwald Livery Barn
North Court Street
Brooks & Fierce
the Security Savings Bank
D. H. Moore
T. F. L. Alderman
C. G. O’bleness, Cashier
F. B. Kiltan
Ass’t. Cashier
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