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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1919
Page
4
About 20 million Americans who never followed bonds now see Liberty Bonds rise from near 90 to approaching 100 as market conditions recover. Officials say the gain reflects temporary declines with a full return to par likely in months, encouraging holders to keep their investments despite enticing temptations.
The piece compares Julius Caesar’s ten day bridge across the Rhine with American engineers. Pershing ordered a Coblenz crossing in two hours and a later effort completed bank to bank in 59 minutes. The writer notes modern tools and methods exceed ancient constraints but credits American ingenuity.
Happiness cannot be bought or found in houses, travel, or intoxication. It arises from serving others as shown by honest builders, virtuous statesmen, fair judges, and safe workers. Nature enforces this law: without service there is no happiness.
A pair of army officers descending to locate their position after balloon travel ask a nearby farmer where they are. The farmer replies with the blunt observation that they are in a balloon, prompting the comic moment. The piece also reflects on letters about illness and quarantine and a dog noted for its rat-catching abilities.
The writer explores why individuals resist improvements and cling to familiar habits. They share personal shifts from pencil to fountain pen and observe a conservatism in others, noting obstinacy, closed minds, and a comfort in being old. The piece reflects on self awareness and the cost of resisting change.
A poem mocks flaunting praise and wealth, praising fairness and debts reputably. It warns that true respect comes from integrity not vanity, noting that those who mistreat others or act selfishly will not earn the verdict He is absolutely square.
Household guidance explains cooking vegetables without water using double boiler or casserole, with variations for butter or cream sauces. It covers greens like spinach and cabbage, parboiled onions with bread crumb topping, meat pairings, and a strawberry shortcake pie method. It also details boiled greens with bacon, poached eggs, and seasoning tips for richer flavor.
The New York Tribune asserts Senator Lodge’s Monroe Doctrine description is solid and universal not regional. It says no American historian or statesman can dispute its origin or authority and that negotiation did not precede it.
Columbus June 20 Members of the Ohio legislature have adjourned to December 1 when they will resume work on taxation measures. Plans include property classifications for taxation, a state income tax and a graduated auto tax. Highlights: prohibition enforcement without emergency clauses, health system reorganization, highway laws for federal aid, recodification of banking and ditch laws, ratification of national prohibition and woman suffrage amendments, and the Fouts Reynolds and Miller laws on voting and utility regulation. Indictment of Rep Delanty for alleged bribery noted. The piece embeds reflections on quiet work and virtue, contrasting leaders like Washington with Napoleons, and praising the quiet, steady conduct of diligent workers.
The editor reflects on Scriptural urging to "Study to be quiet" and observes how constructive, silent processes govern nature. He compares peaceful movement in birds and machinery to loud destructive forces, citing the Duke of Argyle on avian flight and noting cod works in silence.
The family thanks neighbors friends and relatives for kindness shown after the death of their mother Mrs Elizabeth Mann and for floral offerings. Special thanks to Rev Dr Strecker for consoling words and to Mr Dowler for services. The children Mable Clancy Harriet Fenzel Lulu Mann.
South Africa maintains a large sheep herd numbering over 32 million and produces more than 170 million pounds of wool each year, reflecting a robust wool industry.
May exports reached 606 million dollars, down 108 million from April but up 55 million from May 1918. For eleven months to May exports totaled 6.308 billion, up 872 million from a year earlier. May imports set a record at 329 million, up 56 million from April and 6 million from May 1918. Eleven months imports to May were 2.803 billion, up 118 million from 1918.
Adelbert D. Mahan former B and O section man sues the railroad for fifteen thousand dollars claiming blindness from an February accident caused by Fred Barker. Other filings include Burkhart vs Gahagen for eleven thousand eight hundred thirty nine dollars and ten cents on land sale balances, Putnam vs Hyde over drainage rights, Deman Thomas vs Jennings firms for accounting balance, and Cassius Tippie seeking partition of the Letelia Gavey estate at Downing with heirs named.
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