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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1920
Page
4
A New England woman and former teacher describes her transformation from resenting housework to treating work with respect. She filled spare moments with literature by Browning Keats and Emerson and found joy in honest, efficient labor. Her philosophy links usefulness to the meaning of daily tasks.
The federal women's clubs meeting in Des Moines decide to stay nonpartisan to leverage influence through principles and propaganda rather than party politics. They aim to advance suffrage benefits, improve politics, and promote humanitarian work while avoiding factional strife.
Opinions in the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune argue the wartime seizure of railroads cost the U S government a billion dollars to operate and that restoring ownership will incur the same initial expense. The piece notes railways are a costly necessity affecting industry and economics nationwide.
In A Woman Thinks Edith Moriarty argues picnic season tests manners of farm and cottage landowners. She urges visitors to respect privileges by cleaning debris and avoiding damage to woods and beaches. A simple effort to tidy up preserves country beauty.
A long suffering father endures his eight year old son’s questions. The boy asks if he is made of dust and the father replies he is not, else he would dry up. The exchange preserves a gentle family humor moment.
The New York Times editorially backs John William Davis of West Virginia as a potential presidential candidate amid hopes conservatives will rally behind him in San Francisco. Davis, not actively seeking the nomination, served as ambassador to Britain and previously as solicitor general, with a career beginning in Clarksburg and Washington and Lee education.
Practical household tips cover removing fingerprints from mahogany furniture using warm breath and a dry cloth or soap and lukewarm water. Disinfecting rag or paper scraps with bread, prepainting grease removal with saltpeter, and fabric stain removal with a ammonia mix. Reframing worn rugs with old suspenders lined with cretonne or cambric to prevent curling.
Cream fat and sugar gradually then add eggs well beaten. Sift flour with cinnamon. Mix a little flour with fruit, then add oats and water. Stir in flour and mix well. Drop teaspoonfuls on greased tin and bake in a quick oven until light brown.
Remove fat from 1.5 pounds lamb shoulder and stew until tender. Shred meat, return to broth with onion potatoes salt pepper. Thicken with flour and peas, serve over halved baking powder biscuits. Prepare pineapple tapioca pudding by simmering pearl tapioca in milk until clear, then sweeten with sugar and pineapple.
A fainted teacher is helped in a Sunday afternoon class when a girl asks for attention. A child jokes about coffins with the father who makes them. A pupil says she is a Methodist after a blunt question about being an invertebrate or mammal. A girl laments housekeeping magazines and a student receives a "horrible mention" prize.
The note from Fred Jackson of the Dowagiae News states he is halving prices on all blacksmithing items due to unsustainable current conditions. He cites previously charged maximums and announces the policy change as final.
Officials denounce improper coal car distribution as mines receive uneven allotments. The piece cites more than 178 cars lost to the country over two days and urges the Ohio Railway Commission to ensure fair car assignment to mines rather than auto factories.
Brooksville notes Mrs T A Burkett returned Friday from Barberton where she stayed with Mrs Thomas Thomas. Mrs Joseph McBride left Thursday for Columbus for surgery at Mt Carmel hospital.
Mrs. Victor Beckle and son Vic tor Leroy and Miss Alice McBride were Friday guests of N s. William Beckle of Lubriz. Mr. Edward Douglass of Barber ton visiting his brother Grover Douglass. Miss Lorna McBride recent guest of Miss Alice McBride. Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Crossen drove from Athens and spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. George Beckle. Recent guests of Mrs. Joseph Mc Bride include Mr. and Mrs. Ben James and children of Athens, Mrs. William Beckle and Mrs. Lee Mc Williams of Luhrig, Mrs. Frank Risley and daughter Lucile near Salem, and Mrs. John McBride and sons Kenneth and Lee of Luhrig.
In Tamaqua Pennsylvania on June 22 two workers were badly burned when gas exploded at No 12 shaft of the L C and N Company. Two other miners remain inside the mine and are believed dead as rescue teams search for them.
In the spring the blood, heavy with winter accumulations, needs purification. A Spring Tonic is advertised to help eliminate excess natural channels. Nutelets relieve constipation and indigestion by clearing the intestinal tract. 25¢ at all druggists.
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