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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1920
Page
4
The Supreme Court ruling upholding the prohibition amendment changes behavior across bars and breweries. Restaurateurs and saloon men admit open selling will fade quickly, evading acts will decrease, and manufacturers join the move toward dryness as enforcement gains clear authority.
A valley mine faced only two workdays weekly as cars arrived on Mondays and Saturdays. miners blamed the railroad and threatened action, leading to a halt until cars were moved to another mine, leaving workers upset and idle.
A female reader critiques the Des Moines General Federation of Women's Clubs stance on political teas. She argues tea gatherings can sway votes and help build political influence, comparing them to traditional drink and social rituals in ward politics.
A humorous reminiscence and a movie industry quip unfold in a Ritz tea room exchange. A secretary cites class conceit among the plebeian, while a tale warns of jealousy and rivalry in marriage and business.
Advertising rates available on request at Home or Foreign offices. Nominal obituary charges and card adverts for banks. National Advertising Representatives include Robert F. Ward at 225 Fifth Avenue New York and 6 South Wabash Avenue Chicago.
Leonid B. Krassin, Soviet commissar for means of communication, is in London negotiating with the British government to resume trade between Great Britain and Russia. Krassin, born in 1870 in Siberia, has a long revolutionary and engineering background spanning Petrograd, Kharkov, Baku, Berlin, and Moscow, and has held high posts since 1918.
Public forum notes York township residents question why the two mill county levy funds for improving worn out pikes have not yet benefited York township. The county auditors report shows sixteen thousand dollars allotted to York, but no work has been done as of now.
Lottridge The Comrades class of Lawrence Chapel gathered at the L T Runion home on Wednesday night. Mrs Rhoda Swartz and son Clarence drove to Athens on Saturday. Mildred and Clarice Chase visited Aylmer Ackley last week. H J Runion and family visited John Davis at Van derhoof on Sunday. Raymond Dixon and family were guests of Mr and Mrs Earl Kincade over the weekend.
Mr and Mrs William Winters were in Athens Friday. An ice cream supper is planned at Aylmer Ackley's Saturday evening June 26. Mr and Mrs Harold Radekin of Athens visit the Winters parents.
Poultry enthusiasts from across the state attend the fifth annual field day at the Experiment Station in Wooster. Herbert Knapp of Shelby, president of the International Baby Chick Association, will speak on The Baby Chick Industry of Ohio, with Dr. O. B. Kent of Cornell University and Professors F. participating on the program.
A compiled set of home recipes includes a brown bread batter with molasses brown sugar lard and graham flour baked in pint tins, pork chops with a butter dressing baked in a roaster, a hot water dressing for dry bread crumbs, baked apple salad with brown sugar and butter, and a chili version with peanuts marshmallows and mayonnaise topped with currant jelly.
New Marshfield and Guysville residents visited relatives including Mrs Watson Sams and family in New Marshfield and Miss Burnice Bretz in Guysville. Mrs Lafe Hawk traveled to Columbus to see her daughter, with Ida Allison from Athens visiting local relatives.
A set of berry friendly recipes using imperfect strawberries includes Strawberry Sauce with crushed fruit butter sugar and water Simple Strawberry Ice Cream blending berries with cream and sugar then chilling Strawberry Shortcake with flour baking powder salt milk lard and layers of berries and cream Instructions cover hull removal bruised berries juice extraction and assembly with whipped cream.
Local residents announce travel for summer school and visits. John Walters returns to Magnetic Springs for two weeks of treatment and shows health improvement. Others include Miss Isabell Walters heading to Columbus, Beatrice Trimmer and friends to Athens, Frank Walters visiting Straitsville, and Rev. S. J. Bishop set for a July 5 patriotic address at Tatmans church. Gardeners report Murray’s gardens looking fine with active work underway.
Mrs. Nettie Richardson and her son Cecil attended Children's Day services at Centennial on Sunday. They visited Guy Richardson and family at Beverly after services.
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