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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1919
Page
4
Obituary notice for Rodest Ward appears in a post office Athens charter edition of the Daily Own Papers. Ward is listed as a foreign BAe with a connection to the Audit Bur Circuiation and as a member of a local belet list. The notice references offices in New York and Chicago.
A wartime appeal urges all Americans to back bond measures as a tribute to soldiers returning from France. It emphasizes pride in battles like Chateau Thierry Verdun and the Argonne and argues U S sincerity and duty. The piece links bonds to gratitude for those who fought and died and to the nation’s obligations at home.
Secretary of Labor Wilson defends deportation of non citizens seen as troublemakers. He argues peaceful change of government is possible under US institutions and that the cited protesters are radicals being removed under immigration law.
A speaker argues Americans are driven by idealism over pragmatism in foreign policy. He contends a purely selfish stake could push for an international peace federation, but the public demands a call to save civilization and moral purpose in global affairs.
The piece debates the little red schoolhouse as sentimental symbol versus modern scientifically equipped facilities. Critics contrast its charm with the efficiency of newer schools, noting its gradual disappearance from view.
Readable snippets present a menu and baking instructions including cakes cookies and puddings. Recipes cover Two Cup Flour Cake with cinnamon, brown sugar cookies with lard and milk, Lemon Crackers with lemon oil and ammonia, Quick Cake with apples, plus seasonal vegetables creamed sassify and carrot preparations. Additional tips include frosting starch to prevent spreading and soaking raisins before use.
Curiously odd tales include camels smoking tobacco with a wooden cigar holder and a New Guinea idiom about asking a mother in law before acting. The column ends with a quip about a blowhard versus a garrulous taper and their exuberance.
The piece recalls Galmon P. Chase as a powerful American statesman who served as U.S. senator, governor, secretary of the treasury, and chief justice. It notes Ohio had two federalist governors, Allen Trimble and Duncan McArthur, and cites counties that furnished governors. It also highlights a village library project from a former teacher and a quirky New York arrest story, plus Parisian public opinion on American husbands.
A postal examiner spent two days in Athens testing seven local post office staff who handle outgoing mail. All seven earned high marks, with most achieving perfect grades on a stringent national exam spanning hundreds of towns and cities. The remaining clerks were very close to perfect, and the examiner congratulated the group.
Friday reports from Nelsonville include Dr. Pickett and several residents visiting relatives. Wedding permits issued for Chester Lunsford and Ellen Bruston in Glouster and Nichols and Allie Carleton in Athens, with ceremony by Rev E D Murch.
The notice lists 129 names on today’s casualty rolls with categories for killed in action died of wounds missing in action and wounded. Southern Ohio names include William Sifford Lancaster Clarence Smith Zanesville and David Wilson Ironton among others with degrees and statuses noted.
Alvah Verity and family visited the Courney couple in Fisher Station while Charles Loomis and family plan relocation to Logan for a future home. Will Locke in Akron seeks em plyment. Lon Humphrey and kin visited Logan relatives. Jim Bell and family welcome daughter Mildred born in Buster. Mary Steuffer was Thursday guest of Merwin Stauffer. Roscoe Morelit Mildred Shileda and Liz Guess attended a funeral for Shileda's brother.
For constipation this disorder is improved by Chamberlain's Tablets. The proper dose yields an effect close to natural, with no obvious medicine feel.
Detroit date line reports inventor unveils a tail lamp that also functions as a spare wheel hub and license tag bracket. A man named Martin Seymour tried a whale steak and nearly choked, declaring he will now stick to plain cow or pig.
An old advertisement offers a trial package of tablets for ten cents. The pitch directs readers to send ten cents to Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., implying relief for headache and backache.
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