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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1919
Page
4
Dr. George Kirchwey, New York state director of the federal employment service, says fewer than 10 percent of wartime women workers may lose their jobs after the war. He urges employers to retain workers where possible while making room for returning soldiers, arguing employment should be based on ability, not sex.
An expert warns that postponing purchases to seek lower prices harms the economy and delays recovery. Shifts in consumer mood affect construction and markets, urging immediate buying to sustain prosperity. Recipes and home tips accompany the page, including soups, pies, cakes, and baking tips.
A call to women across the country to promote proper feeding as liquor saloon closures proceed. Experts, churches, schools, Red Cross centers, and community groups should lead diet education to help both rich and poor adopt nutritious meals and support those lacking funds.
The Auditor of State mails free a complete Ohio state payroll for the last fiscal year. It lists names and salaries of over five thousand regular employees and totals for departments and transient staff. The pamphlet shows total salaries and wages at 6 645 456 64 dollars and includes traveling expenses.
A city boy comments on a haystack seeming like a house with doors and windows. A rural wife burns old wagons in a yard, prompting the puzzled farmer to discover missing items after the blaze. The boy reacts with disbelief at the wreckage.
The 1835 1836 Michigan boundary clash over the Toledo region and the Ordinance of 1787 line led to militia occupation, Ohio troop mobilization, and a state delay. President Jackson resolved the issue by removing Governor Mason, and Michigan gained statehood in 1837 while Ohio’s Lucas County honors the border.
Washington March 4 casualty list shows 07 names with categories: 163 wounded undetermined, 14 died of wounds, 61 died of disease. Southeastern Ohio names include Andrew Framer of Waverly and Giovanni Cevelo of Glouster with statuses Returned to Duty and formerly reported.
After weeks with her mother Mrs Ellen Welch Mrs John Blackwood returned home Sunday. Sed White of Rutland spent Saturday night and Sunday as guest of Dr Day and wife. Pat Robinson and Pearl Hanning proved the day Sunday with the sanity of Emmett Hull. Frank Hill has purchased the bus Gatschell farm. George Pigott, gone days locating, returned and likes the area.
Washington county reports a business visitor Emnett Pull from Vomervy Supt. Kass visited the school, Albert Combs handled invoicing for Haning & Ball, and Saul Shriver is named new merchant. Col Brooks ill with heart failure. Church attendance from Downington and Snowville guests noted. Rose Sexton family hosted Sunday. Helen Hanirg and Mrs. Maude Peyton ill with flu.
Attendance at First M. E. F. Sunday School reached 703 with 582 scholars, 37 officers and teachers, and visitors. Men numbered 368, women 164, intermediate 195, primary 76, with Copeland 246, Martzolff 140 12 69 total 109, Noes 34, Weaver 24, Grover 33. Collection totaled 26.36, class Six contributing 13.32.
Albany Farmer's Institute officers announce an interesting program for March 5 and 6 in Albany Ohio. Miss Pearl Dorsey of Moundaville West Virginia and Mr Jacob Dean of Chester will speak. Albany schools provide music under Mrs Tompkins with seventh and eighth grades Wednesday morning and high school at night.
Yesterday in Athens a young woman entered a barber’s shop and paid a penny she claimed she owed eight years earlier. The barber denied knowing her or owing any debt, but she insisted she had stolen a penny postcard from his Carbondale shop then found religion and settled the conscience debt.
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