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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1919
Page
4
Prof Arbuthnot of Western Reserve University argues that the burden to prevent unemployment lies with manufacturers and merchants who profited during the war. He urges timely hiring, warns consumers against delaying purchases, and calls workers to cooperate with employers to keep factories open for returning soldiers.
Britain creates a Women’s Legion to fill domestic work roles after WWI. Legionnaires wear a uniform signifying membership, live in hostels, and work schedules range from one to eight hours daily with overtime pay. Training, experience-based salaries, and service stripes accompany yearly length of service as housework gains professional status.
Foreign born residents have increased their savings and investments in Liberty Bonds War Savings Stamps and banks. The American Bankers Association plans a nationwide campaign to teach safe banking, savings concepts, and proper use of banking facilities to overcome distrust and ignorance. The effort seeks public support and could benefit savers more than banks.
A senate judiciary committee report on a proposed law to bar public display of the red flag resurfaces debate over socialism. The piece traces the symbol from its ideal of human brotherhood to a perceived emblem of bloodshed, noting divisions among Socialists and public sentiment.
The page lists a daily menu including Breakfast with stewed prunes eggs toast and coffee and Dinner featuring Fish Chowder filet of flounder with tartar sauce stuffed potatoes and salads. Recipes cover Fish Chowder notes for potatos and onions and a hearty stock and a Sauce Tartar and Prune Whip and several side dishes and a Surprise Meal beef carrots peas and mashed potatoes with detailed steps and seasonings.
A devout private family hosts a new boarder who refuses to bow his head at grace, claiming he is not an atheist but boiling. Lord Northcliffe cites women steering men toward service. On a London bus a passenger vetoes a seat offer with a sharp quip about Gallipoli. Senator Sorghum dodges a protection vs free trade question.
The Ohio constitution sets that new counties must be at least 400 square miles unless a county has 100000+ people and each division has 20000+ inhabitants. The general assembly can create counties with a statewide vote. townships may be formed by county commissioners after a majority petition from affected households. no township below 22 square miles unless linked to a city or village. County officials such as treasurers and sheriffs are limited to four years in six and cannot serve three terms in succession.
The piece muses on surrendering rights in government and treaties, notes Germans bearing crosses, says the war is won and tax forms are done, and mentions Admiral von Tirpitz living in Swiss exile dependent on charity. It reflects on future consequences and ironies of postwar settlement.
A harsh forecast from William Randolph Hearst predicts he may declare war on Japan if tensions rise further. He contends the two “Yellow Perils” could destroy each other while Germany doubts the Allied armistice terms are only temporary.
Harold Anderson of McConnelsville is reported to have died from wounds. Charles Thornley of Brokaw is listed as wounded with degree undetermined, formerly reported missing in action.
An advertisement touts Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets as remedies for nervous prostration and other female ailments. The page also lists local notices of visits, illness, hospital stays, and social calls among residents of Athens and surrounding areas.
After more than ten hours the jury found Edith Mortimer not guilty of second degree manslaughter for the automobile crash that recently killed two men.
Washington reports that between one million and no million rounds of ammunition have been shipped into Mexico in the last two months under a standing order with American munition makers for two years. Shipments cross the border with War Department approval to aid Carranza.
An advertisement touts Bio-seven as a health booster for weak nervous women offering a two week plan, with two tablets after meals and one at night, claiming improved vigor, skin, and eyes. It urges physicians to note a secret formula printed on the package and lists ingredients like Lecithin and Calcium Phosphate.
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