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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1919
Page
4
The speaker urges readers not to compare their homespun sacrifices with those of soldiers in khaki who risked and often gave their lives overseas. He cites 70 000 killed and 200 000 wounded, warns that many will never fully recover, and implores every citizen to invest fully in the liberty loan to honor Uncle Sam and protect personal honor.
The Allies propose drastic dismantling of Germany including a 100000 strong volunteer army, surrender of ships and planes, supervision of munitions, and loss of Lorraine iron ore and Saar coal. Germany’s area shrinks to 172000 square miles with about 67000000 people, plus a looming $40 billion indemnity. The plan aims to end German aggression and enable a lasting League of Nations, though critics say it falls short of full amends.
Former President Taftnell warned in New York that Ireland should not be treated as part of the war sphere. He said self-determination for Ireland is a future matter after basic peace settlements with Germany and Austria are complete, and American support may follow.
Prof Iving Fisher of Yale argues against a rapid deflation, noting that currency inflation and growing bank credit will keep prices high. He cites postwar deposit banking, global credit expansion, and new gold-like money dynamics as sustaining the higher price level. The upshot favors buying now over waiting for prewar prices.
Lent dishes include cheese and tomato rarebit and egg and potato pie with layers of mashed potatoes and eggs. Also introduces Vegetable Cream Soup with mixed vegetables and a note on safe handling with hot water removal and pest control using quicklime.
A nan with defective eyesight fooled a doctor by identifying a metal garbage can lid as a silver half dollar. Will Upshaw becomes the butt of a lobby tale as Congressman Garrett of Houston is praised by Upshaw for a speech he claims was about introducing him.
A historical note traces six famous Indian chiefs who lived in what became Ohio and identifies Tecumseh as the most noted Indian born there. It recalls the region’s early tribes, the last reservation era, and honors leaders such as Pontius Coranatak Tarhe Joseph Brant Logan Blue Jacket and Tecumseh for their resistance and military prowess.
War Department reports 127 names today with actions including killed in action and died of disease. The Sunday list had 111 names with few Ohio entries and none from southern Ohio.
Mrs Matilda Bricker spent Sunday with her son Owen Martin at The Plains. Myrtle Pidcock and Marl North visited Athens on Monday. Alfred Carr and two sons Warren and William from Circle Hill stayed with John Wyant’s family at The Plains. Various locals traveled to New Haven and Charleston for illness and employment, with several relatives visiting Orbiston and The Plains through the week.
William Hayes of Ravenswood visits daughter Mrs Lee Knowlton for a week. Mrs Allem Hunter hosts dinner for Mrs Samuel Baughman Mrs Jesse Baughman Mrs Lee Knowlton and Ida Fuller of Pekin Illinois. Frank McDaniel business trip to McArthur. Farmers plow as spring weather holds. A new lard dispensing machine designed for retailers is described.
West Philadelphia woman Mrs. Frank Fitzgerald reports long battles with nervous prostration and health decline. After using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she recovered enough to resume full housework and to recommend the remedy to other women. The letter promotes the company’s 40 years of medicinal guidance from Lynn, Massachusetts.
Mr and Mrs G R Smith entertained many young people at their home on Hudson Avenue Tuesday evening. Vic torola provided music and the crowd enjoyed making and pulling taffy and various games. Guests included Iva Grubb Ida Grubb Helen McKinley Mabel Cooley Dora Wootton Mildred Fulton Lola Carpenter Della Mingus Nancy Linscott Irene Linscott Bessie Mansfield and John Grubb Clint Matthews Everett Bolin Donald McPherson Francis Kyle Byron Marquis Bertram Carpenter and Kathryn Smith.
Congressman Foster reports Sugar Creek is without a postmaster since Harvey Smith resigned for military service. If no qualified person steps forward the Sugar Creek post office will be discontinued, affecting several hundred residents.
Reverend Frank Oliver Hall of New York, attending a Detroit religious education conference, says the jail sentence for Eugene V. Debs will fuel radicalism. Hall calls Debs a gentle idealist who lacks tact and diplomacy and urges return of free speech and peace time liberties.
Heavy rains over the past day ruined practically the entire tomato crop on Florida's east coast with $5,000,000 in damage. In Miami city, flooding tore up wooden blocks in the business district and many stores were damaged as downtown appeared like a lake.
A bone dry saloon has opened in a leading New York hotel. Patrons may smoke play dominoes checkers and drink sparkling waters amid elaborate furnishings.
In Urba nia Illinois Isaac Allen, a Black man accused of wife beating, faced a twist as officials note the handcuffs cost ten dollars. The report blurs into a fragment about a prisoner and payments.
Citizens of Tower Hill contest village payroll seats in spring elections amid anti saloon and prohibition ticket momentum. A new swing mechanism described as patent uses semicircular tracks instead of an overhead suspension.
Advert says pimples and body eruptions show sluggish blood needing purification with S. S. 8. The remedy is touted as a vegetable blood purifier with no minerals or chemicals. Readers are urged to buy a bottle at their drugstore and seek medical advice free from the Medical Director in Atlanta.
An advertisement touts Bio-seven as a health builder for weak nervous women in a big city. It claims a vigorous body, clear skin and sparkling eyes in two weeks, outlines dosing, warns of no cost if expectations are unmet, and lists ingredients and a physician note.
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