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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1919
Page
4
In a wartime style appeal, the piece urges readers to subscribe to the Victory Liberty Loan to redeem past duty, support returning soldiers, pay wartime debts, and restore national honor. It frames investment as a moral remedy and a path to look wounded Yanks in the eye with pride.
Analyzing claims that the League of Nations Plan does not surrender sovereignty. The piece argues the plan requires a transfer of authority from nations, including the United States, as the basis for a functioning league. It compares this delegation to the formation of the U S and asserts mutual give and take among powers.
TODAY'S BEST RECIPES Tomato and Bean Soup To any tomato soup add leftover baked beans put through a strainer The beans make the soup more substantial and flavorful. Soft Ginger Bread Mix and bake into a loaf. Meat Balls Ground beef with crumbs milk egg yolk and seasonings fried in fat. Serve with egg sauce. Salad Pimento cheese on lettuce with French dressing. Kentucky Potatoes Slice potatoes bake with milk and butter substitute. Plum Pudding Jelly Gelatine chocolate milk sugar and dried fruit set with nuts. Jellied Apples With Tapioca Bake apples with tapioca and sugar then top with nut meats.
The measure mandates Americanization schools for non English speaking adults ages 16 to 21 and requires English to be the sole medium in all schools. It argues fluency in English will reduce reliance on foreign language press and curb propaganda by limiting access to non English publications.
The United Mine Workers chief argues for a six hour day and five day week with higher wages. He warns a 30 hour week could push coal prices up, forcing other workers to bear higher costs while questioning if 30 hours can sustain current living standards for all Americans.
The piece lists Ohio figures in Civil War governance and federal service, naming governors Dennison Todd and Brough, senators Sherman and Wade, cabinet members Chase Stanton and Dennison, and Jay Cooke who funded the war. It cites Cooke’s bond sales and notes 1849 repeal of the Black Laws led by Salmon P. Chase, with 1887 end to separate schools and anti intermarriage provisions.
A humorous exchange unfolds as an army cook praises a purveyor of kitchen skill and a country banker relates his life before service. Uncle Joe Cannon riffs on modern speed and progress, noting Columbus, flight, and a country school joke about two human classes motorists and pedestrians.
The remark notes that hand workers clocked 30 hours weekly and raises a hypothetical concern about whether farmers would also limit to 30 hours. It invites expert opinion on whether shorter weeks affect productivity.
Editor Messenger discusses the distressing condition of state aid schools in Ohio amid minimum salary law and rising costs. A pending bill aims to relieve conditions that keep good schools from reaching thousands of children, focusing on enabling access rather than restructuring funding.
An article extols a homemade cough remedy using Pine brand pine extract and sugar syrup or alternatives like molasses honey or corn syrup. It claims fast relief within 24 hours and praises Pinex as a long used throat remedy.
An advertisement claims Korein offers a safe home method to reduce weight quickly and pleasantly. It promises a money back guarantee under $100 and urges readers to mail for a free book describing a method to slim down and improve health and personality.
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