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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1920
Page
4
A town pharmacist laments shortages and inflation from coal gas and sugar shortages. He argues for a practical business minded president to restore normalcy, urging citizens to take responsibility and reform in their own affairs. He dismisses grand policy talk and calls for practical action.
The piece argues for home buying on installment plans as a safe substitute for Liberty Bonds. It compares down payments, fixed intervals, and equity buildup to bond investments, noting future value, sale or borrowing options, and the motivational role of patriotic savings. It urges trial of the experiment.
A Christian Science Monitor opinion suggests altering denim overalls to appear more elegant. The piece warns that tailors could transform ordinary workwear worth 80 cents to 3 dollars into pricey creations costing 50 to 60 dollars, urging caution.
A police recruit on his first night shift hears a shout of Fire and finds a house ablaze with a man hanging from an upstairs window. The man asks if the officer will catch him as he jumps, but the fall leaves him stunned. The Irish policeman explains he was waiting to bounce him.
Henry Ford promises crowded streets as street cars multiply. Oyster canape recipe instructs to serve two medium oysters per portion on toast with onion parsley butter and lemon juice.
A 1920 dip into Edith Moriarty style advice encourages using public libraries to enjoy stories without paying movie prices. Two girls discuss skipping theater outings by reading the source material, promoting books over screens and suggesting others try library loans to save money and gain education.
Henry Holt, born January 3 1840 in Baltimore, reflects on an eighty year life shaped by abstinence from tobacco alcohol and excess. A Yale graduate 1862 and Columbia LLD 1864 he co founded Henry Holt & Co now led by him. He notes his public work with the Simplified Spelling Board and NYU Settlement Society. He cites books from Calmer Man to On the Civic Relations and his editorship of The Unpartisan Review.
A dated household column offers recipes using pork ears lips and veal hearts with a tomato stock, liver dumplings in beef broth, and fried doughnuts tips. It includes pie crust sogginess prevention and a note on whether moving or renting is cheaper, ending with an Ouija board prompt.
Hooper Ridge D S Linscott and family Asa Kasier and families spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Lewis Morris. Miss Sylvia Keirns attended the last day of school at McDougall Friday. Miss Ruth Hudnall closed her school at Corn Pone Saturday with a picnic dinner and program. Many parents and friends attended and enjoyed the day. Hudnall was popular and returns to her grandparents in Dishopville for the summer. Mr and Mrs C M Keirns and Miss Sylvia Keirns drove to Glousier Sunday to visit Herber Armstrong and family. Mr and Mrs John Lafollette and son Willie visited A W Keirns and family. Miss Ruth Kadwall and Sylvia Keirns Wilbur Easler and Ernest Linscott visited Athens Saturday evening. Myrtle Morris of Ohio University was a Sunday guest of home folks. Mr and Mrs C B E Brown of Athens were here Sunday visiting relatives.
Amesville William Ja a railroad bridge man fell about fifteen feet from the Hines trestle Thursday but escaped with a severe shaking up and was laid up for the rest of the week. Another coal car derailed at the village crossing Friday but stopped before overturning. Teachers treated pupils to ice cream Friday afternoon. Wilbur Carpenter returned home from Akron on a five day sick furlough due to pneumonia poisoning.
An advertisement recounts a two year bedbound recovery from pneumonia using Milks Emulsion. It claims improved appetite, digestion, and strength, with a money back guarantee and nationwide availability via druggists and named pharmacists.
A Summit New Jersey woman writes that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased her menopause symptoms including hot flashes and digestive trouble. She reports improved sleep, less pain, and urges others with warning symptoms to try the remedy, noting her own recovery.
A son weighing eight pounds was born Friday to Mr and Mrs Theo Fleming Jr and another son to Mr and Mrs Zern Jones Saturday with Mrs Jones visiting from Athens at her parents home. Miss Mary Anderson reports from Columbus Hospital that she is recovering well and hopes to return home soon. Dean Voigt spoke on the interchurch movement to a fair sized audience. Students enjoyed a weinnie roast after a short outing along the Athens pike. Various locals spent weekends in Columbus and Nelsonville while county officials and Wool Growers Association members attended meetings in Coolville. Government surveyors report rich mineral indications along Sumatra west coast.
News notes include Frank Erb visiting his sister in Murray and Mildred Butterworth shopping in Nelsonville. Jobs M E Church will hold special Mothers Day services May 9 with 106 in Sunday school and a $17.45 collection on April 25.
Mrs Ed Willams received a surprise 23rd birthday celebration on Wednesday evening. Attendees included Mr and Mrs A P Brown Mr and Mrs Seth Huntley Mr and Mrs Oscar Johnson Mr and Mrs James Hanna Mr and Mrs Oscar Willis Mr and Mrs Feilding Willis Mrs Miranda Grinstead Mrs Mahala Johnson Mrs Faney Matheny Mrs Mary James Mr and Mrs Will Kilpatrick Mrs Caroline Keaton Mrs Tessie Brown Mrs Bess Rummer Mrs Roy Camp Mrs Arley Tannahill Miss Edna Willis Miss Louise Moody Miss Gwennie James Miss Elsie Huntly Mrs Jane Matheny Mildred L Butterworth Earl Grinstead and Rev L A Donnally.
Wednesday May 5 is the final date to settle assessments on the East State street paving completed months ago. After that day unpaid amounts will be certified to the county treasurer for collection over ten years.
Property owners along the street have paid their assessments to the city treasurer at the Athens National Bank, as part of ongoing tax collection efforts.
The weekly weather and crop report for Ohio for April 27 shows heavy rains and cold temperatures hindering farm work and crop development. Winter wheat remains fair to good but overall condition varies. low fields flooded, germination slowed by wet ground, pastures green, fruit buds in excellent condition, frosts on the 25th caused little damage, and farm work is at a complete standstill.
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