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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1919
Page
4
A ledger of meals shows broiled mackerel, stews, toast, corn, onions, tea, soups, and veal tongue with sauce. Recipes describe rich sauces for tongue, baked potatoes, lettuce with sour cream dressing, lemon pie, and macaroni with lima beans. It discusses varied salad concepts from simple greens to mixed fruit and vegetable combinations.
Washington reports from the Federal Reserve Board say U.S. business has largely recovered from wartime shocks. Large volumes of raw materials are ready for export, grain crop prospects look strong, and industrial conditions are surprisingly satisfactory. Unemployment fears are dismissed as plans for new building and industry expansion move forward.
The piece argues that while business conditions are generally good, thousands of returning soldiers lack jobs. It cites delayed wartime contract payments, urges passing the Victory Liberty Loan to fund employment, and appeals to readers to subscribe generously to create jobs for soldiers.
A projected late May special session will focus on practical reconstruction, taxation, appropriations, railroads, tariffs, and treaties. The piece warns of high federal expenses near 18 to 19 billion dollars and stresses economy at federal, state, and municipal levels to prevent capital flight and support labor and industry.
Herbert Hoover callsRoumania Poland Serbia and Czechoslovakia to form commissions of merchants to arrange food imports and sales with US advances. The plan aims six months to rebuild normal business while continuing American relief. An air trip to Europe is priced at 240 dollars.
The Boston Transcript argues the Monroe doctrine remains essential to US peace and safety regardless of Mexico's stance. It contends the doctrine benefits Latin American republics, saved Mexico in 1865, and positions American protection as the core purpose, with or without Mexican recognition.
A comic collection features a disgruntled customer stuck in a rain soaked vest with a haberdasher, Stephen Crane’s wartime censorship quip about Turkish routs, and a hard boiled sergeant quip about a soldier paid $380 a month.
The article explains who may levy taxes in Ohio and details the 1911 1 percent general tax cap with a 1.5 percent overall limit, noting exceptions for the state highway fund and flood emergency bonds. It describes county budget commissions, their member makeup, and how they adjust rates to meet legal limits while county commissioners, city councils, boards of education, and township trustees propose rates.
Miss Inez Willeke returned home Sunday after visiting relatives near Corning. Mr. Ira Conaway and sons Lester and Herald visited relatives here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Will am Swartz and children Freda and Davie of Jacksonville visited relatives. P. H. Willeke bought a new Ford touring car. Gleaver, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Chalfant, has been ill with mumps. Mrs. Joseph Gaskalla spent Saturday at Glourter. John Davis is remodeling his property this spring.
Miss Georgia Poston of Athens visited over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Frask and daughter Margery spent part of last week with his Amesville parents. Mrs. Cora McDonald improving at home. Mrs. Emerson Copeland to undergo operation in Columbus. Noah Tedrow dies in Athens area after long illness. Ice cream supper at Presbyterian church May 10. Remarks on visitors and local events around Athens and Nelsonville.
A list of names shows Mrs. Robert Brill and grandchildren Dorne and Virgene visiting relatives at Chillicothe. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Dougherty visit Athens on business. Mrs. Addie Birgens and Mrs. John Kinner are noted visitors in Athens. An odd set of garbled lines mention Arrer Dusronpgency and Arren WRAKNEss with no clear meaning. An ad touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a spring tonic from Ashtabula Ohio, claiming it rebuilt strength after a long winter and helped a child recover from stomach trouble.
Mrs Townsend hosted recent visitors Miss Andrea Ludwick and Lloyd Nickoson from Athens. Miss Jessie Boles of Nelsonville visited her parents. Mrs Leeper hosted the Ladies Aid. Maude Wharff from Athens visited her mother. Mrs Lowman is ill. Mrs Winner returned from Parkersburg after surgery. Olive Murphy visited Guysville relatives. Cecil Cook family visiting Coolville with plans for California health trip. Wilsons welcomed twins, making six girls. Locals viewed the trophy train in Athens Saturday.
London May 7 Headquarters of American forces in England will be closed June 15 and the force here will cease to exist General Biddle will leave for America soon. Afterward General Pershing will arrive in London May 22 on a destroyer and be received by a guard of honor. On the 24th he will lead 6 400 American soldiers in a march through London.
Wichita Falls Texas May 6 A cyclone damaged oil fields near Petro lia Texas Sunday night oil men arriving today estimate losses at 200000 with more than 200 derricks blown down
In Cheboygan Michigan three brothers were fishing when their row boat collided with a whirlpool near a dam on the Black River. Two brothers who were priests drowned, two other priests were rescued, and the accident occurred last night.
Anthony Abbello received a $3 fine for violating a city ordinance in Albany. He asked the court for a dime to go home for the money, highlighting a minor roadside penalty.
The ad promotes S S S as a life changing blood purifier that cures eczema and skin disorders by attacking germ sources in the blood rather than surface treatments. It claims lasting relief, builds overall vigor, and offers free medical advice from a Chief Medical Adviser in Atlanta Georgia.
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