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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1919
Page
4
A World War I era message honors a wounded veteran who sacrificed an arm and urges citizens to support veterans through health building and vocational training under the Fifth Victory Liberty Loan. It recalls shunned veterans selling pencils and stresses ongoing reclamation and debt repayment to the country.
The article argues that Japan settled the Shantung issue by honor rather than a fixed timetable, noting Japan’s pledge to return Shantung to China while resisting a concrete date. It questions reliance on honor in international deals and compares it to other nations and past agreements.
City high school introduces supervised lunch orders to ensure wholesome meals. Authorities aim to curb unhealthy selections like ice cream pickles raw bananas and chocolate bars by directing nutritious choices. Mothers are urged to mirror school actions for healthier outcomes and may request free guidance from the Children’s Bureau in Washington.
The grand duplicate listed for taxation in 1917 is 8 542 734 160 dollars. Real estate accounts for 5 277 179 601 dollars and personal property 3 265 564 559 dollars. Municipalities hold 5 517 475 487 dollars of the total.
Household Jolliots offers tested recipes including Meat Ball" Grind, Dried Peas With Rice and Tomatoes, Ham and Beef Roll, Dandelion Salad, Caramel Pudding, and Macaroni and Vegetable Stew. Each dish features step by step guidance with ingredients, cooking methods, and serving notes, emphasizing simple, homey preparation.
A kindly old lady consoles a wounded soldier with fruit and jokes about losing a leg. A ship captain overhears a passerby boasting about shooting and bets him to hit a bottle thrice, which is accomplished, prompting further wagers. A young wife asks for a mousetrap, explaining the need for a real mouse.
A reader shares a personal experience of temporary deafness and discusses the strain on both the affected person and listeners. The piece notes how deafness is often blamed on the sufferer and urges greater sympathy and kindness toward the deaf.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reprints an opinion noting tired troops in Russia face orders to kill Russians despite claims of non war. It argues the government should withdraw the force or declare war on the foe, as soldiers grow discontent.
Details of a measure to establish a permanent federal state city employment service were released from Columbus Ohio on May 9. The draft proposes a 9 member advisory board with three representatives each for employers employees and the public including at least three women. The plan would fund the system with federal money matching state and city appropriations and operate until states fund it. It would coordinate public employment offices and set uniform procedures while evaluating labor conditions. The measure aims to reduce unemployment and labor turnover and argues workers should obtain jobs without fees from private agencies that charged millions in New York and elsewhere.
Indianap olis May 9 United Press reports the 500 mile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will resume May 1 with a field of prominent drivers including Louis Chevrolet Ralph De Palma Earl Cooper Ralph Mulford Dario Resta Eddie Hearne Wilbur D Alene and Eddie O Donnell. The event offers 50000 in prizes as the roar of cars returns after a two year halt for aviation use of the track.
An audience advises using Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a spring tonic to restore stomach liver and nerve function. Mrs Lisabesh Porter of Lorain Ohio praises the medicine and its Pleasant Pellets as a system regulator, noting personal benefit and continued use.
Seen as premature for postwar crowds, the Indianapolis 500 field fills with European entries as advance seats sell beyond expectations. Jules Goux will drive a Peugeot with four French drivers coming. Chassagne to race Sunbeam. Boillot brother Andre aiming for a Peugeot. De Palma and Mulford set for Packard and Frontenac machines. Wilbur D'Alene to pilot a Duesenberg. Louis Chevrolet undecided.
Recent guests and travelers are listed among area residents. Gunther of Marietta visited his daughter Emma Schneider. Lancaster relatives joined cousins Amos Bretz and others over a weekend. Bruce Chapman arrived from overseas. Elmer Fuller stayed with Robert Dixon in Athens. Woodard family visits Nelsonville. Johnson of Athens conducted business here. Hanibal and Robinson sought work in Akron. Geisendorfer stayed en route from Camp Sherman to Iowa.
Mrs. Bid Lee and Miss Grace Grace traveled to Nelsonville recently while Mrs. Arthur Thomas shopped there on Wednesday. Local families including Mr. and Mrs. John Grimm and Jess Skinner visited New Marshfield Chauncey and Athens. The No. 9 mine resumes work as Mrs. Jennie Rosser and children visited neighbors. An inventor patents animal picture sheet music to teach young children simple instruments.
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