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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1919
Page
4
The Athens edition announces advertising rates and delivery details. It lists prices for subscriptions by mail and carrier, and specifies charges for obituary notices and cards of thanks. Rates are payable in advance and ads payable monthly.
A World War I era call to finish strong and honor all who served, urging readers to support the Victory Liberty Loan by making every last moment count. It recalls doughboys' sacrifices and the 70 000 who died, stressing faith with Uncle Sam and the need to pay the balance to remember them.
In a reflective forecast, the nation anticipates Congress tackling wartime finance, reconstruction, including Lane's land plan to aid veterans, and the ratification of the peace treaty. The piece warns against past delays and filibusters and ties congressional performance to the next presidential contest.
The article argues farmers must rotate crops and tailor fertilization to soil analysis, returning chemical elements after harvest. With high demand and prices, national policy aims to boost industry via the Victory Liberty Loan, urging farmers to fertilize along new lines to ensure strong markets and prices.
The piece argues for a uniform taxation rule as the only sensible path with no middle ground. It credits Alfred Kelley as the real father of the uniform rule and notes his 1846 tax law that boosted Ohio’s tax duplicate from 159,293,132 to 410,763,100 for the following year under the new assessment.
A vintage homemaking note describes Brown Sugar Sandwiches using soft white bread butter and brown sugar plus optional peanut butter, plus Brown Sugar Sauce for puddings and Apple Dainty with whipped cream. Also outlines Old Time Cinnamon Cake from raised dough with butter brown sugar and cinnamon and optional peanut butter twist.
A stuttering passenger fails to gain attention aboard a cross Atlantic voyage until the captain suggests singing to convey words. The staged tragedy ends with a line about a cook who falls overboard, twenty miles behind, as the passenger sings.
An essay explores gathering ten opinions from friends about oneself on a desert island theme and adds the idea of an eleventh from the person who knows you best. It muses on self perception versus others views and the clarity of a typewritten truth.
The Detroit Free Press argues unrest among North Russia expeditionary troops, possibly Detroit’s Own 339th, stems from being left behind by Allied powers. It contends Allied neglect prolongs peril after the Archangel mission.
Scandinavian nations Sweden Norway and Denmark outline plans to capture Russian trade replace Hamburg as Northern Europe hub expand merchant fleets and industrial bases. They aim to recover losses from U boats, build undersea power links to Denmark, and push Swedish ships to ports from Odessa to Salonika in a bid to outpace Germany.
Mrs. J. R. Schermerhorn of East Orange addressed 800 members of the State Federation of Women's Clubs in Atlantic City urging bars and brass rails to be retained as social centers after July 1. She argued the old guard would still feel at home with Mocha and Java cocktails, while dives record a 262 foot deep sea dive by a Greek sponge fisherman using apparatus.
Worth Cox of Carbondale pleaded guilty in Marshfield squire’s court to possessing green hides before the trapping season opened. Deputy Game Warden Joe Hibbard reported finding raccoon and possum furs from last fall and noted broader patrol hauls. He credited strong support from sportsmen for stronger enforcement of game and fish laws.
Major General Glenn was urged by allied welfare workers to act against gambling after a New York soldier allegedly admitted winning 38 000 in sixteen months at dice games at Camp Sherman.
An old health note claims morning hot water with limestone phosphate cleanses the stomach liver and bowels to remove autointoxication toxins. It asserts headaches arise from self poisoning and that daily intake prevents misery, with quick results and easy access via a pharmacist.
Senator Jones to introduce a bill after Congress reconvenes to authorize selling or chartering the wartime merchant fleet. The measure would direct the President and the shipping board to dispose of all government owned wooden and steel ships, excluding those required by army and navy, with foreigners limited to steel ships under 3,500 tons unless permission is granted for larger foreign sales.
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