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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1920
Page
4
A concise editorial argues labor should seek fair wages by liveable standards and productive effort. It calls for merit over uniformity, promotes eight hour days, argues cooperation between capital and labor, and predicts prices reflect real shortages and production needs.
It is predicted sugar will reach 32 cents per pound as markets expect continued price increases and traders anticipate further gains. The term sugar gambiers is used loosely to describe rising prices and market optimism.
A dated cooking note outlines Bread Dumplings and Liver Dumplings as potato substitutes. Bread dumplings mix stale bread with eggs, salt, baking powder, pepper, and water to form a stiff dough. drop in salted boiling water and cook 15 to 20 minutes. Serve with butter and cracker crumbs browned in a pan.
Historic home recipe notes buttered toast serving creamed potatoes with onions and egg meal mix, creating a codfish like flavor. It also guides a meat hash with hamburg steak macaroni onions suet and tomatoes simmering two to three hours for a hearty dish.
The column jokes about accepting the nomination itself to keep harmony amid presidential hopefuls. It lists mock policies including delaying war, a million dollar salary, a voiceless cat bonus, railroad grants, and shifting prohibition stance, noting positions may change.
A reader asks how to handle his nervous wife who cries when he goes to town. advice suggests spending time with her and balancing leisure with her needs. Another letter from H M F B seeks help to win a man’s affection. Mrs Thompson quotes a proverb and advises forgetting him as love cannot be forced.
A thirteen year old girl asks how to regain a boy's friendship who prefers a larger friend. The reply says the boy does not want her friendship and she should not push it, urging self respect.
A letter from two sons aged 22 and 25 addresses parental pressure to marry and start a household on the farm. They admit little interest in women and question following the advice to secure happiness. They seek guidance on whether to pursue marriage or remain single with their family nearby.
Advert describes Zemo for itching and skin troubles with a 35c trial size and a $1.00 bottle. Recommends Zemo Soap for tender skin and notes product from The E. W. Rose Co. of Cleveland.
The Wellston Daily Sentinel reports Athens Ohio Congressman Israel Foster of the Tenth District has earned unanimous Republican endorsement for a second term. Foster, serving his first term, is described as active and loyal to constituents in Athens Vinton Meigs Gallia Lawrence and Jackson Counties with likely unopposed renomination.
The text urges individuals to follow their own inclinations and not marry early for housing. It argues against marriage to gain a housekeeper, noting housekeepers can be hired and lives are richer if love is present before tying the knot.
A letter from two eighteen year old twins Bablk and Nancy asks Mrs Thompson for guidance on girls who smoke. They refuse cigarettes at parties while noting smoking is an expensive habit and injurious to health and brain development for future mothers.
Coolville residents welcome visitors and report changes in property. Clyde K Crosy and family from Washington LD C spent two weeks with Mrs Creesy’s sister Mrs H M Walden. Mrs S W Gray buys Parkersburg property and moves. Harold Morris and daughter Eleanor return to Frazersburg after visiting Mrs Morris' parents. John McLaughlin buys Mrs C M Brown property and plans to move next fall. Raymond Walden and wife welcome an eight pound girl born May 8. Charles A Palmer dies in East Liverpool. former local resident. M E Sunday school class contest ends with ladies winning. men plan to entertain. D W Wheaton and Mrs A M Frame guests of hosts.
Canton observes Safety First Week from May 10 to May 15 with civic groups promoting safety among pedestrians drivers streetcar workers and factory staff. Efforts focus on reducing deaths from careless walking driving and factory and home negligence led by vice chairman C A Stolberg.
The executive committee of safety first week reports 160 lives saved in St Louis due to extended safety work and urges Canton to match or exceed that figure. It calls for pedestrians drivers to stop look and listen and asks housewives to ensure sanitary homes and factory workers to take greater precautions to prevent accidents.
Columbus May 10 This is cancer week in Ohio announced by the United States public health service with cooperation from the state health department and the Ohio State Medical Association to prevent needless deaths from cancer. In the two war years 180000 Americans died of cancer while about 80000 soldiers were lost in combat. About one eighth of women and one eleventh of men over 40 in Ohio died from cancer last year. Churches will host a warning and pamphlets Facts Which Every Adult Should Know will be distributed. Lectures will include lantern slides.
Municipal Judge Stevens plans to urge a 2.5 million dollar bond issue to finance workingmen housing and to push immediate emergency enactment. He will seek bankers to recall loans on about 2000 vacant homes held to worsen housing shortages and raise rents.
A public health appeal notes skin diseases stem from the blood and damage depends on its condition. It touts S. S. S. as a thorough blood cleanser that also builds general health and invites readers to obtain literature from the Chief Medical Adviser at 100 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
A medical note explains a lingering cold as persistent inflammation of throat or air passages and warns it signals trouble below. Nightly Vicks VapoRub therapy is said to reduce inflammation and aid cough by topical application and inhaled vapors, with usage directions and a sample offer from The Vick Chemical Company in Greensboro North Carolina.
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