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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1919
Page
4
A 1 440 enlisted men questionnaire at Camp Devens Massachusetts shows 89.5 percent benefited from army life and 79 percent support training. Most favor discipline without officers socializing with troops, citing moral and health benefits and calling uniforms and mess food the main improvements. The report supports universal military training as a standard.
A newspaper exposes Bolshevik May Day schemes as fanciful, citing a Cleveland informer who claims a four-direction march to seize federal buildings and banks, plus a plan to free Debs from a West Virginia prison. The piece mocks the Reds as fools and brushes aside their supposed momentum. It also quips about dividing German warships and other domestic woes, closing with a jab at democracy.
The 1802 constitution left Ohio with large canal and railroad debts. The 1852 constitution limited state debt to 750000. Today cities and counties carry heavy debt, totaling over 434 million dollars in 1918, up 336 million since 1900.
The New York Herald reports that Japan has been given more than it asked by peacemakers who value national feelings except for Italy and China. Chinese delegates in Paris and officials in Peking lament the Shantung decision and consider resignations in protest. A peace treaty maker compares China to a whale and Japan to a swordfish, a remark seen as unimpressive to Chinese pacifists.
Ruth Cameron discusses how many wives seek constant reassurance of their husbands love and how men respond. The piece suggests the craving for compliments can affect domestic happiness and notes a husband may welcome pleasant distractions rather than repeated assurances.
A man wearing a large hat enters a barbershop with a revolver and demands a shave in silence. He jokes that the barber is deaf and dumb, then departs after the shave. A second vignette features a pompous pursuer and a cheeky exchange about a husband’s complaints and golf club checks.
A daily menu lists breakfast items such as steamed prunes in rhubarb syrup corn flakes with milk toast omelet and coffee. Luncheon features fried pike with lemon and fresh rhubarb sauce followed by tea. Dinner offers tomato soup with green onions round steak with cabbage leaves and a fresh vegetable salad. Dessert includes cherry jello with whipped cream and sweet wafers.
Recipe excerpt lists steak cakes with ground round steak celery and rice, cabbage leaves and gravy method. Includes a combination vegetable salad with watercress onions tomato cucumber radish and lettuce with French dressing, plus a tomato soup using tomatoes rice and milk and optional croutons.
Fresh vegetables taste best when simply cooked by steaming boiling or baking with light salt butter milk or cream. Overcooking dulls delicate flavors and strengthens strong ones. Cook summer vegetables soon after harvest or keep cooled to preserve flavor and prevent wilting.
Safety Director Franz Woodworth halted a caravan of gypsies passing near Chauncey and Athens. He tested honesty by tucking a ten dollar bill in his pocket. when the bill disappeared and later returned, he concluded pickpocket risk was high and kept them moving eastward.
Miss Ruth Haning took a business trip to Albany last week while Arminda Walker called on relatives there. Frances Gilkey and son Bennett visited. James Hanning family stopped by Mr. Frank Green’s home and viewed souvenirs from France. Marceline Pratt stayed with grandparents William and wife. Della and Lena Duckler shopped in Albany. Dale Krupp and Ruth Haning attended sports at Clayton Tubbs.
Miss Francis Windsor of Guysville was a guest of relatives this week. Clarence and Orvel Townsend went to Akron seeking work. George Dougherty of Chillicothe visited his family here. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moore were Athens visitors Monday. Mrs. Addie Biggens and Paul Dorothy stayed with Mrs. Wyatt Minnear at Beebe. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Pickering and daughter Helen visited relatives in Athens. Karl Metcalf was a business visitor at Guysville. A Mother's Day program at the M E church pleased attendees. Kyle McAfee moved to Ports mouth for work. Miss Rokie McAfee visited Athens last Saturday. L A Biddison and two children drove to Glouster to visit relatives. Some locals attended the circus in Athens last week.
An old herbal tonic advertised for colds catarrh and influenza claims to build the body and aid digestion. It highlights wild cherry bark stillingia Oregon grape root blood root and stone root as key ingredients and promotes a trial package for 10 cents.
Sunday visitors Wendell Wright and Luta McVicker from Canaanville stayed with Mrs. Myrtle Stewart. Local families hosted guests including R D Hughes, Isaac Potter, Nan Perkins, Orson Lewis, James Burchfield, S J Davis, Emery Poston, Stella, Olive Cunningham, Ott Lonas, Nowa Watraven, and newborn baby girls. Weather caused the May 10 ice cream supper at the Presbyterian church to be rescheduled to May 17.
After 61 months of active service the 830 meter landmark resumes public access for a fee. During the war it served as a wireless center and signal link to America, French colonies, Russia, and Roumania, with soldiers manning elevators and a searchlight atop the tower.
Many people find relief from rheumatism by purifying the blood with S. S. S. The ad argues against liniments and lotions, claiming the disease originates in the blood and is eliminated by thorough cleansing. It promotes the vegetable remedy S. S. S. and offers free advice from the Chief Medical Adviser at Swift Laboratory in Atlanta.
A Spanish engineer claims a Straw compound fuel offers advantages over coal for locomotives and tractors. The note contrasts with Britain’s coal fields mined for 700 years yielding many coal types but not anthracite. Separate kitchen cabinet doors and towers swing at angles to reveal contents.
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