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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1919
Page
4
The article argues Germany is finally realizing it lost the war as the armistice terms and harsher treaty reveal Allied power. It contends German leaders knew the truth, while the public clung to a drawn war, and suggests a dawning humility could salvage the national soul.
The piece argues food shipments to Europe reflect supply and demand, not philanthropy. It contends exporting aids American producers and the broader economy, questioning embargo ideas while noting government distribution adds order but does not subsidize exports. It links high foreign prices to domestic prosperity and civic duty.
This excerpt traces Shakers in Ohio including the Union Village community near Lebanon founded by New York Shakers in 1805, with about 600 members around 1830 1840 and 4000 acres held in common. It notes the sect's celibacy and distinctive customs, plus earlier settlements in Adams and Montgomery counties and the current near extinction of Shakers in Ohio.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer editorializes on the bombing incident. It criticizes the bungling of the act and argues Bolshevism lacks cunning or cruelty, noting that the chief victim is often the user. The piece asserts America rejects infernal machines and warns against hasty actions.
A columnist recalls a nine year old boy introduced to parchesi and other classic games. The piece praises simple games like letters or anagrams for spelling and vocabulary, urges parents to stock such games, and offers to share a recommended book upon request.
A German major defies a private escort and is forced into a prison camp, while Booth Tarkington humorously dodges flapper misidentification. Amos J. Cummings and Ernest Jarrold survive a storm at sea as one urges calm reading and the other dons a life preserver.
This page outlines selecting and preparing brains heart kidneys and sweetbreads. It covers blanching frying frying method stuffing a beef heart with breadcrumbs and onion, baking stuffed heart, and methods for kidneys and sweetbreads including blanching and cream sauces.
A Washington bulletin details the 17 year cicada of the Cicada family. It spends seventeen years underground as a larva before surfacing for a brief summer mating season. The insect transitions from mole like larva to winged adult encased in parchment shell before taking flight.
Funeral services for Mrs John Hashman of Sugar Creek were held Thursday at the Church of God in Chauncey with Rev B Timmons officiating. Burial followed at Greenlawn. She was 59, in ill health, and mother of twelve, nine surviving. Mrs J A Drake of Chauncey is visiting Bucyrus Ohio with daughter Mrs E L Saffell and family. Fernando Huff of Chauncey hosted a surprise birthday party Wednesday evening at his home with many presents and a fine dinner for guests including Spencer Thorp Curt Robbinett Irene Rodgers Mabel Tillie Perry Frank Cline family Ella Cunningham and others.
Mr and Mrs D Jackson and their sons Andrew and Albert have packed and shipped their household goods to Bicknell Indiana where they plan to establish a new home. William Butts of Cincinnati visits Chauncey with sister Mrs George Keck and family. Carl Shafer and Mrs Shafer of Nelsonville stay with Mr and Mrs George Wilson in Chauncey. Mrs Wharton and Eugene Wharton of Orbiston visit Mr J C Wharton and family.
The War Trade Board announced that all commodities including restricted items in its April 2 order may be exported to Austria Hungary on approval of export applications.
Public notice warns buyers to demand genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross for safety. It reports counterfeit lots sold by a Brooklyn dealer containing talcum powder and urges verification of the cross mark on packaging and tablets.
Washington reports that American experience shows the U S can avoid large enemy landings. March cites unprecedented overseas troop movements with 39 000 men shipped by May and total troop ships tonnage rising to 538 000 deadweight tons.
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