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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1919
Page
4
The piece contrasts Memorial Day past and present, noting old veterans marching to honor comrades and new veterans fighting alien dangers. It highlights continuous struggle for human freedom and brotherhood, binding old and new generations to ensure the fallen did not die in vain.
The Atlantic seaplane voyage is praised as a national effort backed by Navy resources and private enterprise alike. It highlights how organized public support can accelerate grand projects and lift national spirit, urging more cooperative endeavors across cities states and the federal government for future peaceful pioneer ventures.
A dinner unfolds with a feathery fillet of sale joke as a merchant scorns a rival store. An ambitious youth considers leaving for a new job while the Earl of Dunmore recounts a Mesopotamia anecdote about a soldier named Bob and a Persian prayer rug.
Ohio research notes explain how the first elector on a ticket often wins a larger share due to ballot marking errors. In 1892 Harrison won Ohio by 1,072 votes over Cleveland, but James P. Seward of Mansfield, first on the Democratic ticket, outpolled all Republican electors except the leading Republican, securing a divided statewide electoral result.
A humorous meditation on the value and vanity of hate and pet hates. The piece uses a neighborhood example of a man distrusting a sociable woman, noting how hate can become a social pastime and how unexpected affection can dissolve long-held animosity. The tone is reflective and lightly playful.
A nostalgic verse laments abolishing alcohol and celebrates the return of the old oaken bucket from cobwebbed slumber. It imagines a sober dawn with water and milk, crowning a hopeful end to saloon spittoons and vanished bartenders.
Dates and sponge milk dessert, stuffed baked apples with raisins and spices, caramel junket with walnuts, strawberry trifle with custard and cream. practical care tips include carrying wet goods in a rubber bag, keeping cake moist, vinegar to prevent smell, citrus rind to flavor rhubarb, and penny-edge mud removal tips.
The New York Sun notes the Republican senatorial caucus shows unity and patriotism. Democratic hopes of dividing Republicans to seize Senate control are unlikely as the majority is driven by national interest over faction and personal gain.
Washington dispatches recount the Murmansk railway build in Finland last summer as a lifeline to Archangel and Murmansk. The line linked the ice free port to Petrograd with 900 miles of track built since 1914.
A Washington exposition displays a vial containing Lewisite, described as the deadliest poison, developed by Professor W. Lee Lewis. The article notes its potential impact, wartime production, and secrecy, with workers confined at a Cleveland plant—armistice halting use by Germany.
The Plains area residents hosted a series of visits and dinners with friends and relatives from Athens Chauncey Nelsonville and Union. Guests included Mr and Mrs Harry Householder and family Jacksonville Mr and Mrs Jake Anderson George Gabriel Sr and Jr Miss Rachel Michael Athens Miss Lizzie Krivieste Athens Arthur Burchfield Rhoda Waymer Poston O S Shrieves family along with F E Cook family and others. James McHarg attended Mary Matheny funeral at Salem.
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