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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1919
Page
4
The piece argues for using French as the official text language for the peace treaty and League of Nations constitution, noting French diplomacy history and broad comprehension, while allowing a translation to English for practicality. It ends with a light aside about Italy’s Fiume situation.
HYBRID HUN cites a Marshal Joffre aide criticizing Wilson for seeing Germans as human, while praising strong hearted reconciliation. The piece also parodies a Hindu student's answer claiming Columbus sought balance by discovering the other half of the world.
A dinner tale recalls a husband who spends evenings at his club and a burglar knocked out with a poker. Franklin K. Lane recounts President Wilson and Admiral Grayson at Buckingham Palace, where a flunkey offers tea and ends with a Haig and Haig joke about dry conditions.
Joshua R. Giddings and Samuel F. Vinton each served eleven terms in the U S House for 22 years while Charles M H Grosvenor served ten terms for 20 years in the same chamber Giddings held continuous service Giddings was the only one of the group with uninterrupted tenure John Sherman served six Senate terms 1861 1897 with a 1877 1881 treasury stint Wade and Ruggles each held three Senate terms 1851 1869 1815 1832 respectively
The Washington Post reports the four powers will not publish the peace treaty in advance, fearing protests in allied nations. The measure invites American suspicion as secrecy surrounding the Paris negotiations grows and Americans demand openness in national decisions.
A narrator recounts a tale of a woman who refused four parade invites to honor prior friends and secure a sheltered churchside view. The piece contrasts scrupulous behavior with unreliable friends and suggests such restraint brightens the world.
A playful piece describes leaving the city noise for a summer motor journey. The narrator praises a working car, speeds from eight to fifty, enjoys dale and dell scenery, and ends with a collision and the bailiffs waiting in town.
The text lists steps for Escalloped Potatoes Beef Loaf Filled Cookies and Rhubarb Betty. It details layering potatoes with salt pepper butter milk and pimentos bake time, a beef loaf with crumbled crackers onions milk and optional bacon, cookies with brown sugar shortening eggs and a ground raisin filling, and a rhubarb bread casserole baked with cinnamon butter and sugar served with whipped cream.
Advice on flavoring prunes with lemon or spices, vegetables to accompany beefsteak, and potato methods. Suggestions include baked fried or creamed potatoes, savory sweet potatoes, greasing pans to prevent milk burning, butter lemon juice and parsley on broiled steak, and quicker raisin soaking.
The passage argues that officials who hide their plans from the people invite criticism and delay. It asserts private handling of public matters leads to public resentment and undermines both the measures and the officials involved.
Washington May 31 United Press America faces difficulty halting war prep as the War Department accepts large postarmistice war materiel most of which will not be needed soon. Items include 976 75 millimeter guns 5 567 000 rounds and 2 751 000 rounds of shrapnel 804 five ton tanks and 414 000 high explosive shells 124 000 000 pistol and 570 000 000 rifle cartridges 12 006 000 pounds of TNT and 25 000 000 pounds ammonium nitrate plus thousands of other ordnance pieces.
A social crowd gathered Tuesday in Carthage to surprise W C Burton on his forty first birthday. Sixty six friends attended the lawn gathering with Bruce Robinson Amos Townsend and Rosa Calvert among those present. Guests enjoyed ice cream and cake as gifts were exchanged and well wishes extended. Burton had delivered ice cream from Athens earlier that day thinking it for a neighbor.
The Plains area hosts Dora and Leslie Galbrath Rev Carl Cole Ivan Parker and the W C Burton family along with the Nichols and Coon households visiting Oscar Knowlton near Albany. Guests include Sam Scott and Mrs Nichols with Mrs Oliver Knowlton, music by W C Nichols, and a note on Gerald McHarg ill with pneumonia. Roy Gabriel traveled to Columbus to buy a horse. Arthur Coon attended The Flower Garden Revue at the State hospital Tuesday evening.
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