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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1919
Page
4
Ready 10 Fight Life s Battles promotes Phosphated Iron capsules as the secret to renewed blood, nerves, and vitality. It claims doctors rely on iron and phosphates to rebuild run down men and women, with rapid strength increases and ample energy. Available in capsules at McKee Drug Co and leading druggists.
The article lists visiting relatives and friends including the Sayres family Mr and Mrs Stacey Sayres hosting over Sunday guests. Miss Nellie Keifer stayed with Mr and Mrs Earl Linscott on Thursday night. Miss Pearl Linscott visited Miss Bertha Bryson on Sunday.
A Seattle Times price hike to two dollars a month for the daily and no per-copy Sunday price prompts readers to compare costs of daily life. Arguments note newspapers offer vast information for a small price while other goods like eggs, bacon, and whisky prove far more expensive.
A savings bank urges weekly dollar purchases to beat depreciation. It notes dollars may buy less after the war and encourages piling funds in the bank while prices are favorable, promising higher purchasing power later and a bank return on deposits.
A poem contrasts calm farm nights with urban noise. It mocks sleepless laborers amid raucous streets, ragtime serenades, speeding cars, and joists of nightlife, ending with a rueful plea for sleep and a hopeful morning. The piece uses humorous exclamations like By heck and By jings.
A collage of domestic exchanges and quips. Mrs Clarke loses a diamond ring and Dick Clarke finds it in his trouser pocket. Mrs Potts celebrates her daughter's piano interest while Mrs Peppery mocks the girl. A scientist cites ape speech and a moonlight beach joke prompts laughter. A comic mix ends with a husband and wife exchange on understanding women.
Chicago Tribune reprints opinions praising Senator Watson for examining revolutionary radicals within the Federal Trade Commission and other federal employes. The piece lauds the inquiry as a timely national service clarifying the administration’s weaknesses.
A reflective column explores whether dreams ever come true as they dream them, noting recurring themes of preparation rather than full pleasure. The writer recalls childhood lunchroom fantasies and the fleeting returns of departed loved ones, musing on universal dream fulfillment.
Household guide shows methods for egg salad cups using hard boiled eggs cherry tomatoes and cucumber mix with pickles and celery. Waffles recipe uses flour milk and beaten eggs with butter and lard. Peaches in gelatin alternates gelatine and peaches with whipped cream. Graham Gems combines buttermilk graham flour and soda with an egg for a light batter.
Two fritter recipes describe Apple Fritters and French Coffee Fritters. Apple fritters mix egg milk flour sugar shortening baking powder vanilla then batter and fry with vanilla sauce, served with peaches as option. Coffee fritters soak bread slices in coffee batter then fry and dust with sugar, served with hot milk or coffee sauce.
The piece traces how public support for competitive business gave way to a politicized federal trade commission. It argues the commission started as a guide to lawful practice but, under Walsh and Heney era leadership, became a prosecutor, as personnel aligned with political aims and campaigns.
Protesters including individuals and companies vow continuing opposition to the proposed price rise. Remonstrance shows no sign of ending as opposition expands in scope and intensity.
Village officials weigh issuing 20 000 to 30 000 dollars in bonds to fund Main Street repairs. The plan will be discussed at the November 17 meeting and a December special election could be called if voters approve. Funding would become available for the fiscal year starting January 1.
A republished poem from 1907 condemns coal miners' toil and wage injustice. It contrasts dangerous underground work with low pay, debt from company stores, and mob suppression during strikes, urging readers to remember the miners' hard lives and hopes.
Sunday services at Hooper Ridge drew only forty four attendees. Mrs. Harry Kiefer and daughter visited Mrs. Stacy Sayres. Hazel Linscott stayed with Mrs. Arza Linscott. Coral Woolley and son visited her parents. preaching planned for next Sunday in hope of better turnout. The French school house supper netted twenty dollars. Edgar Keirns family hosted guests Jefferson Keirns and family. Ella Linscott and Mildred Easler visited Vera Keirns. Bertha Bryson sustained a leg injury from a horse, needing two stitches.
Former Chancellor Von Bethmann Hollweg testified before the Reichstag committee, saying Wilson was a sphinx and that Germany wanted neutrality to 1916. Foreign Minister Zimmermann and Ambassador Gerard were described, with notes on Poland coal mines and press statements about peace moves.
A majority of the American League board of directors declared the New York Yankees finished third and ordered the national commission to turn over to the club its share of the world series receipts about 800 dollars per man. An electric headlight for hunters driven by dry batteries in a coat pocket with a switch under the left arm is announced.
Sheriff Norris and four deputies are casualties after a barrage of red pepper used by women pickets at the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. As crowds massed at the mill gate, Norris and twenty deputies moved to intervene, meeting volleys of pepper spray and arresting twenty four of the women.
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