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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1919
Page
4
A German commission reports extensive damage to French coal mines ruined by German retreat. Vorwaerts calls the restoration a just toil that will employ millions for eight years, implying further emigration and a warning against future destruction of others property.
Premier Clemenceau argues work as the world’s salvation from social and economic chaos. He criticizes quitters and talkers and urges six days of real work per week to increase production, lower prices, and relieve tensions between labor and capital. He notes coal bills can be cut by burning less coal.
An unhappy speaker vows to depart the country with gear and gun if customers break the heart and government bores him. He contemplates leaving for Rotterdam or distant lands, laments the flag, hints at selling off national symbols, and imagines seeking a distant shore while staying tied to this land for now.
The piece notes England's bye election as a barometer of support for the Prime Minister and discusses a Seventh Alabama district race. It says a Democratic victory by a narrow margin signaled strong league of nations sentiment, with Republicans believing more debate could have changed the outcome. It reflects a public mind opposed to the league.
A casual dinner conversation about luck and catching fish leads to reflections on modesty and athletic beauty. Calence notes a frank new modesty, contrasting with the old urge to hide ugliness as a white bathing dress scene near Palm Beach shows a self confident young woman responding to concerns about her appearance.
A friend shows off a dark red dahlia and the writer argues small daily joys keep loneliness and melancholy away. She profiles a middle aged single woman who finds cheer in garden, reading, preserves, and weekly outings, plus simple treats like home made ice cream. The piece cites Sidney Smith on 20 recipes for melancholy and endorses tiny pleasures over grand pursuits.
Simple croquettes use chestnuts steamed and mashed with cream cheese and pepper, shaped, egg washed, crumbed, and fried. Sweet version blends egg yolk and cream sauce with fruit center, fried until brown, served with citrus sauce. Salmon croquettes mix salmon with crumbs, eggs, lemon juice, milk, and seasonings, formed, crumbed, and fried golden. Hominy croquettes combine cooked hominy with milk margarine horseradish and salt, shaped, coated, and fried until crisp.
Instructions for serving grilled oysters with bacon pepper onion topping and for making oyster croquettes. Details include cleaning, breading, broiling or baking times, lemon garnish, and croquette batter with oysters parsley onion green pepper milk flour salt paprika and chilling before shaping and frying.
A small gathering of veterans swap exaggerated tales. One man claims bodyguard service to Julius Caesar and another boasted of a submarine mission that nearly torpedoed the Ark. A hurled accusation ends the exchange when an old grudge surfaces.
Dr Danford recounts wartime experiences in Mexico warning against Bolshevik influence and German meddling on the border. He cites hunger for a better wage and a secure future, while Captain Comstock urges Legion action amid postwar discontent and German sympathies. The meeting backs the Sweet insurance bill and recalls the Legion pledge to uphold the Constitution and promote Americanism.
A public forum denounces an injunction against coal miners as aimed at restraining orderly leadership. It accuses the government of punishing workers while owners push negotiations only if miners abandon their strike. The piece cites wartime parallels and calls for fair treatment of labor against mine barons’ exploitation. Gloucester, Ohio.
Harley Schoonover an 18 year old in Glouster Ohio planned to surrender to Morgan County officers in Mc Connellsville this morning after reportedly shooting and killing his father Fred Schoonover at the family home near the Morgan county line. The incident followed allegations that the father chased the boy with a pitchfork and the youth killed him to protect the family.
Chauncey residents say Harley Schoonover was not struck by a pitchfork in a family quarrel. the conflict involved his son who they blame, and they heard reports the son planned to surrender to authorities. Mexico reports a 150 foot bridge spanning a river, built wholly of mahogany.
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