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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 14, 1919

Page

4

Farm land boom spreads across the Midwest and plains

Speculation pushes land values higher as corn oats and pork prices rise. Iowa Missouri Kansas Nebraska Minnesota South Dakota show rapid price jumps with buyers relying on luck. Banks fear loans while experts question if high prices can last and sustain farm income.

Iowa Missouri Kansas Nebraska South Dakota Minnesota Westerns United States Stock Exchange Chicago

Girls and the Farm: why soldiers avoid farming duties

The article argues women will not abandon city life for farm work despite camp. It claims enthusiasm for harvest is sparked by practical benefits and companionship elsewhere, denies fears of overwork, and asserts rural life offers meaningful labor and continual renewal versus urban risks.

Rippling Rhymes Some Sweet Day Poem Fragment

Fragmentary verse depicting a speaker vowing reform and rousing social critique. The speaker imagines discarding old abuses and confronting present woes, using props like boxes and casks to rally attention, while noting personal limits and future plans.

Iby Hatch

Opinions Reprinted in Cin nat Commercial Tribune

The piece voices fatigue with both capital and labor driven strife and the authorities, warning that endless disputes threaten productive life. It argues the public endures exploitation by profiteers and longs for a stable path amid class tensions and political treachery.

Cinnat! Commercial Tribune

Dinner Stories reveal family tensions in Crimp household

In a village scene Mrs Crimp laments Alf Crimp’s illness and shrinking vitality as Jimmy jokes about salary and office access. The conversation hints at Alf’s declining strength while neighbors discuss his worsening condition and family finances.

Autumn Colors Crown Nature’s Regal Farewell

The author celebrates autumn’s rich color display as regal and diverse, contrasting it with spring. He notes yellows, purples, crimsons, and whites in autumn foliage and flowers, while recognizing spring colors in violets, pinks, and whites. He reflects on heaven’s potential through nature’s varied palettes.

Heaven

Home Cooked Condiments and Dishes From Frugal Recipes

A collection of simple kitchen preparations including mayonnaise dressing for tomatoes with butter flour milk eggs sugar mustard vinegar and seasonings. Also pumpkin pie mixture stuffed peppers with bread crumbs meat rice and tomato sauce and a Lettuce and Cheeseball Salad using cream cheese olives mayonnaise lettuce and parsley.

Old Fashioned Creamed Pea Timbale and Eggless Mayonnaise

Recipe notes describe Pee Timbalee One mold bake in hot water about twenty five minutes then unmold. Eggless Mayonnaise uses evaporated milk salad oil mustard paprika sugar salt and vinegar to create a thick dressing that keeps for three weeks when chilled. Also includes Sliced Baked Sweet Potatoes with butter sugar and water before baking until tender.

Park Heat and Rural Mischief In Quiet Summer Day

An old man fears washing without his hat as his hair loss worries Mrs Crimp. A city park scene notes intense heat from a dewy morning. A country lady and her son watch a huge automobile scare their horse as the driver offers help and the boy calmly guides his mother past.

Alf Mrs. Crimp

Return of American dead from France urged by state department

The state department asked Ambassador Wallace in Paris to urge France to allow the repatriation of American war dead before 1922 as previously planned. The move follows a survey showing 40 000 of 65 000 relatives favor the return. Delegations from Pittsburgh and Richmond urged immediate burial at home.

Washington State Department Wallace Paris House Foreign Affairs Committee War Department France Pittsburg Richmond House Committee

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