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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1919
Page
4
A Boston IRS ruling classifies cider as a soft drink for tax purposes while its natural kick remains, sparking debate on unlimited hard cider traffic. The rule, set to Jan 16 1920, limits commercial manufacture to 0.5 percent alcohol, though private use is not ruled out.
A debate arises over Harvard University's choice of Simon-pure business man as dean of a department. The new dean Ce B. Denham, described as banker and car lawyer, signals a shift toward valuing practical business sense in academic administration.
The piece compares a hotel guest handling an unwanted dish to newspaper readers who reject an article. It argues readers often react loudly to a single item, though many may be satisfied with others, unlike a hotel guest who simply moves the dish aside.
A satirical poem laments factory owners and workers, detailing the burdens of the posthole works owner his clerks the foreman janitor and the bookkeeper. It contrasts pity for labor with the owner burdened by endless toil and sleepless frustration.
The New York Tribune reprints opinions noting weakness in labor radicalism and cites the 1916 Adamson act as an example. It argues mass public sentiment shifts against organized minority labor power and warns against allowing political yield to such groups. Massachusetts is cited as a leading example of public resistance.
A Midlands touring company billed Romeo and Juliet but the lead actor asks for sixpence for a shave claiming he cannot play Romeo with a five o'clock shadow. The manager jokes about switching to Othello and a chuckle about self-derision follows, plus a string of short anecdotes about writing verse and a school verse recitation incident.
Ruth Cameron reflects on humor and offense in public life. She cites rowdy youths, a near accident on a bus, embarrassment from publication misuse, and the idea that laughter should respect others beliefs and serious moments. She warns against laughing at religion or misfortune and highlights good breeding and kindness.
Spinach and eggs baked with a cheese sauce and breadcrumbs form a French style dish. Pear salad combines pear halves on lettuce with Philadelphia cream cheese and maraschino cherries. Baked ham with apples uses sliced ham and apples seasoned with brown sugar and water and baked slowly for two hours.
Postmaster Lash announces federal civil service exams for bookkeepers and clerks in the census bureau with a $20 monthly raise on most salaries under 2 500 yearly. Positions span Washington and other sites, with exams set for November 19 for census clerks. Domestic science teachers matrons and teachers for Indian service also sought.
A 1919 letter to the Green and White notes a 19 percent raise for department heads from 1918 to 1919, complains bills outpace salaries, and highlights uneven gains for janitors and engineers. It calls for a unified plan to secure at least a 60 percent increase across faculty roles and mentions a November 7 Columbus conference to address salaries and related issues.
An American team will go to the Antwerp Olympic Games next year with the selection to occur between September 16 and September 15, per the National Amateur Athletic Union convention in Boston. In Canton, city solicitor Fisher is attacked by a councilman over failure to force Ohio State Telephone Co to honor its franchise terms.
Practical remedies and craft ideas cover repairing metal items with melted alum, mending knife handles, embroidering pillow covers, decorating with rosettes, reviving kid gloves with white of egg, removing stains with lemon, peeling potatoes dry to avoid staining hands, keeping salad dressing stable with soda, and preventing doughnuts from burning by adding raw potato to hot fat.
A reader urges publication of a letter praising I M Foster as a fit Republican candidate for Ohio governor. The writer cites Foster’s grasp of current events, patriotism, wartime service, and willingness to sacrifice personal interests for the country, based on personal meetings during the World War era.
A new pneumatic tool for cutting rivet heads features a sleeve to catch spent rivet heads reducing danger to workers and preventing injuries during use.
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