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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1918
Page
5
New York November 23 Prosperity hinges on steel as orders outrun capacity and jobs for many workers. About 1,000,000 steel workers exist in the U S with 800,000 at United States Steel. Construction paused for a year, steel now pivots to new buildings electrified railways and revived auto production.
Woman carried 10 tons of farms produce in two and a half hours at a market in Massachusetts run by a county farm bureau. She left $1500 with farmers at the market. There are 60 open air markets operating in Massachusetts. These markets handle only a small portion of crops and prevent waste of perishable foods.
Edith faces debt and poverty as she considers selling her children to the Excelsior Motion Picture Corporation for money. The lure of big pay clashes with guilt as she debates using her kids for screen work to pay her brother’s debts. The scene ends with plans to take the children to a distant plant for a test.
Paris reports Premier Clemenceau asked Charles Lyon-Caen to advise on whether William II can be extradited. Lyon-Caen seeks time to prepare a reply, La Liberte notes. Eduard Clunet, a top international law authority, says extradition of the former emperor is impossible.
The article recalls President Wilson’s 1908 bicycle tour of northern England and Scotland, noting his later ascent to a world leadership role. It mentions his current plans to visit England again this year and cites previous travels to France and other European countries.
Senator Pittman proposes bronze medals for every American officer, soldier, and sailor to honor victory in the war and the valor of American forces. The Senate Naval Committee ordered the resolution reported favorably today.
A fair haired North Country boy dying in an English hospital after being shot in France kept a brave smile through six months of illness. In his final hours he asked the nurse to read faster so he could learn the ending of Ivanhoe as his parents prayed.
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