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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1919
Page
4
Professor David Todd of Amherst College proposes a large balloon to rise above five miles with hydrogen lift and oxygen for observers. Aerial lighting would send signals intended to reach Mars, hoping for a reply that could prove intelligent life and expand human horizons.
Secretary of Labor Wilson P argues that workers and employers have rights to quit but urges mutual concessions to limit strikes. He advocates an industrial conference in Washington to curb ongoing labor capital disputes for broader welfare and higher productive wages.
Washington writer Menator Poindexter argues that no definite promise exists to restore Shantung to China and criticizes claims that the United States must join any war to enforce peace. He questions the wartime logic behind compelling concessions to avoid conflict with Japan France or Great Britain.
A jumble of comic vignettes contrasts novice miners on a fishing trip with a poorly drilled rookie squad under a pounding infantry sergeant. A Boston ex-student interrupts with a quip about resisting the status quo. A southern camp burlesque and a hardware pitch for burglar alarms pepper the scene alongside a spoof on a medical cure for rheumatism.
A reflective essay on how reading pleasure depends on individual life experience and memory. The author notes one reader’s scrapbook habit illustrates differing impacts, then discusses how repeated reading of favorites can reveal new meanings only with richer life context.
This collection lists cake ideas from mixed fruit fillings to spice cakes. It includes watermelon and apple fillings, army and pork cakes, apple sauce cake without eggs, and a spice cake with eggs whites folded in, plus instructions on mixing, ingredients, and baking times.
The poem-cum-commentary reflects on messages from the departed and séances with famous minds like Savant Lodge and Author Doyle at midnight. It questions the usefulness and honesty of ghostly revelations, noting that reports from beyond offer little clarity about doom or the afterlife.
The Belgian royal party lands in America with strict thrift guiding travel. Queen Elizabeth travels with two Belgian maids and one lady in waiting. King Albert and Prince Leopold each have personal valets, with six footmen joining the tour. total luggage equals 130 pieces.
The Ohio State Teachers Association begins a statewide survey led by Prof. F. C. Landsitter to assess school revenues. A committee including G. D. Strayer, E. P. Cubberly, and John Heith will study finances and justice of the current system and propose remedies. Results target legislative action.
Ohio heads the nation with 63 new granges organized in the year ending September 30 1919. The United States totaled 269, with Pennsylvania 41 Oklahoma 33 New York 21 Washington 20 Kansas 19 Indiana 15 Michigan 31 Oregon 7 Colorado and Missouri 6 each Idaho Maryland North Dakota 4 each Illinois 3 Maine Wyoming 2 each and single units in California Connecticut Massachusetts Nebraska New Jersey Vermont West Virginia and Wisconsin. Ohio accounts for nearly a fourth of all new granges. Lacking rubber Japanese manufacture water vessels air cushions and mats from bamboo fiber fabric called leather paper.
Neglecting a cold or cough risks serious attack development. Dr King’s New Discovery offers a proven relief for cold, cough, grippe, and croup. This standard reliever has high quality today as in the past fifty plus years, priced 60c and $1.20 a bottle at all druggists. Give it a trial.
An old style ad touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a tonic for constipation. It claims they stimulate bile flow and gently cleanse the system, promising zest for work and healthy recreation.
Ohio football coach notes a difficult conference test next Saturday as Heidelberg visits Athens with a strong season. Backs Boyd Fuller Pope Kreiger and lineman Ellis return from injuries, Davy and Shapter adjustments noted, while weather and field conditions have shaped prep.
At St Louis on October 14 the national grain association committee called the government inquiry into high prices political buncombe. The report says the probe will mislead the public and fail to curb costs, blaming laws and government interference for overpricing. Thomas E B Wilson blamed lack of production extravagance and wartime concessions for the high cost of living.
Washington warns sugar will soar if speculators act and federal control expires December 31. Domestic demand exceeds all records with a nine pound per person rise by mid autumn and an expected annual rise to 1.125 billion pounds. Prohibition and candy cravings blamed for the surge as a columnist notes The Messenger ads prove their reach.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Anderson spent the weekend at Wellston visiting George Anderson and family. Jacob Anderson and baby Everet visited A. J. Ward’s family at Zaleski. Miss Myra Cochran and Miss Ethel Anderson were guests in The Plains. Marshfield attended a teachers meeting and visited Myra Coe. Florence Potts visited Wells ton for a week. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Woods of Athens and their son visited the Howard and Stauffer families.
A rousing call to enlist stressing global ports and a life of purpose. It urges joining the Navy to see great cities and seas and return home with unshakable self-reliance and respect, touting comradeship and disciplined work.
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