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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1920
Page
4
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Mrs Toate visiting, a move toward Columbus, and an illness affecting a man named Clint Atkinson. Details are unclear and many words are incomplete, but references to travel and health issues appear in the text.
The Cincinnati Times-Star notes Governor Cox growing desperate in the 1920 campaign as he shifts from League of Nations reservations to attacking Republicans with a claimed 15 million slush fund. It predicts his rhetoric will intensify toward billions by election end.
The speed class will serve children who advance faster than peers in regular classes. It seeks individualized education for bright students, not just high marks or skipped grades. Caution is urged to avoid pushing pupils too fast, risking superficial learning or nervous breakdowns.
The August regular army enlistments reached about 16 000 reflecting rising youth interest due to educational opportunities and future prospects. Despite lower pay than industry, the service offers diverse experience and educational benefits, attracting even top students from prominent families seeking long term goals.
Dessert recipes describe Peach Bavarian Cream using loganberry jello, whipped cream, heavy cream, and sliced peaches chilled until ready to serve. Marble Creme combines gelatin with sugar and eggs then flavors parts with peanut butter chocolate and pink color, with optional fruit additions.
The text asserts the county’s safety is well supported in both peace and war, noting labor day as a time when little work is done and implying stability remains despite less activity.
The item appears as a fragmented hint page with partial headings on recipes and daily hints. Readable phrases suggest household tips and kitchen guidance, though full context is unclear and no complete events or names are confirmed.
Instructions for veal birde use with dressing and toothpick-joined rolls, plus multiple dressing and bread recipes. Includes proportions for dressing with breadcrumbs butter and salts, a crisp lettuce and tomato cucumber salad, a magda oil dressing, and a corn bread formula with sour milk and molasses.
A household endures a cold epidemic as Zach follows the physician’s standard prescriptions for powder and gargle. The Polish maid resists taking the same treatment, asking if a single girl should use the same medicine as a married woman with children and appealing to the doctor’s judgment.
Graf Arco, Germany’s wireless authority, says English should be the common world language for international business and news as wireless telegraphy and telephony mature. He notes mother tongues would remain taught alongside English and forecasts near-perfect Atlantic communications via wireless links between Germany and Argentina with global regulation to avoid interference.
The Just Jazz contest invites readers to submit a joke, funny poem, or short story under 1100 words by the September deadline. Prizes include a Fat Shively portrait for first, a divorce tale titled Through Hell and Back Again for second, and How to Make Love for third.
A fragment mentions a new brand Rey mour among eye doctors and ties this to rising garter prices, implying a broader price uptick discussed in yesterday’s paper. The text hints at a causal reason but provides no concrete details or sources.
In a candid narration a warden guides a young onlooker through a penitentiary to the death chamber. He explains the electric chair and its lethal current while the visitor reacts with a refined shock, noting the heated political times and the humid atmosphere.
A man claimed to have eaten pickles atop ice cream and argued it to be unconstitutional. The doctor rejected the claim, labeling the act unconstitutional.
Carthage residents hosted Elizabeth Parker and family with Blanch and Sherman plus Lynn Simmons pair. Ben Stanton traveled to Parkersburg on business. Homer Swisher and friends visited from Marion and stayed with Horatio Swisher family. Maxfield Chapman planned a West Virginia visit. Hazel Cole of Tumble and Ora Townsend attended Athens visits. CO H Reynolds family hosted relatives. Abe Burdette and kin visited. W C Burtop bought Harper farm and will reside there. Ed Harper and son Wilson from Indianapolis visited Alex Wilson. Pearl Reynolds and Raleigh Robinson visited Coolville. C H Reynolds dined with carpenter from near Marietta. J S Gaston and son Tidal drove to Athens on business.
The Ohio Legislature passes multiple Republican bills: five rescue stations with trained crews and transport, washrooms for mines, a higher weekly Workmen’s Compensation, compulsory industrial insurance for employers with five or more workers, and electricity safety measures for mining machinery. The measures aim to save miners, improve health, and reduce state costs while boosting mine workers’ welfare.
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