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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1919
Page
4
A Michigan sample farm ad shows 100 bushels of first quality Green Mountains potatoes with the price stated as right. The piece argues farm ads reduce waste, connect city buyers with nearby farmers, and stress fair pricing over autoist profiteering, noting dairying as a key hill farm proposition in Athens county.
The National Dairy Show in Chicago will feature mountain region dairy products. Mountain farmers use cattle and dairies, producing Swiss Roquefort Ricotta and Camembert cheese and tropical shipped butter. The piece notes farming shifts toward science and profitability. The column also comments on many new political parties and Belgian Dutch diplomatic tiff, lampooning global peace.
California Senator Johnson tours the Middle West arguing against ratification of the league covenant. He blames President Wilson for the high cost of living and accuses Wilson of secret eight month foreign pledges while the open discussion showed little change in living costs.
Poem laments rising prices and consumer woes while noting seller pain. The speaker jokes about profiteers and lynching talk, then contrasts high costs with the lack of profits from selling his flea-bitten hen and cow. The piece contrasts buyer inflation with seller hardship in a humorous verse.
A meditation on insomnia and night time worry. The author notes how pondering problems at night leads to a wall of impossibilities and wasted energy and advises postponing planning until morning to avoid sleeplessness. The piece contrasts night and day perspectives and urges restraint.
A compiled daily menu of simple kitchen ideas includes Croquettes of Odds and Ends mixing beef scraps with egg and cream sauce, Pear and Raisin Salad on lettuce, Cherry Cake with sour cherries, Eminee of Beef on Toast with brown gravy, Lettuce and Pimento Salad with olive oil dressing, and Parched Rice with Tomato Sauce as a versatile side.
Judge Hunter Wood Jr and Jim McKenzie report a walleyed pike weighing twelve and a half pounds captured at Lock 5 Glenmore. OV Man Harrod retrieved the fish with a minnow net after the creature leaped and struck the wall. The piece ends noting George Wharton Pepper’s non smoking and a cigars mix up at home.
C H Porter Dry Campaign Manager urges sustained action after the November 4 election. He warns that if initiative or referendum petitions fail, Ohio could lose a decade in the fight against saloons and the alcohol industry. He directs readers to the Athens County Dry Federation ad on page 2 for details.
Arthur Burchfield receives a long letter from Michael S. Krivesti of Company M Eighth Infantry describing duty in Bitburg Germany. He details travel through Coblenz and Bitburg life food prices beer and guard duties with references to German daily life and local women.
James Burchfield and Miss Rhoda Waymer visited Poston with relatives on Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs Harry visited Athens with Elmer Stanley and George Shaffer on Sunday. Mrs Cook and Mrs Wetklow with Louise spent Thursday at Hocking. The Burchfields McCatheran and Henry Lehew of Columbus joined others for a riverside picnic near Harmony Sunday. Rachel Michael from Athens was here recently. Ethyl Barker will travel to Nelsonville this weekend.
The Plains Ohio meet conducted by Evangelist D. T. Koch is progressing with good interest and attendance. Services for Sunday will be held at 10 AM 2 30 PM and 7 PM. All are invited.
Local observers report an especially cold night with near frost in the area. A farmer notes frost marks nearly reached and warns garden crops may be finished while rabbits may benefit from the chill. Last year frost arrived earlier than this date.
J W Warren of Peru Indiana, visiting here last week, still dances at eighty two after forty years making shoes. Ralph and Mrs Henry of Nelsonville spent Sunday with C D Henrys. Dr M G Blunden of Cincinnati returned briefly then heads to California with Mrs Blunden for winter. Mrs Sadie Wilson visited Ath ens with daughter Mrs Beasley. Rev Chapin returns from two week trip to Illinois Indiana and will hold services Sunday. D G Phillips and daughter visit relatives in Iowa Minnesota. After forty years Mr and Mrs John Stalder of Craig Missouri attend G A R in Columbus and stay with B H Brawley. Mrs Stalder is Brawley’s sister. D B Bennett moves to C B McCune home for winter while McCune travels Florida. Emma Paterson, ill, visited by Truman Wells and family and Lincoln Wilson with son James.
Ira Bennett arrives at Sand Rock home of William Marquis and settles in over the bank building with a warm welcome extended to the Bennetts. Ezra McDaniel and wife buy Snedeker property and plan to locate in town after a Columbus apprenticeship. Will Adair and Rose Curtis wed in Athens and travel to Mars for their new home. Mrs. Fannie Wells visits Marietta for a few days. G O Linscott shows a corn stalk with four full ears and one small ear.
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