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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1923
Page
4
The article lauds Alma Cummings dancing twenty seven hours setting a record and inspires with thoughts on perseverance. It notes Peary’s historic explorations and critiques wartime policy, while touching on financier John D. Rockefeller and oil industry gains.
A government bulletin discusses reaction time as the delay between seeing a signal and acting. It highlights how sudden traffic appearances test a driver's decision to pass or slow. The piece links slow reaction to accidents and notes consideration of licensing policies.
Debates in Congress over the Pueblo Indian Land Law highlight a clash between ending squatters on eight to nine thousand acres in New Mexico and preserving the Pueblos as a living cultural remnant. Advocates favor reclamation and land grants to both Indians and squatters, while supporters of assimilation push for schooling and citizenship, sparking a bitter fight with cultural and political stakes.
About 100 musicians leave two Manhattan picture houses amid wage disputes. A new pay scale up to ninety six dollars plus overtime is demanded, with threats of further fights between theatres and orchestras. Strike breakers and potential self accompaniment by films are noted as possible outcomes.
The piece explains reaction time as the interval between perceiving danger and taking action. It contrasts calm, decisive pedestrians with those who panic and thrash, noting individual differences in how quickly people respond to traffic cues.
A vignette from Athens recounts forty years of change seen by an elderly observer. The piece recalls the court house, city hall, and old jail, notes aging, and nods to local figures, small-town life, and a pointer to the Want Ad section.
A Trimble tale describes a man who uses a hollow brass cymbal to aid his wife in sewing a dress. In distress she asks for help and the unusual instrument becomes part of the scene.
A notice from The Athens Messenger announces an information bureau led by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington D C. Readers can mail questions for factual information with two cents for return postage. The service does not provide legal medical or financial advice or domestic dispute settlement.
Miss Edith Peoples is clerking in The Economy Store. Mrs. Etta Hawk visited Wellston on Tuesday. Miss Cornelia Taylor Matron of the Farm School near Ashville N C is spending a month with her parents, the Taylors. Mr. Charles Salts sold his farm southwest of town to a Mr. Hunt of Kentucky. Miss Mary Warren of Columbus visits her brother George Warren and family. Mrs. Ida Bay, who had visited her daughters in Cincinnati, has returned home.
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