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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1922
Page
14
An editorial retrospective reviews 1920 as a year of moral deflation and lost purpose while 1921 sees deflation, unemployment, and hardship. Yet a renewed spirit emerges with revived ideals and mutual cooperation, signaling a hopeful balance of war ideals and peace progress. It cautions against grandiose resolutions and urges practical, constructive aims.
The article notes a trend away from New Year resolutions while acknowledging the appeal of January as a natural starting point. It suggests many resolutions valid anytime but argues the calendar provides a prompt for decisive life changes.
In a small southern town a traveling ventriloquist plans a night show. A resident and an old darky encounter a turtle in a basket used for ventriloquism. The turtle asks what will be done and the startled man drops the basket and the turtle, then runs away.
A quirky column notes opinions on wedding rings and marital roles with satire. It contrasts expectations for men and women and pokes at social norms. The piece also recounts a cafe accident where a thief steals kitchenware, ruining the musician's set. It ends with a quip about a teacher and pupil.
Parrots surge in vogue across homes and shops as a new interior color note. Dealers cite strong demand from New York to Los Angeles with parrots and bronzing parrots as decorative status symbols.
The Athens Day by Day column mixes personal musings on New Year weather, frugal living, and local happenings. The writer notes ice and snow, cottage life in Floodwood, and optimism for 1922 with miners, farmers, and shops expected to rebound. Mentions Professor Miles Cage, Ohio Wesleyan University, Congressman Ricketts, Judge Stephenson, and plans to visit Pomeroy, Logan, and Nelsonville with local anecdotes and humor.
Readers sent questions to The Athens Messenger Information Bureau. Answers cover topics from food preparation and accuracy of gauge blocks to envelope history and the side saddle, with practical tips and brief explanations.
Readers ask about Natal grass to starve wilt nematodes and improve soil humus. A trivia note on who wrote a Pope misattributed couplet. Pine tree propagation favors transplanting vigorous small trees over seed growth. Bureau of Fisheries compares fish flesh to meat in composition with slightly less fat.
Chicago police chief Fitzmorris orders cafes and cabarets closed if liquor is found on the premises in a New Year decree as nights grow tense with Prohibition enforcement.
James Oliver, 59, entered his former Mason City home on December 31 to visit relatives he had not seen in two decades. He currently resides in Ohio.
A 1921 Ohio report by E. E. Clayton warns that neglecting spraying due to last year’s small fruit crop caused severe leaf spot damage. The frog eye leaf spot has stripped trees of foliage in Scioto and other counties, likely reducing the 1922 apple yield. Farmers are urged to resume winter dormant spraying and return to normal anti pest practices.
Donald D. Hoyt mining engineer was killed in a snow slide near Cordova Alaska, per telegram to his brother Dr T C Hoyt. The report notes many former German Imperial Navy officers now engage in ram running into Sweden.
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