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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1921
Page
4
Fragmentary notice lists addresses including 26 Fifth Avenues and Wabash Avenue in Chicago suggesting a political or commercial ad placeholder. No clear event date or outcome is readable.
The piece argues that despite bad talk and global market slowdowns, domestic activity remains resilient. Foreign trade lags with imports waning, yet a vast export surge continues. Overall, 4,000,000 pounds of lard were shipped from New York in a single day as part of a large international commerce, while most Americans stay employed and busy producing goods for a booming economy.
The article argues that 10 million aliens are in the U S, with many eager to immigrate and most newcomers crowding cities. It cites a proposed bill reducing European arrivals to 3 percent of 1910 levels, estimating a possible 355000 total, and notes calls for rapid action and U S planning on distribution and employment. It also mentions Canada’s similar plans and hints at U S Colombia diplomacy tied to oil.
A street organ grinder taunts Mascagni by claiming to be his pupil after Mascagni challenges the tune. The piano organ is turned faster, and the musician accepts the praise. A later placard proclaims the grinder as a pupil of Mascagni. A Bunyan authorship quip and a geography joke conclude the brief anecdote.
The piece argues that advertising lowers production and distribution costs by enabling large scale operations. It claims advertised goods cost less per unit and deliver better value, since manufacturers must preserve their good name to retain customers. Buyers gain by choosing advertised products to protect reputation and future reliability.
A New York manager sent his director after secondhand scenery. The director returned with only a set for King Lear. The manager decided to stage King Lear with that scenery, and the company performed the play as planned.
Washington April 22 article argues manners in America are changing under Dr Charles W Eliot and Elsie Parsons. It compares antebellum formal codes to modern directness, noting fear and kindness shape social ease, yet vulgarity rises as form fades. The piece weighs gains in spontaneity against loss of polish and restraint.
Advertising is economic and benefits both buyer and seller. It works to mutual advantage. it would perish otherwise. This is why reading advertising closely and continuously may pay you.
A Yonkers salesman visits a house asking to show an alarm clock. The piece reflects Wales pride through references to Lloyd George, Charles Evans Hughes, and James J. Davis, contrasting affluence and poverty with a sardonic judge's remark on wealth.
Miss Sigrid Holmquist known as the Swedish Mary Pickford designs most of her own costumes for street and professional wear. She wears an evening gown of black Chantilly over peach taffeta with a black tulle sash and nasturtium spray, a black aigret, and a feather fan. Another creation is a silver embroidered negligee with matching cap. A gray whipcord street suit trimmed with emerald green worsted completes the ensemble.
A newspaper page fragment mixes a cafe waiter’s comments on dieting and women’s ostentatious eating with quiz lines on politics and history. It notes Prof Hoover’s likely GOP topic, confirms Brigadier General Allen as Germany commander, and states human blood differs from that of other animals.
The text cites a mistaken definition of a conjunction from Harper's Bazaar and quotes Spokane’s Spokesman-Review on shoe legislation. It notes fines for possessing such shoes and sets penalties for first and subsequent offenses with terms of imprisonment.
Public notice describes a Readers Questions and Answers service from The Athens Messenger Information Bureau. It invites readers to send questions with full name and a two cent stamp for return mail, while noting it cannot provide legal medical or financial advice or settle domestic disputes.
A Q and A style item notes that thermometer readings differ due to exposed height and wind. Blushing results from vasomotor nerve action and can be managed by emotional control. Paris green use is about 3,000 tons annually. Pimentos are canned in their own natural oil, not added oil.
Observed by Higley men new quarters on Sunday there were 108 men in attendance and the collection was 18.45 dollars. Arrangements have been made for this class to occupy the auditorium of the church on Mothers Day May 8. There will be a carnival for every man attending. All men are invited.
Official figures credit Alaska with a mineral reduction value in 1880 near 450 million dollars. The estimate reflects vast mineral activity and economic potential documented for the period.
Deputy state Bank Commissioner C. S. Bowman cited inability to meet current demands as the reason for the Banking Trust Company not opening today. Bowman said the bank was not engaged in general banking, its primary business being loans and mortgages.
Orphans fleeing Turkish oppression travel long distances in rags to reach Near East Relief orphanages. They receive meals clothes and medical care, with some sent to hospitals for treatment until healthy. Dr. E W. of Ohio Near East Relief calls this crisis a major challenge. An American pipeline project from Havre to Paris aims to be in service by year end.
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