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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1921
Page
4
The text lists weekly and yearly subscription prices by carrier and mail in Ohio with various durations and advance payment terms. Rates include 160 week and year seven dollars, and mail prices of four sixty per year, two sixty for six weeks, with multiple terms and advance-only policy noted.
Advertising representatives Hobert Ward maintains offices at 226 Fifth Avenue New York City and 6 South Wabash Avenue Chicago serving national accounts and client services.
Reading on home design, the piece notes better houses mix beauty with practicality. It highlights sound construction, cosy rooms, proper hallways, and kitchens as modern workshops, while warning against perpetual expansions and stressing planned budget choices. It also features a humorous aside on government costs and a quirky, light column closer.
Remote communities weigh immigration impact as policy centers on distribution of newcomers. If admissions rise, healthy dispersal could benefit the nation, while admitting diseased or unstable immigrants could spread social disorders and strain communities nationwide. Preparedness at home matters as Washington debates a nationwide approach.
The note discusses reopening the Elwell murder case and hints at how investigators may pursue the Charlie Ross mystery. It mentions a fictional idea about an explosive mic targeting a phone box after a numbered trigger.
A revival ends in a Missouri town with converts lined up on ice for baptism. The priest lowers candidates through a cut in the ice as a heavy convert slips and sinks in the murky current. He prays aloud and calls for another man, saying the Lord giveth and taketh away.
A Tenderloin notice touts toddling lessons from cheap dance schools. A circular claims Cleopatra invented the move to ensnare Napoleon, reflecting sensational pseudoscience and marketing in a period advertisement.
Frederic J. Haskin notes President Harding endures endless requests for donations invitations and appearances as part of the job. A proposed solution suggests a neutral executive attache to filter and manage solicitations preserving the President's time for duties and rest.
The piece contrasts spendthrift buyers with thrifty planners who assess needs before purchases. It argues reading advertising guides money choices by revealing price, style, and quality, and suggests newspapers offer the best buying ideas.
The article argues price is not the only factor in shopping. It stresses fabric quality, style, and fair prices, all shaped by advertising. Advertising informs buyers and creates demand, allowing merchants to turn stocks quickly and offer lower prices through higher sales. Continuous monitoring of ads benefits shoppers.
Merchants trumpet daily sales with evident price reductions. The savings compare to wartime prices and shopping expeditions guided by advertising columns. Reading store news helps buyers secure better values and more comforts for family.
The text argues that true belonging belongs to those who budget carefully and consult advertising columns to meet needs efficiently rather than spending indiscriminately until funds run out.
In Cleveland on April 29 Mary T Bardons asked that seven hundred dollars a month be allowed pending her alimony suit against George C Bardons of Bardons and Oliver. Sheriff Herb Parker and Patrolman Jake Cady challenge recent courtroom antics and alleged unfair scoring at a horseshoe game near Canaanville. A local business man notes an ugly advertising matter on county walls.
Readers can send questions to the Athens Merenger Information Bureau in Washington with full name and address and two cents for return postage. Replies go directly to the inquirer and staff state the service cannot give legal medical or financial advice.
A quiz of practical kitchen inquiries covers curing meat in molasses or hardwood barrels, use of stone jars for small quantities, and thorough cleaning before use. It also notes daily ceremonial ablution by the Hemerobaptists, Eiffel Tower height at 1000 feet, 1890 as a farming low point, frequent minor planet discoveries, origin of meerschaum from Asia Minor, Sans Souci meaning, and Arctic sun behavior at Fort Yukon with refraction effects.
Local humor column recounts a fishing trip to Buckeye Lake by Dr. John Hixon and friends. They catch two large wall-eyed herring deemed food for others, then coax Hixon to clean them in a jesting scene. The piece closes with a light quip about laundry and a brief verse.
A reader letter laments courthouse trash marring the appearance and questions who is failing their duty to remove it. The note also jokes about Clyde Edmundson’s dream and whether the next chapter will ever be published, fearing inquiry to him directly.
Lottridge J L Warner moves family to Five Points after buying a general store and land. W H Ashcraft sells farm to W H Persinger of West Virginia. Mr Fair on the Kincade farm loses a horse. Mr and Mrs Ray Oliver of Stewart visit Charles Day and family. Fred Warner and Ruth Ackley wed on Saturday with neighbors hosting a reception.
Dr Hitt will officiate at the Saturday evening gathering during May week activities at Lottridge U B church. Taxpayers are busy with preparations for the quarterly meeting and tax hats.
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