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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1921
Page
4
Advertising rates on application at Home or Foreign offices with nominal obituary charges. Notes mention Nazi Advertising representatives rt Ward at Fifth Avenue New York, and contact for Chicago and Wabash Avenue.
The head of Maine University’s forestry department urges scientific reforestation, noting transplanting wild stock often fails and nursery trees, though costly to prepare, yield lower failure rates. Nursery stock can be planted at optimum times and sites, making this method attractive for small farms and suburban lots seeking beautification and timber value.
Illinois education official E. J. Tobin defends hiring attractive young women for 2000 teachers yearly, saying beauty plus warmth boosts education. He asserts loveable, emotionally alive teachers improve classroom life and that outward charm enhances performance alongside experience.
A collection of short, old fashioned anecdotes unfolds a magistrate grilling a prisoner about his wife’s evidence, a financier father and son plotting a market tip worth a hundred dollars, and two convicts trading barbed remarks about timing and milking.
A jumble of vignettes appears with diverse scenes from jokes to travel notes. It includes stray dialogue about a language move in geopolitics, a folding baby cab, restaurant chatter, romantic tensions, and light social quips. The tone is casual, fragmentary, and reflective of a miscellany column.
The piece argues that advertising supports economic recovery by boosting employment and stabilizing prices and quality. It portrays advertising as a universal influence linking every citizen to business success and national well being.
A Frederick J. Haskin essay notes horseshoe pitching as a distinctly American, rural sport rooted in simple country life. It contrasts the pastime with urban modernity, praises its gentle competition, and recounts basic rules from the Grand League of American horseshoe pitchers, highlighting the White House connection and cultural nostalgia.
Advertising has kept hope alive and spurred industry and a gradual recovery in buying. It has created a firm market and will support Good Business as well as restore satisfactory political and economic conditions nationwide.
A reflective editorial urges every reader to gain surface knowledge of the force behind economic shifts and credits advertising as a contributor to moving from hardship to prosperity and advancement.
Editorial and advertising pages shape public opinion and drive business. The columnist notes how ad columns act as a powerful partner, steering consumer interest and local commerce toward growth and opportunity.
A shopper recalls candy costs dropping in memory while noting today’s higher prices and courting rituals. The speaker contrasts past joys with current consumer habits, remembering frugal treats and modest wins like a punch board prize amid changing times.
In a lively Athens County column a playful note recalls a wedding prank and a dentist’s antics. The Watch Dog records a first time witness moment at a wedding and quips about marriage versus thrill. A jab at local propaganda and editor restraint ends with a sharp, guarded remark on bad language.
Harmony Hill correspondent sends thanks as residents praise the column. The Watch Dog recalls the boss’s New York City trip and notes the force rushing in to prove they were never late. Haully Gee, it was fun to watch them.
A reader information notice from Frederic J. Hakin Director Washington outlines that the bureau provides information not advice on legal medical or financial matters. Readers must write plainly include full name address and stamps for return mail.
A fragmented Q and A dialogue covers topics from currency references in Chinese quotations to the origin of jingoism and betting phrases. It also discusses the U S share of gold, elephant tail length, pineapple growth, the electric chair operation, and US margarine and creamery butter production in 1920.
Sunday school lesson covers Bible teachings on education from Deuteronomy 6 4 9 Proverbs 3 13 18 and Luke 2 52. Golden text proclaims wisdom as the principal thing and urges getting wisdom Proverbs 4 7. Christian Endeavor and Epworth League topics center on Thy Kingdom Come and community service.
Church of Christ holds Bible study Sundays at 9 A. M. in the Carnegie Library Y M C A room and Apostolic worship at 10 A. M. Everyone welcome.
The Church of the Good Shepherd at Cor State and Carpenter offers a 7 30 service conducted by Arch deacon J H Dodshon with a cordial invitation to all.
The Church of God presents an 8 o clock morning sermon at 8 00 A M with a 10 00 A M song service and 7 00 P M sermon by the pastor Also a 7 30 P M Bible talk Sunday morning 8 00 A M and Thursday 7 00 P M prayer meeting A welcome to you
Sunday worship at 10 45 AM with subject Everlasting punishment and Lamentations as the golden text. Reading from the sense of hope in Lamentations 3 21 22. Sunday school at 9 30 AM. Evening meeting at 7 30 PM. Attend with cordial invitation.
Dallas L Browning pastor leads Sunday school at 9:00 A M and morning service at 10 16 A M The junior league meets at 2 00 P M Epworth League at 6 00 P M and evening worship at 7 00 P M with a sermon on 2 Cor 8 2.
A pastor and choir present a panorama story titled The Life of Charles Carey as a different style service without objectionable features. The event extends a cordial welcome to Spring term students.
Rev. A. C. Hacke the University pastor will conduct the morning services at the Presbyterian church at 10 30 in the morning.
The notice lists Homer C. Smith as pastor at The First Baptist Church with Sunday school at 9 15 A M morning worship at 10 15 A M Young People’s Meeting at 6 30 P M and a Wednesday evening prayer meeting at 7 00 o'clock in the library basement.
C Lloyd Strecker pastor extends a special invitation to Spring term students. Sunday school at 9. Morning service at 10 30 with theme Why Men Know So Little About God Epworth League at 6 PM topic Thy Kingdom Come In My Community.
A stereopticon lecture titled The Church in the City will be shown at seven oclock with graphic pictures of city conditions and problems. The public is invited to attend these services.
Free Methodist Church notice lists E. D. Crane as pastor. Sunday school at 9 A M, preaching at 10 15 A M and 7 P M, praise service 6 30 P M. Prayer meeting Thursday night and evening services at Strouds Run 7 P M.
Water rent due and payable at Leity building from the Grat to tenth of May inclusive. No notices will be mailed. A 10 percent discount is allowed on all flat rate charges if paid within this period and a 10 percent penalty will be added on all meter charges if not paid within this time. R. D. Williams Director of Public Service.
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