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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1923
Page
4
A compact literary fragment notes Matthew 6 28 29 on lilies and Solomon and Milton on beauty as natures currency. The passage links modesty in attire to natural splendor and mutual bliss.
The passage discusses word variety and usage, noting estimates of reading vocabularies and spoken vocabularies, with examples of famous figures. It contrasts language evolution, slang obsolescence, and dictionaries from 1552 to modern times, then shifts to July–August shopping tips and ad usefulness.
Observers note a seasonal buying slump as vacations, porch cooling, and heat hinder decision making. The trend suggests shoppers slow down in warm months while contemplating purchases.
The text argues Germany faces financial collapse while privately funded efforts and government entities prepare for a rapid industrial rebound. It notes intact factories and potential to dodge reparations, suggesting a possible comeback in a decade despite today’s hopeless currency and trade situation.
The geological survey reports Illinois has reclaimed 4,650,000 acres of bottom land now productive. Reforestation irrigation and drainage push wealth without exploiting resources. More acres remain to be reclaimed in Illinois and other states. an interstate contest could profit the nation.
Washington July 28. Congress reconvenes to consider a federal minimum wage for women amid intense lobbying from the National Consumers League the American Federation of Labor and the Women's Trade Union League. Supporters urge constitutional changes to uphold such laws arguing states already enforce wage protections while opponents challenge legality under current rulings.
The Women's Bureau notes practical concerns for underpaid workers as labor groups welfare bodies government agencies and women organizations show strong but varied interest in prohibition. While some leaders oppose or support the Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead Act opinions differ among labor figures.
A local Athens auto dealer is accused of a drunken driving incident at Buckeye Lake last week. He allegedly poured alcohol into a radiator and staggered under a stop signal before being detained by prohibition officers. Marshall McCune of Pleasantville figures in the episode as the group visits Kirkersville where the mayor is involved. The fine cited totals $822 plus war tax.
A cheerful auto dealer on the pier greeted four men who approached. He hopped toward them in a merry mood, his bottle of gin in hand, as the scene unfolded with lighthearted ambiguity.
The four men decide the dealer has found the dip per while stars glitter above. The scene notes the dealer’s lack of sight of a milky way and the men’s conclusion about the object.
A youth attempted a high speed excursion toward Buckeye Lake despite a three mile limit to the ocean. He aimed to make friends with strangers but could not be restrained as actions escalated.
A late night scene features a slippery character and a mid night ride with a band en route to a mayor. An auto dealer may have been involved as the event unfolds under bright stars and a tense confrontation.
The note asks readers to advertise a car in the Want Ads Auto mobiles For Sale column and to read all ads each night. It mentions a place Coolville and a date September 1st as context.
Readers submit queries to The Athens Messenger Information Bureau with brief questions on varied topics. Answers cover ice cream weight, locomotive wheel dynamics, West Point class rank, nuts tested by cities, Canadian hunting licenses, federal retirement eligibility, bucket shop losses, and Negro population growth with concise explanations and figures.
Francis Otto Matthiesson of Pasadena, a Yale senior, was voted by students as the most admired and most brilliant. He received a 599 cash Snow prize, a Rhodes scholarship, the DeForest public speaking medal, and election to Phi Beta Kappa. He also served as class deacon in the Y M C A, editor of the Yale Daily News, and editor of Yale Literary Magazine.
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