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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1923
Page
4
In Bridgeport Ohio a man accused of beating his wife fled into a creek to escape officers. Detectives followed and both sides plunged in after him. He drowned after the riverbank confrontation with pursuers. The incident ends with the fugitive soaked and net loss reported as $50.
A devotional line echoes biblical praise and a reflection on moral limit. The second quote contends authors and preachers cannot embody the full virtue of their works or sermons.
Mortality statisticians report Western Europe gained six million people from 1910 to 1920 despite about twenty million war and flu deaths. France shows births exceeding deaths last year by roughly 71 thousand, while England maintained a birth surplus through WWI. The piece links manpower recovery to war outcomes and warns militarists’ decisions hinge on available manpower.
A local banker explains to merchants why patrons should shop at home. He notes Ourtown stores offer strong stock, competitive prices, and services that compare well with larger cities, underscoring benefits of supporting local business.
A San Francisco agency report on President Harding's illness offers a measured account. The piece highlights Mrs. Harding as an able ally and notes San Francisco as an ideal recuperation climate with Pacific breezes cooling the city.
Herbert M. Lord, director of the federal budget, predicts a net reduction of government receipts for the next fiscal year by more than 151 million dollars. Customs revenues fall, income and profits taxes decline, miscellaneous internal revenue holds steady, yet last year saw receipts exceed estimates and expenditures decrease due to departmental economy efforts and better cooperation. The budget system shows progress though not perfect.
The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce advocates a pragmatic foreign trade approach. Led by Herbert Hoover and Dr. Julius Klein, the bureau trains exporters to weigh profits, market needs, and risk, using commodity divisions and trade missions to identify true demand and connect buyers with American producers.
The text describes a new Do domestic Commerce Division formed to study domestic business problems, standardize grades, reduce industrial waste, and improve merchandising. It notes the division will connect divisions to stove chimneys to vent fumes and focus on American goods in both domestic and international markets.
A column in Pomeroy-Middleport humorously contrasts long prison terms with local society, recounting Jennings and Zipriani’s life sentences and a Canada vacation with Governor Donahey. It jokes about jail as a playhouse, notes petty crimes, and features brief Middleport scenes including a river mystery, flowers, and ads.
Public notice announcing The Athens Messenger Information Bureau led by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington offers readers answers to questions. It specifies no legal medical or financial advice, asks for question, full name and address, and two cents for return postage with replies sent directly to the requester.
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing says National bank notes cost 0.155 each while United States notes and certificates cost 0.499. The Q&A covers mole eyes, world shipbuilding ranking, thinnest measurable film, Norway cod exports, Germany submarine losses, Java polygamy, and gas fumes dampness.
Paris officials seal phonograph records of France's top singers in the Paris Opera cellars. Initial storage began in 1907 with a second quota five years later. Future arrivals will be added, and seals forbid disturbance for a century.
Louis Keppens, a Belgian, is acquitted by the Allier tribunal of bigamy after testifying he believed his 1914 divorce request had been granted. He had since married a French woman in Moulins while his first wife remained. The two wives attended the trial and greeted the verdict with Keppens.
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