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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1923
Page
4
Athens observer notes Lancaster Camp Grounds draw vacationers for Christian, orderly leisure. Describes cottages, curfew, quiet nights, Bible study, and host of activities while recounting residents like Rev. leaders, Hammonds, and local names. Mentions Class Six chorus and upcoming weddings and events.
A short arts and ideas item presents two quotes for contemplation. The first praises justice judgment mercy and truth as guiding divine governance. The second offers a reflection that a life well lived extends one’s sense of existence through satisfying memories.
The author argues people neglect their bodies much as faulty machinery. He urges treating the body like an automobile or radio, urging chewing food, avoiding overexertion, and investing in health and knowledge. He notes the coal supply issue and urges summer stocking and careful budgeting.
The piece urges buying coal now to avert a prolonged idle period as the anthracite contract ends September 1. It also reports robust U.S. business health with strong sales, good wages, rising savings, and declining failures, while cautioning against collective worry that could choke prosperity.
The article argues that corn acreage and crop size dwarf wheat, making corn prices a stronger gauge of agricultural prosperity. With corn prices rising as wheat falls, corn-benefit effects reach farmers and corn-fed stock, benefiting the farming population overall.
The Alabama Senator Oscar W. Underwood launches his 1924 presidential bid during the summer of 1923. His campaign emphasizes three planks: foreign affairs, prohibition, and tariff reform, with a push to be the definitive southern candidate and to win northern votes through his stated principles.
A public notice describes The Athens Messenger Information Bureau offering questions and answers from Washington D C. It states no legal medical or financial advice and asks for the questioner’s full name and address with two cents postage. Replies go directly to the inquirer.
A collection of Q and A covers why mosquito bites itch differently due to saliva injections, the status of Germanys African possessions, nyctalopia and hemeralopia definitions, and Professor Einstein being 44 years old with a career in Zurich Berlin and science.
A sequence of pairs with ages and residences appears, naming individuals such as Lester Fugene Wycuff 21 of Columbus, Emma Lavada Lee 20 of Athens R D 8, and others including Kenneth Gunderman 26 and Nellie Marzius 24. The list includes trades and towns across Athens, Nelsonville, Grove City, Glouster, and Covington in Kentucky with various referees.
In Village-Plainfield Connecticut on August 13 the street cleaner lamplighter and one cat remain as 898 residents take a week off to the mountains or coastal shores.
Charleston West Virginia August 13 Charges against Colonel Jackson Arnold superintendent of state police include liquor parties in his private office with women and alleged acts of immorality. Also alleged are failure to account for fees, sale of seized firearms for personal use, misappropriation of state property and using police to run his private automobile and home duties.
William Cain a 45 year old land agent near Hebbardsville was bound over to the grand jury on a charge of assault and battery after a preliminary examination. He was arrested Thursday by Sheriff McKinley and Constable Mariner for allegedly attacking Nellie Bumgardner 15 at her parents home The Plains about ten days ago. Cain was identified by neighbor Roland Breaker and Nellie Bumgardner herself and was bound over under a $500 bond.
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