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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1924
Page
3
A compact reflection contrasts biblical and literary wisdom on debt. It cites Psalm 37 21 about the wicked borrowing and not repaying and Emerson noting the borrower runs in his own debt, framing a moral note for readers.
A New Yorker sues William Ingram of England for 5500 over a Little Tobago island sale. The case highlights bargains at 10000 for a tropical paradise once said to hold 600 birds f par adise, with only 12 found. The item riffs on island ownership as ultimate escape from civilization.
The piece notes gasoline remains cheap despite war era oversupply and high consumption. It argues refiners benefit from low prices and strong consumer sentiment, predicting prices will rise as supply tightens and government actions loom.
The U S Navy Hydrographic Office gathers and distributes nautical warnings through the Daily Memorandum Weekly Hydrographic Bulletin and Pilot s Chart to aid mariners worldwide. It exchanges information with foreign authorities and maintains contact with over 6000 ship officers to report dangers such as derelicts currents and changes to lights buoys and channels.
Stonington Conn John Kelso emerges as champion with a 2 1 2 pound plant and larger heads weighing around 2 pounds each. His lettuce field displays plants spreading across a six foot circumference area.
A reader service from The Athens Messenger offers answers to questions via the Information Bureau in Washington. It details that advice on legal medical and financial matters is not provided and requests the inquirer's full name address and two cents for return postage.
A Chicago Crime Commission survey shows nearly 70 percent of prison inmates are repeaters with multiple prior convictions. Judge Talley calls the U S the most lawless nation and notes youth drives crime, while warning stagnation worsens social ills across Western frontier areas.
A columnist recounts a London visit to Pulitzer's villa with a British Duke descendant, joking about woodcock and wine in Italy. The piece riffs on prohibition, manners, and Italian wine culture, then shifts to U S election talk. It notes electoral college doubts, La Follette viability, and Socialist labor party speculation, ending with a cautious hope for future unity.
The Mayflower life saving package includes Kap jack life jackets for 186 to 200 persons, automatic lighted life buoys, a constant lookout, a non sinkable surf boat with life jackets, seven other boats with two cork life buoys each, and matching rescue gear. Additional Q A items cover Nietzsche pronunciation and philosophy, Eritrea, the French Academy, education for the blind, Woolworth stores, and a note on wheat prices affecting England.
A restrained remark cites a folk saying about exuberance and sterility, reflecting a cautious sentiment on national temper and potential growth. The quotation hints at social or political restraint in the face of upheaval, offering a wry, period voice on public mood.
McArthur will host Point Pleasant of West Virginia Sunday at 3 P M Eastern time. Local social notes include Miss Elsie Dickerscheid of Cincinnati visiting her brother Richard Dickerscheid and family. Hazel Warehime spent time with friends in Nelsonville. Mrs B W Hays was a business visitor at Wellston Thursday. William Baumgartner of Wellston was a business visitor here Wednesday. Mrs Virginia Westfall of Hamden visited Wednesday with Mrs Frank Webb and relatives.
Miss Anna Coultrap visits Miss Lavinia Warner in Athens. The Graves reunion will be held September 7 at the Sanford Darby farm, three miles west of Allensville. Partial primary results in Vinton County list Legislature winners A J Martindill and John Hopkins, plus county offices winners. John Chatfield buys a new Essex from W s Agency at Wellston.
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