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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1922
Page
4
Frank Fox, a World War veteran, declared he was fighting for America and punched Harold Beglong in Lawrence Massachusetts. Beglong filed a case leading to Fox receiving a ten day sentence plus a $5 fine for intoxication.
The Athens city council asserts its rights to clear sidewalks from private encroachments, stating city streets extend to the property line and that use of city property by owners harms public welfare. The Messenger urges backing the move to free space for downtown traffic and industry, warning against private obstruction.
A leading observer argues the prolonged coal strike left miners and operators without clear gains. Despite idle months, production capacity exists to cover demand, and the public bears the brunt from fuel shortages and reduced consumption as prices and wages remain uncertain.
Dr. Donald Gregg of Wellesley Mass cites examples of waking numbness to show how people overreact to small issues. The piece contrasts facing big problems with unnecessary worry about trifling incidents.
The article defines worry as a psychopathic condition rooted in vanity and imaginary fears. It notes many patients are anxious without real illness and suggests reassurance helps. It also links excessive worry to endocrine activity from thyroid and adrenal glands, while calling worry a mental disorder and a nervous system leak.
A sprawling column from Logan reports on people seen around town, mentions Philip of Macedon, Kiwanis, a county fair, and local curiosities. It cites names like Charles Achaur, Frank Hood, Harry Story, and Rob, with notes on buses, a dog catcher, and a gun shoot. The piece blends social, civic, and humorous anecdotes from Athens and Logan.
Dr Gregg advises anxious individuals to control themselves and use will power to meet life’s problems calmly. Engaging in work or a hobby diverts the mind and helps forget worry, though it may return if activity stops. The brain can be trained to forget as it can be trained to remember, and worry is largely imagination.
Shorter days bring early darkness as residents remain cautious about security. A local observer recalls spotting a man in a cap talking through his hat, an odd detail that underscores heightened vigilance in the neighborhood after sunset.
A national park plan to mark Washington's Crossing the Delaware is proposed by Charles K. Hammitt. The plan envisions a midstream monument and a Memorial Bridge linking Pennsylvania and New Jersey, with state and federal funding and private memberships.
A poem titled The Telephone Girl portrays a sitter listening to voices from every aroga and knowing the joys sorrows troubles and strife of people. It notes she knows every man who talks mean to his wife.
The Athens Messenger announces an Information Bureau run by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington DC. Readers may mail plain questions with full name address and two cents for return postage. Replies are sent directly to the inquirer and the bureau does not give legal medical or financial advice.
The term pogrom derives from a Russian root meaning devastation and describes anti Jewish riots that began in 1881 and prompted the first major wave of Russian Jewish emigration to the United States.
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