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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1924
Page
4
Readable fragments indicate a local advertising firm listing in Chicago with partial address details and names. The text mentions 601 Fifenova News Tork ands Scots abash Avenue and references national advertising reps. Further specifics are unclear.
A brief devotional note shares two quotes about carrying one another's burdens and kindness. The first cites Galatians 6 2 and the second attributes to Goethe. The piece connects Christian mercy with social cohesion.
The piece argues that railroads cannot raise wages without raising rates and vice versa, noting farmer and laborer unity would threaten political power. It also shifts to social commentary on war era illness and the healing role of religion, suggesting spiritual care as a remedy for neurasthenia and related woes.
Georgia lawmaker Hal Wimberly names three books a should read list the Bible the hymn book and the almanac. Critics note varying value of the hymn book and Almanac while the critic aims at public libraries funding. The piece ponders whether the Georgia legislature agrees with the advocate.
Dr Samuel Eliot, head of the American Unitarian Association and Harvard president's son, discusses how the medical field now confronts nervous and mental illnesses with physical causes. He notes the era widens the doctor's role as people seek answers once found in religion, intensified by World War stress. Parents flood offices seeking cures despite no physical ailment.
A bored New York society figure Mrs. Morgan Belmont, a Newport leader, plans to run a personal shopping bureau at a Fifth Avenue store selling apparel to her circle. The piece suggests her move is to cure boredom, noting business appeals in American life and contrasting with the lure of newspaper work.
Swiss expedition plans to tackle Mount Everest using compact oxygen, ditching heavy gear. Leaders, climbers and logistics experts study English attempts and Eskimo-style acclimatization while preparing mule trains of Tibetan coolies and alpine camps for a staged ascent.
A reflection on postwar optimism and recurring conflicts. The piece notes Bulgaria’s prime minister urging peasants to revolt, a rising Red Army in Russia with an anticipated attack on Romania, and Mexico inviting 10 000 Jews to boost industry and prosperity per Calles. Davis campaigns for farmers with freight rate promises.
A Swiss expedition details extreme cloth ing and layered windproof gear used on Mt Everest. They describe a brutal post sunset gale that shattered tents, lifting the ground sheet, and forcing abandonment of four oxygen cylinders as the ascent failed.
A reader inquiry offer from The Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington D C invites questions with full name and address and two cents for return postage. It specifies no legal medical or financial advice and notes responses are sent to the inquirer.
A historical Q&A covers converting cubic lumber to board feet noting 219 cu ft per 1000 ft of seasoned unplaned lumber. It defines narcist as a self lover from Narcissus. It credits Major Patton with the invention of the informative double in Auction Bridge, while noting coal output in 1924 rose 13 percent. Shenandoah gets a powerful radio system installation at Lakewood NJ.
The item outlines technical queries about a shipboard wireless antenna and the Appian Way. It notes an efficient main transmitter antenna using 2000 feet of wire, plus a quiz on canned food consumption, Elgar’s career, and Rome’s Appian Way built by Appius Claudius.
Murray City Mrs Walter Frazee and children of Logan spend the week in Murray. Mrs Jon Brooker formerly of Murray City has a bruised hand. Mr William Weinfordner visited his daughter Mrs Ralph Hamer. Mr and Mrs Eddie Driggs welcomed a 100 pound boy. Two cars of youths enjoyed Sunday at Buckeye Lake. Names include Lorena Frazee Thelma Jaynes Anne Archer Miriam Slater Emily Rutherford Belle Shelton Ed Slater George Archer Lorenzo Lewis Robert Belle Lawrence Lewis. Mrs William Thomas returns from Pittsburgh after attending her aunt’s funeral. Mrs McIntyre reports on the B B CLUB meeting.
Henry Forsythe family held a farewell for a woman and her daughter Monday evening. A chicken supper followed with guests including Lizzie Lairson, Mary Shafer, Gold Huffman, and others. Several relatives visited over Sunday and recent shopping trips were reported in Columbus and Lancaster areas.
Burr Oak residents report the birth of a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Post of Hatfield. Margaret Wilson visited friends in Congo and New Lexington. Ellis Williams and Helen Post called on Grace Ivers. Cecil Dew hosted guests including Grant Post and Ernestine Ston. Rev. Snyder of Columbus to preach at Burr Oak Thursday and Friday. An ice cream supper was held at Burr Rew's Friday. Grace Ivers visited the Wilson home Monday. Haro Dew and Fred Ivers attended the funeral
The notice lists infant Kashler at Liberty Hill, the Buck Grove homecoming on August 24, and social visits. Grants Post visited Eva Ivera. Albert Wilson and Steldon Post, Boy Scouts, were summoned to Camp Perry for training. East Branch and Springfield guests are noted along with recent travels of Leather Post from Ohio University.
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