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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1921
Page
4
Bond prices of all descriptions rise with Liberty issues leading the advance. State municipal and corporate securities gain as volumes grow, with municipal issues approaching one billion for the year. Four Canadian provinces market seven million dollars on this side of the border and the market remains firm with rising prices and ample funds for investment.
The Interstate Commerce Commission report shows 1920s rail safety progress with a 44 percent rise in passengers but fatalities dropping from 299 to 229 per year, while employee deaths fell. Crossing crashes rise, blamed on automobile traffic. calls for motorists to reform as railroads did.
A child’s mock gun play highlights lack of firearm etiquette and the risk of real harm. The piece argues early instruction in safe handling is essential to prevent accidents during hunting season and to avoid deadly outcomes from careless actions.
A columnist argues society must recognize the true significance of guns and prevent child access. The piece stresses that no child should have a gun for play, and calls on responsible elders to teach proper gun safety.
After Dinner Stories recounts Boy Scouts sharing helpful acts for a visiting city schoolteacher. A boy says he helped an old lady across the street and bought water for the teacher, then quips a scout is always courteous.
The government campaigns against hoarding money and reports broad public compliance. profiteers wholesalers and trademen back the effort while the consumer who hoards a dime is likened to a vaudeville magician performing tricks with money.
Kansas City motorist finds a $300 diamond stick pin in a punctured tire. New York actress goes west and undergoes a facial alteration to look like a fresh beauty suitable for films. A light jab on beauty choruses and hats contrasts with Russia’s pressmen threatening strikes over demanding work pace.
A 12 year old Scottish boy Jackie Schumacher faces forced return to Scotland as American officials press deportation. The piece condemns Ellis Island practices, detailing families torn apart by rules on feeblemindedness and constitutional inferiority, and criticizes funding limits and enforcement.
Athens County notes recount a Amesville gathering hosted by F. W. Gibson described as the finest of its kind. The event featured waist measurements, neighborly chatter, and playful pokes at local figures, with Mrs. Abrigal and the narrator enjoying a country social scene.
Readers may send questions to The Athens Messenger Information Bureau Frederic J Haskin Director Washington D C for two cents or return postage. The service answers purely informational questions and does not provide medical legal or financial advice.
The text lists questions and answers on topics including municipal commission government adoption in U S cities, magnet life, Big Dipper stars, fur in captivity, wallpaper soiling from steam radiators and government money from destroyed currency, plus farmers using picric acid for land clearing.
Ulster cabinet authorized 5700 special constables to protect life and property amid Sinn Fein outrages. Premier Craig told Ulster Parliament that Ulster will not be to blame if peace negotiations fail, and he said Lloyd George proposed an all Irish parliament which would give Sinn Fein a majority. Craig said Al stee will not have it and Ulster will not submit to a Sinn Fein government.
Broadwell Belford Colvin visits relatives then returns home to Marion on Saturday. Miss Zuella Knowlton visits New Marshfield with her parents. Alex Parsons resigns as mail carrier. Arch McCune takes the route. Tee of Sugar Creek returns home to work. Leonard Ogg Carl Ogg E E White and Ray Preest travel to Palos mine. B T Seaman William Colvin Allison Driggs W P Haybrow and Tom Metcalf fix bachelor quarters at Lathrop. Bernard White shoots a large black snake. Dean Davis and Archie Rathburn suffer a serious spill near Meigs county while moving Rathburns goods. they crash between Albany and Athens. both ejected through cab window. truck damaged. goods smashed. The driver notes a hit and run by a passing vehicle.
A compact record notes Benjamin F. Wade entering the U S Senate in 1851, death of former congressman Alexander Harper at Zanesville in 1860, the Cincinnati suspension bridge opening to foot traffic in 1866, Episcopal General Convention gathering in Cleveland in 1889, and former U S Representative Elihu Williams dying at Troy in 1908, born in Clark County January 24, 1836.
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