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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1923
Page
4
The article notes prosecutions in federal courts leading to imprisonment tied to mail fraud schemes. Horace J. Donnelly describes the gullibility of investors losing money to mail fraud and highlights postal service efforts. It also reports community updates and visits to local families and institutions.
A Thought for Today quotes Matthew 11 28 inviting the weary to come to Jesus for rest. The piece notes weariness may persist when rest is avoided and contrasts toil with restful relief.
Dr Paul Kammerer of Vienna argues dry evolution aided by prohibition. He cites inherited traits and education as making descendants better at avoiding liquor, suggesting strict enforcement could curb desire for alcohol in the next generation. He notes diet habits show easier change than other habits and urges strong enforcement.
Public records show that 2,112,293,644.19 dollars have been spent by the U S for World War veterans and their families excluding veteran paid costs and February 1920 bonus The figure implies taxpayers funded about half the government appropriations for 1922 and 1923.
The document states that estimated expenditures for veterans for the present fiscal year 1924 amount to 12.78 percent of the government’s total expenses for the year, illustrating the share of national spending devoted to veteran benefits.
Thomas A Edison and Henry Ford found an elderly fiddler in northern Michigan and brought him to East Orange New Jersey to record his music on phonographs. Jep Bisbee, over 80, plays old square dance tunes with youthful vigor, offering a glimpse into a bygone, tuneful era before jazz.
Washington reports expose a flood of mail fraud schemes duping the public. The piece details misrepresentation in oil stock promotions, fake universities selling degrees, contraband liquor routes, bogus cures, and counterfeit fraternal orders. It highlights gullibility, swindlers, and the Post Office Department’s ongoing crackdown.
A reflective June evening vignette in Athens features a lone observer recalling nature, a barefoot country girl driving home a cow, and a sudden clash as a stick strikes the animal while a sharp quote ends the scene. The narrator muses on beauty and a thwarted romance. Nearby concerns about a local money matter and a chicken crossing the road are briefly mentioned.
Mrs Caruther has twins a girl and a boy the newborns draw attention as energy and noise out of proportion. Ed Carpenter and Canaanville Pike members plan to join the Athens County Automobile Club and offer a dollar to pull a stuck driver from mud.
Poem notes community hope for Santa visit to Canaanville and praises Bill Baker for his tireless work building and boasting with steadfast will.
Local want ad seeks buyers for fresh cider. Seller claims high quality and reasonable price. No guarantees offered. Contact details not provided in the fragment.
A reader supplied excerpt presents a Q and A column covering diverse topics. It asks about Mrs. Lloyd George before marriage and her home, the wood of Christ’s cross, coffee adulteration tests, what oysters eat, the Fostoria High School Band, Baron DeKalb’s burial site, top balance while spinning, and a New Orleans figure nicknamed Saint Margaret.
Lottridge The Ohio Fuel and Gas Company laid a branch line from Stewart to the F. W. Chapman farm and meter installation occurred one day last week. They anticipate gas from six Shade River wells. Local residents visited and moved between several homes this Sunday including Mrs Laura Boggs and Catherine Allen and families across multiple addresses.
In Sandusky Ohio on December 1 the fishing boat Bachelor loaded with five truckloads of Canadian beer and whiskey was boarded by federal agents and the liquor seized after entering Sandusky bay from Lake Erie. Agents say the supply was to be delivered to local clubs and had been awaited for more than a week.
A local druggist markets Joint-Bease as a quick remedy for sore stiff and swollen joints. The advertisement promises instant absorption and quick relief by topical rubbing, claiming benefits for inflamed joints as well as congestion sore throat chest colds lumbago and neuralgia.
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