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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1920
Page
2
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The piece urges December budgeting over January and calls for planning not only finances but time for useful work, recreation, study, and rest. It promotes allocating quiet, restorative hours for the soul in homes, churches, or nature, arguing withdrawals are essential to any plan’s value.
The piece lauds the builders as using every legal trick to evade a legislative inquiry, but the court ultimately orders their records produced as admissible evidence. It argues no person or group stands above the state, and that the people, through honest officials, hold ultimate power and must vote wisely to avoid flawed leadership.
The article notes Great Britain owes the United States about 4.2 billion dollars and Russia owes Britain about 2.8 billion. If London refuses to settle with Washington until others pay, the US must seek repayment from Russia, a prospect uncomfortable for Americans though Britain may avoid appearing as sponsor. It argues that Europe paying interest would ease American taxpayers' burden.
Reformer speaks of wrongs, noting pre French Revolution conditions were bad. He argues those conditions do not prevail today.
The speaker argues that old hierarchies persist yet taxes shift toward the wealthy while the poor pay little. References to pre revolutionary abuses, Lincoln, and public rights are used to claim agitators exaggerate suffering and inequality.
The remark argues that some men rely on public support and, if politics falters, turn to lodge work church activities or charitable roles for wages. It highlights a pattern of seeking stipends through voluntary service rather than sustained political success.
The piece argues that congressional pork spending burdens taxpayers less than Louis XV’s luxury house, noting the modern U S has many masters each with a private court, unlike the single French ruler.
A tale of an agitator speaking wildly about endless words and a listener’s quip. An American tourist in Edinburgh dismisses relics, then jokes about a passing iron bar being a kitchen poker for a new hotel nearby.
Elaine Hammerstein returns from Selznick studio to find the cook off and a friend invites her to play bridge. She declines saying she must stay home and play Bridget.
A Kentucky pharmacist faces charges after selling sticky flypaper as porous plasters, elevating the substitution crime to state attention. The case centers on mislabeling and deceptive medical aid sales, prompting regulatory scrutiny.
Washington December 6 We are told that price declines are slow to reach the consumer and that a chain of losses travels from manufacturers to retailers to workers. As unemployment grows prices may fall, but many suffer as the process intensifies. The apple and wheat cases illustrate the hardship for farmers workers and the consumer alike as distribution firms push costs down the line while regaining profits. The piece warns that the economic imbalance harms the broad public even as it promises eventual relief.
The National City Bank of New York reports 1920 U S auto and parts exports totaling about 365 million dollars for the year with December still to be counted. Exports averaged a million dollars daily and reached customers in more than a hundred countries from Azerbaijan to Zanzibar and beyond. The 1900–1920 total stands at 1.25 billion dollars and 650 thousand machines.
Detroit police uncovered an international auto theft ring. Carl Werner received a two year term at the house of correction while A C Barseden and W J Halpin will serve time at Leavenworth. Earl Lynn and Albert Hughes pled guilty and are held on 10000 dollar bonds. John Galbro held on 5000 dollars after refusing to plead. Six co-defendants remain indicted.
Chicago December 8 Judge Samuel Alschuler denied a blanket wage increase proposal of one to two dollars a day for packing house workers. He did grant temporary increases totaling about five million dollars in added wages for certain worker classes this year. Each eligible employee will gain about 1.25 dollars weekly on average and receive 25 to 31.50 dollars from the award. Minimums were set at 61 cents an hour for yard special classes and 57 cents for machine movers.
Mickey Shannon of Pittsburg died in a city hospital from a fractured skull suffered in the sixth round of a bout with Al Roberts of Staten Island in Jersey City last night.
John Steidl of Cleveland Ohio was sentenced to six months in the workhouse for carrying a joke too far after being charged with grand larceny. Detective Hartman testified Steidl stole a suit claiming it was a joke and carried it fifteen blocks before being caught. Judge Bernon described the act as excessive restraint of humor.
The Athens Messenger announces an information bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington DC. It offers to answer questions but not legal medical or financial advice and will not settle domestic matters. readers must include full name address and two cents in stamps for return postage.
A mixed set of questions covers presidential campaign nominees in 1900 and 1908, Alsike clover origins and traits, Jews in the U S Army during World War I, moisture on windows and ventilation, mixing cement for brown hues, unmarried insanity asylum patients, largest grapes and glasshouse cultivation, and the first paid admission baseball game in 1859.
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle substitute for calomel that cleanses the blood and purifies the system. It claims the tablets act on the bowels and liver, providing relief from bad breath without harsh effects or griping.
Major Maurice Talbot-Crosby, grandson of the Earl of Glenalough, outlines his role in forming the Cork volunteers and their early growth to 3000 men. He recounts attempts to enlist Irishmen in the British army, Redmond’s refusal, and the decision to join the army with Irish men while flag rights were rejected. He notes later 1916 rebellion ended Cork enlistments.
Four Ohio congressmen elect align with Senator Smoot in backing an immediate embargo on wool to aid farmers. General John Speaks and colleagues say action is urgent as 10,000,000 pounds of virginal wool sit unsold in Columbus and imports threaten prices and the wool industry.
Bankers and dealers report a 15 to 20 percent decline in central Ohio farm land values over six months. They warn further declines as crops are sold and note land sales have averaged 200 to 300 dollars per acre for the past three years, with richer bottoms commanding higher prices. A notable sale involved 4000 acres of the Houston farms near South.
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