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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1920
Page
4
USCC IEN lists advertising rates on application for both home and foreign offices. Obituary notices and bank cards incur nominal charges. National advertising reps are Robert & Ward located at 225 Fifth Avenue New York City and South Wabash Avenue Chicago.
The article argues that postwar readjustment lowers demand and raw material prices, collapsing production in mills and factories. It notes farmers lose purchasing power, wheat prices fall, and unemployment rises as manufacturers cut output. It urges prudent spending, resumed buying, and broader wage-earning recovery. It questions social attitudes toward saving and success.
The piece explains depreciation as the loss in value of assets over time. It shows how a $1000 car ends at $300 after three years, creating a $700 depreciation charge. It notes similar wear in inventories, utilities, and equipment, and links depreciation to the fixed charges behind replacements.
The speaker argues poverty is not legally oppressed but socially aided toward education and advancement. He notes the poor often rise to wealth through industry and good habits, while children of the affluent may fail due to spoiled upbringing, citing Edward Bok's book as support. He suggests those who rise from poverty drive modern social pressure against the poor.
The excerpt argues that a mob seizing a city and burning property gives some people a thrill. It questions the share who enjoy destruction and warns that many would be surprised by the true proportion. It suggests strong emotions tied to damaging large institutions.
Two Black travelers on a hot day wish for cool relief and abundant ice cream. A playful exchange ends with a retort about laziness. A parental chat follows about their son Harold who harms siblings, prompting the remark that he should become a dentist.
The piece notes how d'Annunzio gained poet fame after a bold editor rejected his manuscript. It contrasts reformers blaming smoke for tobacco with a pessimistic reader quipping about a needle and gramophone. The column reflects on expectations and wit about modern culture.
Frederic J. Haskin reports from Washington on Raymond B. Fosdick’s analysis of crime in the United States. He argues American crime rates surpass Europe by wide margins and blames overbearing laws and unenforceable moral codes for fueling lawbreaking.
The piece argues American intolerance for authority leads to overregulation of private conduct. It notes laws against kissing and cosmetic use, estimating 16 000 statutes across levels, impossible to enforce, and claims the result is a chaotic liberty where personal freedom erodes under excessive rule.
The Athens Messenger publishes a request for readers to submit questions to the Information Bureau near Washington. It notes the bureau will provide information but not legal medical or financial advice and will not settle domestic troubles. Send question with full name address and two cents for postage.
A reader Q and A on language and etiquette covers how to say suit and suite, the City of Churches nickname for Brooklyn, peeling onions, silent partners in firms, Christmas card origins, visible planets, addressing a physician's wife, and counts of US theatres and movie houses.
A Philadelphia woman patents a sheet of paper perforated so it tears into two cuff protectors for a desk worker. The invention combines utility and novelty as a portable, disposable accessory.
Federal census figures show Athens county farms harvested fewer acres in 1919 than 1909 in corn hay and potatoes but more corn wheat and hay bushels per acre. Corn yields rose by 49 767 bushels wheat by 96 834 bushels hay by 962 while potatoes fell by 57 646 bushels over the decade.
Latrobe residents report visits from Mrs. Del Morrison of Stewart and Mrs. Audry Tombaugh of Athens. T. E. Fitch visited Athens, and Grace Morrison joined Mrs. E. D. Morrison in Parkersburg shopping. The Dille family moved from the local property, now occupied by the Lemasters. Others include Mildred Fitch improving after illness, Harry Carlton visiting from Athens, and relief agent Raymond Houser of Frankfort at the B and O depot.
Garnet Mae Day born September 25 1904 in Black Fork Ohio died December 6 1920 at The Plains aged 16 years 2 months 11 days. Daughter of John and Pearl Day she grew up on The Plains with a sunny disposition and strong faith in Christ joining the M E church at fourteen. Survived by father mother four sisters and grandparents with one brother earlier gone.
Broadwell Bernard Alexander and family moved from Utley to Broadwell last week. David Colvin and family moved into Frank Roberts property. Albert White and family took rooms in the Wotman building behind the depot. Dessie White returns from Crooksville with blood poisoning in her hand improving. Ben Dailey of Pomeroy becomes chief engineer for the Utley mine. Colvin, former chief, resigned and plans to winter in Florida. Road promoters failed to start the old Bern township tractor project Thursday. they offered coal oil gasoline and ether but it wouldn’t start.
Expresses heartfelt gratitude for medical care and floral offerings. Mentions undertaker Mr Stout and Mr and Mrs John Day and family for support.
Washington lawmakers prepare for a final vote on Representative Johnson’s immigration suspension bill. A preceding roll call will decide if the suspension period is fixed at one of two options.
Congressman Foster introduces a bill to pay all pensions monthly instead of quarterly and refers it to the committee on pensions. The committee has promised consideration and action on the measure.
An old advertisement extols Bayer Aspirin tablets urging readers to follow package directions and trust physician tested dosages. It claims safety for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism ear and toothache lumbago and pain with inexpensive ten tablet tins and larger packs available from druggists.
Lawmakers plan a public hearing to hear supporters of a proposed bill. Mr Foster aims to move the bill forward and have it enacted during the current session.
The Messenger Athens classified column markets used cars with daily listings. Readers are invited to consult the Automobile Advertisements to find rebuilt automobiles and a wide selection of vehicles for sale in Athens.
Washington D. Vanderlip, 54, American mining engineer, signed with the Soviet government a contract granting all commercial rights in Kamantich worth about 3 billion dollars. The deal becomes effective only if the United States resumes trade with Russia, with Vanderlip planning to influence opinion through public outreach. France and Britain are mentioned as moving toward trade talks with the USSR.
The parents of Trina Hannanberg, who vanished with Rev. Cornelius Densel, are suspended from the First Netherlands Reformed Church in Passaic New Jersey. No action has been taken against the pastor yet.
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