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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1922
Page
4
A garbled OCR fragment shows an assortment of classified items including ads for services, jobs, real estate, livestock, and legal notices. Names such as Robt Brin and a few scattered terms suggest a stale mixed-page listing with no clear single event.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at an air show or aviation segment with technical notes and unclear attribution. The readable portion mentions Aut and Spo, but lacks concrete events, dates, or participants to identify a full news item.
Subscription rates listed for carrier weekly and yearly amounts, with Ohio and outside Ohio pricing. All subscriptions require advance payment and are discontinued at expiration.
The article discusses proposals to end tax exemptions on state and municipal bonds, noting how tax free securities help the rich avoid federal levies and deprive funds from productive use. It questions whether a federal amendment will pass state approvals and whether Sixteenth Amendment power already enables taxation of such incomes. It also mentions evolving farming expertise among women.
The Woman's National Farm and Garden conference in Chicago drew representatives from across the country. Talks covered community rural county work, youth at Tillcrest School in Massachusetts, and city planning, highlighting a shift from household labor to practical farming and gardening driven by wartime patriotism.
Prophetic notes from Steinmetz about future energy and food shortages. He envisions storing sunlight to grow food in barren areas and fuel economies as coal wanes. Shapley doubts Mars habitability while Venus may harbor life. Ford links marriage to personal investment and success, urging early family formation as a spur to earnings.
The Supreme Court delivers a plain language opinion in New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company v Fruchter and related case. Justice McReynolds recounts a boy eight years old who climbed a dangerous bridge to chase a bird and was burned by a live wire, reversing a verdict and remanding for further proceedings.
A daily diary style recap from Athens Ohio recounts personal notes on illness, local chatter, and Christmas ads. The writer visits trains, depots, and shops, mentions Allen from Gloucester delivering goods, Woolworth style talk on waves and Wanamaker ads, and a humorous chimney bet among locals. Local Legion news notes Clara Phillips jail escape and ex soldier reflections. A special Christmas suggestions column for Pomeroy and Middleport debuts tomorrow.
An information bureau advertises a Q and A service for readers seeking answers. It provides instruction to send a full name address and two 2-cent stamps for return postage. The notice states it offers information but cannot give legal medical or financial advice and directs inquiries to Washington D C.
A quiz item proposes a 20 member Marine Band style division with 12 bugles or trumpets, 7 snare drums, 1 bass drum and cymbals. It asks for the proper proportion and the difference between options.
A quirky old Nelsonville tale tells of Silas Sloup who makes no sound while eating soup. In a bygone saloon incident several men made a curious wager with the proprietor that drifts through local lore.
The text surveys the Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead Act enforcement, cites murder statistics and execution rates, and presents quizzes on history and biography. It includes questions and answers about Indian head pennies, E P Oppenheim’s age, adjective comparison, Caesar's phrase, and early women ministers.
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