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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
4
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Charles M Schwab urges trusting Europe by exchanging raw materials for securities representing production. Herbert Hoover echoes the call for balancing trade with investments abroad while protecting American citizens and capital. He warns against unchecked foreign securities and stresses global productivity and intercontinental markets.
In Chicago for the Illinois fund drive for European hungry children Hoover proposes that residents treat the 3.5 million starving youngsters as invisible guests. He argues hospitality should spread beyond Chicago and Illinois to include the needy in every Christmas celebration and urges local groups to redirect part of their costs to the relief fund.
Austen Chamberlain, English chancellor of the Exchequer, says unpaid interest on American loans to England totals 314 million dollars. He provides no timeline for arrears or principal reduction of about 4.2 billion dollars. Americans must fund interest and allied loan costs through taxation. A Christmas note suggests decorative greenery by wrapping chandeliers with greenbacks.
Ed Howe argues that progress for the inferior man hinges on self-help and industry. He praises the self-made worker from poor origins, notes democracy enables rise through merit, and criticizes inherited wealth and snobbery while highlighting history of successful men who started poor.
Mrs. Nurich overhears a hostess describe an ancestor mansion. In a marble bust exchange Mrs. Nurich asks about Marcus Aurelius and if it is the old or new marquis. A man muses on a dream of a cozy home and warns against marriage with a quip about waking up.
At a mess dinner Major Binks recalls taming an oyster in Boggleywallah that followed him like a dog and sat beside him with its shell open. The joke ends as a friend swallows the oyster and the Major vows not to have another pet, prompting a wry quip from the colonel.
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A reader quiz covers topics from national cemeteries funding to Brazil’s constitution, vacuum transmission of light, Greenland’s northern city, Bible languages, Hawaii climate, domestic servants, fifty four forty or fight, penny minting, and the Quaker hat. The War Department cites 83 cemeteries with a 1921 maintenance appropriation of 250000 dollars.
Torch Worthy Beckley arrived home Wednesday from the hospital at Parkersburg. S. I. Baker’s friends note his improvement after a recent injury while loading lumber. Mrs. Elmer Mauck visited Coolville. Local social mentions include visits among Beckley, Bing, Jones, Dunfee, and Loomis households. A birth is reported for L Seeman on December 13.
Tweed Collins who died suddenly at his home Sunday was honored with funeral services at the Baptist church Wednesday morning conducted by Rev. Wilson. The service reflected on Collins life and his family received condolences from friends and neighbors.
Police establish special guard over Oberlin College boarding houses after several rooms are robbed. Jewelry cash and clothing totaling several hundred dollars were stolen.
Chicago experts report men increasingly visit beauty parlors and use corsets to alter appearance. Miss Helen Smith notes eyebrows and nails receive attention while Madame Jeanne L. Stiver cites plastic surgery for dimples. Managers say fat men seek corsets to slim their waists.
The Poston Consolidated Coal Company petitions for a restraining order and equity relief against Eben Gillespie and Pantha N Pratt after Gillespie barred entry to a ventilating shaft in a Dover township mine. Millfield Coal and Mining Co owns the land and coal rights. the defendants claim they acted within their rights to repair the shaft.
Bethany Mr and Mrs Leslie Petty and son Rodney visited the latter s mother Mrs Hanah Chalfant in Carthage. Everett Ross was a Parkersburg business visitor recently. Mrs Amy Frost returned home from Canaanville. Clyde Richardson was at Coolville on Monday. Clarence Petty was in Athens on Tuesday. Rev John Barness preached on the Chester circuit.
Stewart Johnson and Mrs. Leanore Smith visited relatives in town last week. Athens guests included Mrs. G H Daugherty, Mrs. Charles McBee and Jereldine McBee, and Louise Laughlin. Parkersburg visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hatch and W B Montgomery. Ben Smith of Logan and others were seen locally. An M E Sunday school officer election named Guy Pierce as Superintendent and Eva Norris as assistant. Chattanooga tourist G A Daugherty visited family. Minnie Burke was hospitalized in Parkersburg then returned home in a dangerous condition. Athens visitors included Mrs. Wade Deane and her son Pay.
Last Friday at the Athens Opera House the Athens Dramatic Club presented Everybody's Friend to raise funds for the poor. Severe weather kept attendance low, but those present praised the performances led by Emmit Tompkins and supported by Kate Stewart Lizzie Bayard Sadie McManigal and others. The show closed with the farce Peace and Quiet and the troupe thanks H M Ambrose and Col Rempel for courtesies during their stay dated March 30 1876.
Logan reports William Phelps, an inmate at the county home, died Tuesday after a period of illness. He was over 70 years old.
Leota Marie Bailey aged one year, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Bailey, residing west of Rockbridge, died Sunday from meningitis.
Rempel National Bank acquired the Wright lot and plans an imposing structure early next season. Superintendent and Mrs Ridgley celebrate the birth of a son and heir last Sabbath, adding joy to home life.
The D A will host a roast supper in Jr O U A M Hall on Saturday December 18 from 4 to 7. An army field clerk will be at the Red Cross rooms Friday and Saturday to issue victory medals. bring discharge papers. This is the last call.
The Dominical Republic officially adopts the metric system for weights and measures, replacing traditional units. The move aims to standardize trade and scientific work nationwide.
Officials at the Ohio Experiment Station note lower grass seed prices allow more attention to grasses and hay crops. Last year red clover alfalfa and alsike seeds were expensive for general farm use. The report highlights the need for more clover acreage to boost soil improvement in Ohio.
An electrically operated vacuum device for dental use has been patented. The invention describes a compact appliance meant to aid in dental procedures and oral hygiene by providing suction.
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