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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
4
Advertising rates on application at Home or Foreign offices with a nominal obituary charge and bank cards. Lists national representatives Hubert MH Ward at 226 Fifth Avenue New York and South Wabash Avenue Chicago for the service.
An eastern advertisement offers a woman's furniture for sale claiming poverty and debt. The piece shows a mother and mayor father in club life yet living beyond income, leaving the daughter dependent on charity. It asks what the parents would think if they could return tomorrow.
The federal commissioner of education says over 300000 American children lacked schooling last year due to no teachers. He notes 350000 teachers exist but more than half are substandard and calls for better salaries and training to avoid leaving youth without guidance.
A fragmentary column argues about blame for a world in crisis. It questions who caused war and cites a wealthy man as a potential culprit. The piece suggests haste harmed chances for compromise and reflects on responsibility across social groups.
A fragment reflects on a politician called the Kaiser who urged Germans to defend the world from ignorance and vice. It notes rich men’ s misdeeds yet acknowledges some good, and asks readers to name substantial achievements by politicians poets and workers.
A strong statement denounces politicians as the head of public offendings, portraying them as the upper class that makes fools of the people.
A succinct directive stressing choosing trustworthy guards and ensuring they carry strong bonding coverage with a reliable bonding company. The emphasis is on honesty and financial protection for security personnel.
A constable stops a driver for speeding at fifty miles per hour. The driver bets $2 he wasn’t speeding, dismissing the risk of a trial. The officer, accepting the wager, concedes the money and ends the confrontation.
A schoolteacher assigns three buttons to each boy to symbolize life liberty and happiness. After three days a pupil confesses he has two buttons representing life and liberty while happiness was sewn on his trousers by his mother.
A hopeful writer jokes that friends see Kipling in his prose while a stern editor points out the very punctuation marks that trigger the comparison. The exchange highlights how punctuation can shape perceived style.
Logan Ohio suffers a broad industrial downturn as all major shops close or cut hours. Hocking Valley railroad shops shut entirely with 4060 workers idle. operations expected to resume after January 1. Also notes two residents returning from Cincinnati for family weddings.
Attorney H M Whitecraft was a Columbus visitor on Tuesday for legal business.
Mr. and Mrs. Safety Hone shopped in Columbus on Tuesday. Mr. Chris Mock, a shop employee at the Hocking Valley railroad, visited Columbus the same day and is noted as the oldest man at the local terminal by service.
Miss Molly McBride the milliner traveled to Columbus on Tuesday for business related to her trade.
Will Henderson, a leading Logan road contractor and street paver, arrived in Columbus on Tuesday for discussions with the state highway department regarding ongoing projects and future work.
Mrs. B. C. McManigal and her daughter Miss Jessie are visiting Columbus for the Christmas holidays as guests of Mrs. Dr. Huffines, who is also her sister.
Mrs. Ella Smith says Eatonic saved her life and calls it the best stomach medicine. The tablet is taken after meals to ease acid stomach, relief pain, and prevent troubles from excess acid with a druggist’s guarantee.
The Athens Messenger article states the Information Bureau in Washington offers answers to questions for two cents postage. It clarifies it cannot give legal medical or financial advice and will not handle domestic disputes or research subjects. Send your question with full name and address and two cents stamps for return postage.
Questions and answers cover topics from travel records to suffrage, biology, cooking, hair colors, ocean depths, oxygen use in engines, and mile measurements. The standout fact notes a 1913 world circumnavigation record of 36 days 21 hours 86 minutes.
Ex mayor Ed Tristch was photographed in Columbus on Tuesday, signaling political activity in the city.
Columbus reports indicate Mayor Miller, a local official, traveled to the city on Monday for a business visit. The visit underscores ongoing municipal engagements and potential collaboration with Columbus leaders.
Mrs. Torkins teases her husband Charley as he explains the League of Nations. She jokes that politics are less costly than betting on horses while he pursues the topic each evening.
W H Lewis went with Al Cummins and Mrs Martha Cummins to San Francisco this week for Cummins to undergo an operation on Tuesday evening to remove a high school. The piece also includes a joke about a telephone booth and several trimmed quotes from local writers and readers.
In Washington a key Anti-Saloon League stance pushes for stronger enforcement and more laws to curb bootlegging and home brewing. Wayne B. Wheeler argues lawbreakers are traitors to society, while critics question home brewing enforcement and civil liberty limits.
The Hocking County Agricultural Society met with eleven directors. George Wright was named president, Wm. H. Hansel vice president, D. M. Soliday treasurer, and George Christman secretary. Premiums for Grange exhibits were increased to 100 dollars with 40 35 and 25 dollar divisions. playground equipment donated by the Rotary Club was to remain. Secretary salary raised to 400 dollars and treasurer to 40 dollars.
Mr and Mrs Fred Primmer visited relatives in Columbus Monday and Tuesday. Miss Nellie Allen spent Tuesday in Columbus with friends. Mr and Mrs Tom Mowery and John Mowery were pre Christmas shoppers in Columbus Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Claud Cupp went to Columbus Tuesday on a shopping expedition and visited friends.
The Elk aggregation led by Gene Belt performed to a capacity crowd at James Bros theatre in New Straitsville over two evenings. Local talent included singers, a female soloist, and blackface comedians with Bobby Gompf and Tony Cook among the cast. proceeds support B P O Elks 452 charity efforts for Christmas meals. Will Acker, once ill, has returned to the Weekly Republican as city editor.
County Clerk Thurman L. Morgan reports a surge in United States citizenship applicants for the January 12 examination with 21 slated to test. The group includes five Russians four Italians three English three Poles two Scots one Dutch one Syrian and one Turk. Fifty five Athens county foreigners on the waiting list are ineligible due to war status, with 46 Austrians among them. Petitions must be filed 90 days before the exam. The next test is set for June 8 1921.
London December 23 Premier Lloyd George urged a common agreement among nations to halt the dangerous armaments buildup. He told British delegates at Geneva that disarmament requires mutual action and warned that real peace cannot come while competition continues. He noted talks with the United States about restricting arms.
Cleveland team East Tech will meet Everett High of Everett, Washington, in an intersectional football game on New Year’s Day on the Pacific coast. Everett officials accepted the proposed game after approval.
Howard Frensdorff met a thug who was a good sport and saved $15. Frensdorff said Let’s split 60 50 when the man with the gun appeared. They did.
William Miller aged 60, inmate at Toledo State Hospital for the insane from Mercer County, was killed instantly by a freight train on the We bash railroad tracks near the hospital. He slipped on a rail while crossing a marsh where he set muskrat traps.
The state tax commission announced Ohio will receive $1,000 in inheritance taxes from the estate of the late Mrs. William Rockefeller wife of a brother of John Rockefeller.
The American Daily Standard, an evening paper, began publication in Chicago on Wednesday with a special Christmas edition. It promises to follow Christian principles and appeals for readers seeking a clean, unfettered newspaper for all members of the household.
Four men are known dead after an explosion in the No 2 packing mill at DuPont Powder Works in Moosic near Scranton. The deceased are Samuel Bowen Edward Croone Calvin Shotwell and one unidentified worker.
Crown forces occupied Dublin city hall and nearby municipal buildings on Wednesday in line with a Dublin Castle announcement. The takeover marks a decisive show of authority in the city center during ongoing security operations.
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