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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1920
Page
4
The piece extols Christmas as a season of generosity and tenderness despite hardship. It counters cynicism, noting memories of childhood joy and the urge to give. It foresees a hopeful year with growing peace and a divine impatience with war shaping daily life.
The note claims prohibition propaganda gains traction in Canada, Mexico, and Cuba. It questions whether success abroad would push the United States to act to secure its liquor supply.
The article notes that an unusually large crop of nuts is seen this year, describing it as unsurprising to discerning readers. It emphasizes the broad occurrence of bumper nut production.
The report notes that every key statesman involved in the armistice era now finds himself sidelined and questions how much longer Lloyd George can hold power. The fate of the postwar leadership era remains unsettled.
Greeks protest Constantine's return and insist on the costly luxury of 50 payments, arguing they should enjoy it regardless of expense.
The remark notes that cheap meat often costs farmers more in other foods and farming costs, implying shoppers see lower prices at sale but farmers face higher expenses in other goods and inputs.
A Cincinnati man, Ignatius W. Goldfoogle, celebrates his ninety years after inventing the street car strap and earning wide respect. The column features humorous asides on magazine heroes, dancing parties, amusement parks, and a bus top ride, reflecting playful opinions on wealth and social norms.
A reflective observation on human virtue noting that people praise animals for their traits while no man ever reaches total approval. The passage contrasts how dogs pigs and horses receive praise for performance with the claim that a truly satisfactory man does not exist.
A reflection on oversight improving outcomes as individuals entrust tasks to others. The text argues that handing over duties unguarded yields less favorable results than when the overseer is monitored and checked, ensuring the agent performs at their best.
The passage questions a claimed Franklin saying about civilized societies depress ing the masses to exalt the few. It notes misattribution and argues civilization should serve the many, not the few, with reference to philosophers and timeless aims of civilization.
A woman explains she ended a romance by pleading indirect heartbreak through a rose filled by decorating the house. Her friend asks how she did it and she reveals the tactic was to use roses to signal her lack of love. The tale centers on avoiding direct rejection while sparing the other feelings.
A village curate asks Lady Mary to buy raffle tickets for a pauper fisherman. She agrees then humorously asks what one does with the fisherman if he is won, turning the moment into lighthearted village whimsy.
A mother notes her son Jimmy behaved angelically during a country visit with aunt, then返ans when home. Jimmy replies that home is where behavior matters, and questions why goodness is tied to location.
A Black man with a wounded head visits a doctor. The doctor scolds him about bad company. He replies he cannot get a divorce due to lack of money.
A teacher commands Mary to discard gum in the waste basket. Mary balks, explaining it is her mother’s gum and she fears being punished at home if she returns without it.
The article warns against radium wastage, noting vast amounts used in luminous watch dials value about $300,000 yearly. It compares radium to mesotherium as a cheaper alternative and discusses longevity, uses in medicine, safety, and global sources including the United States, Bohemia, and Australia.
Little pitchblende found. radium now mainly from carnotite. Canary yellow carnotite occurs with fossil wood and bones in soft sandstone. Experimental drilling finds ore up to 60 feet deep, expanding potential resources. Mining is exacting and laborious with a firm stating a dozen ore cars yield a thimbleful of radium. Desert sites lie far from rail and water. burro trains carry supplies.
A new club organized by local sportsmen in Logan may be named Pinerock Country Club. Founders include Carl James Paul Dolli son Anthony Cook Mon Cook Dr C C Lyons John Michel W P Wetherill R O Dollison and Geo Schwenke.
Members acquire two tracts totaling 18 acres from the Dillon heirs on Black Jack and convert the land into an ex cellent hunting camp. A 90 foot dam will form a lake a half mile long and stocked with fish. A remodeled cabin serves as a hunting lodge amid rocky pine hills, promising enjoyable sport and vacation moments.
The church will burn the mortgage Sunday morning January ninth with Bishop Anderson presiding and preaching. Festivities begin with celebratory services during the week starting Sunday January second.
The Logan charity event last night drew a large attendance at the Gage garage. The Rotary club supervised the ball with Dr. E. E. Campbell, Fred Koppe, and Ed Eberst on the committee. The Elk’s orchestra played fine dance music as dancing ran from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Trainmen on the river division report a perceptible slackening in through freight after four or five years of rushing, while noting higher wages in recent months. This contrast highlights a slowing flow of traffic alongside fatter pay envelopes for crews.
Harry Ambrose Jr arrived home for the Christmas holidays. He is a student at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend Indiana.
Misser Marjorie Fox and Ruth Rochester, Notre Dame co-eds, return home for holiday vacation to their parents Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fox and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rochester.
Frank Blastus Jr arrives from Notre Dame University South Bend Indiana for Christmas break visiting family in Ina.
James Fox, 12, son of Mr and Mrs Paul Fox, suffered a severe ankle cut when a hatchet slipped during wood cutting. The contusion kept him at home.
Joe Brown who had run the ticket office for years at Hocking Valley railway is moved to the freight department. Leo Fox takes over the ticket office position.
Mr Melvin Harbarger arriving home Wednesday for a holiday visit with his parents Mr and Mrs James Harbarger in West Hunter Street Cincinnati Conservatory of Music student.
Miss Elizabeth Rempel is in Columbus spending several days and Christmas with her sister Mrs. Harry Q. Wasson.
Mrs Roy Crawford and her sons Joe and Harold left Thursday evening for Marietta and Parkersburg to spend the Christmas holidays with numerous relatives.
Miss Nina Barton arrives in Logan for a month long visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Ernest Barton on Mound Street following travel from Independence Kansas.
Wednesday evening the 1400 Logan public school pupils began their Christmas vacation. Schools do not resume until Monday January 3 1921.
Will Leh man and George Shaffer of the river division service are taking a vacation of several days spent with their families.
Billy Loomis comes home from O U to spend Christmas with his parents Mr and Mrs Roy Loomis on North Canal Street in Athens.
Miss Katherine Pettit a Denison University student is home for the holidays with her parents Judge and Mrs. O E Pettit of East Malin Street.
Miss Mary Pettit a Conneaut teacher spends her two week Christmas vacation with her parents Judge and Mrs O E Pettit.
Misses Josephine Weubben and Mildred Ewing, O. A. students at Athens, are home for the holiday season.
Clare Erwin of Columbus arrived in Logan Thursday noon to spend Christmas with her parents Mr. and Mrs J P Erwin.
Misses Mary Thurness and Freda Cohen O U students are at their city homes for holiday vacation visiting their parents Mr and Mrs D V Thurness and Mr and Mrs Marcus Cohen. Miss Gertrude Stracke of Detroit arrived home today to spend Christmas with her parents Mr and Mrs Fred Stracke in Riverdale. Charley Kleinschmidt arrived home today from New Straitsville to spend over Christmas with his family in North street.
Mr and Mrs Harry Yontz visit Columbus for the weekend and Christmas with his parents Mr and Mrs Charley Yontz on Mound street in a family gathering.
Mrs Warren Lanning and her sons Wilbur and John travel to Florida to spend the winter as Mrs Lanning has been in poor health for some time.
Miss Effie Price departed Thursday evening for Columbus to stay several days with her sister Mrs. Hotchkiss.
Mr and Mrs A E B Cutliph welcome a baby boy born Thursday morning weighing eight and a half pounds. The mother is convalescing nicely and friends celebrate the first arrival at the Cutliph home.
The Athens Messenger advertises an information bureau by Frederic J. Haskin offering readers questions answers. It states no advice on legal medical or financial matters and that domestic issues or research will not be undertaken. Send question with full name address and two cents postage for return replies.
Historic summaries show Congress pay evolved from six dollars per day in 1789 to fifteen thousand dollars for top leaders by 1816, seven thousand five hundred for members in 1973, and twelve thousand for Vice President and Speaker today. Separate notes cover wireless operator wages and licensing, Statue of Liberty arrival, Volstead Act enforcement costs, Double Pedro card rules, and Brauer seeking U.S. credit for Germany with farmer backing.
Two youths Paul Smith aged 15 and Clyde Kelly aged 16 escaped from the county jail in Ashland late Wednesday. They had been sentenced to the Lancaster industrial school for incorrigibility. A third boy refused to accompany them.
John Louis Hock a World War veteran and Scioto County resident was brought to the hospital Thursday by Deputy Sheriff Harry Dunham of Portsmouth who spent the day with friends in Athens.
Atlanta mass meeting attorney Samuel Castleton says Eugene V. Debs will spend Christmas Day as other inmates if he is not released. The remark was made in Atlanta on December 23.
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