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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1921
Page
4
The Baltimore Sun lauds Herbert Hoover as Secretary of Commerce for building the department into a business hub while spending 16 percent less than Congress allotted. The comment suggests a need for Congress to follow Hoover’s efficiency.
The piece notes a gradual drop in unemployment and a belief that business will revive in spring. It urges immediate job creation through federal construction, state action, and local repairs, including road work and indoor school building repairs, with private employers also urged to hire workers to stimulate immediate industry.
A New York lawyer runs a stock farm in Jersey where poor children tour the grounds. Each child receives a glass of milk from a $3,000 cow after their inspection. One boy, praising the milk, adds he wishes their milkman kept a cow. The scene shifts to a high school senior jelass play with the bride and groom on stage and the amateur comedian ready to perform.
An American professor studying at Edinburgh University rooms with a frugal Scotch family. Each morning Mr MacAngus sweeps the floor with a dustpan and brush, refusing a broom. Mrs MacAngus explains they own a brush but no broom, a family legacy from the mother, leaving the youngest with only a turkey wing.
A curious fragment notes buying a handbag as a Christmas alternative and questions if a disarmament conference will end by Christmas. It mentions a bank clerk stealing $29 to fund bootleg activity and describes changes to oriental harems as bobbed harems amid war time chatter.
A candid monologue lists firm resolutions by a performer facing a tough season. The speaker vows not to accept low paying contracts, avoid films, limit curtain calls, reject free tickets for friends, and restrict touring, amid a rocky career path and limited travel options.
Frederico J. Haskin outlines how Manchuria became a focus at the Washington conference. He traces Russian and Japanese gains, open door violations, and the U S choice to enforce the Hay doctrine through a nine power pact to curb abuses in China.
Athens notes reflect on Christmas past with humor and hardship. Local residents, including Chas Cameron and DeForest March, share observations on gifts, double takes, travel, and the era’s social scene. Mentions of figures like Nelsonville business hopes and mayor rescues color the piece.
The Messenger columnist supports the stiff harness corsets as improving figure brace and symmetry. He urges readers who received one for Christmas to wear it, claiming the doctor knows best.
Nearly three hundred Athens boys and girls visited the Foster plant on Christmas afternoon to receive a sack of candy and an orange from Hull Foster Jr and John Cross. The annual gift, underway for over 25 years, continues to be a commendable community gesture.
John Hawkins of The Plains offers a dandy pair of blumb bobs. He would have placed an ad in the want columns but is busy loading coal. Interested readers should contact him.
A teaser hints at a major Valentine Day reveal several weeks away. The message invites curiosity, noting the surprise will be notable but withholding specifics.
The Athens Messenger presents an information bureau notice offering readers answers to questions. It names Frederic J. Haskin as director in Washington, D C and explains limits on legal medical and financial advice. Readers must send questions with full name address and return postage.
The Women’s Bureau is charged with developing policies and standards and conducting investigations in U S industries to safeguard women workers’ interests and make their service effective for the national good. It represents and advises the Secretary.
Mrs. Frank Buffington and daughter Eva of Pomeroy visit her husband’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Zel Buffington here. Rev Dabritz conducts a successful revival at the M E Church. The Plains school closed Friday for a week’s vacation.
Ohio officials warn Attorney General Price's 1895 poison law ruling would limit denatured alcohol sales to registered pharmacists, affecting about 750,000 auto owners. Secretary Elber J. Shover of the Ohio Automotive Trade Association says many druggists will not stock large winter supplies or serve motorists. A state board of Pharmacy meeting is set for January 12 to discuss enforcement, with expected attendance from paint and hardware retail groups once dealing with poisons.
The Plains scene lists Mrs Zine Courtney as an Ath ens shopper and dinner guest of Mrs Cliff Hooper. Worth Dicken visits Mr and Mrs Hal Sanders at Haydenville. Several Athens households including Mrs Fred Gabriel Mrs Harry Slayback Mr and Mrs St Nichols and families are noted as shoppers.
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