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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1920
Page
4
The article surveys the open shop versus closed shop conflict as an impending industrial issue. It cites Abba Hillel Silver and Rockefeller Jr advocating fair open shop ideas where organized workers bargain through representatives, while labor aims to balance union power with productivity.
Howe notes a twofold view of the People by statesmen and critics when enacting big measures. He argues credit is given to the People for noble aims, yet later the same People are labeled slow and mean once funds are required. He asserts mutual obligation and fair pay between employer and worker.
The text questions how strongly society believes in equality and democracy and asks whether most people feel superior to others. It critiques universal belief in democratic fairness and highlights universal social hierarchies.
A light local piece blends a police team versus lodge team baseball game with car humor and a veteran ex-doughboy recalling Paris. The banter centers on an umpire calling out a player, a need for glasses, and a playful nod to wartime exploits amid a theater in the Treasure of Mystery Island.
A collage of dialog and trivia snippets. A deaf audience member reads lips during a film kiss scene while editorial notes critique film hype and social topics. It then shifts to population, immigration limits, and French and Chinese grain debates, ending with a quiz Q and A about naval power, governance, and classic pastries.
Frederic J. Haskin analyzes famine in China amid droughts affecting an estimated 45 million. He contrasts American food abundance with China proper's population density and discusses Malthusian limits, population growth, and potential food increases through science, warning of global saturation if unchecked.
A reader service announces The Athens Messenger Information Bureau run by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington DC. It invites plain questions with full name and address and two cents for return postage. Replies are sent directly to the inquirer and the bureau declines legal medical or financial advice.
The Plains reports Kathryn Hamer Williams of Columbus traveled here after her father Mr Hamer’s death and burial at Wells ton on Friday. Local residents Mrs Andrew Ballard and Lester Briley visited Mrs Worth Dicken and Mrs Port Dicken. Approximately 25 Sunday school scholars surprised their teacher Mr Harrison at his home with Mr and Mrs Dave Aleshire. Alvin Ball of Fairmount West Virginia is mentioned in connection with these notes.
Spending the holidays with his parents Mr and Mrs George Ball. Mr and Mrs Lon Humphrey hosted Joe Geisicke of Athens and Charles Loomis. Logan’s son and daughter. Mr and Mrs Joe Hutchins visited Christmas and Sunday with their mother Mrs Seth Robinson in Logan. Mr and Mrs Rob Hawk spent Sunday in Nelsonville with mother Mrs Adam Nash and son Charles.
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