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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1921
Page
4
The article argues the Washington meeting gains importance not for concrete gains but for establishing a constructive precedent. It stresses face to face dialogue among leading nations as essential for Pacific peace and warns past conflicts arose from avoidance of general conference. Conditions look promising if such meetings become common.
American pride in aviation contrasts with European activity. France reports six months of lines Paris to Brussels Amsterdam and Paris to Prague Warsaw with half a million flight miles and thousands of passengers. Experimental routes extend to Dakar Kayes and colonies, while postwar fade in interest slows revival and public support.
Report notes Staten Island children delivered a 15 pound pumpkin to the White House, with locals gathering nearby while awaiting pie. The anecdote contrasts a playful act with a grim incident, mentioning a headline about Matt Hart smiling before a fatal shooting in France as a cultural jab.
Advertising rates on application at home or foreign offices and a nominal charge for obituary notices. Card of bank and national advertising representatives listed: New York City 226 Fifth Avenue and Chicago 6th Wabash Avenue.
A Indianapolis schoolteacher notices a popular spinning top as a clever novelty and contemplates using it for arithmetic lessons. A saleswoman explains its diversions and financial use. George Carpentier comments on modern French sport versus retrograde French women. A Frenchwoman asks for a clay pigeon recipe for Jacques’s hunting trip.
A Missouri campaign remark frames a candidate as a "good business man" who can buy goods from Scotland and sell them to a Jew at a profit. The quote highlights perceived dodgy business acumen amid election prep and political scrutiny.
The column mocks postwar tensions with a jab at Germany returning Bergdolf and jokes about Americans fighting camels. It notes architects face a sleep and food crunch and imagines removing rooms or houses altogether. The writer awaits Uncle Hew Ford on the four power treaty before taking a stance.
George Cleghorn, the kingdom’s oldest railway pensioner, marked his 100th anniversary with congratulations from the king and queen. He remains fond of smoking a cigar and a glass of whisky.
Detective Quigley of the narcotics squad reports carrier pigeons are used to ship rugs from East Side vendors to addicts on Blackwell's Island. This unusual method highlights illicit trafficking in a 1920s New York streets scene.
The piece argues that the doctrine of irrepressible expansion is flawed as a justification for Japan's growth and colonial acquisitions. It cites population limits, climate, and undercut labor competition as factors, and calls expansion a cover for economic imperialism driving global market struggles.
A reporter visits Athens State hospital to portray staff and patients interacting warmly. Suppers, gifts, decorations, music, and a planned institutional dance show cooperative care and joyful spirit.
The all Russian Soviet Congress voted confidence in Lenin's international and foreign policies with no public opposition. Inspectors saw the vote as refuting claims Lenin's power was waning. In recent weeks Lenin had implemented several radical policy changes and the vote showed approval.
A local observer at Court House corner notes that several men who boasted of not needing work a few years ago now seek employment as salary becomes a priority again. The remark highlights shifting attitudes toward income and labor.
In Lodi rumors spread about Mrs Charles Grim but one fact stands out she can smoke homemade candy with notable skill. The anecdote highlights local acclaim for her candy making talent.
A brief exchange between Bill Logan and Professor Mackin hints at a forthcoming St Valentine’s Day announcement. Both urge attention to an upcoming message, suggesting interest or plans to be revealed.
Reporters announce Clyde Edmundson is back in town and will produce the next installment of his dream serial. The piece hints at his risky past and potential peril and promises an inviting tale for readers tonight.
Readers are invited to submit questions to The Athens Messenger Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington. The bureau provides information but not legal medical or financial advice and replies are sent directly to the inquirer with full name and address.
Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Lorenz developed a bloodless technique to reduce congenital dislocation of the hip. The method forcefully stretches soft tissues around the hip to position the head in the acetabulum and then holds and rotates the joint. A plaster cast is worn for six to nine months post operation.
The seven liberal arts are grammar dialectics rhetoric music arithmetic geometry astronomy. The hair snake is a long threadlike nematode. Canada pays no direct taxes to England with trade value as its main link. The Washington Monument at 655 feet is the world’s tallest monument. Mahogany furniture is credited to Thomas Chippendale for popularizing the wood.
Augusta E Minerd petitions for divorce from Basil Minerd on gross neglect and adultery. Married June 6 1917 no children. She alleges he failed to provide a real home clothes or food and left her sick in bed, forcing her to rely on relatives.
Japanese newspapers reject the Washington arms limit conference settlement on submarines and demand allowance of 54,000 tons of underwater craft.
Flood waters in Crooksville and Roseville receded today as families returned to their homes. The Muskingum river caused damage around Stockport and Beverly by flooding its banks while Jonathan Creek, which did the greatest harm in Crooksville, peaked Monday night. The Licking river also fell and is expected near normal in a few days with continued cold weather.
The two men found shot to death in University City near St. Louis were identified as Everett Summers from Toledo Ohio and Joseph Cipolla of St. Louis.
Ohio railroads filed tariffs with the public utilities commission enacting a voluntary ten percent cut in freight rates on agricultural goods. The reduction applies to inter state and intrastate traffic and covers grain wool livestock hay straw cotton fruits vegetables and other farm products. It is a temporary measure in effect from January 1 to January 30.
Washington reports a sharp drop in trade with Europe for the first eleven months of the year. Exports fell from 7.707 billion to 4.189 billion dollars and imports declined from 5.012 billion to 2.271 billion.
Judge Robert E. Marx of Cincinnati the national commander of the Disabled War Veterans of World War I told the state convention that forty disabled veterans confined in the Longview asylum at Cincinnati are pitifully neglected due to overcrowded conditions.
London buyers purchased silver-fox skins at $1250 per pelt. The high price reflects demand for fur goods amid market activity.
A man believed to be 35 year old Paul Hertz of Dayton Ohio jumped from a Lackawanna passenger train near Lackawanna County station in Scranton on Tuesday and died.
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