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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1924
Page
4
Mrs W J Graves and Mrs George Appleman of Allensville are reported ill with pneumonia. P P Pettitt has installed a Buckeye Mammoth incubator with a 2648 egg capacity and plans to supply baby chicks later.
A compact observance notes that silence proves wisdom and restraint. It cites Prov 17 28 and a reflection by H W Shaw, arguing there is no substitute for wisdom but silence remains the strongest argument.
Alfred Pearce Dennis warns that postwar Europe builds economic barriers that force trade over long, costly routes. He notes Austria buys sugar from Cuba while Czecho Slovakia exports globally, and Jugo Slavia resists, as tariffs and restrictions distort markets and raise costs in the name of patriotism.
A Boston finishing school teacher promotes a humane relations course for marriage focusing on choosing a compatible partner, testing character through work and behavior, honesty, humor, and shared joy. The piece then critiques the New York World take on the 1925 gold brick fiasco, explaining why people chase get rich quick schemes and likening many victims to noncriminal dreamers misled by false financial promises.
Many marital partnerships end due to rivalry and jealousy of a partner’s achievements. The writer argues for mutual goodwill and mutual support to sustain harmony in marriage.
The piece notes Premier MacDonald's cabinet as evenly split between intellectuals and workingmen. It highlights ministers with working class roots and claims British democracy allows talent from humble origins to reach high office, contrasting with American emphasis on the individual.
Frederic J. Haskin argues the Senate committee on agriculture has produced a strong forest conservation program. It urges fire control, pest management, reforestation, and tax reforms, aided by a $2.7 million current appropriation for state fire protection, planting, and education to expand timber production and public parks.
A Messenger Watch Dog trial in Athens features Judge Roberts instructing jurors to convict the defendant. The hammer club theme dominates, with references to cider fines and suspensions. Names of local residents are listed, and a cemetery restoration project is announced tied to a forthcoming play Don’t Park Here to raise funds.
Questions and Answers service explains it provides plain factual information via The Athens Essenger Information Bureau directed from Washington. It cannot give legal medical or financial advice and will not settle domestic troubles. Send question, full name address and two cents postage for return mail.
The Teapot Dome field is an extension of Salt Creek about 40 miles north of Casper Wyoming. Other figures note Ford Europe sales in 1923 totaling 57 460 cars and 37 876 trucks while Japan produced 17 560 000 in toys with 12 506 000 exported. American cemeteries in Europe list burials by site and count, and tuberculosis risk from cow milk is linked to 10 percent of child cases.
In a Kiwanis Club talk Mr FP O Nichols Messenger Advertising Manager touted Messenger Want Ads for their effectiveness. He urged trying an ad tomorrow to see they work, noting readers find the messages easy to read as reported by the Harrisonville correspondent.
An old man named Pat tried to harm a rat but the rat survived, grew fat, and his hope faded. The piece ends by urging readers to place an ad in the Sunday Messenger to get tasks done.
A reader’s quiz explores topics from grafting English walnuts on black or white varieties to the Latin root Calvaria meaning Golgotha and skull shaped rocks. It also covers L Aiglon’s name among Habsburgs, Lincoln’s kneeling prayers, and other curiosities including Rangoon’s population, the violone root of violin cello, and 1633 fork introduction by Governor Winthrop.
Mrs Martha McCune Pitcher of Chicago reports a survey of Athens county men who drew pensions for the Revolution rebellion service. The figures are unclear but she notes there are several others not counted or listed in the pension records.
The Plains Ohio editor argues that Blower opposes miners by preemptively labeling their demands as unacceptable. He questions whether local coal prices reflect miner wages or mislabeling of slag as Hocking Valley coal. He notes differences with West Virginia coal costs and calls for stopping slag pile loading and selling cleaner Hocking coal to restore market value.
A Chauncey group of Hocking Power workmen paused with bared heads as a funeral procession passed, honoring the American flag with quiet respect. The letter from CITIZEN Nelsonville applauds the display as a sign of true American spirit.
Mrs Lew Yeager returned home Wednesday after several weeks with daughters Mrs Robert Starks and Mrs Joe Sinjinnott in Kentucky.
The McArthur Old Guards played at Gallipolis Wednesday evening, put up a fine effort, but lost 46 to 23. Everett Beckley and wife drove to Columbus Thursday for a day trip. John Andrews was a business visitor at Wellston Wednesday. Nettie Milhon left Thursday for Bradenton Florida to visit for a few weeks. Roy Dye and wife of near Dundas were here on business Thursday.
T J Ankrom of near Allenaville died suddenly at 9 P M Wednesday while seated in his chair at home His death shocked friends here Funeral services will be held Saturday with W M Minney funeral directors in charge
After three nights of lively entertainment the Scott Sisters Stock Company departed Jackson on Thursday. On the closing night they presented Mrs Ruth White with a string of pearl beads as the prize for winning the popular lady contest.
Obituary notes the death of H C Bratton formerly of McArthur who ran a shoe repair shop near Citizens Bank and served as government leather inspector during World War I. Short funeral services will follow the arrival of the funeral party at the cemetery. Other items record relatives and neighbors traveling for funerals and family moves in McArthur and Wellston.
Miss Gladys Thomas daughter of Mr and Mrs D C Thomas a student nurse at McKinley Hospital Columbus accompanied by Superintendent Fitzgerald left for Cincinnati Thursday morning to enter the General Hospital there and complete her study of nursing profession After about seven months of training she will have completed the necessary requirements for a graduate nurse.
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