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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1922
Page
4
Relic Pax Pol reports a reportable incident involving substances and noted stresses. The brief mentions a person named Le and references a technological context with a focus on destruction and relief. Details remain unclear due to fragmented text.
The National Agricultural Conference in Washington may ease farm credit and transport issues but cannot relieve American farmers' distress. Experts say relief hinges on foreign demand and restored foreign credit through international economic cooperation, as European underproduction and credit woes depress American exports.
The article notes that in New York the majority of births in 1919 were to foreign-born mothers, and their children show lower first-year death rates than those of native-born mothers. It cites specific survival figures for children of French, Bohemian, Austro-Hungarian, Russian, Swedish, and Scottish mothers, highlighting an unexpected advantage in longevity.
Stationmaster saw an express vanish around a curve as a disheveled young man lay amid overturned milk cans. A boy quipped they did catch it but it got away again. In class, the mayor mocked punctuation prompting a pupil to place commas after Cheesington and inspector.
Miss Bee Palmer claims to invent the sim my but sources say Henry Ford deserves the credit. Cannes is rumored to host a new line in European politics. A quirky slang phrase Cut yourself a piece of scake may become popular.
The writer recalls a man who met Christmas obligations by buying a shoe shine and paying for his wife’s haircut. Mention of “cojivas” as the latest item, defined here as a Peruvian overcoat resembling a kimono.
Exuberant profile of Hugo Stinnes, portrayed as the pivotal German industrialist. He built a vast empire across mining, shipping, power, and newspapers, allegedly shaping postwar Germany while wielding influence in Russia and with British capitalists. His ascent, described as cometlike, is contrasted with his inherited fortune and the old Rhineland business lineage.
A humorous Athens column riffs on Ground Hog Day and farmer beliefs tied to the moon and tides. It mocks signs from old almanacs, St Patrick’s Day tasks, and moonlight farming while noting unexpected warmer days and the absence of predicted ice. The piece references local figures Coxie, Billy Jack, Two Hit Dowler, and Nelsonville’s Schafer’s News Stand, plus a Q and A on animals and trivia.
Reader notice explains The Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington D C provides answers to questions for two cents postage. The bureau clarifies it cannot offer legal medical or financial advice or resolve domestic matters and requests full name and address with plain questions.
The Geological Survey notes that bricks exposed to rain bring to the surface a soluble salt. This is the white substance seen on brickwork and is caused by soluble salts migrating to the surface with moisture. Removal methods are not specified here.
The text notes a stubborn surface residue on dry brick that cannot be remedied except by washing with water, indicating no other solution is available to remove the mark.
The International News Service reports in New York that theatrical press agent A Toxen Worm, long associated with the Shubert interests and who died in Paris, expressed in his will a wish that God help Chicago to rise from its troubled past and improve its present. He also said he considered New York to be the...
A historic will pledges ongoing prosperity for what is described as the most wonderful city in the world. The document invokes Providence to ensure the city’s fate remains bright and uninterrupted for generations.
In Rome on February 2 the cabinet of Premier Bonomi neared collapse as democratic members in parliament caucused and voted against the ministry at the chamber’s convening.
The passage notes multiple presidents connected to Saturdays: Garfield born on a Saturday, shot on a Saturday, Me Kinley died on a Saturday, and Lincoln died on a Saturday, highlighting a recurring weekend link in their fates.
Advertises Nash's Salve as a humane cold remedy for children and adults. Describes external application for nostrils and chest, with directions to rub on throat and chest and cover with flannel. Sold in 25 and 60 cent bottles at McKee Drug Co Athens Hickman Pharmacy Nelsonville and all druggists.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as instant relief for colds. It claims two hour dosing and three doses clear blocked nostrils, stop runny nose, relieve headache and feverishness, tastes pleasant, contains no quinine, and costs only a few cents at drug stores.
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