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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1923
Page
4
Publication line states daily issues except Saturday from Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co located on the first floor of the Messenger Building in Athens Ohio.
A retro promotion touts Brunswick Gold Label Records as featuring today’s stars under exclusive agreement. Each record offers two selections and can be played on any phonograph.
Discoveries at Thebes reveal three sealed chambers with Tutankhamen era funeral objects. Between intact couches and a gilt throne, excavators report chariots, leopard skin adornments, and richly embroidered royal robes. The finds push back to 1400 BCE, highlighting unprecedented ancient royal wealth.
John Heldt of the University of Ohio, a former football standout and longtime athletics staffer, is chosen as a new coach and member of the physical department. Officials say his hiring follows a lengthy review, with emphasis on football expertise, training method, and merit-based selection.
The piece notes France’s inconsistent invasion of the Ruhr while Romania’s attack on Hungary in 1919 is cited as a precedent. It argues peace-policy inconsistencies across nations, warns of uncoordinated reparation collection, and urges persuasion over force to avoid mutual destruction between France and Germany. It ends advising individuals to avoid War Savings Stamps from unreliable sources.
Government warnings warn that 1918 War Savings Stamps are being forged and sold in the United States. Arrests have occurred as counterfeit securities are attempted at banks. Federal Reserve officers say the fakes are made in Germany and warn of serious consequences to American thrift.
Rafael Gonzales of Orizaba Mexico plotted a quick wealth scheme by ordering 50 daily and 75 Sunday copies to be sent to him and promising $100 on receipt. Washington post office inspectors issued a fraud order barring him from the mails, noting he obtained large quantities of U.S. papers for free to use as wrapping paper and earned substantial revenue.
A reflection on widespread mail frauds by foreign swindlers. The writer notes Gonzales as an example of clever criminals wasting talent on waste paper schemes and argues honesty offers a simpler path to wealth than deceit.
In Hopewell Virginia a wartime boom left a city divided into a guncotton village, tar paper homes, and an industrial core still bearing scars. The Red Cross led welfare work while eight new plants revive industry, and historic Eppes estate anchors a quieter side as the town rebuilds from ruins.
The Washington Information Bureau of this paper offers a free 1923 calendar to readers. Due to high paper costs calendars are not distributed freely, so a copy can be requested by mailing two cents for return postage to the Washington Information Bureau. Street City.
A diary style column from Athens Ohio on February 4 1933 describes cold weather, a walk by the creek, church bells, a search for missing yarn mittens, and remarks on local tales people and places including Murphy’s canaries Hays Burson Dean Voigt and the campus statue to Union soldiers. It records social chatter about posters cigarette legislation gymnasium construction and a brief Q A with trivia about Betty Zane and Ullage in wine casks.
An Eagleport woman is reported convalescing after a large turkey gobbler attacked her days ago. The bird has a fierce disposition and leaped onto her shoulders before the assault was halted.
A playful reinterpretation suggests Eve’s act spared Adam from a medical role as the apple led to a different fate. The verse riffs on the idea of keeping doctors away and ages old debates about healing and providence.
Old saying aside the column urges readers to place or read Situation Wanted ads. It frames want ads as a route to employment for job seekers and as a resource for those seeking help, highlighting practical value in classifieds.
A historical note asks whether bootlegger boots crack and wear out with repeated use, pondering durability and longevity of illicit footwear in rough handling.
Public notice advertising an information service by The Athens Messenger Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin. It explains limitations on advice in legal medical and financial matters and asks readers to submit questions with full name address and two cents postage.
Polo games are divided into six periods of ten minutes each with a three minute intermission after each period except the third, followed by five minutes.
Reverend Edward Miller laments global despair from daily troubling news. He warns of wars, lawlessness in America, and drifting society without divine guidance. He urges return to God, church, and the Sermon on the Mount to restore peace and avert further suffering.
Mrs. Rachel Kauffman born in Berlin Ohio in 1830 died leaving 197 direct descendants. Survived by four sons three daughters 55 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren. She and Jonas J. Kauffman married in 1851 and migrated to Oregon in 1880.
The piece reports a severe agricultural crisis in England with former prime minister Lloyd George urging agricultural improvement as a solution to unemployment. David Lloyd George frames farming recovery as vital to reemploying workers, while George Allen of the National Farmers’ Union warns the sector remains depressed and deteriorating.
Compelled to buy materials and machinery at near-war prices, farmers can only sell produce at pre-war levels. The result is a growing mismatch between costs and revenue that is strangling the sector. Farmers struggle to pay laborers and absorb unemployment as costs rise.
San Francisco engineer Drydock Smith surveyed Lanai to select a harbor site for the Hawaiian Pineapple Company. The firm has just purchased Lanai and aims to convert most of its acreage to pineapple cultivation.
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