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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1921
Page
4
An antiseptic liquid marketed by the E. W. Rose Co. Cleveland claims to rapidly clear eczema bad effects and skin troubles. An extra large bottle is advertised for 1.00 and notes it is not greasy or staining while promoting healthy skin.
In a letter from South Bay Florida L J Cowen describes travel from Athens to the Everglades near Lake Okeechobee, cane and potato farming, local soil, and community life. The Messenger editor also prints W B Johnson urging a cooperative road-improvement plan at Clarks Chapel with a call for a $500 community effort and matching funds, plus his $10 pledge.
Rates list subscription options by carrier and mail in Ohio and outside Ohio. Ohio yearly 4.60 with various shorter terms. outside Ohio yearly 6.56 with six months at 3.00 and other short terms. all by mail must be prepaid and end at expiration.
A proposal suggests German mayors Reichstag members clergymen editors and teachers visit war devastated France and Belgium. Seeing ruined cathedrals mines and orchards might pierce denial about war origins and foster mutual understanding to help end international distress.
The Lincoln Highway Association reports 48 miles of actual improvement added in 1920 along the coast to coast route from New York to San Francisco. States along the Lincoln Highway did their part to upgrade the road, with greater achievements expected in 1921.
The piece laments coal prices rising after record mining and argues price adjustment hurts consumers. It jokes that only a rubber apartment house could ease overcrowding, illustrating housing supply frustration in the same left-leaning tone.
Robert E. Ward is listed at 225 Fifth Avenue New York City and an address in Chicago at 6 South Wabash Avenue as national advertising representatives. The snippet notes these locations as contacted for advertising inquiries.
A reflective essay on selfishness and honesty. The author argues that selfish people recognize truth in many forms and mislabel self interest as principle. He suggests that people guard money more than morals and equates honesty with self serving motives.
The speaker notes that disputes arise from two men seeking advantage and settle only when each accepts what they truly deserve. He warns that those with opposing interests are likely to act as tricksters and that buyers cannot rely on ordinary sellers. A man earning a living meets many schemes, and success comes from sense and caution.
A humorous tale recalls Samuel Spencer world's greatest railroad, where a punctuality boast ends with the joke that yesterday's train arrived on time. The story pivots on a missing day and a moral about timeliness in progress and life.
Three year old Mary tells her mother that new neighbors wash clothes in a stove. The mother questions the claim while Mary recalls the moving man describing a stove as a laundry stove. The tale preserves a playful child misunderstanding.
Former Secretary Franklin K Lane advocates a public works plan to dam Colorado River streams and irrigate desert lands in five western states. The project would create farms and over one million horsepower, funded by tax free bonds backed by land and power contracts, benefiting railroads and cities.
Reader query program from The Athens Messenger offering readers answers to questions. Provides director Frederic J Haskin Washington DC as contact, states no legal medical or financial advice, asks for plain question, full name and address, two cents postage, replies sent to requester.
The Virginia Bunch and Virginia Runner peanut varieties yield most of the Jumbo peanuts and are best grown in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. Ninety percent of tuberculosis deaths are due to lung TB. Global coal reserves total about 7.46 trillion tons, with 542.103 billion tons of anthracite. Utah bans polygamy. Bread laws ensure minimum loaf weight. Egyptian hieroglyphics from 3500 B C are earliest writing. Ropes mainly use sisal and hemp fibers. The largest US room is Washington DCs Union Station concourse at 760 feet.
The Messenger’s Public Forum reflects debate over campus dances and social life at Ohio University. Citizens, professors, and business leaders criticize expenses and perceived excess, urging frugality while asking readers for their views on campus entertainments and their impact on student performance.
A shrub widespread in Australia's gold fields has been identified as possessing valuable tanning properties. The find highlights potential industrial use of native flora.
In Bridgeport Connecticut a young Italian named John Dirosa was killed in a knife duel over a woman. Police found Dirosa's body in a field where the duel's victor left him after two men faced off. the combat followed ritual rules with measured ten paces and a judge signal. Dirosa died in the second clash after both combatants drew knives.
An old advertisement touts S. S. S. as a blood purifier claiming it clears impurities causing rheumatism eczema and skin diseases. It markets the remedy as a long used tonic from the Swift Laboratory Atlanta Georgia and urges readers to buy today.
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