Sewing Circle Card Game Laughs
A playful note from the sewing circle invites members to a card game event, promising lighthearted fun and social gathering as part of the group’s activities.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1922
Page
4
Golf grip etiquette and finger control emphasized
The article warns against excessive left foot stance and crouching, stressing careful judgment in golf. It argues against palm grips, insisting the game relies on finger feel to place accurate shots.
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National Newspane
Gift Embassies and US Diplomats In Foreign Lands
The piece discusses J P Morgan gifting a London house for a US embassy and notes a wealthy American buying and renovating a Paris palace to gift as an embassy. It suggests the US government will likely accept these gifts and proposes providing additional embassy buildings abroad.
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J. P. Morgan
London
United States
Paris
Mr. Morgan
Motors And Morality In The Thrift Of Owning A Car
An essay argues cars can promote thrift and domestic virtue. A salesman contends limited means force saving, reduce extravagance, and bring families closer, though cautions some may misapply thrift toward car ownership instead of housing or business.
Bible Society to print via outside firms hereafter
The American Bible Society contracted to have its printing done by outside firms hereafter. No alarm need be felt, as the contents will not change with the presses.
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The
American Bible Society
And are there shooting stars in the movies too
A light verse prompts questions about the presence of shooting stars in cinema. It reflects on celestial imagery used in film and theater contexts.
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Anold Ste
Verdun
Austria’s Postwar Spending on Liquor from Crown Sums
Report notes Austria spent 200 billion crowns on alcoholic drink last year sparking doubt whether the nation sinks in a flood of liquor or currency.
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Austria
Digestive view of worlds and life
The author compares life to digestion, arguing primitive life centers on stomachs and that whether this is the best or worst world depends on one’s digestion. The remark playfully challenges optimistic or pessimistic views by tying meaning to bodily needs.
After Dinner Stories and Garden Visit Dialogue
A comic dialogue sequence features a doctor discussing a beer prescription and supply woes, a daughter worried about an engagement, a boy answering a visitor at the garden path, and a mother warning about cake. A child expresses eagerness to learn sailing, while a rustic teaching moment covers boat handling and safety tips.
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Mrs. Robinson
Spur Of The Moment Nonsense Echoes In Humorous Echoes
A chaotic reminiscence mocks modern shooting culture with lurid breakfast table crimes and disappearances. It quips about Beatrice Barnstable, Sassafrass Purdy, and Delieia Jurne amid sensational headlines and a nod to Lloyd George.
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Beatrice Barnstable
Ford
Sassafrass Purdy
Music
Iowa
Road Building a Big Industry in the United States
Frederic J. Haskin reports that road building employed about a million men last year with nearly 24 000 miles completed. The program aims for at least 10 000 miles of federal aid highways in 1922 as the nation expands a national system of connected roads. Federal aid drives growth through specialized machines, state departments, and vast funding, shaping a durable industry with strong employment prospects and training opportunities.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
United States
Lrgest
Thomas H. McDonatd
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Bureau of Public Roads
Bedera
Congress
Bureau
New York
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Tment
Asessmen S
Bureau For Public Roads
Washington
Eos
Babson Sees Bright South Prospects For Cotton, Trade
Roger W. Babson surveys Southern conditions from Maryland to Florida noting better overall business in Virginia North Carolina and Georgia cities like Richmond Greensboro Charlotte Charleston Columbia Augusta and Atlanta. He predicts Florida may escape a near term downturn but warns of a future real estate cycle and emphasizes diversified farming and fertilizer use.
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Roger W. Babson
Athens Messenger
South
Maryland
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Washington
Aliho
Europe
Italy
France
South Atlantic
Virginia
North Carolina
Richmond
Greenboro
Charlotte
Charleston
Columbia
South Carolina
Augusta
Atlanta
Miami
Tampa
New Orleans
Mobile
Pensacol Jcksonville
Mexico
South America
Western
Scandal Letter From Athens Wife Ends In Open Affair
A fraught missive from an Athens resident reveals a wife confessing love for another man. She accuses her husband Fred Bush of neglect and public misdeeds while detailing domestic strain and intimate jealousy. The dated postal note requests delivery via Bé'n Maxwell.
Answers on rosary, Alaska wheat, Mexico border troops, Wilson daughters
A compiled Q and A column explains rosary origins as a crown of roses created in honor of the Virgin by St. Dominic. It notes Alaska growing some wheat and a War Department claim of 124 officers and 1,122 enlisted along the Mexican border. It also lists Eleanor Wilson’s May 7 1914 marriage to William Gibbs McAdoo and Jessie Wilson’s November 25 1913 marriage to Francis B. Sayre, with Margaret still unmarried.
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Dominic
Alaska
Department of Agriculture
War Department
Wilson
Eleanor Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
William Gibbs McAdoo
Jessie Wilson
Francis B. Sayre
Margaret
World affairs and historical inquiries in brief exchange
A series of concise questions and answers discusses trade impact of exchange rates, Ireland’s Home Rule movement begun in 1870, cotton seed germination in storage, a severe 1906 era earthquake, and Tristan da Cunha as an unruled island owned by no country with a small surviving colony.
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Department of Commerce
Ireland
Department of Agriculture
San Francisco
British Columbia
Equador
Tristan da Cunha
Africa
South America
Atlantic Ocean
England
St. Helena
Napoleon
Glasa
Some Ambitions Expressed By Local Narrator
The speaker lists varied aims including owning a large watch chain like Bill Smith of Chauncey, traveling south leaving a spouse, serving as a convention delegate for a Cuban city, boxing out rivals, and visiting Congressmen Foster at the Columbus governor's mansion in a concise, humorous catalog.
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Bill (Bally) Smith
Chauncey
Cuba
R. D. Williams
Congressman Foster
Governor's Mansion
Columbus
Mrs Moler Forwards Trust In Watch Dog Claim
A Messenger office anecdote shows Mrs P G Moler placing strong faith in a Watch Dog claim. When her husband wished to dine downtown he called the office and received permission based on the Watch Dog's assurance.
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P. G. Moler
Bill Moor in Tuxedo Sparks Banquet Banter
Bill Moor arrived in formal evening dress at the EHiks banquet, prompting comments that he embodied a high class California style. The crowd teased him about his Hollywood-esque look, joking that tuxedos are only worn here for smoking pipes.
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Bill Moor
California
Bill
Hollywood
Men urged to attend Bible class sessions in five towns
Community notices call men to Sunday Bible classes in Athens Nelsonville Pomeroy Middleport and Logan tomorrow urging greater male participation in church education programs.
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Athens
Nelsonville
Pomeroy
Middleport
Logan
Valentine booklet sale advertised at Messenger office
Readable text notes the Messenger office open until eight o'clock tonight with a Valentine booklet promotion. The ad urges buyers to "Buy lots buy two" as the deal.
Eve’s Departure in a Stream Acknowledged
A Cambridge Friend recalls Eve shedding a fig leaf dress and diving into a cooling stream. The verse notes her no-piece suit drew rebuke from Adam while hinting at modern sensibilities in a playful tone.
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Eve
Adam
Icelandic Literacy Said Universal Among People
A claim asserts that every man and woman in Iceland can read and write, reflecting a high rate of literacy across the population.
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Iceland
Pigeons Aid Forest Firefighting Deployments
In a historical note, pigeons are described as being used extensively to support forest fire fighting efforts, delivering messages and coordinating operations across remote wooded areas. The account highlights their prominence before modern communication methods became widespread.
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