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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1924
Page
4
The 72 year old widow Mary M Burson, known as Tybee Island’s Queen, salutes a man who never returned. The Burson farm has long been her home, with Mrs Burson leading the household until her death two months ago.
A brief reflective line cites Schiller on women's roles to bear children guide the house and quiet adversaries. The passage emphasizes obedience to nature and serving heavenly purposes through a wife and motherly duties.
The piece contrasts George Washingtons ideals with modern power and wealth, arguing public purity matters more than glory. It discusses political scandals in the capital, urges steadiness in pricing for the building and coal sectors, and predicts broad benefits if producers, workers, and consumers share stability and fair costs.
The piece outlines a three year renewal of the wage scale for the coal industry, extending the terms of the 1919 agreement beyond the central competitive field. It notes the move toward nationwide consistency, common in recent bargaining, and questions the impact of guaranteed high wages through the period.
The Frankfurter Zeitung credits Gen Dawes with exposing how German inflation was a public swindle. It argues the government funded debts by printing money, erasing internal debt and harming bond buyers while enabling speculators to seize assets. Fiat money is warned to be seen as counterfeit-like.
The article links the shooting of Senator Green in a pistol duel on Pennsylvania avenue to a long pattern of liquor violations in Washington. It argues enforcement failures under the Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead Act persist, aided by official patronage, and calls for a thorough inquiry and cleanup to restore public decency.
Washington pieces explore whether mental traits influence disease risk, noting studies of 30 patients with cancer or tuberculosis. The article highlights a tension between ambition and inertia as potential factors, with doctors using questionnaires and psychoanalysis to link personality patterns to illness.
A study of 30 cases finds energy depletion common in TB patients and suggests psychotherapy to teach patients to release energy-blocking traits and conserve reserve energy. Researchers note variable moods mask underlying pessimism and propose mental health work alongside physical treatment.
An analysis notes TB remains a mystery as three interlinked factors influence outcomes. Physical condition drives clinical understanding, mental state is increasingly considered, and biochemical changes affect the nervous system, requiring a physician to integrate all factors for effective care.
Readers can submit questions to The Athens Messenger Information Bureau Frederic J Haskin director Washington DC for factual information. Provide full name and address and two cents for return postage. Replies are sent directly to the inquirer. no legal medical or financial advice.
Roanoke Virginia was known as Big Lick until 1882 when it adopted its present name. The largest dam is A F B Wilson Dam Alabama with 1,291,385 cubic yards of masonry, followed by the Assuan Dam Egypt and several U.S. dams. English elms line the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool.
Dr A W Paffenbarger traveled to Columbus Tuesday to attend the state convention of the Ohio Independent Telephone association on Wednesday and Thursday. Mrs J W Darby visited early in the week with her son Stephen Darby and family in Columbus.
In a Washington quiz, questions cover which ex presidents died in Washington and where Federal Reserve Banks are located. It lists Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta Chicago St Louis Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco. It also notes dense population in 1920 Washington DC and radio training by the War Department.
Mrs. Ida Bay returns home after an extended visit with her daughter Mrs. A. A. Goodman in Cincinnati.
The 10 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Elwood Pyles was brought to town Tuesday for funeral services and burial at Mt Zion church. Her twin sister, who died months earlier, was earlier brought here for burial.
Mrs. J. E. Swisher of Groveport is visiting her daughter Mrs. Miles E. Dawson.
The Kentucky Jubilee Singers under the lecture hour committee entertained a large appreciative audience at the opera house on Tuesday evening.
Dorothy Sprague and Bernice in Winland are reported ill with chicken pox. The note specifies two residents affected and outlines no further details on treatment or care.
Among the business visitors here Wednesday were C. T. Connor of Columbus and R. C. Windsor of Athens.
Mr and Mrs F L Dils were business visitors at Columbus on Wednesday. Mrs L C Witte is numbered among those who are ill.
Elyria Ohio city board of education remains deadlocked over the selection of a fifth member. Two incumbents reportedly seek to delegate duties while a demand for a woman member grows. three candidates were recommended.
In St. Petersburg Florida Mr and Mrs J M McDowell were found shot to death in bed at their home. A heart shaped note in religious phrasing spoke of sin washed away in blood. The couple had lost two young daughters a year earlier in Decatur Georgia to a kerosene fire.
The J. B. Burson farm at Jerseyville owned by J. K. Burson has been sold to Charles Grim of Shade. Grim plans to make the purchase his future home after finalizing the transfer.
A narrator recalls meeting Henry Ruth in Jacksonville Florida aboard a boat. Ruth guides the writer around the city and countryside in his Ford taxi car, showing places unseen by the narrator. Ruth has lived there 11 years before 1905 and helps find affordable lodging, saving the writer three dollars a day. Ruth plans to be at home in May, traveling by easy stages.
A traveler recalls a 1870s tale of Tibee Island where a shipwrecked sailor's lover signaled every passing vessel with a flag by day and lantern by night. After the sailor vanished, she went mad with grief, prompting a community ritual of saluting all ships. A government order now enshrines this custom.
Sheriff Adrian Miller reports a Dodge touring with Michigan plates found abandoned near Defiance. The radiator is frozen and the car appears stolen. it awaits a rightful owner to claim possession or provide proof of ownership. The incident prompts authorities to track down the owner.
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