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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1923
Page
4
A Washed of danger and fuel shortage looms as flu and pneumonia surge in cities. Congress urged to empower the Interstate Commerce Commission and Federal Fuel Board to avert crisis while Britain guards sea lanes and Japan expands production amid seismic fears.
The column playfully imagines a London Bridge in London Ohio near Athens alongside an athletic field and civic spots. It mingles local names and light satire with a passable invite to a community gathering featuring songs and refreshments.
A playful verse sings of Tom Lanigan as a liver pill seller and druggist, praising his cures for ills and chills in a lighthearted, nostalgic tone. The ditty frames Lanigan as a personable local figure.
Descriptive lines note a bright light seen from the postoffice window not from a bulb but a street light reflecting on the town marshal’s badge. The marshal leans against the postoffice most of the time while Bally Farnworth, in a wide hat, also leans there in the morning.
Local verse fragment notes joyful mood and a character Al Downard who cleans and presses Sunday clothes. He offers waiting service for morning or evening shows. The lines convey a playful scene with casual tasks and light entertainment.
The text narrates Henry Ford living in London and weighing at least 240, then weighing a steer under that threshold. It mentions Oak Run bridge and a London bridge song. Travelers pass through Logan with signs reading Logan Welcomes You and This Is Logan, criticizing the roads and signs as rough.
A sign on a telephone pole above Sugar Grove marks Stairfield County as the start of the English channel region. Descriptions note mud water sand and gravel along the shore as natural reads for the area.
City Manager Louis Brownlow recalls 1920 reforms in Petersburg to unify police and fire services. He notes fire readiness and building inspections cut per capita fire losses from near top ten to near bottom. He praises Major Otey Walker who now leads both departments and is known nationwide as Marshall Walker.
A public notice describes The Athens Messenger Information Bureau run by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington D C. Readers may ask factual questions by sending name address two cents postage but the bureau will not provide legal medical or financial advice or settle domestic issues.
An Athens Citizen letter questions the Athens City Board of Education ad asking why the bond sale lists two totals 23000 and 353000 totaling 376000 while only 23600 bonds are to be sold from last November’s election. The writer asks what emergency justifies increasing the bond issue from 295000 to 376000 and notes the quote How Come.
Life long Torch resident Coolville John Atkinson died Thursday morning. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Baptist church.
Stout seeks a housekeeper while a team of Ralph Chase’s horses broke loose near the planning mill and headed home with minimal damage. The St. Leona river boat faced wind and ice, crew idle with palm fans unused, and Captain Root departed to Moundsville leaving Maxon and Stumphrey in charge. The Leona is frozen at Huntingport with coal cargo from The Ben Franklin Coal Co. bound for Reedsville. Mrs. W. F. Moore attended her aunt’s funeral in Plain City. Local residents, including the Kampf and Alden couples, hosted a rock party with a luncheon and Washington birthday themed miniatures. An Intermediate class reported top spelling scores ranging from 90 to 100 percent, highlighting several named students.
In Essen on February 26 the French seized all municipal officials in Bochum and Herne causing both towns to lack administrations. The Bochum strike ended as stores closed for a boycott while French forces ransacked the Bochum chamber of commerce and seized furniture and documents and allegedly looted homes for food and drink.
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