Intrepid U S Girl Screens Cannibal Island Films
Mrs. Martin Johnson wife of the young American explorer returns to the United States with her husband from a second voyage to the cannibal islands of the south seas. She is credited as the first white woman to film the lumber tribe of the Hebrides island and to take motion pictures to the cannibals under cannibal royalty protection.
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Mra
Martin Johnson
U. S
South Seas
En Hebrides Island
Patro
Advertising Rates and National Representatives
Advertising rates on application at Home or Foreign offices. Nominal charge for obituary and cards of banks. National Advertising Representatives Hopert and Ward. 226 Fifth Avenue New York City and 6 South Wabash Avenue Chicago.
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Hopert & Ward
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Hoover urges global thinking to save American prosperity
The article quotes Herbert Hoover arguing that postwar markets and unsold commodities force Americans to view problems internationally. He notes isolation has weakened, urging broader understanding of foreign markets, currency, disarmament, and global events to sustain prosperity. He criticizes sentiment over reason and calls for resumed thoughtful policy.
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Herbert Hoover
United States
Russia
France
Poland
Mr. Hoover
Seeita
Memna
Congress
Typhoid Alarm Shows Costly Water Pipe Policy
A discussion of a Salem typhoid outbreak traced to a broken tile water pipe reveals how a $1,500 saving on iron pipe enabled cheaper cemented piping. Neglect of water supervision cost an estimated $450,000 in care, funeral expenses, lost wages, and business loss affecting 60 deaths and 12,000 residents.
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Pete
Salem
Elocutionairy critique on rhetoric and truth
The speaker argues that praising sentiment and eloquence bends truth, claiming patriotism religion love and honor are overglorified in literature. He cautions that idealism on printed pages misleads readers by exaggerating oratory at the expense of factual truth.
Loving Everybody Is Polygamy Quote
A contrarian remark contrasts universal love with selective friendship, asserting one cannot truly cherish all while treating enemies and friends with equal affinity. The line frames a moral tension between universal goodwill and personal loyalties.
Water can be made to run uphill says sentimentalists
A provocative remark argues that water defies gravity only if people insist it must. The line frames debate between practical limits and imaginative engineering.
Never universal love, no modern path to it
The speaker argues that universal love does not exist and would not be desirable. Competition drives progress, with people striving to surpass rivals delivering more benefits to the world than idealized great souls dreaming of universal love.
After Dinner Tales and a Wayward Miller
A job seeker with a smelly washroom joke seeks a hotel porter post but is sent to bathe. A Buckinghamshire miller argues a new windmill needs the wind, claiming his old mill consumes all parish wind, ending resistance to the plan.
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Buckinghamshire
Ralph's Afternoon With Neighbor Boy Turns Sour
Ralph spent the afternoon with a neighborhood boy. On returning home his mother asked if it was nice. Ralph replied that it was not, noting the boy's mother hovered the entire time.
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Ralph
Heartless Offer For Funeral Expenses
A maiden asks her lover about his meeting with her father who gruffly responds by offering to pay his funeral expenses, revealing a bleak, fatal tone in their conversation. The exchange hints at a love blocked by a stern patriarch and looming tragedy.
On The Spur Of The Moment Pronunciation Dispute
A rail road conductor and a brakeman disagree on how to pronounce Eurelia causing passengers to hear shouting back and forth. The conductor ends with You're a liar and the brakeman replies Your really are. The piece notes a French actress speaking French with Hoboken inflection.
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Eurelia
Patriot Rooster and the Poultry Show Fever
Washington columner notes the American patriot breed and a single ancestral jungle fowl behind diverse poultry. The piece extols selective breeding, government poultry propaganda, and the idea every suburban dweller could raise poultry to boost food supply.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D.C
Che
Ike
Rhode Island
Hear & Poultry
India
Department of Agriculture
Good Roads Advocate Urges All-Year Road System
Letter from Good Roads Advocate Calamity bowls don’t fix finances. Governor-elect Kiig solicits expert advice to build roads and boost markets for apples and coal in Southern Ohio. Athens county residents urged to join road alliances and push for year-round, well-maintained routes to reach fair prices and markets.
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Harry Kiig
Ohio
Jim Brocklein
George Linscott
Ames Township
Hood River
Oregon
Stewart
Athens County
Sunday Creek
New York
Rea
Guysville
Answers and Questions from The Athens Messenger Column
A reader inquiry feature lists questions on postwar land restoration in France, usage of legal terms, Australian anti-strike laws, immigrant tests, and official copies of the Declaration of Independence. Answers confirm 7,000,000 acres wrecked by war with 280,000 unrecoverable, legal term usage, Australia’s right to strike with limits, tests needing new laws, and the State Department archives holding the original Declaration.
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Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Ditor
Washington, D. C
Ia Bureau
The
Inquirer
Australia
Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act of Australia
United States
State Department
War Department
English Inventor Unveils Fish-Shaped Padlock
An English inventor introduces a padlock shaped like a fish with the jaws forming the locking mechanism, a novel design highlighting unconventional metalwork and key security concepts.
Public Forum on Medical Temperance and Prohibition Actions
Gleanings from an Athens W C T U meeting in Hotel Berry parlors report a drop in alcohol content of patent medicines. Navy orders ban distilled spirits and alcohol preparations from medical supply tables. Volstead act relaxations for doctors draw warnings from the Journal of the American Medical Association. Ohio druggists protest role as saloon agents. Philadelphia AMA branch votes to remove high alcohol tonics from the market. Federal prohibitions director in New York cites about 300 cases amid over 2
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Athens
Navy
Medical Department
Journal of American Medical Association
Ohio
Philadelphia
American Pharmaceutical Association
Federal Director of Prohibition of
New York
New York City Doctors Seek Renewal For Whiskey Prescriptions
Licensed physicians in New York City filed for renewal of permits to prescribe whiskey two months after grant. They cited that other medicines are more effective than liquor. A resolution praised Athens county court officials for enforcing prohibition and urged public support for enforcement actions.
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New York City
Athens County
Millfield Postmaster to Be Selected by Civil Service Exam
The U S Civil Service Commission has scheduled an examination at Athens on February 12, 1921 to certify candidates for the fourth class postmaster vacancy at Millfield and other possible openings. Last fiscal year the Millfield postmaster earned $541 in compensation. reinstatement may alter filling plans.
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Millfield
United States Civil Commission
Athens
Canaan Student Lloyd Poston Excels in School Tests
Lloyd Poston of Canaan township high school set an excellent record in addition and subtraction. The report credits his performance to consistent effort and strong arithmetic skills.
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Canaan
Lloyd Poston
Canaan Township
Young Poston Records On Courtis Tests And Penmanship Aid
The report notes Poston, fifteen, in his fourth year of high school, scored on Courtis tests with eight minutes for 24 add problems and 4 minutes for 24 subtraction items. He completed 2 of 22 additions and 20 of 21 subtractions correctly. The piece also mentions a spring wire device to keep a penholder correctly positioned to aid penmanship.
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Courtis
Young Poston
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