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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1921
Page
4
The text urges starting a New Year by organizing household finances. It advocates itemizing expenses, paying current bills promptly, and building systematic savings. By sticking to a budget, households avoid unpaid bills and gain financial security and peace of mind.
The text notes workers at Pullman ready to accept wage reductions amid broad labor tensions and reports Pennsylvania Railroad proposing a joint hearing to settle disputes. It argues peaceful solutions relieve hardships, reduce strikes, and counter extremist propaganda while benefiting both sides.
A fragment discusses exporting merchandise and pleasing American business aims before the world fully adopts goods. The text hints at optimism for future trade gains and better bookkeeping as markets expand internationally.
Fragmented report notes a New York house blast followed by a claim that only a mess was cooking on a kitchen stove. The piece contrasts a turbulent scene with a humbler raisin neighbor.
A fragment hints at a seven million dollar Mirver bonus boosting Detroit business mood. A traveler staying at a country house faces a wife’s practical warning about cleanliness, prompting a quip about missing shirts.
The speaker warns against cruel pranks and notes sharp eyes and tongues detect deception. The piece contrasts robbing fools with teaching them, stating fools pay for cures that fail and may even publish testimonials claiming they were cured.
A miscellaneous local column narrates a tense moment with an Englishman seeking his brother named Dobbinston who died by his own action years earlier. Frank Kipp guides a San Francisco visitor past landmark sights and jokes about a rival Auditorium. Aunt Mary probes Maude about the young Mr Smarte as she questions his true profession.
A young billiard marker, told by his boss to mind chalk tipping, asks a chalk thief if he’s in the milk trade. The player confirms, and the marker jokes that his boss would provide water by the bucket, hinting at a safer approach.
A broad survey traces dolls from ancient Egypt with paddle bodies to China and Japan where puppetry and hina dolls shaped culture. It notes doll worship in Egypt and Greece, Japan’s yearly hina festival, India’s river Ganges ritual, and enduring doll craftsmanship across millennia.
A doll expert traces the history from 14th century Europe to modern times, noting fashion dolls in Parisian courts, Greek and Egyptian forms, and a current German image doll. The discussion contrasts art and civilization, lamenting a perceived lack of polish across ages reflected in dolls.
Feath ered fighters once lauded for conspicuous bravery are now valued as Navy personnel. American carrier pigeons receive service recognition and are registered on air station musters with unique numbers under a navy order requiring pigeons aboard seaplanes in flight.
An ad touts a home made cough remedy using 2½ ounces Pinex in a pint sugar syrup claiming relief within 24 hours. It markets Pinex as a Norway pine extract for throat and airway healing and offers a money back guarantee from Pinex Co. Ft. Wayne Ind.
Naval aviator trainers note pigeons earn enlisting status after training and maturity. Over ten months of war US naval pigeons delivered 219 messages from seaplanes forced to land at sea, aiding repairs and saving lives. In Pensacola 32 birds covered 700 miles at 32 mph delivering critical messages.
Public notice invites readers to submit questions to the Athens Messenger information bureau. It states the bureau cannot provide medical or financial advice or domestic dispute settlement and asks for full name address and two cents for return postage. Replies go to the inquirer.
A reader asks about Harding's eligibility, Niagara Falls dryness in 1848, Vatican France religious separation, Robert Morris debt imprisonment, early kerosene lamp use, and tree notch height. Each expert answer provides concise historical context and dates.
Chicago dispatch reports Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey ban pink tights from female trapeze and bareback acts. E P Norwood says the show seeks fresher shock value as ticket buyers no longer rise to tights and provocative costumes.
Logan County Clerk reports a surge in hunting licenses with 787 issued last year and 50 licenses issued to date this year. The data reflects ongoing activity from the county clerk office.
The state warden named J. R. Sros of Columbus as the new game warden for Hocking and adjacent counties. He has begun work already arresting violators, will supervise stocking of game refuges, and oversee streams. He will reside in Logan.
Preparatory to burning the mortgage on their church the M. E. congregation holds a week of preaching and prayer. Former ministers G W Burns Rev Keenan Rev Correll Rev P A Bright lead sessions with a Logan boy scheduled for Tuesday. Rev A E Smith of Ohio University preaches at morning and evening services. The $14 000 mortgage will be burned at the morning service. attendance is large.
Attorney and Mrs John C Pettit leave for Hot Springs Arkansas for several weeks where the former will take waters for health. They will then spend the remainder of the winter in Florida. Pettit has left his law business in charge of his nephew Attorney Claude W Pettit.
A new well on the Willoughby Harde tract in Washington township by Gordon Oil Company produced over 100 barrels in the first 24 hours. The blast from nitro glycerine caused widespread noise and local curiosity. Sheriff Larimer was re elected, with T Hous ton named deputy. Eugene Wright replaced by Miss Mary Davey as prosecutor.
Sunday evening Bishop Theodore Irving Reese Rev John Williamson and the confirmation class at St Pauls Episcopal church were hosted by Mrs Amy Easterling Mrs L K Showalter and Miss Etta Friesner at their home. The dinner was perfect in every appointment. Also present were Mrs Harry Watson Mr George Watson and Mr Al Schreck.
The 1914 class of Logan high school held a banquet Saturday evening at Mrs. B C Hyson’s home on North Walnut Street. Mrs Hyson prepared an excellent menu that pleased all attendees.
A lively gathering noted twenty eight members present with reminiscences of school days. The committee in charge of the affair included Fred Hall Adelaide Fox and Margaret Brown.
Rosa Nibling, next of kin, seeks 25000 in a suit over her son John Nibling s death alleged to have come from contact with company wires. Plaintiff claims neglect in proper wiring placement. Suit filed by E D Ricketts of this city and T A Crossen of New Lexington.
Immigration officials say Rear Admiral Newton A. McCully can likely admit seven Russian orphans he adopted. The children arrived with him in Washington but are held at Ellis Island on grounds they might become public charges.
A catalog note advertises Snaamond Dyes with simple directions that let a woman dye a new color into worn garments and draperies on wool silk cotton or mixed goods. It claims perfect results guaranteed for first timers with a druggist color card available.
About 200 unemployed garment workers rioted in Brooklyn for more than half an hour injuring eleven people and causing partial wreckage to an automobile truck. No arrests were reported.
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