Alliances reshape postwar world in new balance of power
The column discusses a return to alliances after World War I, noting France with Poland and possible ties with Japan, and talk of a Britain France pact. It weighs old and new views on alliances, contrasting isolationist American policy with world organization aims, and warns another war could destroy civilization or unite the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Poland
Japan
Europe
Great Britain
Pacific
World Organization
The Locked House Warns Against Leaving Children Alone
A mother left her three young children aged five three and one alone in a house to shop for groceries. Clothes near the stove caught fire, spreading to woodwork and badly burning all three children before neighbors and firefighters arrived. The piece urges never leaving kids unattended whether doors are locked or not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Copperfield
American Printing House For the
Louisville
Kentucky
New Year Resolutions Embrace Principle With Reservations
A number of people vow to give up bad habits in principle while reserving the right to refine details later. The notion reflects cautious commitment as individuals set broad goals for self improvement.
After Dinner Stories and Odd Exchanges
A humorous dialogue features a timid passenger asking an aviator for safety tips and being told to grab anything. The critique about Hon Howland’s four minute loyalty speeches follows, alongside a wife hoping her husband won’t be drawn into card games and a remark about his sharp shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hon. Howland
Two Friends Walk Home From Weybridge Station
Two friends reach Waterloo station London then part ways one missed last train. The one living in Weybridge offers to walk his friend home they set off in heavy rain. After three quarters of a mile the host realizes they actually moved to Reigate yesterday triggering a mistaken route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Station
London
Weybridge
Weybridge Station
Torrentia
Reigate
On the Spur of the Moment and December Ponderings
A fragment from a column reflecting on conversations with planets and December finances. It notes high prices for overcoats and imagines charitable acts by a wealthy New York man. The piece closes with a humorous query about a husband telling his wife to say it with flowers.
Books For The Blind Veterans Helped Through Braille Work
Washington January 10. Red Cross and local clubs expand Braille production for veterans. Evergreen Institute in Baltimore trains volunteers to transcribe and copy Braille books, now over 800 volumes, with fiction and study titles in demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Red Cross
Citg
Om Red Cross
Natigen Red Cross
Gertrude T
Room For the Blind
Library of Congress
Adelia Hoyt
Evergreen
Baltimore
Evergreen Library
Stillwater
Aldrick
Dumas
Zane Grey
Thayer
Roosevelt
Childen
Diary of Abrigal and a stormy Athens day
A long diary entry from Athens Ohio on January 12 recounts Mr Abrigal chatting with Abrigal about bank money and acts of courtship. He describes letters from friends in Nelsonville Trimble and Wellford and a Masonic dance evening as a storm rages. The tone blends personal reflections, music, and nostalgic city observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Samuel Pepys
H. J. Long
Nelsonville
Sam Seigel
John Clinesmith
Trimble
Graham
R. D. Williams
C. J. van Valey
Wellford
W. Va
Abrigal
Harley Moser
Zenner’s
The Man in the Logan Bargain Store
Poem-like note praising a funny Logan bargain store worker who crochets and tats, makes useful items, and crochets a net to catch you. The piece extols his unique talents and affectionate regard from a Logan admirer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOGAN
Court House Corner Figures and Daylight Talk
A reader notes a friend on the Court House corner about bankruptcy news from a watch company. The letter mentions Rev M B Chatley of the Christian church and his confusion over his name, plus a remark about 120 men on the corner and longer days as spring approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Dollar ‘Watch
M. BE. Chatley
Christian Church
M. Ts. Church
Man orders nine Valentine booklets for nationwide mailings
A unnamed man buys nine Valentine booklets, plans to mail them to California Iowa Gallipolis and other places. Booklets contain the best articles the writer has produced over the last year and are selling quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Iowa
Gallipolis
Answers and questions from the Athens Messenger Q and A column
A compiled Q and A from the Athens Messenger covers topics from American Legion membership and city sizes to railroads in New Zealand and belt power transmission. Notable figures include Henry Ford linkage and Dublin population figures, with miscellaneous facts on hospitals, tobacco spending, and plant nutrients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Jerusalem
Salem
Urusalem
City of
Congress
New Zealand
Dublin
Ireland
United States
Dodge
Henry Ford
John F
Horace .E. Dodge
Lime 3 Great Clod Killer
In January issue of Timely Soil Topics from Ohio State University the soils department notes lime helps crumble existing soil lumps and tends to prevent new clods. Harl K E Barnes, soils and crops specialist, writes the current number citing experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Soils
Ohio State University
Harl K E. Barnes
Barnes
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Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Ohio Dailies
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Ice
Robert & Ward
Fifth Avenues
New York City
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Athens Mesener & Herald Priniing Co
Messenger
New York
Poppy
Mervin L. Lane
Frances Nikawa
Pomeroy
Rev. Cherrington
Homer V. Cherrington
Harvard
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Pitea
Inquirer
Watch Dog
Athens, Ohio
J. D. Douglas
Canonsburg
Pike
Ashland
All First
McKay Drug Co
An Tre C.obe Soap
Cincinnati
Suds
Bean Cone’s Grocery
T. B. Hickman D, H. Phelps
Cincinnati, Ohio
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