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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1921
Page
4
Hubert Ward acts as national advertising representative with offices at 225 Fifth Avenue New York City and 6 South Wabash Avenue Chicago for media placement and agency coordination.
Mrs Maude E Taylor of Roxbury Massachusetts says chronic backache and dizziness plagued her after pregnancy. She found relief with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and urges other women with similar symptoms to try it.
Mrs Ia red Slocum of Erie Pennsylvania visits her brother Harry Watson and family on West Front Street in Logan.
Sunday School lesson titled Our All for the Kingdom drawn from Matthew 19 16 30. Golden Text Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Temperance lesson from 1 Corinthians 9 24 27. Epworth League topic The Danger of Materialism with 1 John 2 5 17. Christian Endeavor self control program and its rewards.
Mrs. Ernest Harrington of Danville Illinois began a hunger strike years ago to compel her husband to join her church. He resists citing the Ten Commandments and Golden Rule, noting the strain of his wife’s fasting as the couple remains divided.
The piece argues highway construction will surpass the Panama Canal in importance for the nation’s growth. It cites Maj Hala and Goethals as prime examples, urging states to hire the best engineers and fund them generously to connect towns and improve mobility nationwide.
A compact reflection arguing self interest as the engine of human thought and behavior. It asserts that industry, fairness, and politeness serve personal gain and that steady effort yields better life outcomes through practical self-cultivation.
The passage asserts that correct actions lead to inevitable outcomes. It stresses simple, universal rules: industry, fairness and common sense yield success, while idleness, carelessness and impoliteness yield failure. It notes many have shown the way before him.
The speaker muses that animals care for themselves and that humans fail to learn from them. They claim that good health is natural for animals, while fatness, bad teeth, stomach issues, smoking, and whisky drinking are unnatural consequences of freedom.
The speaker describes pursuing policy for practical payoffs and ease of progress. He states fairness politeness and trustworthiness as guiding principles not for heaven but for straightforward life. He argues experience shows simple virtues reliably advance personal and social progress.
A wealthy New Yorker hosts guests at his Great Neck summer estate to view horses and ride. One banker, dressed for a banker’s role, cannot ride and awkwardly learns to move the horse with a groom. The tale includes wry exchanges and a Thomas W Lawson quip about green speculators and commercial caution.
An Indianapolis seventh grader defines feminine gender as the gender that opposes masculine. The student, Alice, reflects on her feminist mother while presenting the definition in class.
Poem by Marcel Steinbrugge railing against Wall Street and financial news. speaker laments stock blues and calls finance a ruse for the obtuse. notes a balmy winter as landlords prosper from coal money.
The note asserts that beginners will learn how to make home brew and then realize it is unsatisfactory once completed. It emphasizes a quick, practical truth about early experiments and their outcome.
A short, tongue in cheek note attributes to Grant Kennealley an offer to contribute three dollars toward global debt relief if the world pays off 300 billion. The remark frames it as a lifelong pledge tied to a fictional league of nations context, reflecting satirical commentary.
In New York court, a woman cries out about witchcraft and a baby’s paralysis blamed on a curse. The piece argues that belief in witches persists, spreading from Europe to the United States and among Mexican and Indian communities in the Southwest, then explores psychology and superstition driving such credulity.
The text argues people attribute misfortune to external causes rather than personal fault. It compares child frustration with a stove, hunters blaming luck, and witchcraft accusations to deflect blame from oneself. Leaders often endorse these beliefs, linking witchcraft to law and authority.
The Athens Messenger describes the Information Bureau run by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington D C. It states the bureau provides information but not legal medical or financial advice and requires the inquirer’s full name address and two cents for return postage.
Questions and answers cover famine impact in China with 15 million seriously affected, myths about a WWI soldier's injuries, lynchings in 1920, meaning of ahoy, library sizes, electric railway passengers, smelling salts recipe, oil production in Wyoming, and the Ancient of Days in Daniel.
Local hunters report fewer Logan area rabbits were killed this season despite reports of many rabbits in the area. Some shooting occurred out of season but Hooking County rabbits tend to diminish when the open season nears, while numbers reportedly rise before it.
Mrs. Roscoe Hansel and Mrs. Grace Michel served as hostesses for the Idano club meeting at Mrs. Hansel's home on Thursday evening. Members declared the gathering very enjoyable and a picnic supper was served with numerous good things.
Miss Charlotte Rochester hosted a Wahwahtayzee Camp Fire girls meeting on Thursday afternoon. A dozen girls attended despite bad weather, and the session was described as one of the season’s best.
Mrs Blair wife of the M. E. minister was taken to Cherrington hospital this city for an operation performed Wednesday afternoon. Friends report she rallied well and is convalescing satisfactorily.
Rev Angus Clephan rector of St John s Columbus will again fill the pulpit at St Paul s Episcopal Church this Sunday. He spoke and conducted services at St Paul s last Sunday and many were eager to hear his lecture. The public is invited to hear this free talk in Logan.
Laird Orr a tool dresser in the oil field is confined to his home on North Canal street this week with ear trouble and no reported complications.
The Order of the Eastern Star held its regular meeting on a Friday night with a large attendance despite inclement weather and initiated one candidate into the order's rites.
Mrs. Buell Eby acted as hostess for the King's Daughters gathering at her North Market Street home. The meeting drew a largely attended, pleasant program and social time. Assisting hostesses were Mrs. Floyd Cohagan, Miss Cora Hutchison, and Mrs. Robert Adcock.
Mrs Ralph Stareher hosted the Justamere club Thursday afternoon at her East Front street home. Nearly the whole membership attended. Mrs Merritt Wonn gave an enjoyable reading. Cup guessing and jumbled names of members were contests, plus a boy scouts aid to injured and uninjured. First prize went to Mrs Rob Work, second to Mrs Merritt Wonn. Roll call featured a verse from familiar hymns and songs. Miss Adah Krieg received the guest prize. she was the only guest.
Mrs. Harry Watson welcomed a large Whist Club party on West Front Street with five tables of players. Miss Lizzie Rempel won first prize and Miss Clara Lutz took second as perfume bottles were awarded. guest of honor was Mrs. Fred Slocum of Erie, Pennsylvania.
The Nondescript club gathered Friday afternoon on North Walnut Street for a large attendance event with a talk by Miss Lucy Bowen about her AEF work in France. Ruth Brooke and Mrs. Charles Clark performed solos and a duet. Refreshments were served and a program contest titled The Streets of Logan sparked lively competition. winners were Mrs Charley Clark and Mrs Charley Breene.
Dallas Central Ave M E Church lists Sunday school at 9 00 A M attendance 133 junior church 10 00 10 15 morning worship 10 15 class of young folks to join preparatory members after which communion will be held district Supt F M Evans to preach revival service 7 00 P M special music sermon What to do with Jesus junior league 2 00 P M epworth league 6 00 P M revival Saturday night
The Church of the Good Shepherd on Cor State and Carpenter Streets invites all to a Sunday 10 30 AM Holy Communion and sermon. Archdeacon J H Dodshon will preach and is renowned for delivering a powerful message. A cordial welcome to all.
The Church of Christ holds Apostolic worship Sundays at 10 A M and Bible study at 9 A M Heb 4 in the M C A room of the Carnegie library at the southwest corner of the college campus. Everyone is welcome.
Pastor E. D. Crane leads Sunday school at 9 A. M. and preaching at 10 15 A. M and 7 P. M. with Mary E. Smith preaching the 10 15 A. M service and E. D. Crane preaching at 6 30 P. M. on the program.
Bible school at 9:00. Morning worship 10:15 with sermon The Bible Reveals a Personal God Or There Is No Reliable Revelation. Evening worship 7:00. Note We join with the Methodists at the Presbyterian church at 7:00. W C T U will have charge commemorating Prohibition Amendment. Christian Endeavor 6:00. Mid week prayer 7:00. Graded Bible school classes for all. Cordial welcome.
The Epworth League hosts a 7 o'clock party in the church parlors with fellowship games and refreshments. Sunday school starts at 9 AM followed by an orchestra concert and morning worship at 10:30 with a sermon on Bearing the Cross of Christ. A devotional meeting at 6 PM covers The Dangers of Materialism, then a Union Service at 7 PM at the Presbyterian Church celebrating the first anniversary of National Prohibition.
Dr Wilcox preaches on Not Far from the Kingdom at the morning service. Evening service unites First Methodist First Christian and First Presbyterian for Prohibition anniversary programs with Judge Phillips Bartells and Dr Miller. Mohicans Stewart Class and Cooper's class welcome attendees. Joint Board meeting set at First Methodist from 6 15 to 6 45.
Beaumont Miss Ruth Fisk resigns as Buchtel high school teacher. Alma Bricker returns home from a Columbus visit. Mr and Mrs Leslie Thomas welcomed a baby girl born January 11. Mr and Mrs Christ Courtney of Chauncey visit Chauncey relatives. Mrs George Shafer hosts Esther class at MBE church Chauncey. Mrs George Green of Chauncey also noted.
Mrs Myrtle Pidcock Mrs John Tuttle and Miss Alma Bricker hosted dinner guests. Mrs Ann William attended the Circle Hill dance. Revival services drew attendees at Nelsonville M E church. Mr H Crawford of Cincinnati visited Miss Alma Bricker. Neil and Wilbur Cooper returned home to Marion from visiting the Fisk family. Phylena Lauderback from Nelsonville with Mrs Ervin Pidcock and Mrs H Wince attended an Athens show. Local mines are nearly idle at present.
The Sugar Creek M E church ladies aid society met at Mrs Henry Augustine's home for an all day session of prayer and social talks led by Mrs Carl Schwartz. A bountiful noon meal was served. The next meeting is set for February 10 with all members urged to attend.
An inventor claims two compact electric fans beat a single large unit by mounting them on separate arms from a common pedestal. The devices sit at different heights and adjust angles independently to improve airflow.
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