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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1921
Page
4
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A Kansas State Agricultural College professor urges paid advertising aimed at farmers not for selling produce but to publicize their problems needs and point of view. He argues production is easy but distribution and marketing cost and cooperation are the real hurdles.
The Ohio paper promotes a thrift campaign with a feature awarding the youngest bank depositor under a Vinge plan. A five week old baby won, his father allowed to depart for him due to youth. The effort aims to start savings accounts for children to build later financial habits and ease future needs.
The text argues the price drop was inevitable and the only blame lies with short-sighted business leaders who resisted voluntary readjustment. It presents a defense of the buyers' strike as prudent.
A royal gossip note hints at a supposed alliance between an American princess and King Constantine Payroll figures are mentioned, yet the text questions the Greek status of Constan e and jokes about the term Calliance as a clever misnomer.
The speaker insists the Irish question must be decided within Ireland and against foreign interference, stating that Ireland is no place for a foreign race vendetta.
The Italian poet and nationalist figure D'Annunzio departs Fiume by plane in a dramatic exit. Reports describe his departure as swift and symbolic with references to his lifelong affinity for flight and ascent.
Proposed approach would tax all incomes under $500 a year heavily while income over $500,000 faces lighter treatment, aiming to avoid broad criticism. The proposal remains unclear on thresholds and exemptions.
The piece argues a simple life course pays better than others and urges adopting hypocrisy to appear courteous. It claims industrious, punctual behavior leads to better times, while lazy people fall behind and respect grows with steady work and promotion.
A life of achievement follows from diligence honesty politeness intelligence and orderliness. The saying equates personal virtue with natural fact similar to birth.
The passage asserts good conduct is universally recognized and taught everywhere from homes to businesses. It argues learning is not needed for basic life lessons and compares teaching animals manners to human discipline, stating dangerous beings, whether animals or men, may be fined or executed.
A humorous set of household anecdotes centers on a preacher trying a bishop’s hat and a father’s constant arguing. A ten year old girl jokes that her father is her mother’s goat, prompting playful self awareness about always butting in.
An antique column recalls petty scams in New York City highlighting slot machines in transit stations and hat-check rooms. It details a theft involving a sable coat and a white thread ruse that ends with a coin payout, illustrating locals’ tolerance of urban fraud and wit in daily life.
Edward Charles, a logical man, loves Eva Maude but applies reasoning to romance. He writes a playful letter proving his love by a six step syllogism. The whole ensures Eva Maude learns his affection through witty logic and mutual regard.
A scattered column notes a proposed $10,000,000 dam and quips about income tax timing. It also mentions a Massachusetts hotel guest mistaking a bed quilt for cash, and comments on crime and progress in curbing bandits as time goes on.
Frederic J. Haskin portrays New York City as rife with petty graft and con games along Broadway and Fifth Avenue. The piece recounts street-level scams where strangers press for small loans, then vanish, illustrating a wider wave of confidence schemes targeting well-heeled urban residents.
A young man asks for a lunch loan and flees after borrowing fifteen dollars from a sympathetic assistant. Police later recognize Gavin Courtney as a known alias. In a separate Fifth Avenue scam a chauffeur is duped by two strangers while a wealthy owner’s sable coat is left in storage and the car is unattended.
Cleveland reports show more men seek beauty treatments than ever, crowding salons and forcing women to book appointments. Miss L. Beck says manicured nails, shaves and shampoos are now seen as social and business benefits, with men pursuing eyebrow plucking and hair curling.
A vintage ad promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a non calomel option to improve digestion and complexion. It claims the olive colored tablets stimulate the liver and bowels, relieve constipation, and produce buoyancy, with packs priced 15 and 30 cents.
Rev. Clephan spoke at St Pauls Episcopal Church on Sunday evening to a large congregation. His talk included many new and interesting facts, more engaging than last week, according to reports from Logan.
The Logan American Legion votes to hold regular meetings on the first and third Tuesdays each month. The Legion meets tonight.
The Hocking County Republican executive committee met Saturday in committee rooms with sixteen members present and three absent. The lone woman was present as the group endorsed several county candidates for state jobs and one or two outside the county for major political posts. Everything was harmonious.
Wilse McDonald returns to his New Lexington home after an extended stay in Logan and area with many old time friends. Al Schreck arrives back from Cleveland where he spent a week on business.
Second visitation of King Winter lowered the temperature to eight above at six o clock Monday morning making it the coldest weather so far this winter.
Circulation reports say Hocking Valley railroad shops plan half time operation until May 1. If true, the measure will be unwelcome to the employees.
Rev J Franklin Kerr, who spent months in Pennsylvania seeking recovery, has resumed duties as pastor. While not fully recovered, friends hope he will resume full clerical activity in a few weeks.
Local churchmen report rising Sunday evening crowds as colder weather settles in. Congregations at M E and Presbyterian churches, VU B on Hunter Street, Mulberry Street Lutheran, and Episcopalian services are larger, easing months of depleted attendance for pastors.
Mr and Mrs George Graybill left for a two weeks visit with relatives in Detroit Michigan. Mr and Mrs Bert Campbell of Morris Chapel were Logan visitors and shoppers on Saturday. Mr and Mrs John Smith of Columbus were visiting at their old Logan home over Sunday. Mr Smith is employed in Secretary of State Smiths office. County Commissioner John Smith has been confined to his home in Marion township quite ill. John Jacobs of New Castle Pennsylvania an oil man is in Logan. We is look ee the Hocking county oil eld.
Idle railroad workers fill the local terminal while two months ago none were idle. Officials expect freight traffic to revive early in the spring, reviving work for the men and signaling activity ahead.
An Anti-Saloon League detective disguised as an insurance man has been in Logan for weeks observing soft drink venues. He reportedly enticed an apparently innocent man into trouble, while Logan remains quiet about liquor traffic under the current dry regime.
Sam Blum a prominent farmer and citizen of Enterprise visited Logan as a business guest on Monday.
Rutland notes a life on the Meigs farm ends with Rodney Hysell dying at his home two miles east last Thursday aged 82. He leaves two sons E W Hysell a local surveyor and a son active in Middleport business. Funeral Saturday at Bradford church with Rev. Ashton and Parmelee. Also: parent teacher meeting Friday January 21 aims to promote citizenship, a Rutland high basketball schedule vs Vinton and Racine at Pomeroy armory, and M E Rathburn re elected to county board of education for five years.
A Baptist church report notes a pleasing Sunday service with a forthcoming Sunday school institute at the colored Baptist church on February 4 and 5. The Knights of Pythias conferred the Esquire rank on two candidates last Saturday. Recent officer elections include George German as C C and Will C. Merritt as V C along with several others listed by name.
The Athens Messenger advertises an Information Bureau run by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington DC. It offers to answer questions by post, requires full name address and two cents for return postage, and excludes advice on legal medical and financial matters.
The United States owns diplomatic residences in Siam Morocco China Turkey Panama and Cuba. In Japan it owns the building housing the ambassador but not the ground.
Repair work on E L Jewell’s store. Col Brooks suffers frequent heart trouble. Grangers meet on Saturday. Various residents visit family, relatives or doctors. No school this week due to whooping cough. Mine closure brings D A Michael home from Pomeroy. Several neighbors visit family and clinics, with illness improving for Mrs Shriver, Mrs Alkire, and others.
Washington January 18 Senators Kenyon Iowa and Sutherland West Virginia introduced lobbyist identification bills in the senate. The measures require registration by all lobbyists and interested representers in both houses and carry fines from 200 to 5000 dollars for violations.
A stranger describes at a depot seeing two women headed for Athens. One appears youthful, well dressed, using a powder puff and mirror while the other, about 50, is quiet and talks to unseen persons. They board a train, then arrive in Athens where the older woman is met by a taxi to a hilltop building across the river.
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