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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1924
Page
4
A quoted devotional contrasts blessing over retaliation from I Pet 3 9 with Saadi urging peace over strife and strength not to justify quarrel. The tone favors calm, moral guidance and restraint in conflict.
Italian historian Guglielmo Ferrero warns Europe is exhausting capital and borrowed wealth like ancient Rome. He contrasts Europe’s decline with America’s rising production and living standards, suggesting Europe must boost real wealth and production to avoid collapse. He muses on fame, greatness, and the value of personal self-knowledge.
An Austrian poet Arthur Brehmer aged 65 pretends to die to provoke obituary notices. He reappears after several days and concludes his work may be stronger than he believed. He notes the afterlife awe fades with time and the living forget him except close relations.
A Fort Apache Reservation community begins building cottages with lumber from a new sawmill and embraces schooling. The essay notes the shift from romantic frontier life to standardized civilization, praising progress while lamenting the loss of feel for adventure and independence.
A review of catastrophes in flight from the Dixmude disaster and ZR-2 to earlier ships and polar balloon expeditions. It recalls how unexplainable failures and storms decimated crews, with notes on notable ships, crews, and requests for stronger hulls and safety measures.
London announces Cunard will move the Caronia and Carminia from New York Service to the Liverpool Belfast and Quebec route in April.
In Ripon Yorkshire a schoolteacher's wife requests no date of birth be inscribed on her tombstone showing a lifelong wish to conceal age persists even after death.
A local column impersonates a jury trial in the Hammer Club court with Attorney Collins questioning a witness named D. Amfino. The humor includes family, employment, and health quips, mixed with folksy verses and a note about the classified page Want Ads.
In the Logan area drilling progresses on several wells including Sunday Creek Coal Co. No. 2 near New Straitsville and Hemlock and operations by Meltzer and associates on the Wolfe lease Green township. A quiet wedding at 71 East Second Street unites Miss Mary Winona Stinchfield and William F Case with family witnesses and a celebratory dinner.
Frank Shaw, city weighmaster and janitor, observed his seventy fifth birthday on Thursday with a quiet family dinner prepared by Mrs. Shaw. Shaw has held the weighmaster post for two years and was retained when the new city administration took office.
Mrs. Lydia Nolfi of this city learned a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Kelley of Nelsonville. Mrs. Nolfi is the grandmother and the notice notes the family addition in the Nelsonville area.
Mr and Mrs Casey Heft of West Hunter street celebrate the arrival of a daughter at their home on Sunday.
W A Henderson presses to finish East Second street storm sewer under Straitsville branch rights of way. He filed in court to enjoin Hocking Valley Railroad from blocking the tunnel plan after plans were approved. An agreement reportedly secures city right of way for the sewer to allow Henderson to proceed.
Ernest Evans was sentenced by Judge Pettit to Mansfield Reformatory Thursday after it was shown he failed to contribute to the support of his legitimate child. Costs were assessed. Evans was arrested Tuesday evening by Sheriff Shaw and deputies at Sand Run while attending religious services. indicted months earlier by the grand jury.
Harry Smith accepted for jury duty in Columbus to serve as a juror in the Dollings Co. officials trial. Special juror after exhaustion of the regular panel. Walter Rochester and George Stallsmith excused. Smith likely held in Columbus for several days.
Graham school in Greentown township plans a box supper and program for February 25 at seven o clock. Despite weather the event will proceed. Entertainers include S. R. Harden George Nash Paul Hansel the Graham Sisters John Hunter Audree Hunter and Mrs Novella Alberry with Mrs Alberry as teacher.
Fragmentary text appears to discuss readers seeking civics answers and learning about civic topics. It mentions a Q and A format and references a bureau or civic context but the readable content is incomplete and unclear.
The American Bible Society reports that in 1922 the United States distributed scriptures in 92 languages. Other questions address eggs absorbing odors and the cost of lifting oil to storage, noting fresh eggs absorb strong smells and odors taint eggs from nearby strong odor sources.
The Bureau of Mines notes lifting costs may amount to 260 to 90 percent of petroleum production cost, with per well monthly lifting costs ranging from over 1600 dollars for large Oklahoma Texas Arkansas and California wells to under 10 dollars for low-output New York and Pennsylvania wells. The document also covers Mexican port closures due to revolutionary activity, Christmas tree spending, wood grain causes, serapes versus tapestries, Civil War enlistment ratios, the 1843 1844 Second Coming agitation, McAdoo’s church, and West Point exam timing.
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