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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1921
Page
4
A labor magazine estimate puts 2 325 000 unemployed in the United States, about one in 25. The total workforce may be 60 million, with patterns suggesting movement from inactivity to work and a hopeful trend as many recently closed plants reopen.
A convention report notes about 500000 college students in the United States, roughly one in 212 people. The rise reflects expanded access and higher demand, despite criticisms of colleges and their graduates. Institutions face funding limits and shifting educational ideals but aim to meet national needs and uphold core educational values.
The remark asserts that Gare Russia may choose any government it prefers and extends the same principle to the United States. The statement challenges Bolshevik allies and reinforces the stance of national self determination for both nations.
A fragment suggests doubts about why Germans continue to pay his salary, speculating that they hope he will forgive them for not securing victory in the war.
The report states that Eugene V. Debs will face a new inquest or consideration leading to a pardon despite his refusal to request clemency. The development centers on controversial political figures and executive action amid ongoing debates.
The speaker argues that teachers claim public ignorance of conduct, while people know right from wrong and avoid harm. He notes that loafers thieves and drunks excuse themselves, and asserts communities generally sustain and slowly raise moral standards. The passage critiques moral instruction and observes gradual improvement across societies.
A thief pretends to practice respectable habits, acting like a decent woman in public while exploiting others. The piece argues virtue is valuable as people across classes pretend to uphold it.
The piece argues that daily or weekly duty is needed, many men drift toward dishonesty, and foolishness fuels deceit. It claims honesty stems from information, while principle alone fails without enforcement, comparing it to the police as a restraining force.
A country town political meeting draws a large audience for a parliamentary candidate. During the candidate’s speech a man shouted at the door asking for sixpence worth of sense. The chairman quickly silenced him with the remark that he has nothing to put it in.
A young man recalls a tearful painting while his companion jests about the subject. He notes he cannot recall the work but describes sitting beneath a heavy picture when the cord snapped and a canvas struck him on the head.
Mr. Chesterton calls prohibition a step toward barbarism while a reporter questions immortality after Sir Rabindranath Tagore's remark on Eternity as the everlasting present. The exchange echoes public skepticism over timeless truths.
Frederic J. Haskin explains how whiskey in bonded warehouses dwindles under new Internal Revenue rulings, while illicit industrial alcohol production grows. He notes a drop from nearly two million to under one million gallons monthly, and discusses enforcement gaps and proposed Congress action to curb nonbeverage use.
Protracted meeting underway at the U B church led by Rev J G Spears with large early attendance. Train crews laid off across divisions Toledo Hocking Valley River with business about 26 percent of normal. Officials say no freight transfers at junction points and connections are idle.
Readers are invited to send questions to The Athens Messenger Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington DC. Requests must be plain, brief with full name and address, and two cents for return postage. Replies are sent directly to the inquirer.
The Bureau of Mines says to detect gas escaping from a furnace by placing peppermint oil in the fire box. if the peppermint odor reaches the room above, gas is escaping.
A newly invented alloy called duc tile resembles nine carat gold and offers notable strength while resisting corrosion from acids and seawater.
A diary note describes going to a local restaurant for hot cakes costing a shilling, with professors eating sparingly. The writer walks the campus and town, hears a crowing cock, then visits a poultry show with admission. In the afternoon a visitor tours lovely homes, laments idle men at Court House Corner, and worries a senator's home search bill endangers grape juice and elderberry wine.
Poem fragment recalls a meeting with Harriette and a lingering sense of debt or obligation. The speaker reflects on the moment and its ongoing emotional impact, using repetitive phrasing to emphasize memory and consequence.
Adam Goodlive of Marxville dies at his home after weeks of illness aged 79. Civil War veteran, leading farmer and citizen, survived by wife and four grown sons. Lutheran funeral set for Saturday in Maxville with Rev. J C Lauer. burial in local mausoleum.
John K. Jones of Butler Pennsylvania, an oil man, visited Wednesday to review activities and prospects in the Hocking county oil field.
Sleet on Wednesday night and Thursday morning harmed the telephone network. The repair crew remained on duty to fix issues reported by patrons at company offices. Heavy sleet typically costs the firm hundreds of dollars in extra repairs and replacements.
The Ladies' club held a soup supper on Wednesday evening at their hall in the Rempel National Bank building. Despite the icy pavements, more than twenty Lady Ellis and their husbands attended.
James Stone of Orland, a leading citizen and stock raiser of Washington Township, visited Logan on Tuesday.
The big post office safe resisted standard combinations starting Monday and stayed locked until Wednesday despite expert efforts. Postmaster Homer Hensel reported the malfunction and a Wilson administration expert is scheduled to be sent to fix the stubborn lock, marking a second recent failure of the device.
The U B church of this city has purchased two houses and lots opposite the parsonage on Hunter Street. The plan calls for razing the frame dwellings and building a brick parsonage to accommodate a growing congregation. The houses were bought from the Horace Smith estate.
Miss Nina Barton visits six weeks with her parents in Mound Street and leaves for Independence Kansas where she will work as a comptometer operator in a large oil office.
Rev. John Williamson of Lancaster attended the St. Paul’s Episcopal parish annual meeting in Logan to select a delegate and an alternate to the Southern Ohio Diocesan convention at Trinity Church in Columbus this month.
Hocking River bottom farmers report labor is more plentiful in recent weeks. For five years prior corn husking faced shortages, but this season all corn is husked and stored in the crib. Factory wages lure some away yet higher living costs push workers back to farming, which could stabilize conditions if 8 to 10 percent of factory workers return to the land.
The Endicott-Johnson corporation plans to operate its Johnson City factory on a nearly full time basis through winter and spring after securing a large export order for 1,500,000 pairs of work shoes valued at about 4.25 billion dollars.
A Bavarian suspension bridge features a lone central tower with cables anchored to a high rock bluff on the opposite end.
Friends and neighbors gathered Saturday evening at Gilbert Boudinot’s home for games and music. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served to a large group including Mr. and Mrs. B W Linscott, Mr. and Mrs. C E Moore, and many others along with the host and hostess.
Mr and Mrs Charlies Brawley hosted Sunday guests including Mr and Mrs Gilbert Boudinot and daughter Virgene and Idiss Myrtle Morris. A B Christman stayed a few days on Dutch Ridge. Mrs J E Parmiter and son visited Mr and Mrs Lewis Winner near Stewart. Clyde Colvin of Jacksonville and family hosted over Sunday. Cook Vandyke suffered serious injuries while hauling logs on Tuesday.
Amarillo Texas January report says Dr Morgan Lee Starke a nationally known evangelist was released after 18 hours in jail for contempt of court. The charge followed his statement during a revival service that he saw a crap game in Canyon Texas on Sunday.
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