This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1923
Page
4
The Athens Messenger details subscription options and prices for local and out of town readers. Rates include yearly, six month, ten week, four week plans with varying regional charges and advance payment requirements. Advertising and obituary notes are mentioned with national reps listed.
An OCR snippet dated in June shows partial words and lacks clear event or names. Readable fragments hint at a local notice or column item but no definite outcome or participants are identifiable.
In Washington on January 19, Nannie Burroughs argues for practical vocational training for colored girls, noting half will work as cooks or maids for decades. Her National Training School runs a model laundry teaching students to manage, while earning tuition, aiming to expand opportunities free of race bias.
An economist argues cars raise land values by improving access and spurring road needs. He cites Chicago suburbs adding 150 million to nearby property from a 16 million boulevard and a 30 mile rural road adding 20 million to farm land, urging recognition of benefits over higher auto taxes.
The article notes the U S Childrens Bureau began in 1912 as the first agency addressing all childhood issues. It highlights growth to 46 state child health bureaus, rise of mothers pensions to 40 states, Sheppard-Towne maternity aid in 42 states, and many states creating bureaus for dependents and delinquents. The piece frames a decade of progress and promise in national child welfare.
A stream of humorous and observational notes covers weather slips on sidewalks New Year resolutions social quirks and public life. It mentions holiday cigar demand potential cabbage prices a Cincinnati streetcar detour belief about easy jobs in romance and upcoming Leap Year talk.
A promotional piece urges readers to save rent by building a brick home. It offers a free booklet from the Washington Information Bureau with exterior views and floor plans, and asks readers to send two cents in stamps for return postage to Ponte r &.
The Messenger Watch Dog reports the high noon wedding of Reverend Mont Ruth, president of the Athens Hammer Club, to a devoted husband and father. The ceremony at the Ruth home on Franklin Avenue included a Salvation Army march and a luncheon with fried chicken garlands.
A clipped note indicates that new Ham- officials will be chosen for the upcoming term. The brief mentions Reverend Abenruth and reference to a local governance transition without detailed dates or names beyond these.
The passage jokes about marriage and deception, mentions Lonnie Ridgeway and a claim of rising in the Hammer Club, and questions a personal ad. It recalls the Patrick murder case of Albert T. Patrick, noting the 1900 killing of William Marsh Rice, trial in 1902, life imprisonment, and 1912 pardon.
Public notice invites readers to submit questions to The Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington with two cents postage for return replies. It specifies no legal medical or financial advice and requests full name address and question.
A collection of brief Q and A items covering immigration quotas by country, NYC traffic growth, the first American flag at sea, Rhode Island’s population density, the meaning of Alaska, differences between patent and proprietary medicines, paper materials, and ostrich farming profitability.
Ohio State University extension offices announce that at least 1000 of 1300 rural townships will hold winter township program planning meetings. Local farm bureaus organize these sessions where residents set year end goals, assign leaders, and report on prior projects including culling hens and adding soybeans.
In Paris on January 20, wartime price pressures and thrift push designers toward affordable substitutes for bronze copper silver wood enamel and marble. Paul Polet notes French ingenuity may yield mechanical methods enabling luxury objects for modest incomes as engineers manufacturers and chemists collaborate with artists.
Folio t introduces a metalization process using a light plastic composition that mimics bronze gold silver and copper in density weight and tone. Paris storefronts cafes banks churches and the Le Temps cupola are being clad with this durable decorative bronze appearance.
Ellisnore Missouri resident G W Sheldon claims the first bicycle brought to the United States. He recalls riding it in 1878 from Syracuse to the state fair, earning $10 for a two lap display. He bought the bike from Lubin Paris for $195 with freight of $22.20 and notes its 54 inch front wheel and 16 inch rear wheel with hard rubber tires.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.