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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1922
Page
4
The article urges citizens to make a will during Thrift Week, noting its speed and simplicity in settling estates. It warns that self drawn documents risk legal faults and impracticalities, recommending professional help or careful self-drafting.
Insurance companies in Chicago announce a 50 percent rate hike for theft and burglary coverage, with plans to apply in other cities. The move cites rising crime and reflects a broader trend of increasing costs for protection as crime prevention funding expands nationwide.
A quip notes that a $2.75 porterhouse may be tough, but it becomes tougher where there is none, implying price or supply pressure. The line frames scarcity as a sharper test than cost.
In Cane crews at Tomlinville a wedding ends abruptly as the groom bolts from the ceremony, only to be pursued and finally wed beneath a giant oak. A dry-toned editor notes the odd turn while locals joke about riding out a shower to keep the horse dry.
The writer argues that many photoplays would improve if the final two reels were removed. Audiences grow tired as the hero falters in the middle and needs two more reels to recover, prompting defections at the end of the third reel as viewers abandon the film.
The piece notes a new graft in landlords schemes a “dummy radiator” painted silver and plugged into a pipe from nowhere to pretend heat. It suggests the device doubles as a cool place to store dairy and keeps rooms at a safe 70 degrees with fake heat.
A historical overview of how legislative records have been kept from English Parliament earlier eras to the U S Congress. It traces stenographers like Johnson Woodfall Radcliffe Dickens and the relay system guiding official and newspaper reporting into the Congressional Record.
Experts improve device as depth charges supplied to all destroyers. Mines and mining gear overhauled postwar for future use. Navy focuses on illumination devices and aerial defense while refining mine deployment and depth charge effectiveness.
The Nelsonville column by the Messenger Watch Dog recalls local figures and scenes from Athens Day by Day. It weaves anecdotes about Dew House patrons, shop talk at Cable's Hardware, and playful jabs at local characters, ending with a Q&A about Mrs McKinley's death and invalid years.
A reader inquiry service from The Athens Messenger invites questions addressed to The Information Bureau in Washington with instructions to include full name address two cents postage and a note that it does not offer legal medical or financial advice or domestic dispute settlement responses go directly to the inquirer.
Notices from Nelsonville describe two locations taking orders for St Valentine booklets with encouragement to send payment promptly. One area, Pomeroy Bend, reports slower response and asks for timely two bit contributions, noting no interest on funds held for weeks.
Last evening I joined Salvation Army lassies and their leaders on the traction car. The writer notes the pleasure of being with them and recalls their comfort during days when the Kaiser was on the run.
Mrs McKinley, invalid for over two decades, died in 1907 leaving a quiet record of illness and enduring hardship. Her life reflects the era’s care challenges and the personal toll of long illness.
Henry T. Hunt told the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee that railroad employes should be elected to boards of directors as a cure for an impending railway crisis. He argued workers must participate in management to solve the industry’s problems.
Huntington West Virginia Jan 26 a bloody hand print on a coat found over the body of Galley Bias 54 farmer near Salt Rock is the only clue the police hold to his killer Bias was found in a hollow near his home skull crushed by a hatchet he had carried a large sum of money indicating robbery as motive.
An old classified style ad touts Pape's Cold Compound for instant relief from cold symptoms. It claims three doses spaced two hours apart clear nostrils stop runny nose ease headaches and feverishness and that the remedy costs only a few cents without quinine and tastes pleasant.
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