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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1921
Page
4
A New Jersey dermatologist links rising skin problems and baldness to a depressed national mood and stock market woes. He notes fewer wear hats as a factor, advising cheerfulness and sensible head protection for outdoor work and sports as practical prevention.
An Illinois university study finds 150 of 450 students failed a 90 percent spelling test with common errors in words like irresistible and rheumatism. The article argues spelling needs attention from grade school onward to prevent decline in professional and personal writing.
Excerpt notes that excessive criticism leads to quarrels and violence, warning that the critic label, though appealing, masks flaws in judgment and provokes harmful outcomes.
A bright pupil must write a 300 word essay about his father's new car. He explains how the family bought it and drove eight miles per hour until they got stuck in mud. He notes he used 100 words while his father spoke the remaining 200 on the walk back.
A Senate speech argues critics miscast federal activity as bureaucracy, urging clear analysis of which government actions are legitimate. It highlights science and engineering work as essential, contrasts rising labor costs in construction with high material costs, and cites examples of wages and prices to show economic strain.
Public notice describes The Athens Messenger Information Bureau offering answers to general questions. It lists official contact details, limitations on advice, and return postage requirements, directing readers to submit questions with full name and address and two cents in stamps.
In Raritan arsenal New Jersey a captain declares a strict no smoking rule for barracks at all times after a fire caused by a forgotten cigarette butt is extinguished. He emphasizes night restrictions with a staccato shout.
A conflict between two church members over using a lottery to raise funds. One suggests a lottery, the other notes the minister opposes all lotteries and is troubled even when performing marriages due to his conscience.
Willie Willis reports a lively debating society meeting where the day's topic involves modern public services. Grandpa Willis asks about a Lincoln versus Washington comparison, but the group instead debates whether the postal service or telephone service is worse.
The forecast jokes about a July 1 ice famine starting while a coal famine begins October 15. It notes Montana winters cool and Florida summers warm, predicts many authors and love-sick youths, and humorously claims Mount Everett will top continents and battleships shift fashion by June.
Patrolman Martin Gill faced a violent struggle atop a five story building as a deranged assailant battled him. An ex sailor intervened grabbing Gill and preventing a fatal fall shaving the officer’s danger to life and limb.
In Washington on January 27 192? Dr E B Rosa of the Bureau Standards argues taxes from cigars and tobacco mostly fund civil government and its science and roads. He finds civil government costs rose with population but fallen when measured in goods, urging support for scientific work while noting waste and understaffing.
Questions and answers reveal Debs did not receive electoral votes. Harding carried 404 and Cox 127. Additional items cover the expounder of the Constitution, flag burning, car lifespan, Pisa's leaning tower, and Death Valley naming from 1850 gold seekers.
Frances Morton of North Hill reports spotting a mysterious creature the other day. She says her proximity to nature gives her a better chance of identifying it than residents in the smoke zone.
In Athens two years after the war closure the town asks if citizens remember the flag. On the college campus only one flag is seen and it is half hidden. Flag poles resemble dead branches. no flag on the Howard building poles. The piece urges renewed pride and action.
A Maryland county fire commissioner's report lauds the high school's girls for their excellent performance in descending fire escapes during the drill. The remark highlights orderly, prompt evacuations and the students' composure under drill conditions.
Joy Castle of Bellfontaine is nominated by the university as a member of the Names Club in a campus selection. The record notes her candidacy and the simple nomination statement from Luke McLuke.
The Messenger notes worsening housing scarcity in Athens with a weekly advertisement offering a reward for finding a home. Residents endure cramped living spaces and plead for decent housing as calls for new dwellings rise.
The Charleston News and Courier quotes Dr. Ernest Thompson Seton arguing that fewer clothes raise moral tone and that the world is improving as a result. The remark frames a provocative take on morality and attire.
J D Coates of Eureka California urges women to carry long hat pins in a Western style after reading of an Athens grabber. He warns the attacker may return but notes the offender has fled for the winter with others he calls snakes and reptiles.
In Athens crowds gather for boot leg trials and court cases while many mines run only part time or close. Miners drift to West Virginia fields as locals stay idle. Ohio University students seek guidance and a student quip about music ends with a shoe horn punchline.
The narrator recounts shelter with Red Cross aid for women and children after a train fire, a march across a freezing steppe of about thirteen versts, and detention with sixty prisoners. A later ride toward Novo-Alexevka and then to Budenny’s headquarters includes talks with Generals Budenny and Voroshiloff, praise and curiosity about America, and observations on army supply and morale.
The account describes capture and transport to Kharkov with new army issue uniforms and rations. A high ranking officer named Bolakin opposed release plans and ordered the subject held for exchange in Moscow. He notes a cold fever from poor food during confinement and a hostile view of America.
Mrs G R Gunder returned from Columbus where she visited her ill sister Mrs W B King who is improved. Sewing Club met at Mrs C M White with sewing, conversation, and refreshments. Ray Strickler from New Marshfield was a Sunday guest of his parents. Sunday school attendance reached 182, the best since 1919, with 87 men present. Prayer meetings were at Mrs E L Barr and Mr Alex Caldwell homes. Gertrude Roberts of Ohio University spent Sunday with her parents, Mr and Mrs W B Roberts.
Eastern Canadian ports export every departing cargo to the British Isles with 200 to 10 000 barrels of apples each. Ontario leads with a bumper crop including the Niagara belt. Quebec and New Brunswick also rise, Nova Scotia tops 900 000 barrels, and British Columbia emerges as a key North American fruit region.
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